Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ドロステン 2020 • Directed by Yamaguchi Junta Japanese Cinema   Comedy   Time Travel   2020s Time travel has been a frequent, if often under-appreciated, facet of Japanese cinema. The anime and animated Television series and films of Doraemon the robotic cat from the future has for many remained an entry point not […]

A STORY WRITTEN WITH WATER

A Story Written with Water 水で書かれた物語 1965 • Directed by Yoshida Kiju Japanese New Wave   Drama   1960s   Black and White As a key – if often overlooked – member of the Japanese new wave cinema of the early 1960s, the cinema of Kiju Yoshida is integral to Japanese film culture of the modernist, post-classical era. […]

A Scene at the Sea

A Scene at the Sea あの夏、いちばん静かな海 1991 • Directed by Kitano Takeshi Japanese Cinema   Drama   1990s After beginning his directorial career with two violent dramas – Violent Cop (1989) and Boiling Point (1990) – that each reworked genre material pertaining to yakuza cinema, Kitano Takeshi set up his own production company in order to help […]