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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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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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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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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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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