Overview of articles
-
Eros + Massacre
Yoshida’s masterpiece is a daring analysis of sex, politics, revolution and art in modern Japan that shifts back and forth between the 1910s and 1960sPublished on: -
Let Him Rest In Peace
With a gorgeous visual style and a laconic tone, male lead Fuji Tatsuya (star of In the Realm of the Senses), returns to his seaside…Published on: -
Mr. Sakurai at a Ticket Counter
Experimental mini road movie shot on 8mm. A film that regularly stops for camera exercises in which architectural objects are ‘scanned’.Published on: -
Where Are You?
2008s Film Maker in Focus Kobayashi Masahiro shows today’s Japan from the perspective of an adolescent. Kobayashi Yuto, the son of the director, playsPublished on: -
Ta-ta tosy tit
Cut and paste and then stick music underneath. It’s sounds simple, but it looks very nifty. Death metal and well chosen images. Crazy.Screened beforePublished on: -
MARKS
The young Mizusawa survived his family’s group suicide only to be sexually abused in a mental hospital. In a separate storyline, Tokyo faces a seriesPublished on: -
The Eighteen Who Stirred up a Storm
Too outlandish or ahead of its time? This realistic depiction of a group of young contract labourers at the bottom of society was neglected at…Published on: -
Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
In Sai’s first film, ex-rocker Uchida Yuya plays an unstable and alcoholic Tokyo cop, despised by his ex-wife and daughter. As his life moves in…Published on: -
Dorothy (Ragged Film #4)
Hybrid film experiment encompasses both a love poem and a noise film. With music by the Japanese experimental turntablists BusRatch.Published on: -
The World
Complex film in which fire, water, air and earth have been added as separate layers by repeatedly exposing the same film material.Published on: