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‘The Longing’ review: Toshizo Fujiwara directs and stars in sweet Panorama drama
Dir: Toshizo Fujiwara. Japan. 2025. 104mins
This endearingly heartfelt, low-budget Japanese drama offers with the oldest of tales: a younger man who went off the rails...
U.S. advances in Davis Cup qualifiers; Japan beats Britain
Davis Cup heavyweights Australia and the USA eased by the primary qualifying spherical Saturday, Britain was knocked out as Japan hit again from 2-1...
‘The Height Of The Coconut Trees’: Busan Review
Dir/scr: Du Jie. Japan. 2024. 100mins.
The lives of two younger {couples} look off one another on this calmly haunted story of suicide, love and...
‘Spirit World’: Busan Review
Dir: Eric Khoo. Japan/France/Singapore. 2024. 94 minutes
Is there life after loss of life? Are all of us destined for a greater world past the...
U.S. ousted from BJK Cup Finals; Slovakia, Japan advance
MALAGA, Spain -- Ashlyn Krueger and Taylor Townsend saved six match factors however finally misplaced the decisive doubles match as the USA was defeated...
‘11 Rebels’: Tokyo Review
Dir: Shiraishi Kazuya. Japan. 2024. 155 minutes.
A unapologetically old-school Samurai motion rampage, 11 Rebels takes place in opposition to the backdrop of Japan’s Boshin...
‘Teki Cometh’: Tokyo Review
Dir/scr: Yoshida Daihachi. Japan. 2024. 108mins
Retired, long-widowed college professor Gisuke Watanabe (Nagatsuka Kyozo) lives an austere however elegant life within the conventional Japanese home...
’Lust In The Rain’: Tokyo Review
Dir: Shinzo Katayama. Japan/Taiwan. 2024. 132mins
Gauche aspiring manga artist Yoshio (Ryo Narita) finds himself inhabiting the sometimes visited third nook of a love triangle...
‘Happyend’: Venice Review
Dir. Neo Sora. Japan/USA 2024. 113mins
Oddly languid for a movie about youth unrest, Happyend is a low-key Japanese drama about friendship, revolt and standing as much as the...
Hungarian director Bela Tarr to receive Tokyo film festival honour
Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr is ready to obtain a lifetime achievement award on the upcoming 37th Tokyo Worldwide Movie Pageant.
The director, recognized for epic...