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  • The Actor (2015)
    Review preview for The Actor

    Through it all Yasuda brings an excellent game.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An actor falls for a woman in a bar where he is on location.
  • The Boy And The Beast (2015)
    Review preview for The Boy And The Beast

    For all its supernatural stylings, it's the natural connections that count.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A runaway human boy becomes apprenticed to a supernatural beast.
  • The Great Passage (2013)
    Review preview for The Great Passage

    Matsuda is excellent in the demanding central role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A charming geek finds spiritual fulfilment – and true love – while compiling a new Japanese dictionary.
  • Instant Swamp (2009)
    Review preview for Instant Swamp

    The real charm and humour comes from the characters’ feisty interplay.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    When a woman has a run of bad luck and her mother falls ill, she finds out that her family might not be everything she assumed it was.
  • Love And Peace (2015)
    Review preview for Love And Peace

    It's visually stunning, endlessly creative, and it doesn't fail to deliver on the kaiju promise, even if the stomping scenes are also metaphorical.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Punk rock, magical turtles and underground sewer communities.
  • Mirai (2018)
    Review preview for Mirai

    Thumbs up here for graphics that are colourful, inventive and always interesting.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A spoiled boy has to cope with the arrival of a new baby sister - and much more.
  • Pulse (2001)
    Review preview for Pulse

    The combination of subtlety and indeterminacy makes for an uncanny treat.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Facing the apocalypse, as a secret website devotes itself to the terrible isolation of ghosts and the parable of techno terror.
  • Ring 0 (2000)
    Review preview for Ring 0

    Norio Tsuruta, a new director at the helm, retains the elements that made Ring 0's predecessors so popular, from the piercing music to the eerily scary deaths.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 3.5 out of 5
    Prequel to the infamous Ring cycle.

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