“Close-knit” (2017) is an emotional drama that deals with the issues of gender, identity and sexuality. Director Naoko Ogigami wished to draw attention to...
Author - Matthew Cooper
“Rainy Dog” (1997) is the follow-up to Takashi Miike's blistering theatrical debut “Shinjuku Triad Society” (1995), continuing his “Black Society Trilogy”...
“Ley Lines” (1999) is the final part in Takashi Miike's thematically connected “Black Society Trilogy” of crime dramas that began with “Shinjuku Triad Society”...
Takuya Fukushima was born on September 19, 1972 and he is a member of Directors Guild of Japan. He has been releasing numerous video works since 1992, when he...
Director Yuichiro Tanaka goes all out in this drug-fuelled blend of yakuza crime drama and stoner comedy. “Smokin' on the Moon” gives us a cast of crazy...
Ryuichi Sakamoto is a composer and conductor who has scored several well-known films, including “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” (1983), “The Last Emperor”...
Told from the perspective of the main female protagonist as she deals with work and relationships, “Pumpkin and Mayonnaise” is a fantastic drama about what...
Writer/director Hirobumi Watanabe is a relative newcomer to Japanese cinema, with his first film “And the Mud Ship Sails Away” released in 2013. However, he...
A film that fuses surrealism, mystery and drama to create a film that is compelling, humorous and disturbing in equal measure. “Ow” is a peculiar film that...
“I Will Never Forgive” is a harrowing film about rape, sex work, and abusive relationships. Based on the book which tells the true story of Yoko Yukimura...
