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Japanese Cinema

Ju-on: The Grudge

As well as being a truly frightening Japanese horror, Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on: The Grudge is also a faithful rendition of the vengeful spirit the Japanese call Onryo.

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Ju-on: The Grudge
Osaka Elegy

Kenji Mizoguchi’s film is evidently aware of the hardships women faced in the 1930’s Japan but raises the question: What is feminism and how should we define it?

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Osaka Elegy
Battle Royale

Kenji Fukasaku’s last work is one of the most famous Japanese films ever made. Though not a brilliant piece, the story strangely reflects on the real world of 2012.

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Battle Royale
A Page Of Madness

Teinosuke Kinugasa’s silent film from 1926 was well ahead of its time using innovative techniques to reveal an intriguing story that unfolds in a lunatic asylum.

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A Page Of Madness
A Man Vanishes

Shohei Imamura’s A Man Vanishes is a strangely fascinating hybrid of documentary and fiction, but its lack of moral and ethical guidelines leave us with discomfort.

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A Man Vanishes
The Ballad Of Narayama

Shohei Imamura’s 1983 classic The Ballad of Narayama takes us back in time to for a story about religious fanaticism and a battle for survival in 19th century rural Japan.

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The Ballad Of Narayama
Cold Fish

Japanese director Sion Sono’s Cold Fish (aka Tsumetai nettaigyo) is a family drama, gangster film, psychological thriller and an incomparable gorefest all in one.

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Cold Fish
The Eel

Disturbing Freudian exploration of male insecurities and repressed emotions are on the menu in The Eel, directed by Shohei Imamura and based on Akira Yoshimura’s novel.

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The Eel
Instant Swamp

Satoshi Miki takes us on a journey with down-to-earth rationalist Haname who learns to see the impossible in the form of an awe-inspiring miracle.

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Instant Swamp
Adrift In Tokyo

Taking a walk in Tokyo can be longer and more eventful than you’d think. And you might even find something you weren’t even looking for in Satoshi Miki’s Adrift in Tokyo.

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Adrift In Tokyo
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

Neglected housewife Suzume decides to make a shrewd career move and become a spy in Satoshi Miki’s off-beat comedy Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers.

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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Sisters Of The Gion

In the first in an ongoing series devoted to Japanese Cinema, Arpad Lukacs discusses auteurship and feminism in Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1936 film Sisters of the Gion.

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Sisters Of The Gion
Read Or Die

Follow the story of Yomiko Readman and the Paper Sisters battling supernatural forces, cloned historical figures, powerful governments and secret societies in Read or Die.

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Read Or Die
Sawako Decides

Written and directed by Yuya Ishii, Sawako Decides is a really funny and somewhat quirky Japanese comedy about a young woman finally taking control of her life.

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Sawako Decides
My Neighbours The Yamadas

My Neighbours the Yamadas is a wonderful minimalist anime presented by Studio Ghibli, written and directed by accomplished Japanese filmmaker Isao Takahata.

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My Neighbours The Yamadas
Laputa Castle In The Sky

Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki gives us a fairy tale about a princess and a miner boy as they discover a long forgotten and mysterious place called Laputa.

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Laputa Castle In The Sky
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