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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • Mejima

    Melancholy, romantic gangster film. Illegal butcher Mejima falls for gangster’s moll/prostitute Mon, seemingly sealing his fate. However her boss, the
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  • Don’t Light My Fire (Otoboke Beaver Music Video)

    Japanese punk rock group Otoboke Beaver is a female quartet from Japan. This video illustrates a song that stems from their recent album, Itekoma Hits
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  • Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

    Bittersweet tribute to Japan’s biggest post-war comedy-cinema phenomenon and a reflection on times lost, loves regained and laughs remembered.
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  • One Arm

    An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureate Kawabata Yasunari is turned into a minimalist animation of dazzling beauty.
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  • 15 Days

    A camera-shy film journalist decides to inflict an experiment on himself: to film himself for 15 days. Halfway through his ordeal he opens up.
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  • A Girl Missing

    Calm drama. Madness and vengeance take possession of nurse Ichiko after her nephew is suspected of a kidnapping.
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  • Reiwa Uprising

    On the campaign trail with trans woman Yasutomi Ayumi, a professor of economics. An instant epic on political change finished in four months!
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  • Shell and Joint

    Understated humour and philosophy go hand in hand in this Japanese comedy that strings offbeat moments together.
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  • Tenzo

    Documentary with fictional elements. Two Japanese monks see the socio-economic consequences of the past and wonder: What now?
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  • Special Actors

    An extraordinary acting job leads anti-hero Kazuto to perform deeds he had never imagined possible in this charming comedy.
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