Flowering Blood: The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano, by Sean Redmond Wendy Haslem March 2014 Book Reviews We are in Tokyo in search of the oldest noodle restaurant in Japan. Its 1999 and pre-gps. Guided by scant details offered in the travel guide, we take the wrong exit from the station and wander in the early e...
Tokyo 1969: Revolutionary Image Thieves in a Disintegrating City Stephen Barber December 2013 Feature Articles Tokyo's period of acute urban unrest extended across the 1960s, beginning with widespread rioting, and demonstrations around the parliament building, in 1960, and culminating in sustained protests and confronta...
The Closed World: The Films of Shinoda Masahiro – Surface play and subterfuge in the movies of a modern classicist David Phelps December 2011 Feature Articles David Phelps provides a comprehensive analysis of the stylist features of one of the great directors of the Japanese New Wave.
Surface Play and Subterfuge: The Closed World of Masahiro Shinoda’s Cinema David Phelps December 2011 Feature Articles David Phelps provides a comprehensive analysis of the stylist features of one of the great directors of the Japanese New Wave.
Together We Stand: Supporting and Celebrating Japanese Cinema at the 11th Nippon Connection Film Festival Marc Saint-Cyr June 2011 Festival Reports Following the terrible events that rocked Japan on March 11th and onwards, the organisers of Nippon Connection were faced with a difficult decision: whether to hold the Frankfurt-based Japanese film festival th...
