Based on a novel that was written by the later Governor of Tokyo, „Crazed Fruit“ from 1956 offers a simple story with a messed up „boy meets girl“-plot...
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.
You have probably heard about money laundering. But what about Room Laundering? Director and writer Kenji Katagiri wants to tell you more about that in his...
“The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down” is nowadays an almost overused proverb to describe the conformity of Japanese society. The...
Norichika Oba was born 1978 in Fukuoka and graduated from Japan Film School in 2003. Afterwards, he worked as assistant director for Hiroshi Nishitani...
“He is guilty…he is not guilty…he is guilty…he is not guilty.” Watching Norichika Oba's new film “Cyclops” feels like...