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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…

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Gekijouban Honto ni atta! Noroi no bideo 109, Attack on Titan The Movie: THE LAST ATTACK, Curling no Kamisama, Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull, Unmei-ya, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first part here while the last part will be posted tomorrow. News of a tragic one-two of deaths have hit this week with Kazuo Umezu and Quincy Jones. Like many other people, I’ve enjoyed their works. In terms of Umezu, I have to say in particular The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch and Tamami: The Baby’s Curse. RIP to two…

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Gekijouban Honto ni atta! Noroi no bideo 109, Attack on Titan The Movie: THE LAST ATTACK, Curling no Kamisama, Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull, Unmei-ya, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first part here while the last part will be posted tomorrow. News of a tragic one-two of deaths have hit this week with Kazuo Umezu and Quincy Jones. Like many other people, I’ve enjoyed their works. In terms of Umezu, I have to say in particular The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch and Tamami: The Baby’s Curse. RIP to two…

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Push Pause, BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! Kōhen: Utau, Bokura ni Nareru Uta and Film Live, The Real You, Route 29, Atashi no!, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts. You can find the next two posts on this site over the next two days. This is going to be a crazy week since I have non-stop writing to do with reviews but I figure that I’ve done my last festival preview with Tokyo FILMeX. I’m gonna go for a new job so my hours will change and I’m wondering how my days will shake out. What are the first set of films…

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Japanese Films at Tokyo FILMeX 2024 (November 23rd to December 01st)

Tokyo FILMeX 2023 runs from November 23rd to December 01st. The venues chosen are Marunouchi Toei and Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho (screening schedule) and the films getting screened have featured in some of the autumn festivals I have covered and a brand new one featuring Lily Franky in the Philippines. Click on the links to be taken to pages with more images. Continue reading Japanese Films at…

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Roger Corman's Poe Cycle: A Heroic Purgatory Halloween Special

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Musuko to Yobu hi Made, Until the Day I Call You Son, Festival Day, STRANGERS, Nitobe no yune manabu koto wa ikiru akashi, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the second of two trailer posts covering this weeks Japanese films. You can find the first post here. Since it is Halloween, I’ve been bouncing around horror films via various Twitch streams. They are less than legal but excellent at helping discover titles from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. I’ve also found a stream that replays Stargate SG-1 and The X-Files. All of this is the stuff…

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Aimitagai, Stolen Identity The Last Hacker, 11 Rebels, Bibalam!!, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of two trailer posts of the week. The second trailer post fill follow tomorrow. After a bright start with Japanese studied, I’ve come to a point where I need to go over a considerable amount of stuff to make sure I don’t forget. I had intended to cut out a lot of other activities but overtime at work and a new job and writing about films take up time. Learning Japanese to…

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Chicago Japan Film Collective 2024 (November 14th-24th)

Chicago Japan Film Collective presents 11 Films over 11 Days in a run that stretches from November 14th to the 24th. There will be two in-theatre screenings at Music Box Theatre, Chicago, and 11 screened online. The theme for this year is “co-existence,” with the hope of spreading the message of living harmoniously. There is a rich variety of stories from the indie end of the spectrum, some of…