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Saint Young Men THE MOVIE Holy Man vs Demon Army, Oshi no Ko The Final Act, Arikitarina Kotoba Janaukute, Nintama Rantarou: Dokutake Ninja Tai Saikyou no Gunshi, FUKUOKA SoftBank HAWKS REVIVAL 2024 yuusha no kiseki, Taiwa suru sekai, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the trailers post dedicated to pre-Christmas day films.     There is only one trailer post this week (two next week). I’ve got a lot of new screeners to go through but I’ve made time to watch non-festival films like Zero Focus (1961) and the Weatherwoman duology. I’ve become addicted to the strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening. I bought at at the time of release but never played it.…

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The World with You, Kara Juro to Gekidan Karagumi no Kiroku, Ainu Puri, JUJU 20th ANNIVERSARY「YOUR REQUEST」, Symphony of Smouldering Chaos, Koi o suru nara nidome ga joto, Matsutoya Yumi THE JOURNEY 50th ANNIVERSARY Concert Tour, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first trailer post here. I have managed to get on top of my screener list by watching everything assigned to me. I will take up a few more but I have some reviews to finish up before the end of the year is upon us. My intention now is to focus down on Japanese studies in preparation for a return to Japan – five years since my last…

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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, Cells at Work, Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendo, The Making of a Japanese, Colors Under the Streetlights, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season6, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Movie, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of two trailer posts for this week. There’s a mix of titles so come back tomorrow for the next post. Well I was able to watch another movie mind melter over the weekend, one dedicated to Christmas movies. As usual, I felt like the Japanese movies carried the stream. I also watched some trashy Italian horror movies like Paginini Horror. What are the first films getting (re-…

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It Must Be Love, What Should We Have Done?, If These Letters Reach Your Eyes, Spring After Spring Passes Us By, Kyonetsu no futari goka hon “marumero soushi” wa koushite umareta, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second of two trailer posts for this weeks films. The first trailer post is here. I have spent chunks of the last two weeks watching screeners for festivals. I hope to get reviews going for a selection of titles from the Chicago Japanese Film Collective that I tweeted (and whatever the Blue Sky equivalent is) about while a selection of the others will be revealed next year. In…

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A Tale of Winter, Gekijouban Doctor-X, Uchi no otouto-domo ga sumimasen, Ito and Her Brothers, Fight, Big Home, Tetsuya Kumagawa K-BALLET TOKYO “Mermaid in Cinema", Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of two trailer posts for this week. The next one follows tomorrow. As the year ends, I’ve spent the last week and a bit getting acquainted with my new job and while it’s in the same building, the hours are longer than my previous one and the locations vary a lot more. The result on my goals has been less time for game and Japanese while I’ve managed to maintain film…

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They Gave Me a Day I Will Never Forget, SAKANAQUARIUM 2024 “turn”, Paradox Live Dope Show 2024 in CINEMA, We are Gurung, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third and final trailer post of this week. You can find part one here and part two here. On top of the previously mentioned classic anime, I’ve also got 90s TV show Sliders running in the background of my writing. It’s not as good as I remember but the 90s vibe/look is nice. In other news, I got a new role in my workplace and part of it involves getting training and I am now…

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Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX, Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, Syohane the Parhelion – SUNSHINE in the MIRROR, Returner 4K Digital Remaster, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second of three trailer posts. You can find part one here and the last part will follow tomorrow. There’s so much to view in terms of films and TV anime as I have been ploughing through festival titles and re-watching anime like Record of Lodoss War while writing. A surprising find was The Weathering Continent, a 90s Production I.G fantasy anime that I found to be quite good in…

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Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Lust in the Rain, Shotai, Auto Racer Katsuyuki Mori Promise to the Oval Circuit, Chijin no Ai, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts for this week. Parts two and three follow over the next few days. I have started a new role in my workplace and I’m enjoying it since it is featuring tasks that are more active than I am used to. It comes with a better team and a better salary so I’m much more motivated. That salary will be saved and some set aside for a trip or two to Japan – March…

