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Akai kami no onna
Redhead woman leads the men astray. She is not quite what she seems. It is regarded as one of the strongest Kumashiro films.Published on: -
La La La at Rock Bottom
He is very famous in Japan, the singer in red from Kanjani Eight. Here, Subaru plays a small-scale gangster who’s lost his memory and is…Published on: -
Over Your Dead Body
Miike Takashi is well-known as the master of excess and violence but also of diversity: this film, for instance, is both minimalist and spooky. An…Published on: -
Maboroshi no hikari
Masterful first feature about a woman in crisis, with references to Ozu, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Antonioni.Published on: -
Kokaku kidotai
The mysterious and elusive computer hacker The Puppet Master turns up in Hong Kong in 2029. Fine animation and complex social vision go hand in…Published on: -
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Buraikan
Historic black comedy about acting playboy who rebels against the oppression of art.Published on: -
The Written Face
Original documentary annex feature about the Japanese Kabuki theatre. Chosen as homage to Gerry and Ellen Waller by Mieke Bernink (Skrien).Published on: -
Fires on the Plain
Surrealism comes home when Tsukamoto Shinya tackles the last weeks of the Pacific War: bodies rot, limbs fly, men are mown down en masse, comrades…Published on: -
A Midsummer’s Fantasia
In his third feature (in two parts), festival favourite Jang Kun-Jae also presents an alter ego: a Korean director who, in black-and-white, prepares aPublished on: