Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (Japan, 2020) [JFTFP 2021]
Post-war Japanese urban life was filled with chaos, confusion, and forays into a new kind of life unfamiliar to a war-torn nation. Izuru Narashima’s latest...
His (Japan, 2020) [JFTFP 2021]
More than being a film about being gay fatherhood, His (2020) poses a question about the idea of queer domicile, or specifically, the instability of...
Samurai Shifters (Japan, 2019) [JFTFP 2021]
‘Jidaigeki’, the Japanese period drama, has been a staple of that country’s screen culture since the foundation of narrative film. It typically covers the Edo...
Miyamoto (Japan, 2019) [JFTFP 2021]
Other than good filmmaking, what makes a film especially satisfying? A good ending. Tetsuya Mariko’s Miyamoto starts with a good ending: a couple getting married....
Not Quite Dead Yet (Japan, 2020) [JFTFP 2021]
They say, be careful what you wish for, especially when what you wish is someone else’s death. You might just get it, and that’s not...
Haruka’s Pottery (Japan, 2019) [JFTFP 2021]
In the current time, with lockdowns, restriction and endless screen meetings, the impulse to make some radical choices and escape our day-to-day lives has increased....