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22nd Nippon Connection: Recommendations

This list does not only reveal the variety of unique perspectives that mark Japanese Cinema, but also echoes that what directors, from a cinematic perspective, put into question…

psycho-cinematography

May 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Intolerance (2021) [22nd Nippon Connection]

Yoshida’s narrative hits all the right emotional notes for the audience and that its message will long linger in the spectator’s mind.

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Jun 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Backlight (2021) [22nd Nippon Connection]

An elegantly constructed and highly impactful exploration of the inhibiting fear of being rejected by one’s beloved.

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Jun 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection Goes Online from June 1-6

Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection Goes Online from June 1-6

VCinema

May 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Popran (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A great narrative that questions in a light-hearted way the relation between the male subject and his member as well as the role the real member plays within…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema: Can’t Stop the Dancing, The Day of Destruction, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, A Girl Missing,…

Genkinahito

May 25, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema: Can’t Stop the Dancing, The Day of Destruction, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, A Girl Missing,…

Genkinahito

May 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Special A

Ninja Girl (2021) review [22nd Nippon connection]

“A political satire that will not fail to please audiences, but lacks the thematical punch to make a statement that will long linger in the spectator’s mind.”

psycho-cinematography

Jun 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Just Remembering (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

An experience that will stir the spectator’s unconscious and affect his heart.  

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May 29, 2022 • Subscribe

21st Nippon Connection ONLINE Film Festival Confirms Full Program

Runs online 1st to 6th June!

Windows on Worlds

May 10, 2021 • Subscribe

Festival Report: Nippon Connection 2012

by Marc Saint-Cyr Those initially scanning the program for the 12th Nippon Connection film festival , hosted in Frankfurt, Germany from...

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 15, 2012 • Subscribe

Jumping, Mirai

Any Crybabies Around? (2020) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A great drama that sketches out the destructive effect of the gap between one’s signifiers and one’s acts on others and shows the spectator that what the marital…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 7, 2022 • Subscribe

The End Of The Pale Hour (2021) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

Matsumoto delivers an amazing narrative that allows the spectator to realize that imaginary pleasure offers little protection against the oppressing demands of the society and imaginary injuries de…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 22, 2022 • Subscribe

My Brother, The Android and Me (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A compelling exploration of how certain subjects, psychotically structured, attempt to mend the problematic nature of the symbolic and the imaginary.”

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Jun 16, 2022 • Subscribe

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

An exquisitely shot meditation about the impact change has on society and subjectivity.

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May 26, 2022 • Subscribe

One Day, You will reach the Sea (2022) review (22nd Nippon Connection)

A splendid experience whose themes of loss, failed encounters, and unresolved desires do not fail to touch the spectator deeply.

psycho-cinematography

Jun 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2023 (September 22nd-30th)

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2023 (SEPTEMBER 22nd-30th)

Genkinahito

Aug 30, 2023 • Subscribe

Hundred

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Visions

A preview of Nippon Connection 2021: the films of the Nippon Visions section – Company Retreat, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes , Daughters, It’s a Summer Film, Sasaki…

Genkinahito

May 26, 2021 • Subscribe

School Days

Nippon Connection 2021: our recommendations

“While we of course encourage the audience to explore the many films this rich festival has to offer, we do want to introduce our recommendations, films that we…

psycho-cinematography

May 30, 2021 • Subscribe

December (2023) review [Nippon Connection]

A highly moving and emotionally powerful narrative that explores the struggle of a subject to shake of the winter of his subjectivity.

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Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Kanon

Early Announcements for Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

Genkinahito

Apr 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Giant, Phoenix, The Concierge

His (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A touching and heartwarming romance drama that captivates the spectator not only because it’s driven by romantic feelings feel genuine, but also because the truth of love is…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Egoist (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Matsunaga’s heartfelt and heart-breaking narrative goes beyond the gay-dynamic to show that the lack that injures the subject complicates and radically determines the way he approaches the object…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Bolt (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative by Kaizo Hayashi that explores, via the structure fiction, the truth of three different affects – responsibility, guilt, and sadness through loss – during and…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 11, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

Genkinahito

2 days ago • Subscribe

A Preview of the Japanese Titles at the New York Asian Film Festival 2021 (August 06th – 22nd)

