The Imaginary (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Yoshiyuki Momose
Starring: Kokoro Terada | Riisa Naka | Rio Suzuki | Sakura Andô | Takayuki Yamada
Monster (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Eita Nagayama | Hinata Hiiragi | Mitsuki Takahata | Sakura Andô | Soya Kurokawa
Chris says: “This is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first film set in his native Japan since SHOPLIFTERS and also his first that he hasn’t written himself since MABOROSI, his 1995 feature debut. Rest assured, MONSTER is completely in the director’s wheelhouse of
Read the review...Shoplifters (2018)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Kirin Kiki | Lily Franky | Mayu Matsuoka | Sakura Andô
Chris says: “Naming a favorite film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is like doing the same for his closest progenitor, Yasujiro Ozu–nearly impossible, given their tendencies to revisit and refine themes of domesticity and humanism while maintaining a higher-than-average consistency.
Read the review...For Love’s Sake (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Emi Takei | Ito Ono | Sakura Andô | Satoshi Tsumbuki | Takumi Saito | Tsuyoshi Ihara
Jason says: “FOR LOVE’S SAKE is the sort of crazy mix of adolescent emotions that seem over-the-top when you describe it, often going from pure sweetness to eye-rolling to angry violence in the very same scene. It’s just what one
Read the review...Love Exposure (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Atsuro Watabe | Hikari Mitsushima | Makiko Watanabe | Sakura Andô | Takahiro Nishijima
Jason says: “I recommend LOVE EXPOSURE, rather highly, in fact, but be warned: Maverick Japanese director Sion Sono has a rather singular vision, and his previous feature, the more or less mainstream horror-comedy Hair Extensions, only gives audiences a glimpse
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