Chiemi Shimada is a London-based Japanese artist filmmaker. Her films form from autobiography, portraiture, and narratives exploring themes of domestic/family...
Tag - Japanese Avant Garde and Experimental Film Festival
Ryushi Lindsay is a London and Tokyo-based Anglo-Japanese filmmaker working across documentary and narrative forms. He is particularly drawn to political...
By Wally Adams Tokyo artist Hikaru Fujii — whose work encompasses documentaries, workshops and theatre — primarily focuses on national consciousness and...
“I’ve written out a set of rules for OSMS….all dealings with sissies are forbidden! And those who chase girls shall be deemed cowards!”
In general, there is very little distinction between the author Yukio Mishima and many of the characters he has created in his works in his lifetime. In his...
One of the many consequences of the American occupation in Japan after WWII was the resurgence of Yakuza, particularly in areas where US naval bases were...
During the 60's, Oshima exhibited a rivalry towards Japanese cinema, which was actually rooted to his hatred for the movies of Ozu and Mizoguchi, whose films...
World War II is undoubtedly the most tragic global event of the 20th century. Apart from serving as the symbolic warning for future generations, it also became...
Even though we take the noise and chaos of the modern world for granted most of the time, if we take a moment to really process it, we may get a feeling of...
To some it may seem ironical to see American filmmaker Paul Schrader's “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” experience a similar notoriety as the man Yukio...