Kosai Sekine’s pandemic-centric docudrama traces the crisis Japan faced at sea before lockdowns and masks became the norm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/19/film/frontline-yokohama-bay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #kosaisekine #covid19 #covid19injapan #shunoguri #torimatsuzaka
‘Frontline — Yokohama Bay’ revisits nation’s first pandemic struggles

Part docudrama, part recognition of unsung crisis responders, “Frontline — Yokohama Bay” looks back at the ship that warned a nation: COVID-19 is here.

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The Wandering Moon review

If you want to read my review of The Wandering Moon review, read this post. In 流浪の月, a young college student, Saeki Fumi, offers shelter in his home to a 10-year-old girl, Sarasa Kanai. Even traumatized by their pasts, they connect. But, now she is being sought by the police and he is accused of kidnapping.

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Call boy review

If you want to read my review of Call boy, read this post. Morinaka Ryu is a college student and works at a bar at night. He lives with a feeling of torpor, insensitive to life, friends and relationships. One night, Ryu piques the interest of the pimp of a male brothel and she invites him to work as a prostitute. He sees it as an opportunity to reframe his life.

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Call boy review

If you want to read my review of Call boy, read this post. Morinaka Ryu is a college student and works at a bar at night. He lives with a feeling of torpor, insensitive to life, friends and relationships. One night, Ryu piques the interest of the pimp of a male brothel and she invites him to work as a prostitute. He sees it as an opportunity to reframe his life.

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The Wandering Moon review

If you want to read my review of The Wandering Moon review, read this post. In 流浪の月, a young college student, Saeki Fumi, offers shelter in his home to a 10-year-old girl, Sarasa Kanai. Even traumatized by their pasts, they connect. But, now she is being sought by the police and he is accused of kidnapping.

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Just made this review of The Wandering Moon with #SuzuHirose #ToriMatsuzaka #RyuseiYokohama #MikakoTabe and #TakahiroMiura

This was one of the most intense Japanese movies I've seen.

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The Wandering Moon review

If you want to read my review of The Wandering Moon review, read this post. In 流浪の月, a young college student, Saeki Fumi, offers shelter in his home to a 10-year-old girl, Sarasa Kanai. Even traumatized by their pasts, they connect. But, now she is being sought by the police and he is accused of kidnapping.

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