Tag: Japan

Paul Risker - 15-03-2021

We hold our breath fearing the fragile dream of the young dancer in this impassioned love letter to the aspirational journey, set in Tokyo’s urban dance scene – from the Fantasia Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 01-11-2019

Three families face tough times in post-war Korea, but the way their young people deal with it suggest things will improve – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 29-10-2019

Turning Japanese? A Western woman in Japan finds herself at the centre of a web of sex, intrigue and quite possibly murder - thriller starring Alicia Vikander is now available on Netflix! [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 03-10-2019

As a Japanese TV journalist works with a Japanese camera crew in Uzbekistan, she meditates on her life and career - now on Mubi [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 02-11-2018

Sleight of hand. A family of small time criminals takes a little girl into their care when her parents appear not to want her – Palme d'Or winner is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 30-10-2018

Loving the alien. Again. Japanese director reshapes his earlier Before We Vanish into an effective drama which plays out as an edge of the seat, sci-fi alien invasion thriller - from the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF), on now [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 28-10-2018

Down by the river. Teen drama set in a Tokyo high school concerns sex, gender, identity and a mysterious corpse – now available on Netflix! [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 29-09-2018

Bonding above the clouds. An emotionally damaged teenage girl reconnects with a former nurse now working as a prostitute, and a crimson paraglider becomes a symbol of their smooth yet distant relationship – from the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 26-03-2018

In 2038, Major Kobayashi of Megasaki City exiles all dogs to Trash Island. Searching for his lost dog, Spots, a 12-year-old boy called Atari sets off alone to be reunited with his friend - now available for digital streaming [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 24-10-2017

Loving the alien: three humans claiming to be aliens steal ideas from people’s heads as they prepare for their race’s forthcoming invasion, in an unabashedly bizarre blend of comedy, romance and sci-fi – on DVD and digital HD on Monday, February 11th [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 17-10-2017

Celebrated Hong Kong director John Woo builds one incredible action set piece on another, perfectly integrating them into his visual storytelling and bravura cinematic style, this time set in Japan - a late addition from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 22-08-2017

Do you know what it feels like for a girl? Urban teenage boy and countryside girl repeatedly swap bodies overnight, as fate draws them together through a meteor strike. Makoto Shinkai’s breakout animation returns to cinemas, and is now for the first time in IMAX [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 04-07-2017

A tale of two worlds: a young boy is abducted into the parallel Beast Kingdom in order to be apprenticed by their future ruler, then as a teenager becomes torn between the two societies - finally on DVD and Blu-ray [Read More...]