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Nekophilia
A down-on-his-luck fortune-teller finds his own destiny transformed when two black kittens turn up on his doorstep.
Tōru Kamei
2012
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Zipangu Retro
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
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Beyond Anime
An exuberant one-man labour-of-love defies all expectations!
Takashi Iitsuka
2011
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Squid Bites
A haunting compilation of 8mm home movie footage from Fukushima.
Takashi Motoki
2012
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Melting Pot Japan
An engaging documentary looking at the lives of young Japanese-Brazilians, caught between two very different worlds.
Kimihiro Tsumura, Mayu Nakamura
2011
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Beyond Anime
A university researcher protects a human/vegetable hybrid in a dystopic dark fantasy that took ten years to complete.
Keita Kurosaka
2010
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Melting Pot Japan
A vivid and often vivacious portrait of small-town dreams and prejudices in the provincial multi-ethnic melting pot of Kofu.
Katsuya Tomita
2011
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Zipangu Retro
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
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Experimental
Shinkan Tamaki, Momoko Seto, Takashi...
2012
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Beyond Anime
Riveting, unpredictable and moving documentary about the mysterious double life of the pioneering Astro Boy sound designer Matsuo Ohno.
Masanori Tominaga
2010
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Beyond Anime
A magical hand-drawn animation that is also a profound conundrum.
Atsushi Wada
2012
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Zipangu Retro
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
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Squid Bites
A 10-year-old girl is faced with the prospect of her first kiss when tragedy strikes...
Jason Gray
2012