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The Geisha House
Fukasaku’s most recent film and his first real women’s film tells the life story of the brave geisha Omacha who is forced by her family’s…Published on: -
Jam Session – Kikujiro no natsu koshiki kaizokuban
The formidable Kitano Takeshi in the ‘making-of’ of his last film Kikujiro. Plus an unforgettable encounter with the Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien.Published on: -
Kiss Me So Long I Can’t Breathe
The killer, the call-girl and the victim; each with their own story. Mix of influences from Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese cinema into a fluent,…Published on: -
Heart, Beating in the Dark (original version)
This Super8 film that is not well enough known is one of the Modernist Japanese classics of the 1980s. A young couple borrows a friend’s…Published on: -
La leyenda del tiempo
This well hidden homage to the legendarian flamenco singer Camarón portrays two people playing themselves: the 13 year old gipsy boy Isra who is not…Published on: -
Haze
Dilemma. A man tries to escape from a claustrophobic space. An actor is caught by a video camera. No escape possible.Published on: -
The Enchantment
Stylised, idiosyncratic thriller with a typical mixture of sensuality and irrationality. The psychiatrist Sotomura becomes fascinated by his patient MPublished on: -
Bambi (heart) Bone
In a Japanese suburb, the film follows two children aged about 11 as they play, in their adventures and imagination. Debutante Shibutani manages beautPublished on: -
Dogs
Film noir and hard-boiled love story shot in black & white and on video, with wonderful camerawork, montage and casting about the hard female cop…Published on: