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A Woman of the Butcher Shop
Japanese Movie - 2017
Documentary by artist Yamashiro Chikako, who jumps between reality and fiction to trigger multifaceted interpretations from viewers through the use of allegories. Screened in the New Asian Currents section at the Yamagata…
The Beginning of Creation: Abduction / A Child
Japanese Movie - 2017
Short film by artist Yamashiro Chikako, who confronts the complex circumstances of Okinawa including US military bases and the problem of passing down memories and records from the Battle of Okinawa. Delves into the…
Lemmings no Natsu
Japanese Movie - 2017
The urban legend that "Scissors-san", who cuts elementary school students with scissors, appears in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, has become a hot topic. Around the same time, fellow junior high school students, Chiba…
The World’s “Top” Theater
Japanese Movie - 2017
Sakata, a merchant town that is half the adage “Sakai in the west, Sakata in the east,” was home to the Green House—a cinema dubbed “the world’s most deluxe theater.” It all but disappeared from popular memory,…
Amy Said
Japanese Movie - 20175.0
Amy was one of the 9 members of a film study group, but she suddenly took her own life. 20 years later, the remaining 8 members of the film study group gather on the anniversary date of Amy's death. They are now in their…
DNA Show Vol.1
Japanese Movie - 201710.0
A documentary which follows D-LITE’s Talk & Live" solo hall tour
New Cinema Kabuki - Yotsuya Kaidan
Japanese Movie - 2017
Lemon lives to satisfy his own ephemeral desires, Naosuke is driven to crime by lust, Osode experiences a sad fate at the mercy of men, and Oiwa seeks revenge as a hatred-fueled ghost. The town setting of the late-Edo…
The Night Kindergarten
Japanese Movie - 2017
ABC Childcare Center offers 24-hour childcare in Okubo, neighboring the Kabukicho nightlife district in Shinjuku. The facility has tried out numerous unique experiments including nutrition education through meals prepared…
Poolsideman
Japanese Movie - 20176.0
Yasuzo works as a lifeguard at a local swimming pool. Leading a lonely and monotonic life, no one is aware of what lurks beneath his cool surface.
Ghostroads
Japanese Movie - 20175.0
A struggling musician finds a haunted amp with a ghost who promises fame. (Source: IMDb)
Yamete.: Horror TV Series
Japanese Movie - 2017
Six omnibus horror films by directors active in horror films depicting horrors that make you want to scream “stop” from various angles, from ghosts to specters and even special abilities! (Source: Letterboxd)
Encounters with Silence
Japanese Movie - 2017
Kodokushi or the lonely death has become common in Japan. The director confronts the silence on the subject through encounters with a man who cleans the apartments of those who die alone, a photographer who documents…
Ten
Japanese Movie - 20176.5
A barber named Takashi owns a barber shop in a rural town and meets his childhood friend and ex-girlfriend during his senior high school days Tomoe. The movie shuttles between the past and present as Tomoe asks Takashi…
The Red Comet Club
Japanese Movie - 2017
A red comet observable only once every few decades is anticipated to arrive in late summer. Jun learns of a theory stating a time paradox will be induced by creating a powerful magnetic field at the same time a comet…
Nostalgia
Japanese Movie - 20176.0
Mutsuko grew up on an island. Her family emphasized tradition, which she felt uncomfortable with. As a child, she envisioned Dream Land on the mainland as a symbol of freedom. Now as an adult, Mutsuko has her own family.…
Dream of Illumination
Japanese Movie - 20176.0
Noboru runs a real estate agency in a provincial city. He is cold-blooded when it comes to making a sale. His daughter is high school senior Nana. Nana has continuously changed schools due to her father's work. She has…
Kawaguchi 4256
Japanese Movie - 2017
After the death of their matriarch, a dysfunctional family is reluctantly reunited under one roof. Tensions clash between an alcoholic father and his troubled children. (Source: IMDb)
The Fall of Icarus: Narita Stories
Japanese Movie - 2017
Documentary that serves as a companion to "The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories", which dealt with the protests against the construction of Narita Airport. Depicts the lives of youth who fought alongside farmers against…
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