Some of the most gripping, emotionally rich dramas explores the lives of women pushed to the fringes of Japanese society. The stories transform what begins as a crime thriller into a deeply human story about resilience, friendship and systemic failure. The new film, Night Flower, contains elements of the crime genre — drug dealing, loan…
ⓒCourtesy of Japan Cuts Tagosaku Suzuki is the most dubious psychic since Uri Geller pretended to bend spoons with his mind. However, Suzuki’s deception involves life and death ramifications, because casualties will surely result from the bombings he pretends to have fuzzy precognitive visions of. The police know he must be an accomplice, but they…
ⓒCourtesy of Japan Cuts In this prequel, the clones will attack. However, you will never mistake Takahide Hori’s latest stop-motion animated feature for that other film. You might even appreciate it more, if you give it half a chance. Science fiction fans will be hard-pressed to find world-building as inventive and immersive, even in tent-poles…
©Courtesy of Japan Cuts Competition was fierce, but the Battle of Okinawa might have been the most brutal 82 days of World War II’s Pacific Theater. The tragedy escalated and compounded when Okinawan civilians were used as human shields. Propaganda misinformation regarding American G.I.’s directly led to horrific mass suicides, including many of the so-called…
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