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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • Crest of Betrayal

    Glowing and fantastic realistic narrative about roaming and vengeful samurai. Based on the classic story about the 47 ronin (samurai without a boss) t
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  • Angel’s Egg

    A pregnant young woman roams through an empty, post-industrial medieval landscape. A young soldier, whose musket has the shape of a cross, gives the g
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  • Away With Words

    Directing début by brilliant cameraman Christopher Doyle (e.g. Chunking Express) about a man with a phenomenal memory. Any word he has ever heard, he
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  • Street Mobster

    On his return from prison, a Yakuza is confronted with loss of his territory. Regaining it unleashes a whirlwind of unbridled violence. Mitami Noboru
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  • Barren Illusions

    Is love possible in a world where we have freed ourselves from our desires? In this ironic investigation into alienation, Haru and Michi dream of…
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  • Das Geschriebene Gesicht

    Swiss film-maker reveals his fascination with Japanese Kabuki theatre in a fine mix of feature and documentary. With Tamasaburo Bando; the actor who p
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  • Yakuza Graveyard

    Biting social criticism in the form of a Yakuza action film. Police inspector falls in love with the sister of a gangster boss and becomes…
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  • Timeless Melody

    Improvised music as a metaphor for variety in the uncertain existence of several regular visitors to a pool hall and rehearsal space. Meditative and v
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  • Discipline for the Left-Handed

    The film-maker was forced as a child to write with his right hand while he was left-handed. Experimental and painfully honest way to come to…
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  • W/O

    Collage of the director’s memories of his stay in a squatted student house at Tokyo University.
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