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Evil Does Not Exist

Film Evil Does Not Exist Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Villagers of a small, modest forest town live off the land and water. When a Tokyo talent agency…
Classics Restored

Hito Hata: Raise the Banner

Film Hito Hata: Raise the Banner Directed by Duane Kubo, Robert A. Nakamura Mako and Pat Morita headline what was the most ambitious Asian American film of its time: a feature…

It follows It passes on

Film It follows It passes on Directed by Erica Sheu Fragments of family history refracted through shards of glass and flickers of shadows, while recollections of Kinmen bombs…
Masters

Monster

Film Monster Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda From the world’s greatest director of children comes a Rashomon-like story of a mother who alleges that her…

The Old Young Crow

Film The Old Young Crow Directed by Liam LoPinto Combining animation and live action, a young boy who moves from Iran to Japan befriends an older woman…
Asia Pop!

One Second Ahead, One Second Behind

Film One Second Ahead, One Second Behind Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita In this quirky rom-com, post office worker Hajime wakes up with an unexplainable suntan and no recollection of…
Asia Pop!

River

Film River Directed by Junta Yamaguchi In a remote Fujiya Inn, staff and guests find themselves mysteriously rewinding back to where they were two…

time_traveler

Film time_traveler Directed by Isaac Kau Post-grad scenes of joy and alienation bleed into a language of fleeting moments between things.
Classics Restored

Typhoon Club

Film Typhoon Club Directed by Shinji Somai From one of Japanese cinema’s most influential filmmakers of the 1980s comes a junior high romp of meteorological…