In Haruhiko Arai's new film “A Spoiling Rain” (2023), the sign on the door of a small Korean bar in Shin Okubo (?) is written as "생활의발견", a clear nod to Hong Sang-soo's 2002 film of the same name, “On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate”.
As with Hong's film, “A Spoiling Rain“ is marked by downpour of rain, which is not helped by the use of umbrellas.
Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin
(AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)
It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.
Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2024
The 2024 edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival will take place from January 24th to February 05th. Scoping out the programme via its search option reveals a solid list of Japanese films.
Below is a list of Japanese features and shorts that have been programmed:
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A digital illustration of all the coven heads from the owl house except Terra. They are in their puppet forms from the ‘For the Future’ trailer - and are facing the viewer in an antagonistic manner. Raine is standing in the center and pointing forwards while glaring. To their left is Eberwolf, Mason , Adrian and Vitimir. On their right is Orsan, Hettie and Darius. All the coven heads except Raine have spell circles drawn. The background is a gradient of purples with light purple stars scattered across it.
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This is likely the hardest I've laughed in rain world yet. Basically, you can glitch a spear into a quantum state using a dead bat body, allowing stabbed enemies to follow you through tunnels. So I tried bringing a leviathan to Moon. And the game really, really didn't like that
Stevonnie's ship has been destroyed. But this time, it wasn't Jungle Moon: it was the strange and dangerous planet Petrichor V! Now, they must salvage as much stuff they can to survive this gauntlet!
fantasy au where vessel is a newly ascended god that has usurped the kingdom's throne with the help of a forgotten deity named sleep and ii is his royal advisor and strongest general and iii is a sneaky little king of rogues with the aesthetic of a pirate and iv is the kingdom's most resourceful merchant with a special interest in alchemy and weapons and also they're in love and–
(Ab)normal Desire, The Innocent Game, A Spoiling Rain, Girls Drive, TOKYO I LOVE YOU, Komada - A Whisky Family, Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen, Japanese Film Trailers
Welcome to the first trailer post of the week!
In the decade-plus time I have been writing about film trailers, I don’t think I have witnessed a weekend as packed as this – solely speaking of Japanese films, never mind foreign ones – ever before. And that’s with the understanding that there are many more smaller movies also getting played at different venues.
Anyway, this is me saying that I am…