By Anton Bitel
Toshiaki Toyoda’s Blue Spring perfectly captures the fleeting excitement of youth.
Married gay lawyers in Osaka fight everyday injustice in this delightful, deadpan documentary.
There’s so much more to this J-horror hit than meets the punctured eye.
Don’t miss the opportunity to relive this nightmarish J-Horror courtesy of a new restoration.
This madcap meta-horror from Japan’s Shin’ichirô Ueda breathes new life into the zombie genre.
Shinichiro Watanabe’s singular ’90s show is yet another classic anime that should be left well alone.
By Beth Webb
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes storming drama paints a richly humanistic portrait of an unconventional family unit.
The Japanese writer/director discusses the political implications of his Palme d’Or-winning drama Shoplifters.
By Anton Bitel
The prolific filmmaker Teruo Ishii invented a whole new subgenrre with 1969’s bizarre Orgies of Edo.
This French-Japanese anime from directors Guillaume Renard and Shoujirou Nishimi is a twisted joyride.
By Anton Bitel
Teruo Ishii’s Horrors of Malformed Men contains one of cinema’s most straightforwardly stark raving villains.
By Anton Bitel
Akio Jissôji’s celebrated – and controversial – This Transient Life boldly challenges social convention.
By Anton Bitel
Third Window Films are releasing two Animerama series films from Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka.
This delightful Japanese anime is one of the highlights of this year’s Directors’ Fortnight programme.
There’s shades of Spirited Away and Kiki’s Delivery Service in this charming animation from Studio Ponoc.
By Anton Bitel
An entrancing existential streak runs through Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 1997 film, Cure.
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