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Four Equilateral Triangle, WEST. 10th Anniversary Live “W” Film edition, Kasaneru, Nezumikozo Jirokichi, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the last of this weeks trailer posts. You can find part one here and part two here. I am a bit slow to cover films from the Chicago Japanese Film Collective but did get started with SAYURI, Koji Shiraishi’s subversion of J-Horror tropes. I’ve felt that this year has been flat for horror films. I thought that the first ten minutes of Longlegs was fantastic and then lost interest as the…

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Juvenile, Gintama on Theatre 2D Kintama-hen, Fast Break, Henshin, Night Drifting Japanese Film TrailersJapanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second of three trailer posts. You can find part one here and the final part of the week is tomorrow. I have been running hot on different projects over the last few months. I had originally hoped to practice Japanese more thoroughly in preparation for a return to the country in 2025 but it’s all good because I believe this all contributes to my growth, building connections with…

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Yamato yo towa ni: Rebel 3199 Part 2 The Assault of the Burning Sun, Performing KAORU’s Funeral, Umi no chinmoku, Six Lying University Students, Angry Squad: Komuin to 7-nin no sagishi, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts Parts two and three open over the next two days. I completed my months-long rewatch of the original Alien series with Alien Resurrection (1997) and liked it. Rich visuals and with an interesting set of characters, it takes the story in a bold new direction. I then moved on to The Bike Riders (2023). What are the newest Japanese films to be released…

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Sayuri サユリ (2024) Director: Koji Shiraishi [Chicago Japanese Film Collective 2024]

House of Sayuri  サユリ 「Sayuri」 Release Date: August 23rd, 2024 Duration: 108 mins. Director: Koji Shiraishi Writer: Mari Asato, Koji Shiraishi (Screenplay), Rensuke Oshikiri (Original Manga), Starring: Ryoka Minamide, Toshie Negishi, Kitaro, Hana Kondo, Zen Kajihara, Fusako Urabe, Kokoro Morita, Kitaro, Rei Inomata, Ryu Ikeda, Website Twitter: @sayurimovie2024  IMDB I found 2024 was shaping up to…

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Or Utopia, KY Rock!, Taiyo ga shoppai, Expelled from Paradise, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third trailer post of the week. You can find the first post here and the second here. I’ve continued covering festival films and also non-festival films. The titles I can talk about are Caddo Lake, Wolfs, and Joker: Folie a Deux, all from this year. Caddo Lake and Hold Your Breath (which I watched earlier this week) are folk horror from rural America. The former is a slow-moving…

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Teppen no ken, Fictional, Parvathy Baul - Cross the Golden River, “Shogun” Episode 1 and Episode 2 Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first post here and the third post here. I’ve spent the weekend unsubscribing from email lists as part of a desire to clean up my inbox and also limit my carbon footprint. Although I can drive, I have used public transport to get about for over a decade. My biggest drain on the environment, apart from food, would be using…

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Tanin wa jigoku da / Hell is Other People, Mr. Yano’s Ordinary Days, Muroi Shinji Ikitsuzukerumono, Niihama Hikari monogatari Aoi Raion, Oasis, At the Bench, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts Come back for the second tomorrow and the third the day after. I spent the weekend watching screeners and covered a lot of titles for one festival and now I have space for another festival and some random titles. So far this week, I have watched Shortbus (2006), Balestro and The Crow (both 2024). Shortbus I remember from its time of release and the…

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Media and Memory: SAKKA to stream Yusaku Matsumoto's legal thriller WINNY

Winny    Release Date: March 10th, 2023 Duration: 127 mins. Director: Yusaku Matsumoto Writer: Yusaku Matsumoto, Kentaro Kishi (Screenplay), Junki Watanabe (Original Novel), Starring: Masahiro Higashide, Takahiro Miura, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Mai Kiryu, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Yo Yoshida, Website Yusaku Matsumoto’s interest in youth-oriented issues finds a surprising outlet in Winny, a…

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Aoi kioku, Ishi to Schadenfreude, Killer Queen Beyond School, The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third trailer post of the week. Part one is here and part two is here. I’ve managed to watch about 20 films over the last week. This is partly down to streaming via Twitch and festival screeners. Highlights have been few and far between but include The Legend of Hell House (up until the final five minutes), Cat o nine Tails by Dario Argento and Winny which I will publish a review…