The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, the U.K.’s largest festival of Japanese cinema, will take to the road in February and March. Its 2024 selection is the event’s largest ever with much of it attuned to the theme of memories, times and reflections.
“The JFTFP24 delves into Japanese cinema to explore how memories are employed in the cinematic voices of Japanese filmmakers, from films where memories are a focal point to works where they play a subliminal role in driving or affecting people’s minds and behavior,” said organizers.
The festival will run Feb. 2 – Mar. 31 and take in 30 U.K. cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Oxford, Orkney, Exeter and York.
Program highlights include: the U.K. premiere of “Shadow of Fire,” directed by festival favorite Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man); a new entry in Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno genre, “Hand”; visually stunning anime “Lonely Castle in the Mirror,...
“The JFTFP24 delves into Japanese cinema to explore how memories are employed in the cinematic voices of Japanese filmmakers, from films where memories are a focal point to works where they play a subliminal role in driving or affecting people’s minds and behavior,” said organizers.
The festival will run Feb. 2 – Mar. 31 and take in 30 U.K. cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Oxford, Orkney, Exeter and York.
Program highlights include: the U.K. premiere of “Shadow of Fire,” directed by festival favorite Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man); a new entry in Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno genre, “Hand”; visually stunning anime “Lonely Castle in the Mirror,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Shuichi Okita has made a name for himself by being one of the few filmmakers in Japan who continues to shoot films that are “in the middle”, neither big nor low-budget, and also for his quirky characters and occasional surrealism, both of which, though, are grounded in realism. “The Fish Tale” which is based on the autobiography of Sakana-kun, a celebrity ichthyologist, Youtuber, TV host, illustrator and all-around “fish ambassador” is another title that proves how much he has perfected this style.
“The Fish Tale“ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Although a guy in reality, in the film “Meebo” is actually a girl, and a really eccentric and intense one for that, as she is obsessed with anything that has to do with fish since childhood, including drawing them and eating them. An incident with an octopus, which she gets from the sea and decides to take...
“The Fish Tale“ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Although a guy in reality, in the film “Meebo” is actually a girl, and a really eccentric and intense one for that, as she is obsessed with anything that has to do with fish since childhood, including drawing them and eating them. An incident with an octopus, which she gets from the sea and decides to take...
- 11/18/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Shuichi Okita has made a name for himself by being one of the few filmmakers in Japan who continues to shoot films that are “in the middle”, neither big nor low-budget, and also for his quirky characters and occasional surrealism, both of which, though, are grounded in realism. “The Fish Tale” which is based on the autobiography of Sakana-kun, a celebrity ichthyologist, Youtuber, TV host, illustrator and all-around “fish ambassador” is another title that proves how much he has perfected this style.
The Fish Tale is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Although a guy in reality, in the film “Meebo” is actually a girl, and a really eccentric and intense one for that, as she is obsessed with anything that has to do with fish since childhood, including drawing them and eating them. An incident with an octopus, which she gets from the sea and decides to take home...
The Fish Tale is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Although a guy in reality, in the film “Meebo” is actually a girl, and a really eccentric and intense one for that, as she is obsessed with anything that has to do with fish since childhood, including drawing them and eating them. An incident with an octopus, which she gets from the sea and decides to take home...
- 9/11/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Shuichi Okita has made a name for himself by being one of the few filmmakers in Japan who continues to shoot films that are “in the middle”, neither big nor low-budget, and also for his quirky characters and occasional surrealism, both of which, though, are grounded in realism. “The Fish Tale” which is based on the autobiography of Sakana-kun, a celebrity ichthyologist, Youtuber, TV host, illustrator and all-around “fish ambassador” is another title that proves how much he has perfected this style.
“The Fish Tale” is screening on Fantasia International Film Festival
Although a guy in reality, in the film “Meebo” is actually a girl, and a really eccentric and intense one for that, as she is obsessed with anything that has to do with fish since childhood, including drawing them and eating them. An incident with an octopus, which she gets from the sea and decides to take home...
“The Fish Tale” is screening on Fantasia International Film Festival
Although a guy in reality, in the film “Meebo” is actually a girl, and a really eccentric and intense one for that, as she is obsessed with anything that has to do with fish since childhood, including drawing them and eating them. An incident with an octopus, which she gets from the sea and decides to take home...
- 7/25/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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