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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On

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  • Remembrance

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  • After the Exhibition

    A deadpan oddity that captures the awkwardness of social interactions. Local artist Qualia finds himself unable to leave his exhibition after its clos
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  • Funeral Parade of Roses

    Capturing the fervour of 1960s counterculture in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan’s queer classic is a delightfully chaotic film that follows hostess Eddie, the
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  • Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    A hallucinating trip through nighty Kyoto, where the shy Senpai tries to declare his love to party animal Otome. A colourful masterpiece.
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  • Wrong Revision

    Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short story The Devil and Tobacco (1916), Wrong Revision introduces a curious account of the devil’s introduction to Ja
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  • Outrage Coda

    Stylish finale of the Outrage trilogy. A new battle breaks out between rivals in the Japanese organised crime world, where tradition makes way for col
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  • Radiance

    Hearing is believing: Japanese Misako writes audio descriptions for blind and visually impaired film audiences. She receives harsh criticism from an a
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  • Hanagatami

    Choosing stylised vivacity over realism, this anti-war period drama set on the eve of World War Two captures an historical moment of frenzy. The direc
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  • Toward Hands

    In a vast, computer-generated world, characters are pursued and attacked one after the other. Who are they? And what are they protecting? (Image
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