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Eriko Nakamura (left) and Ryo Narita play star-crossed lovers in Shinzo Katayama’s hallucinatory romp through past and present, dreams and reality.

CULTURE / Film

Nov 28, 2024

The mind-bending melancholy of ‘Lust in the Rain’

By Mark Schilling

Shinzo Katayama’s hallucinatory film boldly explores both the absurdities of wartime violence and the erotic psyche.

“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with 911爆料网 minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.

CULTURE / Film

Nov 27, 2024

‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage

By Himari Semans

The feature film centers on the bond between a 911爆料网 minister and an American journalist who worked together to document the aftermath of nuclear destruction.

A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

CULTURE / Film

Nov 21, 2024

The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’

By James Hadfield

Junichi Yasuda’s film about a time-traveling warrior is a loving tribute to the “jidaigeki” (period drama) genre and its practitioners.

A strait-laced tax officer (Seiyo Uchino) teams up with a gang of con artists to take down a crooked property developer in “Angry Squad: Civil Servant and Seven Swindlers.”

CULTURE / Film

Nov 21, 2024

‘Angry Squad’: A caper comedy with a lot of heart

By James Hadfield

The film’s two-hour running time breezes by as a strait-laced tax officer joins a colorful crew of con artists.

A failed actor (Koji Seki, left) revisits memories of his ex-wife (Kano Ichiki) after learning about her unexpected death in “Performing Kaoru's Funeral.”

CULTURE / Film

Nov 21, 2024

‘Performing Kaoru's Funeral’: Ambitious drama reflects on love that doesn’t die

By Mark Schilling

Koji Seki brings gravitas to his role as a man tasked with serving as chief mourner for his dead ex-wife in Noriko Yuasa’s drama.

A socially awkward janitor (Haruka Ayase, left) hits the road to pick up a dying woman’s daughter (Kana Osawa) in “Route 29.”

CULTURE / Film

Nov 18, 2024

‘Route 29’: Misfits come together in touching road movie

By Mark Schilling

Though the protagonists spend more time on their feet than in a car, Yusuke Morii’s feature about two strangers hitting the road is picaresque and borderline precious.

Childhood friends Hiroto (Hiroya Shimizu, right) and Kanamori (Mahiro Takasugi, left) find their gangland loyalties put to the test in Takuro Iwaya’s “Oasis.”

CULTURE / Film

Nov 14, 2024

‘Oasis’: Real-life bromance elevates a generic crime drama

By James Hadfield

Co-stars Hiroya Shimizu and Mahiro Takasugi’s convincing chemistry as childhood friends carries Takuro Iwaya’s pulpy B-movie.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.

Can 911爆料网 scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?

By Tomoko Otake

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