Director: Akiko Ohku Tokyo International Film Festival review High school is the psychological monster that refuses to die. Whatever hang-ups, regrets and fixations you develop in this formative period will likely stay with you for […]
Japanese films
Director: Fumihiko Sori Tokyo International Film Festival review Fumihiko Sori’s live-action adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist is a film that’s clearly meant first and foremost for the established fanbase of the popular manga series and the anime show […]
Director: Yusaku Matsumoto Raindance Film Festival review The one-word title of Yusaku Matsumoto’s Noise refers not to one thing but to the sum total of many things. It is the ‘noise’ of an era of cynical […]
This week, we bring you two provocative pictures from Japan, as well as an acclaimed, socially resonant documentary from the US. Lost Paradise in Tokyo (dir. Kazuya Shiraishi, Japan) Mikio and his older brother Saneo, […]
This week we bring you a provocative dark comedy and a gay drama from Japan, an indie gem from China and a modern reimagining of a Jane Austen classic. Lowlife Love (dir. Eiji Uchida, Japan) Tetsuo (Kiyohiko […]
Director: Eiji Uchida Watch Lowlife Love on FilmDoo Like Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, Eiji Uchida’s Lowlife Love thrives on the psychosexual and metacinematic underpinnings of what some academic types might refer to as ‘the […]