Tag Archives: Japan Cuts

Review: Wonderful Paradise (Japan 2020)

Posted on August 26, 2021 by David

Japan Cuts 2021 Looking to scratch that “weird Japan” itch but with some more substantive meat under the oddity? This has a bit of an After Hours energy, as a small goodbye party thrown by a depressed family losing their home … Continue reading →

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Review: Go Seppuku Yourselves (Japan 2021)

Posted on August 23, 2021 by David

Japan Cuts 2021 You want a master class in how to make a monologue absolutely riveting? Look no further than this intensely angry short film that maps Toyoda’s anger about government failings during the pandemic onto the story of a samurai … Continue reading →

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Review: Helter Skelter (Japan 2012)

Posted on October 17, 2017 by David

Based on a manga by enfant terrible Kyoko Okazaki, this collaboration between photographer-turned-director Mika Ninagawa and controversial idol/actress Erica Sawajiri is a fascinating bit of Cronenbergian body horror set in the world of fashion and plastic surgery.

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Review: Belladonna of Sadness (Japan 1973)

Posted on June 22, 2017 by David

Wow, that was one hell of an acid trip of a movie. A remaster and re-release of an early animated film produced by Osamu Tezuka, this film is completely unique, the closest comparison being the more outré works of Ralph … Continue reading →

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