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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Overview of articles

  • The Soup, One Morning

    Kitigawa suffers panic attacks. His girlfriend Shizu tries to get through to him, but Kitigawa seems to seek help from a suspect source. The lengthy…
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  • 2046

    A writer (Tony Leung) is working on a book about a mysterious train that travels to the year 2046. He thinks he is making a…
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  • A Kid on the Alley of 3-2 Kyojima

    Divergence between cameraman and soundman in tense street scene.
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  • A Tender Place

    Stunning drama with elegant, labyrinthine plot about the disappearance of a girl aged five. The mother continues to fantasise about her return, while
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  • Blue Spring

    At a rough boys’ school in a Japanese suburb, boys play dangerous games. Beautiful photography, lovely hairstyles and a rock soundtrack that will reve
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  • Chikamatsu’s “Love in Osaka”

    One of the many film versions based on Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), in which Uchida does not shirk from bringing on the legendary writer himself.
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  • Yoshiwara: The Pleasure Quarter

    Forgotten classic is a dynamic, elegant melodrama written by Mizoguchi’s scriptwriter Yoshikata. Friendly textile manufacturer can’t get a woman becau
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  • Riyo

    A disarmingly simple phone conversation between two shy Japanese teenagers.
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  • Kya ka ra ba a

    The maker looks at her work and life so far through a super-8 camera, in a poetic and moving way.
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  • Distance

    With compassion and in a tranquil tempo, Kore-Eda (After Life, 1998) tells a story of loss and mourning, based on a true event. Four relatives…
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