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...
Blindly in Love (Japan, 2013) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2019]
Blindly in Love is a sensitive, understated commentary on not only the relationship between a young couple, but also the relationship between parents and children—and...
Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (Japan, 2017) [JAPAN CUTS 2018]
The endless fascination that anime, and media more broadly, has with the experience of girlhood knows no bounds. From the magical girls of Puella Magi...