With sex work and small talk, Kenji Yamauchi’s politically sharp film paints a complex portrait of modern...
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Masanori Tominaga’s comedy of manners — and missteps — centers on a newcomer from Tokyo who tests...
Shun Nakagawa’s emotionally resonant ensemble drama reveals deep truths about the inner lives of adolescents.
Actor Megumi stands out as the much better half of a sex-starved man-child in Shin Adachi’s autobiographical...
The author says that adapting the novel — which he wrote when he was 25 — was...
With no script or crew, the animator created “Jinsei,” a bold debut inspired by classics such as...
While Akiko Ohku’s latest seems like a rom-com on its surface, the ensemble piece delves deeper into...
Shuhei Shibue’s film about the improbable musical career of a Chinese strategist reincarnated in modern-day Japan delivers...
Masaki Tsujino’s dark comedy of errors unpacks family dysfunction and middle-class mediocrity.
Hirosue was in a “panicked state” and injured the medical staff member, her agency said in a...
