Forgiven Children (Japan, 2020) [Nippon Connection ONLINE]
How much should a child be responsible for his or her crimes? Is mob justice an acceptable substitute for an inept justice system? Can there...
My Sweet Grappa Remedies (Japan, 2019) [Nippon Connection ONLINE]
40-year-old Yoshiko (Yasuko Matsuyuki) lives a content and simple life. She is single, works at a small publishing office, participates in office gossip, goes out with a...
An Ant Strikes Back (Japan, 2019) [Nippon Connection ONLINE]
Tsuchiya Tokachi’s latest documentary work begins with startling details: from 2006 to 2017, it relates in captions, the staggering figure of more than five thousand...
Book-Paper-Scissors (Japan, 2019) [Nippon Connection ONLINE]
Writer-director Nanako Hirose’s reputation precedes her as she began her career assisting renowned Japanese filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda and Miwa Nishikawa. Her directorial debut His Lost Name (2018)...
Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival Goes Online from June 9 – 14
From June 9 – 14, a special edition of the Japanese film festival Nippon Connection will be held in honor of its 20th anniversary. In the course of six days, Nippon...