Focus: Yuasa Masaaki
Overview of films
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Happy Machine
Yuasa Masaaki | 16' | Japan | None
Reality is not all it seems in this journey into an alternative existence filled with bizarre creatures. -
INU-OH
Yuasa Masaaki | 98' | Japan | Dutch Premiere
Set in medieval Japan, dissident musicians take on tradition in a counterculture manifesto with a contemporary feel. -
Japan Sinks: 2020 Theatrical Edition
Yuasa Masaaki | 151' | Japan | European premiere
A teenage athlete grapples with guilt and loss in this intimate, tonally complex disaster epic. -
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Yuasa Masaaki | 288' | Japan | None
Ragtag animation club grows into a media sensation in an exuberant, spectacularly mounted meta-anime. -
Kick-Heart
Yuasa Masaaki | 13' | Japan | None
A fast and furious love story between a masochistic male wrestler and a deceptively demure nun. -
Lu Over the Wall
Yuasa Masaaki | 112' | Japan | None
Mermaids, music and magic collide in this astonishing animation by a master of the craft. -
Mind Game
Yuasa Masaaki | 103' | Japan | None
A cult classic that takes you on an animated voyage of surreal and psychedelic self-discovery. -
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
Yuasa Masaaki | 93' | Japan | None
An outrageous, alcohol-fuelled campus rom-com with oddball characters navigating a series of extraordinary situations. -
Ride Your Wave
Yuasa Masaaki | 96' | Japan | None
A breezy seaside romance turns into a delicate study of grief in a bittersweet anime feature. -
The Tatami Galaxy
Yuasa Masaaki | 253' | Japan | None
Twisted college romance meets absurd campus mythology in a delirious, time-travelling varsity comedy.