A Preview of the Japanese Titles (and some from other countries) at the New York Asian Film Festival 2021 (August 06th – 22nd) – here are the films…

Genkinahito

Jul 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Japanese Film Festival 2019 | Reflections: Part II

Samurai Shifters | Isshin Inudo How do I even classify this film? It’s a period drama, romantic comedy, kinda political thriller and even a pinch of musical. This…

ATMA & Funomena

Jan 24, 2020 • Subscribe

What she Likes (2021) review [22nd Nippon Connections]

“Kusano succeeds in delivering a quite atypical romance narrative.”      

psycho-cinematography

Jun 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2021 (June 24 – July 02nd)

Japanese Films at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2021 (June 24 – July 02nd): BLUE, The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea, Hold Me Back, Ito, Last of…

Genkinahito

Jun 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 25th to 31st)

Information on the Nine Japanese Films Playing at the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 25th to 31st)

Genkinahito

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Nine

Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2023

In Frankfurt 6th to 111th.

Windows on Worlds

May 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Thorns of Beauty (2023) [Nippon Connection 2023]

Hideo’s latest uncovers the deep marks that the thorns of phallic beauty have left on contemporary society.

psycho-cinematography

Jun 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Stormy Family (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative that succeeds in exploring the very way that imaginary injuries and resentments erode family bonds, by causing a subjective blindness for the suffering of the…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Megumi

Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2022!

In Frankfurt 24th – 29th May and online 30th May to 6th June

Windows on Worlds

Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Die! Directors, Die!

死ね ! 死ね ! シネマ (Shine! Shine! Shinema) Released: 2011 Director: Makoto Shinozaki Starring:  Kyoko Mori …

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 5, 2012 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021 – Highlights

A preview of Nippon Connection 2021 that offers some highlights: Dance With Me, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, The Day of Destruction, Beyond the…

Genkinahito

May 24, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Documentaries

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021 – The full line-up of Documentaries: Ainu Neno An Ainu, I Quit, “Being Friends”, Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams, Me and the…

Genkinahito

May 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Wonderful Paradise (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A great experiment of the absurd, but its full potential to satisfy the spectator is hindered by its somewhat lackluster composition.  

psycho-cinematography

Jun 23, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Animation

A Preview of the Animated Films at Nippon Connection 2021: On-Gaku: Our Sound, Seven Days War, Sumikkogurashii: Good to Be in the Corner

Genkinahito

May 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2024

In Frankfurt 28th May 2nd June

Windows on Worlds

9 hours ago • Subscribe

Books: Japanese Cinema

By Jasper Sharp. There are many paths one might take through the vast and varied terrain of Japanese cinema. Peter Cowie’s addition to the ever-expanding range of publications…

All the Anime

Sep 6, 2022 • Subscribe

London East Asia Film Festival Brings 34 Films to the Big Screen From October 21-31

London East Asia Film Festival Brings 34 Films to the Big Screen From October 21-31.

VCinema

Sep 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Glasgow Film Festival 2022

A Preview of the One Japanese Film at the Glasgow Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

Feb 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2021

A preview of the Japanese and Japanese co-production films at the Cannes Film Festival 2021

Genkinahito

Jun 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022’s Japanese Films

Details on many of the Japanese films that will be screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022

Genkinahito

Mar 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Chicago Film Festival 2023

A Preview of the Chicago International Film Festival 2023 – October 11 to 22 – Monster, Evil Does Not Exist, The Boy and the Heron, Before Anyone Else,…

Genkinahito

Sep 20, 2023 • Subscribe

The Boy and the Heron

Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 21st to 30th 2022)

Information on the Japanese Films Playing as part of the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 21st to 30th)

Genkinahito

May 16, 2022 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Come as You Are

ソーローなんてくだらない (Sôrô nante kudaranai) Released: 2011 Director: Kôta Yoshida Starring:  Tateto Serizawa…

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 6, 2012 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: About the Pink Sky

ももいろそらを (Momoiro sora o) Released: 2011 Director: Keiichi Kobayashi Starring:  Ai Ikeda Ena…

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 2, 2012 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: The Sound of Light

ひかりのおと (Hikari no oto) Released: 2011 Director: Juichiro Yamasaki Starring:  Yoshitomo Fujihisa …

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 6, 2012 • Subscribe