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700 Days of Battle: Us vs. The Police
Air Doll / 空気人形
Akitsu Springs
Black Rain
Blue Spring
Bright Future
Calligraphy Girls: Our Koshien
Caterpiller / キャタピラー
Confessions / 告白
Departures
Equinox Flower / 彼岸花
In the Realm of the Senses
It's Tough Being a Man:  Sunrise and Sunset (Episode 17)
Love Exposure / 愛のむきだし
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Nodame Cantabile (Drama) Vol. 1-2 / のだめカンタービレ1-2巻
Noriko's Dinner Table
Norwegian Wood
Paprika
Pigs and Battleships
Sawako Decides
Suicide Club
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
The Fallen Angel
The Soup One Morning / ある朝スウプは
The Taste of Tea
The Water Magician
Tokyo Air Raid
Villian
Villion's Wife
Woman in the Dunes / 砂の女
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"If I could have put it into words, I wouldn't have had to film it." - Akira Kurosawa

Welcome to Japan Movie Review!


Writing about a movie is essentially, like Kurosawa said, an almost futile effort - like trying to describe a musical melody with only words and no music. Nevertheless, some films leave such an impression that we are forced to do our best in describing them to others, not with the intent of explaining the whole movie to them, but rather with the intent of getting the listener to watch it for themselves.


This site gives summaries of Japanese movies that I have watched and am now doing my best to recommend to you. There is an active community of artists and filmmakers in Japan, some of whose works are widely known, and others whose aren't. By giving descriptions of some of these films in both English and Japanese, I hope to reach a wider audience and to inspire others to watch some of these movies for themselves.















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