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The Hiding
A woman withdraws into a new apartment. She lives in fear and isolation, but is found by a woman with abnormal gifts. Experimental. Colourful. FrightePublished on: -
Man Walking on Snow
A simple story about grand things. The old man who walks through the snow is on his way to a fish farm to look at…Published on: -
Junk Films: The Collected Short Shockumentaries of Tsurisaki Kiyotaka
Without wanting to scare anyone off, a warning is not out of place with this film. Tsurisaki is a photographer and filmmaker who has specialised…Published on: -
Shadow of Sand
A young woman murders an unwilling lover. After his death, he keeps appearing in her room. She doesn’t think it’s strange but she does keep…Published on: -
The Festival in the Cage
A colourful procession of images tells in just a few minutes the whole post-war history of Japan. Virtuoso jewel.Published on: -
Amazing Story
Again, Kobayashi takes us along to a snow-covered Hokkaido, where this time a man kidnaps the hairdresser of a small town. Not a thriller, but…Published on: -
Real Access Discommunication
The film maker thinks she’s normal and doesn’t understand the world that considers her masochism abnormal. She doesn’t make a normal film about it.Published on: -
Sad Vacation
Asano Tadanobu, the Japanese actor with the beautiful long hair, plays a man with a fairly complicated past. He was once deserted by his mother…Published on: -
Megumi
Megumi was a 13-year-old Japanese girl in 1977. She was kidnapped to North Korea. Her parents believe she is still alive and the film maker…Published on: -
Girl Sparks
It soon becomes apparent that Saeko is not just an ordinary schoolgirl. And equally soon it’s apparent this isn’t an ordinary film. It looks like…Published on: