Having had the pleasure of interviewing producer/actress, and most recently also director, Kiki Sugino at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January...
Category - Japanese Reviews
I too was quite surprised when I found out that this film was in production. I was even more surprised with the director that was making the film: Japanese...
Oh boy, where to start with this one. Just when you think movies can't get any crazier; this one comes along. The film's opening immediately sets the tone with...
I know what you are probably thinking: what does a French movie do here on Asian Movie Pulse? Well, it is actually a Japanese movie from which the...
After visiting the festival in 2013 with the short film Wandering Alien Detective Robin (which you can view here), beginning director Lisa Takeba returned...
A young Japanese student and part-time call-girl gets in a pickle when her fiancé, Noriaki ( Ryo Kase, whom I'm a big fan of )...
In the Tiger Award Competition of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam, one of the 3 winners, which also includes Lee Seo-Jin's debut...
Starting the day at 9:15 AM with the screening of the newest Takashi Miike film: pure stupidity or pure genious. Still a bit tired with a long day ahead of...
The Brain Man (original title Nô Otoko) is a film adaptation of the novel by Shudô Urio with the same title that was published in 2000. Director Tokiyuki...
Japan, 1915, the northern island of Hokkaidō. In the midst of the cold harsh winter, disaster strikes when a giant bear attacks: killing the man instantly, but...