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.
REBIRTH follows the traumatised childhood of Erina, an individual who must confront fundamental questions about her own identity if she is not to repeat mistakes made in the past.
KAIDAN puts a reflective spin on the traditional ghost story by engaging writers and film directors unfamiliar to the genre.
Yasuo Baba’s timeline shifting comedy indulges nostalgia for the profligate 90s while finding a very humorous way to point out exactly where it all went wrong, writes Noel Megahey.
The anarchic possibilities afforded by the combination of kiddie ninja adventures and Takashi Miike never really lives up to its full potential, writes Noel Megahey.
Kazuo Koroki’s final film is formal, sombre, reflective and poetic, and in that respect reminiscent of the post-war films of Yasujiro Ozu, writes Noel Megahey at the Japan Foundation tour in Belfast.
