Bridal my Song, Muse Does Not Drown, “Ultra Seven” 55th Anniversary 4K Special Screening, Ojikitazawa, Mystic Shrine Maiden, Hakushi Project, Fantasmagorie The Ghost Show, Borderless Island, Yasashisa no Subete, Wakarimasen Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well

This is the second of a two-part trailer post (first part here). This week, I’ve written about the Inter College Animation Festival where people around the world can watch a selection of animated films from students studying at Japanese universities. I also posted about the Japanese films playing at the Busan International Film Festival 2022.

I have continued my run of watching the anime adaptation of Monster. I’m enjoying it very much.

What else was released this weekend?

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Sakubou Part 1, “Sore” ga Iru Mori, My Broken Mariko, I Am Makimoto, Tatami Time Machine Blues, Aishiteru!, Nyantabi Tetsudo Movie, Sono Koe no Anata e, and Other Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well

This is the first of a two-part trailer post since 20 Japanese films are entering cinemas this weekend. The first ten are here.

DEAD OR ZOMBIE, Chibiham, Juicy & Me, IF I STAY OUT OF LIFE…?, Todo no Tsumari, Marukibune to UFO, MAHOROBA, Lawless Love, Yobidore, Parallel Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well.

This is the fourth of a four-part trailer post because over 20 Japanese films were released into cinemas/mini theatres this week. The first post was dedicated to Kaito Yoshimura works, the second to a grip of films by student filmmakers Ayako Masuda and Yuiko Itano, the third to the bulk of mainstream titles this weekend and this post has indie features, animation, and a documentary.

Also posted this week was a preview of the Japanese films at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

What are the final bunch of films released this weekend?

Inu mo Kuwane do Charlie wa Warau, Leave in Summer, COLOR CROW Movie, Gekijouban Jinsei Iroiro, Eiga Delicious Party♡Precure Yume Miru ♡ Okosama Lunch, Blue Lock, Re-light, Narase! Pui Pui Molcar Driving School Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well.

This is the third of a four-part trailer post because over 20 Japanese films were released into cinemas/mini theatres this week. The first post was dedicated to Kaito Yoshimura works, the second to a grip of films by student filmmakers Ayako Masuda and Yuiko Itano. There will be another trailer post tomorrow.

What other films are released this week?

Uo no Me, Smoke of Spring Japanese Film Trailers

It’s not quite the weekend…

But there are a LOT of films released.

I posted about three films featuring performances by Kaito Yoshimura at the start of the week and here are two films with the involvement of student filmmakers Ayako Masuda and Yuiko Itano whose works have won awards at the Tanabe-Benkei Film Festival.

The films will be screened at Tokyo’s Theatre Shinjuku (September) and Osaka’s Cine Libre Umeda  (October) as part of the Tanabe-Benkei Film Festival Selection 2022.

“Human, This Dramatic Thing”: The Kaito Yoshimura Performance Showcase

At Tokyo’s Theatre Shinjuku from September 19 – 21 and then Osaka’s Cine Libre Umeda on October 20th, you can see a selection of films made by Takayuki Hayashi and starring Kaito Yoshumura. This showcase is called:

Human, This Dramatic Thing

Ningen, Kono Gekiteki Naru Mono 人間、この劇的なるもの

Umui Shishi: Nakasone Masahiro no Shishi-tsukuri, The Show Must Go On For Actors, Nihonbara Ushi to Hito no Daichi, One Sunny Day, Song of a Dying Summer Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend!

I hope you are well.

This is the second of a two-part trailer post. You can find the first part here.

I suppose that the biggest news is that of the death of Jean-Luc Godard. I cannot claim to have watched many of his films or even enough to have understood him to any great extent but I do recognise that he was a massive figure in the world of cinema who fundamentally changed the game and inspired generations of filmmakers to play with the building blocks of film to create new experiences. With that being the case, RIP. I definitely need to watch more of his filmography.

This week I posted a preview of the Japanese films at the San Sebastian Film Festival and a review of the 2008 film All Around Us. Also, I took part in a Heroic Purgatory podcast discussion covering the Lee Chang-dong film Burning and that episode was released at the start of the week.

I watched the Hal Hartley films Simple Men and No Such Thing and I have started a re-watch of the TV anime Monster. I also watched Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin for the next episode of Heroic Purgatory.

What are the other films released this weekend?

B/B, Hell Dogs, Riverside Mukolitta, Silent Parade, Hands, The Nighthawk’s First Love, Drifting Home Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend!

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I hope you are well.

This is the first in a two-part trailer post. Come back tomorrow for the follow-up!

What are the first bunch of films released this weekend?

Nobody Gets Me, Nankurunaisa 〜everything will be all right〜, Genpatsu o Tometa Saiban-cho Soshite Genpatsu o Tomeru Nouka-tachi, Sora he Futatabi, Dynamite Soul Bambi, Itchan and Satchan, Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend!

I hope you are well.

This is the second part of a two-part trailer post. You can find the first part here.

This week, I recorded an episode of Heroic Purgatory and it covered Lee Chang-dong’s Burning (2018). I watched quite a few Japanese films with Louder!: Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp! (2018) and Foreboding (2018). I also watched the Hong Sang-soo film Foreboding (2015).

Midway through the week we had the tragic news that director Masahiro Kobayashi had passed away earlier in the year (source). He is most famous for Bashing (2005), an Iraq-war themed film. I remember it being reviewed in BBC News and I have the US DVD release. Definitely need to check out more of his work.

The posts for this week covered the London Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. I’ll cover a couple of more festivals soon.

What else was released this weekend?

Love Life, A Hundred Flowers, Goodbye Cruel World, Akai, The Misogyny, HiGH&LOW THE WORST X, The Tunnel to Summer the Exit of Goodbye Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend.

I hope you are well.

This is a bit of a busy weekend so you are reading the first of a two-part trailer post. Come back tomorrow for more!

What are the first batch of films released this weekend?