Runs from 11-27 April 2024.
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Director – Yuzura Tachikawa – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 120m
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Three 18-year-olds form a jazz band with the aim of playing at Tokyo’s top jazz club
Director – Ryosuke Hamaguchi – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 106m
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A small, unspoiled village community is visited by two representatives of a company planning to set up a glamping facility.
Director – Takehiko Inoue – 2022 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 124m
*****
A high school basketball team sets out to defeat the seemingly unstoppable league champions
Nominated for Technical Achievement in Sound Design at the London Critics Circle Film Awards 2024.
Director – Keiichi Hara – 2022 – Japan – Cert. – 116m
*****
Seven children are sucked via mirrors in their homes into a mysterious castle perched high above a sea, presided over by a wolf queen, and prowled by a hungry wolf at night
Director – Ryo Takebayashi – 2022 – Japan – Cert. – 82m
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A comedy in which a group of office workers must find a way to escape the week-long time loop in which they find themselves trapped
Director – Hirokazu Kore-eda – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 126m
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The mother of a school pupil believes her son is being abused by his teacher, who in turn protests his own innocence, yet the truth is more complex
Director – Wim Wenders – 2023 – Germany, Japan – Cert. PG – 123m
*****
A cleaner for The Tokyo Toilet Company takes great pleasure in his everyday routine
Director – Neo Sora – 2023 – Japan – Cert. U – 103m
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Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto performs a final concert of his music in 2022, months before finally dying of cancer on March 28th, 2023
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 95m
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A woman has drifted into prostitution, while a small boy struggles to survive in post-war Tokyo
Director – Shinji Somai – 1985 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 115m
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A group of teenagers is trapped inside their school by a typhoon
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