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
Reviews of Japanese-language films I find significant or interesting.
Hiromasa Yonebayashi, “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” (2017) A visually very attractive family movie, clearly
Hayao Miyazaki, “My Neighbour Totoro” (1988) The film that brought Studio Ghibli to an international
Hayao Miyazaki, “The Boy and the Heron” (2023) A decade after “The Wind Rises”, the
Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Broker” (2022) A young woman brings her baby to a church’s baby box
Japanese Films | North American Films
Jorge Lucas, Sumire Takamatsu, “Bakemono” (2019) Even in modern times, the demons and spirits of
Chinese and Chinese-language Films | Japanese Films
“What Eating the Rich did for Japan” (Asianometry, October 2021) In this mini-documentary on the
British Films | Japanese Films | North American Films
Lewis Gilbert, “You Only Live Twice” (1967) By the time this, the fifth film in
Japanese Films | North American Films
Andrew Levitas, “Minamata” (2020) In these times when fake news and deliberate disinformation are the
Sanae Yamamoto, “Senga Tsubo” (1925) Said to be the first animated film commission by the
Sanae Yamamoto, “Kyoiku senga: Ubasuteyama” (1925) A restored animation, “Ubasuteyama” is based on a traditional