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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • Shogun’s Samurai

    Fukasaku’s first costume drama. The battle for succession between two sons of a 17th-century Shogun. Dramatic whirlwind of swordfights, political intr
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  • Princess Mononoke

    Milestone in Japanese animation film and an incredible box-office hit there. Less polished in style and more complex in content, grander and more myth
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  • Japan Organized Crime Boss

    Gang-war film. The star of Yakuza roles Tsuruta Koji plays the lead of a bitterly battling gang leader. Also striking is the role of Ando…
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  • Dead or Alive

    Entertaining action film filled with love and violence by the former avantgarde director Miike. The backdrop for a disastrous clash between a cop and
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  • TOKITAMA Hustle

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  • Don’t Look Back

    Little Japanese boys grow up too: Akira and Kouichi are two inseparable ten-year-old boys who get up to all kinds of mischief together. They are…
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  • L + R

    Who’d have thought that an essay about the lack of understanding between East and West could be so entertaining. A film-maker unpacks his baggage, not
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  • Hazy Life

    Friendship between two boys: one is a regular visitor to the pachinko amusement arcade, the other copies erotic pinku films. Enchanting and fresh low-
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  • Cops Vs. Thugs

    Unconventional Yakuza film based on a true incident. The friendship between a police inspector and the leader of a Yakuza gang is put to the…
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  • Tel – Club

    Fake diary-film about blind dating the Japanese way. A man becomes addicted to the excitement of making an appointment with an unknown woman through a
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