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Two Angels One Midnight Escape, Gintama on Theatre 2D, Acting for Beginners, Kaze ni tatsu Aiko-san, Gekijouban “Funya~ri biyori” neko ekicho sakura no monogatari, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the fourth and final trailer post for this week. You can find part one here, part two here, and part three here. Over the last few months, I have watched 100+ films and have been able to do a considerable amount of writing. A lot of this writing is available to read on the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025 site. I’ll post some reviews of older films and trailer posts but from March 14,…

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Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle, Gekijouban YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 “Cho Genjitsu”, Kireina, aku, Jiyuuna Fanshii, Thunderbolt Fantasy: Toriken Yuki Saishusho, Hey! Our dear Don-chan, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third trailer post of the week. You can find part one here, part two here, and the fourth and last part comes tomorrow. I’ll get going with film reviews next week since there aren’t as many new Japanese releases to cover!!!!! What are the trailers in this post??? Continue reading Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle, Gekijouban YOASOBI 5th ANNIVERSARY DOME LIVE 2024 “Cho Genjitsu”,…

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La Campanella, Musical “Touken Ranbu” Michinooku Hitotsuhachisu 4DX, Bokura wa jinsei de ikkai dake sotsugyo ga tsukaeru, Inu to sensou Ukuraina de watash ga mitakoto, Ultraman Arc The Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first trailer here and the next two trailers coming over the next two days. I did a recording of a Heroic Purgatory podcast dedicated to David Lynch. Over the last few weeks, I’ve rewatched some of his films and fallen in love with them again. Overlaying stories with his blend of surrealist imagery, the psycho-analytical readings,…

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Yasuko Songs of Days Past, BUCK-TICK The Movie: BUCK-TICK Phenomenon – New World -, Kanasando, Kessoku sono saki he samurai-tachi no kuno to kibo, Kamen Rider Gotchard: GRADUATIONS, Shi ni soko natta otoko, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of four trailer posts. The rest of the posts follow over the next few days. There are 21 new Japanese films released this week so I had to tackle the whole lot in separate bits. There were around 69 new entries for February last year and around 45 the year before so it will be interesting to see what the final amount will be for February 2025. Before I go on, the passing of…

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Kisspeptin Chronicles, Soshite Yuko II, FUKUSHIMA with BELA TARR, LETTERS FROM FUKUSHIMA Japanese, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first post here. What are the rest of this week’s trailers? Continue reading Kisspeptin Chronicles, Soshite Yuko II, FUKUSHIMA with BELA TARR, LETTERS FROM FUKUSHIMA Japanese, Japanese Film Trailers

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Broken Rage, On a Boat, Trillion Game, BATTLE KING!! Map of The Mind Prologue, Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. There will be one more tomorrow. Last week I previewed the Japanese films at Berlinale 2025 and posted a review of the Ringo Lam action flick The Adventurers and I’ve got more Hong Kong and older Japanese film coverage coming and also coverage of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025, which starts in a month’s time! What are the first batch of Japanese…

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You’re Not Normal, Either まともじゃないのは君も一緒 (2021) Director: Koji Maeda

You’re Not Normal, Either    まともじゃないのは君も一緒 「Matomo Janai no wa Kimi mo Issho」 Release Date: March 19th, 2021 Duration: 98 mins. Director: Koji Maeda Writer: Ryo Takada (Script),  Starring: Ryo Narita, Kaya Kiyohara, Kotaro Koizumi, Yuki Kura, Rika Izumi, Mai Ohtani, Kasumi Yamaya, Website Yasuomi Ono (Ryo Narita) is a handsome and kind-hearted math teacher at a cram school in Yokohama. He is a…

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Ame nimo makezu, The Summer Days with Catfish, Haruka naru,  Salaryman Kintaro Kai-hen, Laugh Everyone!, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week. You can find part one here and part two here. As mentioned in my first trailer post, I’m currently writing for Osaka Asian Film Festival so the only non-festival things going on are streams of Stargate SG-1 and Final Fantasy Tactics. What are the last set of films for this week? Continue reading Ame nimo makezu, The Summer Days with…

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Dare yori mo tsuyoku dakishimete, Sekai seifuku yameta, MY MOTHER NEVER CRY, INTER::FACE Chino kikai hanzai koso-bu namae no uta faith, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second of three trailer posts this week. You can find the first one here and the last one follows tomorrow. What are the next bunch of films for this week? Continue reading Dare yori mo tsuyoku dakishimete, Sekai seifuku yameta, MY MOTHER NEVER CRY, INTER::FACE Chino kikai hanzai koso-bu namae no uta faith, Japanese Film Trailers

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1st Kiss, Showtime 7, Under the Big Onion, Gintama on Theatre 2D Shinsengumi doran-hen, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts. The next two posts follow over the next two days. The first waves of films have been announced for Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025 and I am back on writing duty! Woo-hoo! Lots of great titles have been revealed so far and many more are still to come, so keep checking back! What are the first bunch of new Japanese films released this week that I are…

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Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2025

The 2025 edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will run February 13 to 23 and the full line-up has been announced. There are interesting titles from around the world, including Bong Joon-Ho’s Hollywood dystopian sci-fi flick Mickey 17 and a stop-motion movie by Michel Gondry. But! What are the Japanese films programmed so far? Continue reading Japanese Films at the Berlin…

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The Adventurers (1995) 大冒險家 Director: Ringo Lam

The Adventurers      大冒險家 「Daimouhimga」 Release Date: August 02nd, 1995 Duration: 119 mins. Director: Ringo Lam Writer: Sandy Shaw, Ringo Lam, Kwong-yam Yip (Screenplay), Starring: Andy Lay (Mandy/Wai), Rosamund Kwan (Mona), Chien-Lien Wu (Crystal Lui), Paul Chun (Ray Lui), IMDB School on Fire (1988) is probably Ringo Lam’s best work, what with its potent social commentary on Triad corruption of…

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August My Heaven, THE RIGHT MAN seigi no otoko, Gekijouban Hikawa Kiyoshi + KIINA. 25th Anniversary Concert Tour KIIZN, Example! Imitation, Japanese Film Trailers  

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first trailer post here. Amidst festival work I’ve started watching Hong Kong films just to try my hand at different review styles. There have been a few Ringo Lam titles that I’ve had my eye on and I’m checking out Yuen Woo-ping films, too. It makes for a nice change of pace. What are the rest of the films released this…

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Blazing Fists, Suicide Notes Laid on the Table, The Rose of Versailles (2025 movie), Kaiju Guy!, Make a Girl, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. There will be another one coming tomorrow. There were only nine Japanese films released this week compared to the 20 last week, but there’s a nice diversity of titles. Some of these I have written about in my festival posts. I think there was an increase of 15 Japanese-made movies released in cinemas compared to last year. Here are the first set of…

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Dreaming in Between 逃げきれた夢 (2023) Director: Ryutaro Ninomiya

Dreaming in Between    逃げきれた夢 「Nigekireta Yume」 Release Date: June 09th, 2023 Duration: 96 mins. Director: Ryutaro Ninomiya Writer: Ryutaro Ninomiya (Screenplay), Starring: Ken Mitsuishi, Miyu Yoshimoto, Haruka Kudo, Maki Sakai, Yutaka Matsushige, Rei Okamoto, Website IMDB The line between hilarity and hurt is brutally thin in Dreaming in Between, Ryutaro Ninomiya’s tragicomic character study of…

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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Time Machine Girl, Hanataba, Mothers マザーズ, Yukiko a.k.a., Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the last trailer post of the week. You can find part one here, part two here, and part three here. I’ve been busy with festival work so haven’t had the chance to watch many films aside from two on YouTube One day of Mayor Fukuyama and Tokyo Poltergeist. What are the last of this week’s films? Continue reading The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Time Machine…

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Cyborg Tasuke Isshin, Dover babaa 2 tsunagu, Hashi to nemuru, Moirai, Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love!, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the third of four trailer posts. You can find part one here and part two here. What are the next bunch of films amongst those released this weekend? Continue reading Cyborg Tasuke Isshin, Dover babaa 2 tsunagu, Hashi to nemuru, Moirai, Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love!, Japanese Film Trailers