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The Whispering Star
A humanoid robot travels in her rickety, rented spaceship from planet to planet, delivering parcels. Meditative, minimalist and absurdist anti-sci-fiPublished on: -
Sharing
Shinozaki Makoto’s mystery deals with the fall-out from the 2011 tsunami. A psychology professor and one of her students push their obsessions with pePublished on: -
Sex Game
Sex and radical politics intertwine in Adachi Masao’s pink film that taps into the zeitgeist of 1960s Japan. Shot behind the barricades during a real-Published on: -
An
Sweet red-bean paste – an – out of a can or homemade, it makes all the difference. Not only in your dorayaki pancakes, but in…Published on: -
Too Young to Die!
A secondary-school pupil dies unexpectedly and finds himself in a demonic rock band. On a humorous and kitschy tour of the underworld, he looks for…Published on: -
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Gonin Saga
If the original Gonin was the Titanic of Yakuza movies, Ishii Takashi’s twenty-years-later sequel brings the tangle of reckless attacks, jealousies anPublished on: -
At Any Place 2
Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup is swapped with cup noodle by artist Idemitsu Mako in a mockery of the reverence of everyday objects in pop art.Published on: -
For the Damaged Right Eye
Considered a milestone in Japanese expanded cinema, the film captures the vivacity of 1960s Tokyo with its overlapping triple-projection and chaotic sPublished on: -
