Japan

Radiance (Hikari)

By Alan Ng | April 2023

Cinema has a way of connecting with an audience and bringing the world. Japanese writer-director Naomi Kawase’s Radiance (Hikari) tells the story of a…

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Cinema has a way of connecting with an audience and bringing the world. Japanese writer-director Naomi Kawase's Radiance (Hikari) tells the story of a...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, known for his masterpieces Your Name and Weathering With You, Suzume tells the story of a...

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Unleashed from bondage after five long years, the planet finally has access to director Gakuryu Ishii's Punk Samurai. Kankuro Kudo adapted the screenplay...

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Passion is a dramatic low-budget film from 2008, written and directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. His Drive My Car received the 2022 Oscar for Best...

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Magical Realism is a glorious subgenre of film where the fantastical occurs in an ordinary cinematic reality. The province of a great many South American...

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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! From Japan comes the deadliest mash-up in movie history: kitties and killers as an ancient curse is awakened in indie...

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John H. LaDue Jr. and Jennifer LaDue Miyagawa's documentary, Mommy or Daddy?, shines the spotlight on Japan's problematic divorce laws, specifically...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Director Shinzô Katayama's Missing (Sagasu) is the writer-director's follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Siblings Of The Cape. Much like...

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When one of their own at Kamono Girls' High School, in Tokyo, begins to experience strange occurrences, the girls decide to seek divine help. Nanako...

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The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (ACA) hosted the fourth ACA Cinema Project series - Emerging Japanese Films - as a key part of its...

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