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Dec 1, 2022

Home "Sweet" Home | TIFF 2022

The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)

Dec 6, 2021

Sincerely, | Exhibition "Eugene Studio: After the Rainbow", "Viva Video! The Art and Life of Shigeko Kubota"

Eugene Studio, founded by Eugene Kangawa, now in his early thirties, is having its first museum solo exhibition at MOT. It is a...

Nov 26, 2021

An Era of Violence | TIFF & Filmex 2021

The four films, One and Four and Limbo screened at TIFF, and Ahed’s Knee and The Revolution of Our Times screened at FILMeX this year...

Nov 22, 2021

Nice Weather | "Riverside Mukolitta"

On Riverside Mukolitta , dir. Naoko Ogigami. Japan. 2021. The term “shokakko (小確幸)”, an abbreviation for “small, real happiness”, was...

Sep 17, 2021

The Exile | "Anima"

Today’s Inner Mongolia (China), bordering Mongolia and Russia, is inhabited by Han, Mongols, Manchu, Evenki, Oroqen, Daur and many other...

Aug 18, 2021

Sons of the War | "Gift of Fire"

In 2015, some notes and other research materials from Kyoto Imperial University from the 1940s were unearthed. They revealed that Japan...

Jun 20, 2021

In search of light | Nippon Connection: "Shiver", "On-Gaku: Our Sound"

Nippon Connection Shiver (2021, Toshiaki Toyoda) On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019, Kenji Iwaisawa) While many of the feature films display a...

Feb 15, 2021

The Lone Wolf Conundrum | "Under the Open Sky"

On Under the Open Sky & Interview with Dir. Miwa Nishikawa Under the Open Sky , whether intentionally or not, makes references to a wide...

Feb 8, 2021

Exhibition "Rooms to Breathe"（呼吸の部屋）

March 5-21, 2021 (Closed on Mondays), 12:00–18:00. Admission free. Reserve here @ The 5th Floor : 〒110-0008 東京都台東区池之端 3-3-9 花園アレイ...

Nov 22, 2020

Emotional Implosion: The spreading agenda of mainland pop culture | "Love Song 1980"

Love Song 1980 Directed by Mei Feng. China. 2020. 2h7m. # TIFF Before becoming a director, Mei Feng was better known as an art film...