YOUR GUIDE TO JAPANESE FILMS WITH ENGLISH SUBS
KOKUHO - If you’re in Japan, or follow its trends, you are already aware that Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho has made/is still making… ...
LIM KAH WAI RETROSPECTIVE - This exciting retrospective spotlights the border-crossing cinema of Lim Kah Wai, the Malaysian-born, Osaka-based filmmaker whose work — like the… ...
PAPER CITY - Tokyo-based Australian filmmaker Adrian Francis devoted seven years to assuring that the remaining survivors of the Tokyo firebombings on March… ...
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AKIO FUJIMOTO RETROSPECTIVE - Ahead of the April 24 Japanese release of the latest feature from internationally acclaimed director Akio Fujimoto, Lost Land, special… ...
BLACK BOX DIARIES - If you have not yet experienced journalist-filmmaker Shiori Ito’s Oscar-nominated Black Box Diaries, do not miss the opportunity to see it… ...
KANEKO FUMIKO - It’s been 100 years since Kaneko Fumiko died in solitary confinement at Tochigi Women’s Prison, age 23. A nihilist who… ...
JOURNEY THROUGH JAPANESE AND KOREAN CINEMAS - As part of the Japan–Korea cinema exchange program Journey Through Japanese & Korean Cinemas, co-presented by Korea’s Indie Space and… ...
RENTAL FAMILY - Already a hit in the US and Europe, Rental Family finally opens nationwide on February 27, with its principal Tokyo engagement… ...
IN MEMORY OF FILM FIGURES WE LOST IN 2023-2024: Kenji Fukuma - The National Film Archive of Japan (NFAJ) continues its tribute to important Japanese film figures who died recently, focusing on… ...
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS — KEIJI SADA CENTENARY RETROSPECTIVE - Jimbocho Theater is marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of actor Keiji Sada (1926–1964) with a special retrospective. Although… ...
TOKYO MELODY: A FILM ABOUT RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - This 1985 French–Japanese co-production is a rarely screened documentary portrait of beloved musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto, captured by American multimedia artist… ...
TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS - Sho Miyake’s surprise Locarno Golden Leopard Award winner (marking the first Japanese win in nearly two decades) finally arrives with… ...
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