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Tokyo International Film Festival

Three people, an older man and two younger women, posing in a traditional-looking Japanese interior setting with shelves and artwork on the walls.
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Taking stock of Japanese cinema at Tokyo International Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

The biggest cel­e­bra­tion of cin­e­ma in Japan shows promise as an event in the city’s cul­tur­al calendar.
A young Asian man wearing a red jacket and grey hooded jacket, standing in a wooded area.
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Missing Child Videotape – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kon­do Ryota’s debut fea­ture is a chill­ing ghost sto­ry that begins with a video­tape – but that’s where the sim­i­lar­i­ties to Ringu end in this impres­sive new J‑Horror.
Three people, an older man and two younger women, posing in a traditional-looking Japanese interior setting with shelves and artwork on the walls.
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Teki Cometh – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

An elder­ly man plans the final year of his life in Dai­hachi Yoshi­da’s impres­sive adap­ta­tion of Yasu­ta­ka Tsut­sui’s novel.
Two young people, a woman and a man, sitting on a sandy beach near a lake or sea, surrounded by mountains in the background.
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Route 29 – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A stand­off­ish young woman embarks on a road trip with an unusu­al 12-year-old girl in Yusuke Mori­i’s off­beat sopho­more feature.
A man in a black robe wielding a sword in a fighting stance.
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11 Rebels – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Kazuya Shi­raishi pol­ish­es off a 60-year-old script for this blood­thirsty samu­rai epic about a band of crim­i­nals recruit­ed to defend a cas­tle from the emper­or’s army dur­ing the Boshin War.
Anime-style characters, a boy in an orange hoodie and a girl with short blue hair, in a room with elements of science, such as a periodic table and scientific diagrams.
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The Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up

by Little White Lies

Japan’s biggest film fes­ti­val returns with a line-up of 110 films for its 37th edition.
Two men sitting on a sofa, drinking from mugs.
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Tokyo International Film Festival celebrates the next generation of Japanese filmmaking talent

by Alicia Haddick

At the revamped Tokyo Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val, the spot­light shone bright­ly on upcom­ing Japan­ese artis­tic voices.