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Shift
Electronic magazine about music, interactive animation and contemporary design. Shift also operates as a platform for a generation of makers who are sPublished on: -
Charisma
Police inspector loses his way in a forest, and how. Surreal and mysterious thriller by international breakthrough Kurosawa Kiyoshi (no relation).Published on: -
Ana-ta-han
The great Von Sternberg fell in love with Japan and filmed a true story in a studio there. After a shipwreck a group of soldiers…Published on: -
Dancing Stage
Technically and substantially innovative arcade game in which a computer teaches you to dance. Ingenious cross between Twister and Saturday Night FevePublished on: -
Small Fish
In this interactive musical artwork, music and pictures are fused. By manipulating objects and images on the computer screen, the user creates melody,Published on: -
Graveyard of Honour
One of Fukasaku’s most important films. Gruff Yakuza throws himself into a chasm of violence and decadence. Beautiful ‘dirty hero’ role by Watari TetsPublished on: -
The Labyrinth Files: File 538
Borges-inspired animation film about a sweaty private detective who, after a break-in, finds a computer file addressed to him comprising a story of thPublished on: -
Shogun’s Samurai
Fukasaku’s first costume drama. The battle for succession between two sons of a 17th-century Shogun. Dramatic whirlwind of swordfights, political intrPublished on: -
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Princess Mononoke
Milestone in Japanese animation film and an incredible box-office hit there. Less polished in style and more complex in content, grander and more mythPublished on: