Dentsu Employee Once Isolated at Firm, Finds Fame as Film Director
Sundance award-winning Makoto Nagahisa struggled to be recognized at the advertising conglomerate where he was employed. So he made a movie on a leave of absence....
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“Coming Back Sunny”
Yuasa Noriko's short is a colorful allegory for a teenage girl's awaking emotions. Read my impressions.
“Invisible Creatures” Screening
My impressions of Takayama Kohei’s visually arresting, wonderfully strange but grounded fable “Invisible Creatures”.
“Paradise Lost” Screening
My impressions of Fukuma Kenji's sixth feature film starring Wada Misa of "Siblings of the Cape".
Kon Satoshi – In Memoriam
The 9th anniversary of Kon Satoshi's passing was on August 24th. Read my hastily cobbled tribute to one of Japan's premiere filmmakers.
