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Reviews of Japanese-language films I find significant or interesting.

Japanese Films

Mary and the Witch’s Flower: visually attractive but otherwise a flat effort

Hiromasa Yonebayashi, “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” (2017) A visually very attractive family movie, clearly

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Japanese Films

My Neighbour Totoro: charm can’t compensate for a thin plot and weakly developed themes

Hayao Miyazaki, “My Neighbour Totoro” (1988) The film that brought Studio Ghibli to an international

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Japanese Films

The Boy and the Heron: visual virtuosity can’t compensate for a tired formulaic plot and dubious motifs

Hayao Miyazaki, “The Boy and the Heron” (2023) A decade after “The Wind Rises”, the

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Japanese Films | Korean Films

Broker: road film exploring complexities behind illegal baby adoptions in South Korea

Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Broker” (2022) A young woman brings her baby to a church’s baby box

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Japanese Films | North American Films

Bakemono: modern-day ghost story on family relationships

Jorge Lucas, Sumire Takamatsu, “Bakemono” (2019) Even in modern times, the demons and spirits of

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Chinese and Chinese-language Films | Japanese Films

What Eating the Rich did for Japan: a useful introduction to Japan’s modern economic history

“What Eating the Rich did for Japan” (Asianometry, October 2021) In this mini-documentary on the

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British Films | Japanese Films | North American Films

You Only Live Twice: tired and formulaic film shouldn’t have lived even once

Lewis Gilbert, “You Only Live Twice” (1967) By the time this, the fifth film in

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Japanese Films | North American Films

Minamata: a solid film on the power of image as social activism

Andrew Levitas, “Minamata” (2020) In these times when fake news and deliberate disinformation are the

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Japanese Films

Senga Tsubo: a tale within a tale about gratitude and returning favours

Sanae Yamamoto, “Senga Tsubo” (1925) Said to be the first animated film commission by the

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Japanese Films

A folk tale with a moral in “Kyoiku senga: Ubasuteyama”

Sanae Yamamoto, “Kyoiku senga: Ubasuteyama” (1925) A restored animation, “Ubasuteyama” is based on a traditional

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