Shunji Iwai always thrived in the portrayal of youths in various transitional stages of their life, with a significant part of his filmography focusing on this...
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Fantasia Film Review: Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993) by Shunji Iwai
"Are fireworks round or flat?"
We speak with Shunji Iwai about The 12 Day Tale of the Monster That Died in 8, Last Letter, shooting a quarantine kaiju film in black and white, capsule...
During this pandemic, we have watched and reviewed a rather large number of “quarantine films”, since the creativity of many directors could not be...
What can we do to fight an invisible enemy like Covid-19? Japanese special-effects wizard Higuchi Shinji thinks we should use our Godzilla toys as magic...
National cinemas come and go from the top, which is currently dominated by Korea, as it did by Hong Kong some decades ago, but the truth remains that the only...
Having a great cast in his hands, Shunji Iwai decided to take a trip down his own cinematic past this time (the title points towards his first hit, “Love...
Digger (2017) By Kengo Yagawa (15.3 Minutes) There is a fierce competition going on every night in the woods, a secret ritualistic meeting of disenfranchised...
Japanese director Shunji Iwai (“A Bride for Rip Van Winkle“, “All About Lily Chou-Chou“) most recent production “Last...
One of the most popular and influential Japanese directors of his generation, the multi-talented Shunji Iwai is commonly recognized for his distinctive and...