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17 februari 2021

Masculinity going awry in From Miyamoto to You

Peter Breedveld

Actress Aoi Yu is a chunk of furious anger in a confronting film about the aftermath of a violent rape.

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30 december 2020

The Best Movies of 2020

Peter Breedveld

I should make a top 25 of favorite movies, then I would be able to include all the movies I really loved, but that’s too much work for me, sorry.

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21 december 2020

Four very fine Japanese Christmas movies and a really good one

Peter Breedveld

There are not many Japanese Christmas movies but they do exist and some of them are pretty good, too. So here follow five more recommendations and a hearty Meri Kurisumasu!

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4 oktober 2020

Zombie woman, adulterous woman, bad mother, sweet girl, fake Nobunagas and a katsudo benshi

Peter Breedveld

Japan is my favorite movie country. I saw seven Japanese movies at the Camera Japan Festival in Rotterdam. Only once was I distracted by an enthousiastically coughing Boomer in the room.

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21 augustus 2020

Sympathy for the devil in Forgiven Children

Peter Breedveld

Naito Eisuke’s shocking film Forgiven Children is a gripping and unrelenting exploration of bullying.

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4 augustus 2020

Minori doesn’t take shit from anybody

Peter Breedveld

Minori is perhaps not what you would imagine to be your typical Japanese: she is direct and confrontational and absolutely devoid of hypocrisy.

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21 juni 2020

No crying for your dead parents in We are Little Zombies

Peter Breedveld

We are Little Zombies is one of the most entertaining, innovative, emotionally satisfying and visually rich cinematographic efforts I’ve seen in a while.

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14 juni 2020

Spannende film over onopvallende mensen

Peter Breedveld

De film And your Bird can Sing gaat over gewone mensen, met gewone levens. En toch zat ik van begin tot eind op het puntje van mijn stoel.

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3 april 2020

Japanse duivels en een orgie van geweld

Remco Breuker

De sfeer, de kleuren, de cameravoering, de muziek, de fysieke manier van acteren: alles werkt in The Battleship Island samen om een indringend beeld te geven van wat dwangarbeid in het Japan van de Tweede Wereldoorlog precies betekende.

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20 maart 2020

Koreaanse religekkies in Svaha: The Sixth Finger

Remco Breuker

Korea is het land van talloze bizarre splintergodsdiensten. Daar gaat de film Svaha: The Sixth Finger over, een onderhoudende ratjetoe van thriller, horror en mysterie.

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