Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
As so often happens with international films, this movie is much more accurately represented by its original Japanese title, Coincidence and Imagination, than its English translation.
Film-Forward
Wife of a Spy
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's first period piece, set in 1940s Japan, features a riveting, tour-de-force performance by Yu Aoi.
Win It All
A film which transforms extremely familiar genre elements into an infectiously comedic movie full of vividly detailed portraits.
Apprentice
Prison life from the perspective of corrections officers tasked with enforcing the rules and carrying out punishments.
Japan Cuts 2016
This essential festival celebrated the richness and diversity to be found in current Japanese filmmaking and offered an especially eclectic and challenging selection.
Highlights of the New York Asian Film Festival 2016
The city’s premier showcase of the latest and greatest from international film festivals celebrates its 15th anniversary by continuing what it does best: highlighting the richness to be found in Asian cinema.
Sweet Bean
In this intensely moving movie, long, lovingly shot sequences of the titular food fits perfectly in the genre of culinary-based films in which food has metaphorical, cultural, and even spiritual significance.
