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If You Were Young: Rage
One of Fukasaku’s least known films that is very rarely screened. It ius an exception within his oeuvre because the story is not set in…Published on: -
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Anti-war drama in which four veterans each express their own views on the atrocities that took place right at the end of the war. A…Published on: -
Blue Chong
A spirited and brave fiction début by a young Korean-Japanese film-maker that explores the taboo subject of the relations between Korean immigrants anPublished on: -
Kikujiro no natsu
Masao (9) has the holiday of his life in a funny, occasionally absurd, but always warm comedy. With and by a Kitano who excels himself.Published on: -
The Dimension Travellers
Science-fiction film in which secondary-school kids leave with a new classmate for a different dimension – where the world has been destroyed by a nucPublished on: -
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Gemini
Tsukamoto Shinya’s (Tetsuo, Tokyo Fist) extremely entertaining new film tells a story of class distinction, voluntary and involuntary memory loss, psyPublished on: -
Battles Without Honour and Humanity
The film that completely changed the Yakuza genre and the film that marked Fukasaku’s breakthrough. Raw and realistic reflection of a dirty gang war:Published on: -
Black Lizard
Cult classic about the perverted love and the haggling between a stunningly attractive thief and a private dick. With brilliant dialogues by Mishima YPublished on: