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The #HOMEmcr #JFTFP26 comes to a close with #DaihachiYoshida 's adaption of #YasutakaTsutsui 's novel #TekiCometh / #敵 which stars #KumiTakiuchi and #KyōzōNagatsuka

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Mar 7

Penultimate in #HOMEmcr #JFTFP26 is the #BakuKinoshita directed and #KazuyaKonomoto written anime #TheLastBlossom / #ホウセンカ starring #KaoruKobayashi, #JunkiTozuka, #HikariMitsushima, #YoshikoMiyazaki and #PierreTaki

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Mar 2

#MissingChildVideotape / #ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ - directed by #RyotaKondo and written by #SuzuyukiKaneko - was shown tonight at #HOMEmcr as part of the #JFTFP26 . The 2024 #Japanese paranormal mystery horror stars #RairuSugita, #AmonHirai and #KokoroMorita

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Feb 28

#AkikoOhku 's 2024 #Japanese romantic drama #SheTaughtMeSerendipity / #今日の空が一番好き、とまだ言えない僕は stars #RikuHagiwara, #YuumiKawai, #AoiIto, #KodaiKurosaki and #ArataFuruta - showing at #HOMEmcr as part of #JFTFP26.

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Feb 25

#KensukeSonomura directed and #YugoSakamoto written 2024 #Japanese martial arts comedic action film #GhostKiller / #ゴーストキラー shows tonight at #HOMEmcr as part of the #JFTFP26 series.

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Spank The Monkey Feb 22

It's Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme time again (or #JFTFP26 for short): here are reviews of 7/26ths of the films. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/02/22/knowing-me-knowing-you-jftfp26/

Knowing Me, Knowing You: #JFTFP26

It’s almost as if the Japan Foundation know that the first paragraph of any review I write of their annual Touring Film Programme will be dedicated to taking the piss out of that year’s…

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Feb 21

#JFTFP26 at #HOMEmcr continues with #YoshimitsuMorita directed #LikeAsura / #阿修羅のごとく; a 2003 #Japanese drama that #TomomiTsutsui adapted from #KunikoMukōda's #AshuraNoGotoku which stars #ShinobuOtake, #EriFukatsu, #KaoruYachigusa, #ShidouNakamura and #HitomiKuroki

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Feb 19

Third both of my #HOMEmcr day and in it's venue screening of #JFTFP26 is the #Shin'ichirôUeda directed #Japanese action crime comedy #ANGRYSQUAD:TheCivilServantAndTheSevenSwindlers / #アングリースクワッド公務員と７人の詐欺師 which stars #SeiyôUchino, #MasakiOkada and #YukiyoshiOzawa

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dounowhoiam.bsky.social Feb 16

Second in #HOMEmcr hosted #JFTFP26 was the #HideoJôjô directed and #KôsukeMukai screenwritten (from #TamehitoSomei 's novel) #Japanese comedic drama #ABadSummer / #悪い夏 which stars #TakumiKitamura and #YuumiKawai

dounowhoiam.bsky.social Feb 12

First in the #HOMEmcr hosted #JFTFP26 included a live Q&A with director #KashouIizuka after his 2025 #Japanese courtroom dramatisation #BlueBoyTrial / #ブルーボーイ事件 which stars #TakashiYamanaka, #MiyuNakagawa and #RyoNishikido

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