Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
The opening scene of writer-director Daihachi Yoshida’s latest feature, Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction, is a masterclass in crafting a minimalist act and ratcheting up...
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...
A Banana? At This Time of Night? (Japan, 2018) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2020]
A Banana? At This Time of Night? is adapted from the eponymous debut non-fiction book by acclaimed author Watanabe Kazufumi whose work primarily focuses on...