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Between Us (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A great narrative that celebrates the energetic art of Japanese drumming in pleasing way.”

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Sep 30, 2021 • Subscribe

The Fable: A Contract Killer Who Doesn’t Kill (ザ・ファブル 殺さない殺し屋, Kan Eguchi, 2021)

Junichi Okada returns as the hitman with a no kill mission in Kan Eguchi’s action comedy sequel

Windows on Worlds

Jul 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Shrieking In The Rain (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A narrative that does everything well, but lacks the emotional punch to make the experience unforgettable.”

psycho-cinematography

Jul 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Remain in Twilight (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“Matsui delivers another masterpiece that will long linger in the spectator’s mind.”

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Sep 26, 2021 • Subscribe

It’s a summer film (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A highly entertaining film that offers a nostalgic and touching dive into youthful passion and romantic feelings and lighthearted celebration of indie-filmmaking and often-forgotten beauty o…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Kirara

Ripples (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival]

With her quirky sense of humor, she delivers one of the most illuminating explorations of the effect the gap between the imaginary equilibrium of the ego and the…

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Oct 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Bushido (2024) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Kazuya Shiraishi proves that the frame of the samurai and the Edo society can still be utilized to deliver refreshing narratives.

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Sep 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Closet (2020) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A filmic piece that will not only induce a forlorn feeling in its spectators but also invite them to deeply question their own interpersonal functioning.”

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Oct 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Alivehoon (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Shimoyama hits all the common beats of the sports-genre, but succeeds in elevating his exploration of the art of drifting by framing the battling cars in an exciting…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

A narrative that, due to its elegant engendering of genuine emotions, offers a touching exploration of the subjective obstacles that complicate the subject’s coming-into-being and his inter-persona…

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Feb 20, 2023 • Subscribe

The Box Man (2024) review [Camera Japan Festival]

An incredible satisfying cinematic experience, one that enthrals the spectator from start to finish

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Oct 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Prior Convictions (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A very relevant exploration of the fact that the criminal act is, in many cases, born from an antagonistic relation between the subject and the Other.”

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Sep 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Tea Friends (2023) review [Camera Japan festival]

Sotoyama investigates, in a very touching way, the radical discordance between the societal field and the elderly subject.

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Oct 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Riverside Mukolitta (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

A highly touching narrative about re-finding social life.

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Sep 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Nagi’s Island (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

The power of Nagasawa’s narrative does not simply lie in the engaging emotional rhythm, as dictated by the musical decorations, but in the genuineness that oozes from every…

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Sep 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Bad City (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Sonamura delivers everything one expects from an action-thriller.

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Oct 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Is This Heaven? (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival]

An experimental narrative that gives the idea of wandering spirits a fresh and whimsical spin

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Oct 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Afternoon Angler’s club (2023) Review [Camera Japan Festival]

Hideo Jojo’s heartwarming tale of subjective growth and salt-water fishing is a pleasant watch.

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Oct 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Let’s Go Karaoke (2024) review [Camera Japan Festival]

This is perfect film for anyone who, after a long day full of struggles, wants to sit in a comfy chair and relax.

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Oct 13, 2024 • Subscribe

I Never Shot Anyone (2020) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“Sakamoto creates a nice, pleasant ride, but one that will be easily forgotten.”  

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Sep 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Natchan’s little Secret (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival 2023]

Introduction More and more directors take the opportunity to explore the complex dimensions of sexuality within the Japanese societal field within their films. In recent years, more films…

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Sep 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Tamano Visual Poetry: Nagisa’s Bicycle (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Despite delivering three engaging and visually beautiful narratives, the short nature of overall narrative undercuts the impact the movie could have had.

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Dec 10, 2022 • Subscribe

It’s All My Fault (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival 2022]

A touching narrative that explores how difficult it is for subject to assume a place for himself, a place from where he/she can desire, without the structuring influence…

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Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Life of Mariko in Kabukicho (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival]

Katayama and Uchida does not merely offer a glance at the relational drama that hides behind the neon-lit night-life and pleasure district, but also delivers a narrative that…

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Oct 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival]

A narrative that blows a refreshing wind in both the slasher and the romance genre.

