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Category: TV/Film

Sumodo Successors of Samurai Film Review

Sumodo – The Successors of Samurai – shows the brutal grace of Japan’s national sport (Film Review)

February 18, 2022February 21, 2022 David Cirone

Sumodo – The Successors of Samurai Review by David Cirone Sumodo – The Successors of Samurai is a wonderfully engaging documentary about the wContinue reading…

Masked Ward film review

Masked Ward (Film Review)

February 17, 2022February 21, 2022 David Cirone

Masked Ward (Kamen Byoto) Review by David Cirone Masked Ward is a thriller following young doctor Shugo Hayami (Kentaro Sakaguchi) as he navigContinue reading…

Aristocrats film Mugi Kadowaki Kiko Mizuhara

Aristocrats (Film Review)

February 16, 2022February 21, 2022 David Cirone

Aristocrats (Ano Ko wa Kizoku) Review by David Cirone Aristocrats begins with vivid images of the bright, beautiful streets of Tokyo on New YeContinue reading…

A Girl Missing Koji Fukada

A Girl Missing takes a dark road to a dead end (Film Review)

September 18, 2021September 19, 2021 David Cirone

In A Girl Missing — the latest dramatic film from director Koji Fukada — a well-intentioned home nurse becomes the victim of lies and media scruContinue reading…

Michael Mann Tokyo Vice

Film director Michael Mann talks shop about shooting Tokyo Vice in Japan

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 David Cirone

Film director Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider) talks about the practical elements of shooting film in Japan in a video interview presented by JapaContinue reading…

STray Dogs Takashi Miike Audition

Takashi Miike’s Audition homaged in popular Image comic Stray Dogs

July 15, 2021July 26, 2021 David Cirone

The best-selling Image Comics series Stray Dogs features an homage to Takashi Miike’s film Audition in the newly-released 4th printing of issue #4Continue reading…

Alice in Borderland Season 1 review

Alice in Borderland – Season 1 (review)

December 22, 2020January 1, 2023 David Cirone

Alice in Borderland – Season 1 Review by David Cirone Based on the manga series by Haro Aso, Alice in Borderland is a fun but frustrating addiContinue reading…

Why Don't You Play In Hell Fumi Nikaido

Five bloody, delightful Japanese films streaming now from Alamo Drafthouse

May 31, 2020June 3, 2020 David Cirone

Alamo Drafthouse has curated a selection of top indie films now available for streaming via their Alamo on Demand online platform. While you’re waContinue reading…

BFI Japan 2020

BFI Japan 2020 programs top Japanese films from 1925 to present

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 David Cirone

The British Film Institute has crafted its newly-minted Japan 2020 celebration of Japanese cinema with a year-by-year timeline, taking a fresh appContinue reading…

Giri Haji Netflix

Giri/Haji goes heavy on theme, light on story (Series Review)

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 David Cirone

Giri/Haji (“Duty”/”Shame”) is an ambitious, all-over-the-place crime thriller, as deeply conflicted about its identity as the series’ main charactContinue reading…

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