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‘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...
‘Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989’: Tokyo Review
Dir/scr: Göran Hugo Olsson. Sweden/Finland/Denmark. 2024. 206 minutes
Göran Hugo Olsson might hardly have anticipated how well timed his newest archive-based documentary would develop into...
‘Daughter’s Daughter’: Tokyo Review
Dir/scr: Huang Xi. Taiwan. 2024. 126mins
Sixty four-year-old Taiwanese divorcee Jin (Sylvia Chang) has an advanced relationship with motherhood; she’s sceptical and barely disapproving when...
‘My Friend An Delie’: Tokyo Review
Dir: Dong Zijian. China. 2024. 111mins
The dying of a father opens a door to the previous on this brooding drama from actor-turned-director Dong Zijian,...
‘The Last Dance’: Tokyo Review
Dir/scr: Anselm Chan Mou-yin. Hong Kong. 2024. 126mins
The pandemic crippled quite a few Hong Kong companies, together with the marriage planning firm of 50-something...
‘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...
‘The Unseen Sister’: Tokyo Review
Dir: Midi Z. China. 2024. 112 minutes.
Chilly and queenly, Chinese language film star Qiao Yan (Zhao Liying) guards her privateness ferociously. She trusts no...
’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...
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...
Sho Miyake, Fu Tien-yu to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2024
Tokyo Worldwide Movie Competition (TIFF) will honour Japanese filmmaker Sho Miyake and Taiwanese director Fu Tien-yu with the Kurosawa Akira Award at its upcoming...