Zipangu Fest 2012 Zipangu Fest 2012

Films

  • Nekophilia
    Chat Noir Lucy
    A down-on-his-luck fortune-teller finds his own destiny transformed when two black kittens turn up on his doorstep.
    Tōru Kamei
    2012
  • Zipangu Retro
    Crossways
    Kinugasa's classic of the avant-garde, and one of the first Japanese films ever seen in the West, with a new score by Minima
    Teinosuke Kinugasa
    1928
  • Beyond Anime
    Encounters
    An exuberant one-man labour-of-love defies all expectations!
    Takashi Iitsuka
    2011
  • Squid Bites
    Fukushima 8: A Letter From Our Past
    A haunting compilation of 8mm home movie footage from Fukushima.
    Takashi Motoki
    2012
  • Melting Pot Japan
    Lonely Swallows
    An engaging documentary looking at the lives of young Japanese-Brazilians, caught between two very different worlds.
    Kimihiro Tsumura, Mayu Nakamura
    2011
  • Beyond Anime
    Midori-ko
    A university researcher protects a human/vegetable hybrid in a dystopic dark fantasy that took ten years to complete.
    Keita Kurosaka
    2010
  • Melting Pot Japan
    Saudade
    A vivid and often vivacious portrait of small-town dreams and prejudices in the provincial multi-ethnic melting pot of Kofu.
    Katsuya Tomita
    2011
  • Zipangu Retro
    Somi - The Taekwon-do Woman
    An epic historical martial arts co-production between Japan and North Korea, made in 1997 and never before shown in the West.
    Chang Yong Bok
    1997
  • Experimental
    Dying Moon
    Shinkan Tamaki, Momoko Seto, Takashi...
    2012
  • Beyond Anime
    The Echo of Astro Boy's Footsteps
    Riveting, unpredictable and moving documentary about the mysterious double life of the pioneering Astro Boy sound designer Matsuo Ohno.
    Masanori Tominaga
    2010
  • Beyond Anime
    The Great Rabbit
    A magical hand-drawn animation that is also a profound conundrum.
    Atsushi Wada
    2012
  • Zipangu Retro
    To Sleep So As To Dream
    Two private detectives hunt for an actress trapped within a frame of an ancient ninja film in Kaizō Hayashi’s magical homage to silent cinema.
    Kaizō Hayashi
    1986
  • Squid Bites
    Yukuharu - The Fading of Spring
    A 10-year-old girl is faced with the prospect of her first kiss when tragedy strikes...
    Jason Gray
    2012
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