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Sep 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Camera Japan Announces Complete Programme for 2021

Runs in Rotterdam 23rd to 26th September & in Amsterdam 30th September to 3rd October

Windows on Worlds

Sep 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Straying (2022) review [Camera Japan 2022]

A pleasant and charming exploration of the fact that, within the game of love and romance and beyond, subjects often rely on acting-out to reveal to the other…

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Sep 14, 2022 • Subscribe

The Fable — Anime Review

While it has a slow start, I quickly found myself falling in love with The Fable. Thanks for the most part to its fascinating characters.

Reasons to Anime

Mar 9, 2025 • Subscribe

The Fable

Follow The Light (2021) review [Fantasia Festival 2021]

The narrative might not offer anything new at a thematical level, but stands out due to his refusal to spell things out and, instead, imply certain subjective truths…

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Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son (2020) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A heartwarming narrative that does not only affirm that food is what brings people together, but also that the very act of preparing food, in many cases, functions…

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Oct 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Ninja Vs Shark (2023) review [Camera Japan 2023]

A pleasant B-film action experience.

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Sep 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Kanon

The Fable

A manga about a legendary hitman known as 'The Fable' who is ordered by his boss to live quietly as a normal person for one year. Continue reading…

Manga Machinations

Jun 16, 2020 • Subscribe

The Fable

Imagine you are a hitman so good and efficient at your job that you are suddenly forced to take a break from it because you killed too many…

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Mar 16, 2025 • Subscribe

The Fable

Who Doesn’t Love a Good Bubble? (The Bubble Tag)

These are the nine anime characters I want to be stuck in quarantine with.

I drink and watch anime

Sep 14, 2020 • Subscribe

The Fable - Episode 11 - The Fable Kills Gangster

Does Fable need to replace his Osaka accent to kill people again? Killing has a cadence and grammar, so why not? The Fable - Episode 11

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Jun 20, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable - Episode 1 - The Fable Taps Forehead

The Fable, a professional hitman, has a method for switching between Japan's popular dialects. It looks ridiculous. The Fable - Episode 1

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Apr 12, 2024 • Subscribe

The Way of the Househusband, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, The Fable

The Fable – 09

All of these people are tainted by the life they've chosen, even when they try and leave it behind.

Lost in Anime

Jun 2, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 10

The Fable is a living example of great manga's power to thrive with middling adaptation (but it does have to at least be middling).

Lost in Anime

Jun 9, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 07

The style of humor here feels appropriate for a series about gangsters, which is a rarity in anime.

Lost in Anime

May 19, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 24

What a singularly bizarre creation Akira is, but undeniably a memorable one.

Lost in Anime

Sep 22, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 17

I don't think you'd pick anybody in a head-to-head with Akira (or Fable), but Utsubo is clearly no one to take lightly.

Lost in Anime

Jul 28, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 22

None of these people have any idea what they're up against with Akira.

Lost in Anime

Sep 8, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 16

In thinking about it The Fable is kind of what would happen if King of the Hill and The Coen Brothers had a love child.

Lost in Anime

Jul 21, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 12

Phonographs, film cameras… Akira?

Lost in Anime

Jun 23, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 18

Boy, this is turning into a hot mess now.

Lost in Anime

Aug 4, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 14

I don't doubt that this subplot could turn dark, but honestly it seems like the whole Kuro arc is mostly going to be about comic relief.

Lost in Anime

Jul 7, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 19

What I found myself thinking a lot this week was how poignant this story can be.

Lost in Anime

Aug 18, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 03

I'll say this for The Fable - I've liked every episode better than the one before it.

Lost in Anime

Apr 21, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 08

Maybe the most dangerous thing in Osaka is a bored Youko.

Lost in Anime

May 26, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable

The Fable – 04

It's a given that a series about people who kill for a living is going to feature not nice people.

Lost in Anime

Apr 28, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fable