Abnormal Family (Japan, 1984) [JAPAN CUTS 2018]
Suo Masayuki became known to international audiences with his delightful sumo drama Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t (1992) and his hit drama Shall We Dance? (1996),...
Bitter Honey (Japan, 2016) [JAPAN CUTS 2016]
Fumi Nikaido is an actress that I have, for a lack of a better word (or even an actual word), fanboyed over since I saw...
Shrill Cries of Summer (Japan, 2008)
Like Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s Forbidden Siren (2006) and Kenta Fukusaku’s X-Cross (2007), Shrill Cries of Summer takes the viewer into rural Japan, but whereas the earlier...