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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.
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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.