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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • Shadow of Fire

    A candidly realistic and moving post-WW2 drama from a leading contemporary Japanese filmmaker.
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  • A Spoiling Rain

    A melancholy picture of entangled romantic destinies set against Japan’s waning adult film industry.
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  • Dear Kaita Ablaze

    An obsessive and driven homage to Murayama Kaita, mixing surrealism and sci-fi by Sato Hisayasu.
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  • One Last Bloom

    An elderly boxing trainer grasps at a final chance for triumph through a young rookie.
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  • Born in Gunsan and after seven years, I was repatriated to Japan…

    The history of Gunsan and the recollections of Akio Kambayashi collide in this monumental essay.
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  • The Great White Tower

    Will the community-conscious humanist or the selfish careerist succeed as head of the university medical department?
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  • Blue Imagine

    An urgent, bold and composed rallying cry against sexual violence in the Japanese film industry.
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  • Tenement

    A manga artist experiences terrifying visions when visiting her ancestral home in Phnom Penh.
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  • Many happy returns

    Comedy in which Beat Takashi (SONATINE), as the manipulator of a new sect, seeks a new figure head.
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  • Little lieutenant

    Rapid dance film and multi-media spectacle evokes Weimar Republic to music by John Zorn.
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