The Gun (Japan, 2018) [NYAFF 2019]
On a dark and rainy night, college student Toru Nishikawa (Murakami Nijiro) comes across a handgun. Without much thought, he picks it up and takes...
Shoplifters (Japan, 2018)
About halfway through Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2018 Cannes winner, Shoplifters, a simple question is met by an unexpectedly harrowing answer. The middle-aged, unemployed Osamu (Lily Franky)...
Blank 13 (Japan, 2017) [JAPAN CUTS 2018]
Bookending an immeasurable physical and emotional distance father and son stand atop a hospital roof, eyes meeting only out of necessity, silence reluctantly broken for...
The Devil’s Path (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts/NYAFF 2014]
A brutal journey into the dark heart of Japan’s underworld, The Devil’s Path is a grueling look at the machinations of the yakuza which overcomes...