Overview of articles
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Women on the Edge
The disaster on 11 March 2011 made a huge impression in Japan. Few filmmakers were capable of coming up with an original response, but Kobayashi…Published on: -
The Sound of Light
The filmmaker is a filmmaker, but the filmmaker is also a farmer. The film is about farmers and their problems pursuing a traditional life in…Published on: -
I Wish
The great Japanese filmmakers have always been good at telling sensitive family tales. On the surface a summery children’s film, but underneath a dramPublished on: -
Last Fragments of Winter
A Malaysian film student travels to Japan to study and is amazed by many things. About a girl in the snow, for instance.Published on: -
Generator
Generator is a response to the disaster in Fukushima and visualises Tokyo as an eroding metropolis accompanied by Jim O’Rourke’s dark soundscapes.Published on: -
Kyojima 3rd St., Sumida City
Perhaps the most over-used description for films with beautiful young people: the coming-of-age film. The girl steals.Published on: -
About the Pink Sky
Cheeky, untouchable girls can make a film immortal. Think of Jean Seberg in À bout de souffle. From now on you can also dream of…Published on: -
Sound of Life
Joyful, poetic animation magically combines two animation techniques. Get carried away.Published on: -
Tokyo Playboy Club
There are rundown nightclubs where the excitement is gone, but the Playboy Club in Tokyo has long since passed that phase. It’s the ideal backdrop…Published on: -
Kotoko
Tsukamoto has to answer for almost unbearable films such as Tetsuo II: Body Hammer and Tokyo Fist. Not exactly free of violence, to put it…Published on: