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Lovely Andrea
In Tokyo, Hito Steyerl goes looking for a bondage photo for which she posed 20 years ago.Published on: -
This World of Ours
Japanese schoolboys in blazers and schoolgirls in pleated skirts. Under the outward uniformity are wild, perverted, uninhibited and violent feelings.Published on: -
Face
This film, that attracted large audiences after the Japanese première, takes a penetrating look at a woman who flees after committing murder and depicPublished on: -
Of Monster Mode
The film maker Ishii doesn’t need anything other than a Martian costume to turn a realistic housewives’ drama into an absurd comedy. In any case…Published on: -
Another Battle
Contemporary and credible sequel to a famous, ultimate Yakuza hit from the seventies. Sakamoto’s gangsters are not honourable, husky heroes, but cowarPublished on: -
in den tag hinein
Young woman, without aim or plan, is entangled in two relationships with two very different men. Sober, sensitive film about seeking souls in big-cityPublished on: -
The City of Lost Souls
Criminal turns up in Tokyo with her boyfriend, a bizarre melting pot of cultures and illegal trading. A cynical genre parody by the maker of…Published on: -
Rebel, Jiro’s Love
Jiro thinks he’s the ugliest young man there is and maybe he’s right. Yet something sweet blossoms with the factory girl Rinko. For those who…Published on: -
Bare-assed Japan
A laconic film about touching losers, maybe with just a little perverse pleasure. The son decides to leave home and live in the countryside. His…Published on: -
Bootleg Film
Road movie filled with film references set in a snow-covered Japan. With an unlikely friendship between a cop and a Yakuza, a body in the…Published on: