Tag: Movies

One Percenter (2023) review

Yamaguchi delivers a love-letter to down-to-earth action that proves that there is plenty of poetry to be found in the physical action-performances.

Rental Family (2025)

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

Dollhouse (2025) review

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

Undead lovers (2024) review

Matsui delivers a heartwarming romance narrative that, due to its fresh approach to certain tropes of the genre, rises above the common derivative romance drivel Japan usually produces.

Teki Cometh (2024) review [Camera Japan Festival]

A vivid and mesmerising experience that does not only illustrates the subjective impact of increased isolation on giving meaning to one’s own life – on the stability of the frame of one’s ego.

Evil Does not Exist (2023) review

Ryusuke Hamaguchi offers a highly meditative exploration of the position of violence within the natural Real and the human symbolic, the realm of speech.

8 films to watch in preparation for Ghost of Yotei

In this short article, we want to introduce people, who are new to the Japanese cinema, to a few easily accessible films to prepare themselves for the game and immerse themselves in the themes that the game will explore.