Posted by H. Chan on April 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The annual Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy is one of the most important Asian film festivals in the world, and proves how cinema is itself already trans-national, writes Hiu Chan.
Category: Festival Coverage, Front Page, Home Page · Tags: Asian cinema, Asian film, Chinese film, Far East Film Festival, Finding Mr Right, Herman Yau, Hiu Chan, How To Use Guys With Secret Tips!, Indonesian film, Ip Man - The Final Flight, Japanese film, Korean film, Lee Won-suk, Malaysian film, Nattawut Poonpiriya, Taiwanese fiml, The Grand Master, Wong Kar-wai, Wu Xiubo, Xue Xiaolu
Posted by Noel Megahey on March 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
From horror, comedy, thrillers and animation to period films and docudramas, ONCE UPON A TIME IN JAPAN demonstrates the richness, the diversity and the relevance of a contemporary Japanese cinema that is vastly under-represented on the international film circuit.
Category: Festival Coverage, Front Page, Home Page, Reviews · Tags: Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust, Castle Under Fiery Skies, Hirokazu Koreeda, Hirozaku Kore-eda, Hula Girls, Inspector Imanishi Investigates, Izuru Narushima, Japan, Japan Foundation, Japanese film, Kaidan Horror Classics, Mai Mai Miracle, Metro Ni Notte, Ninja Kids!!!, Once Upon A Time in Japan, Rebirth, Sang-il Lee, Shall We Dance?, Shinya Tsukamoto, Summer Time Machine Blues, The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya, The Hidden Blade, Twilight Samurai, United Red Army, When The Last Sword Is Drawn, Yamato, Zero Focus
Posted by Noel Megahey on March 1, 2013 · 1 Comment
KAIDAN puts a reflective spin on the traditional ghost story by engaging writers and film directors unfamiliar to the genre.
Category: Front Page, Home Page, Reviews · Tags: Aoba Kawai, Ayashiki bungo kaidan, Dazai Osamu, Eri Tokunaga, Hana, Haruka Igawa, Hazakura to mateki, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, Japan Foundation, Japanese film, Kaidan Horror Classics, Kwaidan, Murou Saisei, Nochi no hi, Once Upon A Time in Japan, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Sang-il Lee, Shinya Tsukamoto, The Days After, The Nose, The Whistler, Yutaka Matsushige
Don’t mistake this for just another hipster “my wacky friend is crying on the inside” dramedy – AHIRU TO KAMO NO KOINROKKA is a slow burning thriller with a Lynchian twist.
Category: Front Page, Home Page, Reviews · Tags: Ahiru to kamo no koinrokkâ, Bob Dylan, Eita, Gaku Hamada, Japanese film, Kei Tamura, Megumi Seki, Rosy Hunt, Ryûhei Matsuda, The Foreign Duck The Native Duck And God In A Coin Locker, Third Window Films, Yoshihiro Nakamura
Based on a cute manga of the same name, AIR DOLL is a classic “manic pixie dream girl” vehicle with a shocking twist, writes Rosy Hunt.
Category: Front Page, Home Page, Reviews · Tags: Air Doll, Arata Iura, Bae Doo-Na, Big Comic Original, Hirokazu Koreeda, Itsuji Itao, Japanese film, Joe Odagiri, Kimiko Yo, Kūki Ningyō, manga, manic pixie dream girl, Matchbox Films, Ping Bin Lee, Rosy Hunt, Sumiko Fuji, Susumu Terajima, Yoshiie Gōda, 井浦 新, 余 貴美子, 富司 純子, 寺島 進, 是枝 裕和, 李屏賓, 板尾 創路, 空気人形, 배두나
Posted by Harry Hunt on November 19, 2012 · 1 Comment
Our man at this years Brighton Film Festival, Harry Hunt reviews Hirokazu Koreeda’s charming KISEKI. The children will love it – what a shame the BBFC slapped it with a 15 rating!
Category: Front Page, Home Page, Reviews · Tags: Brighton Film Festival 2012, cinecity, Harry Hunt, Hirokazu Koreeda, I Wish, Isao Hashizume, Japanese film, Kiseki, Koki Maeda, Ohshirô Maeda, Ryôga Hayashi
A look at some of the outstanding works of Takeshi Kitano (ZATOICHI, “Takeshi’s Castle”), whose latest film OUTRAGE BEYOND will be released in Japan on 6th October, after premiering at Venice and making its US debut at Toronto in September. Cross fingers for a UK release date this year!
Category: Features, Front Page, Home Page, Reviews · Tags: Beat Takeshi, Dodesukaden, Hana-Bi, Japanese film, Ju-On, Outrage, Outrage Beyond, Ringu, Takeshi Kitano, Takeshi's Castle, Yûrei Yanagi, Zatoichi
Posted by Steve Williams on June 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The characters of ISN’T ANYONE ALIVE represent a sort of Japanese version of “The Only Way Is Essex”. But whereas TOWIE merely heralds the approaching Armageddon, here the apocalypse actually arrives.
Posted by Ferry Hunt on April 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
One of Japan’s most infamous and most admired directors, Toshiaki Toyoda’s unique style has illuminated the programme at this year’s Terracotta Film Festival. Ferry Hunt spoke to Toyoda at a Terracotta masterclass in London today.
Category: Front Page, Home Page, Interviews · Tags: 9 Souls, action, Blue Spring, Hanging Garden, I'm Flash!, jailbreak, Japanese film, Monsters Club, Pornostar, Terracotta Far East Film Festival, The Blood of Rebirth, thriller, Toshiaki Toyoda