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Artist of Fasting
Adachi Masao’s long-awaited return from hiatus is an absurdist comedy with political bite. The multilayered hypocrisies of contemporary Japan are slowPublished on: -
Tokiwa-so no seishun
Feature based on real-life events about a number of young artists responsible for revolutionary innovation in the famous Japanese Manga comic strips iPublished on: -
Kamu onna
Opposite of the thriller ‘Fatal Attraction’, released around the same time: this is a household drama in which the husband comes off worst and the…Published on: -
Ichijo Sayuri: nureta yokujo
Striptease dancer strives for professional perfection in the first Kumashiro film for the so-called Nikkatsu Roman Porn series.Published on: -
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Bo no Kanashimi
Last, impressive Kumashiro film, in which a Japanese gangster has to face his peers.Published on: -
Lunatic
Dramatic story about the love-hate relationship between two brothers, that was started by an actress only just cured of her insanity.Published on: -
Nagisa no Sindbad
Gay high-school student is sent by his father to a clinic where he meets aloof girl with traumatic past. Début.Published on: -
Hometown
An initiative by Rotterdam’s WORM. Film workshop: four directors go in search of traces of heroism in the city, under the guidance of a producer/superPublished on: -
Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory
The craziness of our times, depicted through old television shows. Haruko is a girl who prefers to cuddle up to her old-fashioned TV set. In…Published on: