Films & Series
How to Become Myself (あしたの私のつくり方)How to Become Myself (あしたの私のつくり方) directed by Jun Ichikawa (市川準), 97 minutes, Release Date 28 April 2007. Review by Susan Meehan.
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Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー)Directed by Satoshi Kon (今 敏), 1998, anime, 82 minutes, based on novel of same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi (竹内義和).
Films & Series
Kamome Diner (かもめ食堂/Ruokalla Lokki)Directed by Naoko Ogigami, Released in 2006, 102 mins. Review by Susan Meehan.
Films & Series
Gaea Girls Film Screening and Q&AGaea Girls is a film about courage, transformation and dreams in the extraordinary world of Japanese women’s wrestling or joshi puroresu.
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Teacher and Three Children (石内尋常高等小学校 花は散れども)Directed by Shindo Kaneto (新藤兼人). 2008, 118 minutes. Review by Susan Meehan.
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Your Friends (きみの友だち)Directed by Hiroki Ryuichi (廣木隆一). 2008, 126 minutes. Review by Susan Meehan.
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Nonko (ノン子36歳 – 家事手伝い)Directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi (熊切和嘉). 2008, 106 minutes. Review by Susan Meehan.
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Kirschblueten-Hanami (Cherry Blossoms: Hanami)Directed and written by Doris Doerrie, 2008, 127 minutes Review by Susan Meehan
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OkuribitoDirected by Yōjirō Takita Okuribito (Departures), winner of the 2009 Oscar for “Best Foreign Language Film,” opens with a mesmerising winter scene in the photogenic Shōnai area of Yamagata Prefecture and doesn’t fail to continue impressing, amusing and tugging at the heart strings. Review by Susan Meehan
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A Midsummer Night’s DreamDirected by Jonathan Man, Performed at the Southwark Playhouse, 19 February 2009 Review by Susan Meehan