Have you heard of “Kamagasaki”? Probably not. Because it is the invisible slum in the city of Osaka filled with bums and outsiders. Endangered by...
Author - Alexander Knoth
Based in Vienna.
Focussed on Japan.
Master's degree in Theatre, Film and Media Studies.
I write to get rid of rose-colored spectacles and to introduce unknown facets of Asian cinema.
“The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down” is nowadays an almost overused proverb to describe the conformity...
Kensuke Sonomura is a household name in the Asian Action cinema. Starring as a stunt double and action director in many movies across the continent, Sonomura...
Newcomer director Natsuki Nakagawa made an appearance at NIPPON CONNECTION in Frankfurt to present her debut film “She is Alone“. We took the...
I must say, my first impression, composed of the outline and poster of this movie, was: “Oh please, not another corny romantic culinary drama.” In...
The collaborative short “Mountain Plain Mountain” by Araki Yu and Daniel Jacoby is an extraordinary film about an extraordinary sport. Thematizing...
“She is Alone” is the first feature film of Natsuko Nakagawa. The young filmmaker, who studied cinematic arts and contemporary psychology, tells...
After her father disappears, Rina is left behind with his bar “Hydra”. Besides Kenta, waiter and ladiesman, Rina hires a chef named Takashi. He is...
A giant spaceship crashed from outer space onto the stormy coast of a small Filipino island. That's how the signal rock looks like. Like an Alien...
Director Wei Zhang enters a new territory with “The Rib” as for the first time, a big budget Chinese feature film tackles the topic of transgender...