“Read our report of the Q&A with Takashi Miike and Masataka Kubota we attended and our introduction of the CinemAsia Film Festival. “
Category: Directors
Death By Hanging (1968) Review
A true classic of political driven cinema that, maybe contrary to many people’s expectations, has remained as relevant as it was in the past.
Jam (2018) review [Camera Japan Festival]
“Sabu’s splendidly structured genre-mix will surely please his fans as well as charm those who are new to his oeuvre.”
Like A Dragon (2007) review
“A clear case of a film translation gone wrong. People are, in fact, far better off playing the game.”
Kingdom (2019) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
“A solid groundwork for future installments.”
Chiwawa (2019) review [Fantasia International Film Festival]
“Ken Ninomiya reconfirms his extra-ordinary talent, proving he is truly one of a kind.”
Sadako (2019) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2019]
“The narrative works surprisingly well as an atmospheric piece of tension.”
Zan/killing (2018) review
“One of the Tsukamoto’s most accomplished narratives.”
We Are Little Zombies (2019) Review
“Nagahisa has earned himself the honour to be considered as one of the most promising directors of Japan today.”
Dawn of the Felines (2016) review
“(The narrative) fully realizes what Roman Porno stands for, offering an erotically enticing investigation of inter-subjectivity and the role of sexuality within one’s subjectivity.”
Dynamite Graffiti (2018) review [JFFH 2019]
(A narrative that movingly) reveals the productive as well as the destructive effects a certain fantasmatic solution to the enigma of female desire can have.
Only She Knows (1960) review
“Highly recommended for those fans of Japan’s Nouvelle Vague movement.”
Dangan Runner (1996) review
“This more cerebral comedy should, in fact, be on every Japanese cinema lover’s to-see list.”
The Third Murder (2017) Review
An unsettling and powerful account of the problematic aspects marking Japan’s legal system – a system enabling the third murder.”
Neko Atsume House (2017) review
“His most pure celebration of the very positive function cats can have in a subject’s life.”
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