Heroic Purgatory Podcast Covers the New York Asian Film Festival 2021 (August 06th – 22nd)

The New York Asian Film Festival launches tonight and will run from August 6th to August 22nd as a hybrid event with around 70 films split between cinemas and online streams and the HEROIC PURGATORY podcast is taking part. 

As I described in my preview, it’s a beautiful and exciting mix of experiences from 12 separate territories/nations with a mix of big-budget blockbusters to indie movies and the quality of the selection is so good, you can see why the festival is the premiere event for Asian films in North America – maybe even the West!

a hope of NAGASAKI yasashii hitotachi, It’s a Summer Film, Okinawa/Santos, Cowra Never Forgets, The River Bank The Couple The Ghosts, Shukatsu 5 A Game Called Employment Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend.

I hope you are well.

This is the first in a two-part trailer post. The New York Asian Film Festival starts tonight with the opening film, South Korean action title Escape From Mogadishu. I’ll do another trailer post tomorrow and I’ll resume coverage of the festival on Monday.

What are some of the films released this weekend in Japan?

On the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan, we have a documentary about the Nagasaki attack. Lots of indie films, too.