Yu Aoi
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Following in the grand tradition of master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, A Long Goodbye is forged not from earth-shattering drama, but rather the minutiae of everyday struggles that test the bonds… Read More
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A young masterless samurai faces a crisis of confidence when he is called upon to defend a family of farmers from a marauding gang in Shinya Tsukamoto’s small scale samurai… Read More
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Gender roles within the Hirata household are the subject of the third instalment in Yoji Yamada’s surprisingly durable family comedy series. What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life… Read More
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Love is the root of all evil – or so you might surmise from Birds Without Names. In the latest film by Kazuya Shiraishi (Dawn of the Felines), Yu Aoi… Read More
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Tokyo Ghoul is an ambitious adaptation of Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy manga by first-time filmmaker Kentaro Hagiwara. It includes a number of intriguing elements from vampire lore and superhero mythology,… Read More
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Veteran director Yoji Yamada returns with his first comedy in more than two decades, as a suburban middle-class family is thrown into disarray when the grandparents announce they are getting… Read More
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