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No48 [Cinema] Japan as you have never seen it

16/02/2017 aConceptLondon 0

The Japan Foundation is offering an interesting perspective on Japanese society for its 2017 Touring Film Programme. In Japan, I often get the impression that […]

No41 [Cinema] Iwai Shunji, multi-talented genius

12/05/2016 aConceptLondon 0

On the release his new picture; The Murder Case of Hana & Alice, the filmmaker reveals what motivates his work. Ten years after Hana & […]

No37 [Event] Experience Japan through cinema

10/12/2015 aConceptLondon 0

Ikiru: the highs and lows of life in Japanese cinema takes Kurosawa’s film Ikiru (1952), a humanistic portrayal of a salaryman facing a terminal illness, […]

No30 [Movie] a very well crafted work

10/04/2015 aConceptLondon 0

            With The Little House, Yamada Yoji has at last received international recognition. Several veterans of Japan’s old studio system, […]

No30 [Movie] “My characters are my friends”

10/04/2015 aConceptLondon 0

In an exclusive interview with Zoom, Yamada Yoji looks back at his 60-yearlong career. Let’s start from the beginning. In 1954, after majoring in Law […]

No26 [Movie] The world of Nakashima Tetsuya

10/11/2014 aConceptLondon 0

Adapting a novel by Akio Fukamachi, the director offers a very strong film full of violence. He explains his choice. Have you been to the […]

No23 [Cinema] Advertising Nagai Akira

10/07/2014 aConceptLondon 0

In his second film, ‘Judge!’, director Nagai Akira tackles a subject he knows well: advertising. Don’t miss this gem! So, Mr. Nagai, what was your […]

No21 [Cinema] When Miike Takashi goes wild

10/05/2014 aConceptLondon 0

Japan’s most out-there film maker makes a come back with a feature that recalls his earlier works. If one hopes for controversial cinema, is Miike […]

No12 [Cinema] In the footsteps of a master

10/06/2013 aConceptLondon 0

In several of his movies, Ozu Yasujiro placed his camera in Shitamachi’s popular quarters, in Tokyo. Ozu Yasujiro’s films tend to impress a distinctive mood […]

No12 [Cinema] Let’s try Ozu again

10/06/2013 aConceptLondon 0

It’s been 50 years since he passed away. Now, during the year that also marks the 110th anniversary of his birth, let us rediscover his […]

No12 [Cinema] Really the Land of Hope?

10/06/2013 aConceptLondon 0

In a remarkable movie, Sono Sion illustrates the absurdity of the system’s response after a disaster in a magnificently poetic way. Sono Sion is one […]

No8 [Cinema] Farewell Nagisa!

10/02/2013 aConceptLondon 0

After his death on the 15th January at the age of 80, the director of In The Realm Of Senses left a huge legacy to […]

No6 [Cinema] “I like to highlight the strange, unpredictable side of life”

10/11/2012 aConceptLondon 0

Gakuryu Ishii talks about life, death, Japanese cinema and his latest movie “Isn’t Anyone Alive?”. Film director Sogo Ishii is back with a vengeance. He […]

No3 [Cinema] A well deserved tribute to Shindo and Yoshimura

10/07/2012 aConceptLondon 0

© BFI Southbank Two great figures of Japan’s post-war cinema will be celebrated in an exhibition at the BFI Southbank, running until the 30th of […]

No2 [Cinema] Fifty years as a film star

10/06/2012 aConceptLondon 0

© 1961 Toho Co. Ltd. Film directors recognized the symbolic value of the Tokyo Tower and it was often used as a setting in their […]

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