Ryuhei Matsuda

Before We Vanish

One of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s best-loved films remains Pulse (2001), his paranoid nightmare about the horrors of the internet and the breakdown of human interaction. News that the Japanese director has… Read More
Tokyo Night Sky is Always The Densest Shade of Blue

Prolific Japanese filmmaker Yuya Ishii wrestles the award-winning poetry of Tahi Saihate to the big screen in Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue, an adolescent love… Read More
My Uncle

Adapted from Morio Kita’s beloved children’s book of the same name by La La La at Rock Bottom director Nobuhiro Yamashita, My Uncle is a typically heart-warming affair, anchored by… Read More
The Mohican Comes Home

Almost as ubiquitous as stories about provincial country life, or tales of strained relationships between parents and their children, Japanese cinema is awash with the misadventures of struggling young musicians.… Read More

Before We Vanish