Category: Family

The Snow Woman (1968)

Tokuzo Tanaka’s film remains, up until this day, an incredibly satisfying tragic romance-horror.

Sana (2023) review

Takashi Shimizu cannot avoid his film from being held back from the fan-service it needs to deliver.

After the Quake (2025) review

Inoue delivers an engaging cerebral experience that traces out the effect of the great Hanshin Earthquake on subjectivity as well as the state of the father within a capitalistic and consumerist society.

Unreachable (2025) review

The melodrama does not merely fall flat, but also leaves a sour aftertaste in the spectator’s mouth.

Confetti (2023) review

A pleasant film that underlines, in an elegant and touching manner, the necessity for the subject to find an Other to commit himself to his dream, to his desire.

This Is I (2026) review

Matsumoto makes a very convincing case for the need for the societal field to become more willing to grant subjects the right to nominate themselves in accordance with their subjective position.

Rental Family (2025)

Hikari re-affirms her talent for creating uplifting and touching filmic experiences.

A Love Letter From Yesterday (2024) review

The emotional drama is extremely flat – and even the sexual encounters, despite being well-acted by the female cast, cannot infuse life into the dried-up bed of the film’s emotional river.          

Dollhouse (2025) review

Yaguchi’s horror will please audiences new to the J-horror genre as well as long-time fans of the genre.