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Japan Is Winning Cinema Right Now

June 16, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

Several great Japanese movies have come out in the past year, adding to a recent golden period, so is Japan making the best of the best right now? Cinema around the world is all about cycles. You’ll see peaks and troughs where a nation is producing stellar work followed by a period of creative lull […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Perfect Days, Sakura Ando, Shoplifters, Wim Wenders

Movie Review – Monster (2023)

March 13, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Monster, 2023.  Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shidô Nakamura, and Yûko Tanaka SYNOPSIS:  When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Reviews Tagged With: Eita Nagayama, Hinata Hiiragi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Sakura Ando, Soya Kurokawa

Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s critically acclaimed Monster gets a UK poster and trailer from Picturehouse

January 26, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Picturehouse Entertainment has released the U.K trailer for Broker and Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s latest, Monster, which won the Queer Award and Best Screenplay Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was given the highest marks possible in our own ★★★★★ review (which you can read here). With an unforgettable score from the late Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Eita Nagayama, Hinata Hiiragi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Sakura Ando, Soya Kurokawa

Movie Review – Monster (2023)

November 23, 2023 by Robert Kojder

Monster, 2023. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yuko Tanaka, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, and Shido Nakamura. SYNOPSIS: A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely. Sure to leave one questioning what they are getting themselves into in the best possible way, Soya Kurokawa’s […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Akihiro Kakuta, Eita Nagayama, Hinata Hiiragi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Mitsuki Takahata, Monster, Sakura Ando, Shido Nakamura, Soya Kurokawa, Yuko Tanaka

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster gets an international trailer, poster and release date

October 5, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Well Go USA Entertainment has dropped an international trailer announcing the release of Broker and Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s latest, Monster, which won the Best Screenplay award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the highest marks possible in our own ★★★★★ review (which you can read here). With a stunning score from […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Eita Nagayama, Hinata Hiiragi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Monster, Sakura Ando, Soya Kurokawa

Movie Review – Broker (2023)

February 20, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Broker, 2023. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda. Starring Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Doona Bae, Lee Ji Eun, and Lee Joo Young. SYNOPSIS: One night in the pouring rain, a couple of small-time crooks secretly carry off an infant who was left at a baby box. But on the following day, the mother So-young unexpectedly […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Broker, Doona Bae, Gang Dong-won, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Song Kang-ho

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker gets a UK trailer from Picturehouse Entertainment

January 12, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Picturehouse Entertainment has released the trailer for Broker, the forthcoming South Korean drama from the critically acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters), which took home the Best Actor award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for Parasite and Memories of Murder star Song Kang-Ho.  The story of two opportunist thieves who take a child from […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bae Doona, Gang Dong-won, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Song Kang-ho

Movie Review – Shoplifters (2018)

November 17, 2018 by Robert Kojder

Shoplifters, 2018. Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Chizuru Ikewaki, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kora, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Moemi Katayama, and Naoto Ogata. SYNOPSIS: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street. Rendering a […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Akira Emoto, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jyo Kairi, Kengo Kora, Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Moemi Katayama, Naoto Ogata, Sakura Ando, Shoplifters, Sosuke Ikematsu, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada

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