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Festival coverage

Japan Foundation Touring Festival

2012

Running under the name Whose Film Is It Anyway?, this year's Japanese touring film festival focuses on the work of directors who are not yet well known in the UK. Its theme is narrative creativity and it aims to explore how these directors have found their voices in creating their art.

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Latest reviews

  • Bad Company
    Review preview for Bad Company

    There’s a slow-burning, stoical rebellion bubbling gently underneath the stillness of the surface for much of the film.

    Robert Munro · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenager is caught between his desire to rebel and his desire to please his father.
  • Heart, Beating In The Dark
    Review preview for Heart, Beating In The Dark

    The combination of unappealing personalities and lack of hooks to get to know the characters’ motivations better means that most of the time, watching Heart, Beating in the Dark is quite an alienating experience.

    Emma Slawinski · 3 out of 5
    A young couple meet their older selves running from their dark pasts.
  • Sleep
    Review preview for Sleep

    Sakaguchi draws raw and unflinching performances from his actors.

    Val Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A girl was raped at 15, and gave birth to her daughter. Seventeen years later, mother, daughter, and grandfather live a meagre life together in their van.

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  • Sleep furiously
    Katsumi Sakaguchi on his new film and challenging Japanese attitudes to rape.