Another slow year for Japanese film but there were some great highlights.
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Blu-Review: A Scene at the Sea (Takeshi Kitano, 1991) - Third Window Films
in Blu-ray/DVD
The fourth Kitano release from Third Window Films this year is his moving tale of self-fulfillment which still remains unique in Kitano's career now over twenty years old.
Read MoreJapan Cuts 2016: Ken and Kazu (Hiroshi Shoji)
in Film Reviews
The debut film from Hiroshi Shoji has some of the pratfalls of the crime genre but is able to instill the excitement of an emerging artist.
Read MoreDVD-Review: Makeup Room (Kei Morikawa) - Third Window Films
in Blu-ray/DVD
In the vein of Koki Mitani's films, Makeup Room is a film adaptation of a play with a lot of heart and an unexpected sweetness.
Read MoreDVD-Review: Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats (Yosuke Fujita, 2014) – Third Window Films
in Blu-ray/DVD
Fujita's follow up to Fine, Totally Fine is worthy of its spiritual predecessor with wonderfully human characters who try to strive past their quirks rather than relishing in them in a self-aware way. A truly feel-good story from Third Window Films.
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