Villon’s Wife (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 29, 2010
Based on the semi-autobiographical Osamu Dazai novel Villon no Tsuma.
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Confessions (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 28, 2010
There has been a fair amount of hype surrounding Confessions (告白), the latest film from Memories of Matsuko and Happy-Go-Lucky writer/director Tetsuya Nakashima. When it was released in Japan …
Flavor of Happiness (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 26, 2010
It’s hard to turn on the television these days without someone telling you how to cook. Buoyed by the wave of success that shows such as MasterChef and Japan’s …
Zero Focus (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 26, 2010
Based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto, Zero Focus (ゼロの焦点) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of that famous Japanese author. A prolific writer of mystery, historical and …
Dear Doctor (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 25, 2010
Dear Doctor (ディア・ドクター) was one of the most critically acclaimed Japanese films of 2009, topping both the Yokohama Film Festival and Kinema Jumpo lists, and placing at #2 on the prestigious Japan …
FLOWERS (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 25, 2010
If there is a meme running through the 14th Japanese Film Festival, and indeed throughout the history of Japanese cinema, it is the changing nature of family with each …
Hanamizuki (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 23, 2010
We’ve had a variety of inspirations for this year’s entries in the Japanese Film Festival – a novel (Feel the Wind), a manga (Solanin), a true story of calligraphy …
Japanese Film Festival 2010: Opening Night
November 23, 2010
On a steamy spring night in Sydney town, the 14th Japanese Film Festival officially opened at the Regent on George Street. As we were reminded in an opening address, …
Solanin (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 22, 2010
REVIEW: Too young to hold on, and too old to just break free and run
Shodo Girls (Japanese Film Festival 2010)
November 22, 2010
The thing that has always excites me about cinema is that I am constantly learning new things. Prior to Shodo Girls, I had no idea that there was such a …