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Demon Virus, Miharu ni kasa wo, GIANTS THE MOVIE choten e no chosen, INTER::FACE Chino kikai hanzai koso-bu namae no uta, Sk8 the Infinity Extra Part, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find part one here. The next two parts come over the next two days. What are these trailers in this post? Read on to find out! Continue reading Demon Virus, Miharu ni kasa wo, GIANTS THE MOVIE choten e no chosen, INTER::FACE Chino kikai hanzai koso-bu namae no uta, Sk8 the Infinity Extra Part, Japanese Film Trailers

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Yuki no hana, Under Ninja, Warau mushi, Missing Child Videotape, Apology to the Iinuma Family, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. You can find three more being published over the next few days. It’s a busy week with 20 Japanese films getting theatrical releases across major cinemas and the mini theatre network. There are a few big studio releases but a lot of little documentaries, omnibus movies, and horror titles and a few anime. Each post features a mix of works, the first…

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Retake, Last Hole, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the final trailer post of the week. You can find the first two trailer posts here and here. I spent this week continuing to recover with my fractured knee so that meant doing festival work and also watching and writing about films. I posted a preview of the Japanese films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the line-up of titles at this year’s Japan Foundation Touring…

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The Harbor Lights, Sono machi no kodomo gekijouban, Kidou Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first post here while the last one comes tomorrow. This trailer post is split between anime and two films that are out around the time of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that happened on January 17th, 1995. The week started out with an earthquake in southwest Japan, strangely enough. I hope everyone remains safe. What are the…

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Sunset Sunrise, How to Forget You, Muromachi Burai, Teki, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. Two more will follow this one. As stated in previous trailer posts, I’ve decided to cut short my Fire Emblem: Awakening playthrough. I was a couple of missions from the end and eager to get back to using non-film/writing time for Japanese practice. It’s a great TRPG and I loved the characters and their wholesome interactions but I need to level up…

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025 – Am I Right? Justice, Justification and Judgement in Japanese Cinema

In the year of its 20th anniversary, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme will grace the screens of arthouse cinemas across the UK from  February 07 until March 31. During that time audiences in many region will be able to see a selection of films connected by the theme of justice, justification and judgement in Japanese cinema. The aim of this festival is to look at how Japanese…

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Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2025

The 2024 edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival will take place from January 30th to February 09th. There’s a varied selection of Japanese films and also a talk with Takashi Miike and his producer Misako Saka and a Q&A with Toshiaki Toyoda. Below is a list of Japanese features and shorts that have been programmed: Continue reading Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film…

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Koko ni iru ikiteiru Kie yuku kaiso no mori ni michibikareta, Skateboard and Surf, "Space Battleship Yamato" 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening Program 3, Tsukuroi ao koto, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week. You can find the first part here and second part here. I published two reviews this week, Cloud and The Serpent’s Path, both Kiyoshi Kurosawa films and both released in 2024. He released a third film, too, Chime, but I think I’ll post that review in February, a year to the day I first wrote about it in the Berlinale preview. What  are the…

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It Comes 来る Director: Tetsuya Nakashima Second Draft

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Shinpei uta koso subete, Akogare doll, INTER::FACE Chino kikai hanzai koso-bu persona, Welcome Back, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first trailer post here and the third trailer post gets published tomorrow. I’m back writing while having re-runs of The X-Files on in the background. It seems like it has become a yearly thing since I first started in 2022. Season 3 remains the sweet spot. On a related supernatural note, It Comes (2018) by Tetsuya Nakashima is…

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The Solitary Gourmet Movie, Salaryman Kintaro Akatsuki-hen, 366 Days, Omi Mission Negai to Inori to Yorokobi To, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts. The next two posts will follow over the next two days. Well, I’m planning on watching and reviewing a diverse selection of films in the run-up to the spring festival season. I’ve got to put together a preview of the 2025 edition of the Japan Foundation’s Touring Film Programme to go out next week as well, so that’s immediately on the horizon for this…

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Serpent's Path Le chemin du serpent 蛇の道 (2024) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Cloud クラウド (2024) Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cloud    クラウド 「Kuraudo」 Release Date: September 27th, 2024 Duration: 123 mins. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Screenplay), Starring: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Masataka Kubota, Daiken Okudaira, Amane Okayama, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Maho Yamada, Tetsuya Chiba, Yutaka Matsushige, Website Twitter: @cloudmovie2024  IMDB Cloud was the third film Kiyoshi Kurosawa released in 2024…

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Cloud クラウド (2024) Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cloud    クラウド 「Kuraudo」 Release Date: September 27th, 2024 Duration: 123 mins. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Screenplay), Starring: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Masataka Kubota, Daiken Okudaira, Amane Okayama, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Maho Yamada, Tetsuya Chiba, Yutaka Matsushige, Website Twitter: @cloudmovie2024  IMDB Cloud was the third film Kiyoshi Kurosawa released in 2024…

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The Brownie in Me, Imouto no jikan, "Space Battleship Yamato" 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening Program 2, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second and last trailer post of the week. You can find the first one here. While I’ve been laid up with a knee fracture that is healing, I’ve watched a lot of films. The weekend before Christmas was all 80s horror, the Christmas week was all Koji Shiraishi horror, then last weekend was 80s and 90s anime – the era I grew up with. Let me tell you, the nostalgia vibes of those old…

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Guardians of the Harvest / Shika no kuni, Bokura no Fushidara, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014, Cinema Kabuki Jii-san Baa-san, Japanese Film Trailers

明けましておめでとうございます Hello 2025! Welcome to the first trailer post of 2025. There will be one more tomorrow to cover the new releases. I had a quiet New Year’s Eve and start to New Year’s Day by continuing with my Fire Emblem: Awakening playthrough since I decided to grind the game to get my characters as many abilities as possible. Although there is a lot of replayability in the game in terms of…

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Genkina hito's Top Ten Films of the Year (2024)

Hello 2024 Continue reading Genkina hito’s Top Ten Films of the Year (2024)