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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • Mudaikyu

    A structural film with eye for beauty, emphasised by the black & white and the silence.
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  • Face

    This film, that attracted large audiences after the Japanese première, takes a penetrating look at a woman who flees after committing murder and depic
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  • Of Monster Mode

    The film maker Ishii doesn’t need anything other than a Martian costume to turn a realistic housewives’ drama into an absurd comedy. In any case…
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  • Yi yi

    Masterfully composed and wise story about a man whose life goes wrong on all fronts. Problems change in the course of a human life, but…
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  • Another Battle

    Contemporary and credible sequel to a famous, ultimate Yakuza hit from the seventies. Sakamoto’s gangsters are not honourable, husky heroes, but cowar
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  • From the Ionosphere

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  • The City of Lost Souls

    Criminal turns up in Tokyo with her boyfriend, a bizarre melting pot of cultures and illegal trading. A cynical genre parody by the maker of…
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  • Syunsoku 9

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  • Rebel, Jiro’s Love

    Jiro thinks he’s the ugliest young man there is and maybe he’s right. Yet something sweet blossoms with the factory girl Rinko. For those who…
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  • Bare-assed Japan

    A laconic film about touching losers, maybe with just a little perverse pleasure. The son decides to leave home and live in the countryside. His…
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