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Late Autumn (1960)

November 19, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Paved with good intentions

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960, 1960s, asia, comedy, drama, film review, japan, Kôgo Nada, late autumn, marriage, movie review, Nobuo Nakamure, Ryûji Kita, Setsuko Hara, Shin Saburi, Takanobu Saitô, tokyo, widow, Yazujirô Ozu

Stray Dog (1949)

September 14, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

The world is a place worth fighting for

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1940s, 1949, akira kurosawa, film review, japan, japan post-war, keiko awaji, movie review, police story, post-war, Ryûzô Kikushima, stray dog, takashi simura, thriller, toshirô mifune

Redline (2009)

August 14, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

RPM that never leaves the red

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2000s, 2009, anime, film review, japan, Katsuhito Ishii, male gaze, movie review, racing, redline, science fiction, Takeshi Koike, Takuya Kimura, Yôji Enokido, Yoshiki Sakurai

ChaO (2025)

July 29, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Something's fishy

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, anime, anna yamada, anti-feminist, chaO, comedy, japan, merpeople, movie review, oji suzuka, romance, romcom, science fiction, shanghai, the little mermaid, yasuhiro aoki

Harakiri (1962)

May 30, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Men of their word

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1962, Akira Ishihama, drama, harakiri, honor, honor code, japan, Kei Satô, Masaki Kobayashi, movie review, politics, ritual suicide, ronin, samurai, Shima Iwashita, Shinobu Hashimoto, Tsatsuo Nakadai

Tampopo (1985)

May 18, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Comfort food with a twist

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1985, comedy, cooking, culinary, food, japan, Jûzô Itami, ken watanabe, koji yakusho, movie review, nobuko miyamoto, ramen, tampopo, training montage, Tsutomu Yamazaki

His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)

May 7, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Men who love motorcycles and the women they hope love them as well

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1986, comedy, his motorbike her island, Ikuo Sekimoto, japan, motorcycle, movie review, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, romantic comedy, romcom, twentysomething

Pale Flower (1964)

March 24, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Too cool to be true

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1964, action, eijiro tono, film noir, gambling, gang violence, great cinmatography, japan, mariko kaga, masahiro shinoda, masaru baba, movie review, pale flower, ryo ikebe, yakuza

High And Low (1963)

March 3, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

What's it worth to you?

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1963, akira kurosawa, class divide, crime, Eijirô Hisaita, extortion, hideo oguni, high and low, intrepid cops, investigation, japan, kidnapping, movie review, Ryûzô Kikushima, takashi shimura, tatsuya nakadai, toshirô mifune, tsutomi yamazaki

Ju-On (2002)

January 31, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Hunt and haunt

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2000s, 2002, demons, haunting, horror, j-horror, japan, ju-on, megumi okina, moview review, takashi shimizy, the grudge

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