Classic Review – Ikiru (1952)
Title – Ikiru (1952) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Cast – Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Nobuo Kaneko, Minoru Chiaki Plot – Diagnosed with terminal cancer, long-serving government office worker […]
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Classic Review – Harakiri (1962)
Title – Harakiri (1962) Director – Masaki Kobayashi (Beautiful Days) Cast – Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima, Shima Iwashita Plot – As Japan enters a time of […]
Classic Review – Seven Samurai (1954)
Title – Seven Samurai (1954) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Ran) Cast – Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katô, Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiko Tsushima Plot – With bandits set to strike at […]
Film Review – Violence Voyager (2018)
Title – Violence Voyager/ Baiorensu boijâ (2018) Director – Ujicha (The Burning Buddha Man) Cast – (Voices of) Saki Fujita, Derek Petropolis, Tomorô Taguchi, Aoi Yûki Plot – Two school […]
Film Review – Impossible to Imagine (2019)
Title – Impossible to Imagine (2019) Director – Felicity Tillack (feature debut) Cast – Yukiko Ito, William Yagi, Kazuya Moriyama Plot – In the traditional city of Kyoto in Japan, […]
Classic Review – Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Tokyo Godfathers Written and Directed by Satoshi Kon Voice work by Tôru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki Review by Jordan “I always wanted to die drunk in a nice, old […]
Opinion Piece – Please Don’t Remake Your Name
Please don’t remake Your Name An opinion piece by Jordan The beauty of animations, particularly those stemming from the vista of boundless imagination that is Japan, is that the finest […]
Film Review – The Garden of Words (2013)
The Garden of Words (Koto no ha no niwa) Written and Directed by Makoto Shinkai Voice work by Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa Review by Jordan A faint clap of […]
Film Review – The Boy and the Beast (2015)
The Boy and the Beast (Bakemono no ko) Written and Directed by Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children) Review by Jordan Grab the sword […]
Film Review – A Silent Voice (2016)
A Silent Voice (Koe no katachi) Directed by Naoko Yamada Based on the manga by Yoshitoko Oima. Screenplay by Reiko Yoshida Review by Jordan Transfixing animation, that captures the gliding […]
