A black-and-white portrait of 1969 Japan, Haruhiko Arai’s drama blurs fantasy and reality in a story of sex, memory and machismo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/19/film/the-stars-and-moon-are-holes-in-the-sky/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #goayano #haruhikoarai
‘The Stars and Moon Are Holes in the Sky’: 1960s nostalgia collides with dated vision of desire

Haruhiko Arai’s drama blurs fantasy and reality in a story of sex, memory and machismo.

The Japan Times
Koto Nagata’s “Baka's Identity” dives into Japan’s fake ID trade, revealing a generation trapped between crime and survival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/29/film/bakas-identity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #kotonagata #yutahayashi #takumikitamura #goayano
‘Baka's Identity’ exposes an underworld of stolen names and lost souls

In Koto Nagata’s thriller, Japan’s vulnerable youth on society’s margins risk everything — even who they are.

The Japan Times
The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File review

If you want to read review of The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File, read this post. In ドクター・デスの遺産 BLACK FILE, two detectives, Asuka and Hayato, try to uncover who "Dr. Death" is, a doctor responsible for 35 deaths of terminally ill patients.

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Hard Days review

If you want to read my review of Hard Days, read this post. In 最後まで行く, a police officer has the worst day of his life. Accidentally, he runs over, kills and hides the body of a powerful drug dealer, gets involved in bribery and has his mother on her deathbed.

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Inspired by a real-life incident, Takashi Miike's legal drama ultimately decides that it's easier just to tell one side of the story. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/25/film/sham/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #goayano #takashimiike
‘Sham’ flirts with ambiguity, then picks a side

Takashi Miike’s legal drama draws from a real-life incident and makes a clear but frustratingly simplified case.

The Japan Times
Samurai X - The Movie review

If you want to read my review of Samurai X - The Movie, read this post. In るろうに剣心, the wanderer Kenshin Himura wanted to leave behind his past full of violence, but he would have to continue wielding his sword to maintain peace.

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The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File review

If you want to read review of The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File, read this post. In ドクター・デスの遺産 BLACK FILE, two detectives, Asuka and Hayato, try to uncover who "Dr. Death" is, a doctor responsible for 35 deaths of terminally ill patients.

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Samurai X - The Movie review

If you want to read my review of Samurai X - The Movie, read this post. In るろうに剣心, the wanderer Kenshin Himura wanted to leave behind his past full of violence, but he would have to continue wielding his sword to maintain peace.

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Hard Days review

If you want to read my review of Hard Days, read this post. In 最後まで行く, a police officer has the worst day of his life. Accidentally, he runs over, kills and hides the body of a powerful drug dealer, gets involved in bribery and has his mother on her deathbed.

Japanese movies me
The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File review

If you want to read review of The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File, read this post. In ドクター・デスの遺産 BLACK FILE, two detectives, Asuka and Hayato, try to uncover who "Dr. Death" is, a doctor responsible for 35 deaths of terminally ill patients.

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