Serpent’s Path (2026)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Damien Bonnard | Grégoire Colin | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Kô Shibasaki | Mathieu Amalric
Drive My Car (2022)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Starring: Dae-Young Jin | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Masaki Okada | Reika Kirishima | Satoko Abe | Sonia Yuan | Tôko Miura | Yoo-Rim Park
Michael says: “Sometimes a film receives so much critical praise because it just that good. DRIVE MY CAR, which writer/director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami with co-screenwriter Takamasa Oe is one such film. My experience
Read the review...Vacation (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Hajime Kadoi
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima | Kaoru Kobayashi | Nene Otsuka | Ren Ôsugi
Jason says: “Toru Hirai (Kaoru Kobayashi) is dragging. He falls asleep while riding the train with his fiancée Mika (Nene Otsuka) and her son Tatsuya (Shusei Uto), but you don’t need that to see it. He’s middle aged, but it’s
Read the review...Dolls (2005)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.75 cats
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima | Miho Kanno | Tatsuya Mihashi
Chris says: “Made before THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI, this is surely one of Takeshi Kitano’s unlikeliest features. Taking a cue from the Japanese tradition of Bunraku puppet plays, the film presents three intertwined love stories based on them. The first
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