Books and comics I’ve written available at towerhillpress.com and Japanese film reviews at nichi-eidomain.com
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Now streaming online!
🎞 hottamaru・days (2021) by YOSHIGAI Nao ( @naoyoshigai@twitter.com )
A fantastical and beautiful visual poem about joyful spirits who reside in a house.
Watch for free.👇
https://jff.jpf.go.jp/watch/independent-cinema/film-lineup/hottamaru-days/
🎞 Battles Without Honor and Humanity / 仁義なき戦い (1973-74)
To celebrate my favourite series in 2023 (50th anniversary! 🎉), here is an ongoing thread introducing its colourful cast & characters - one theme at a time!
Genkina hito’s Top Ten Films of the Year (2022) https://genkinahito.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/genkina-hitos-top-ten-films-of-the-year-2022/
Tokyo Godfathers 2003 ‘東京ゴッドファーザーズ’
Directed by Satoshi Kon
During a #Christmas Eve in #Tokyo, three homeless people, middle-aged alcoholic Gin, drag queen Hana, and runaway girl Miyuki, discover an abandoned newborn while looking through the garbage. The three start to search the city to find its parents... #Christmasmovie #Satoshikon #Animation #Japanese #Anime #Movies
「新聞記者」を最後まで見たけどなんとなく感動しなかった。汚職事件はもう慣れすぎたかも。若者はもっと政治に興味を持ち選挙に参加した方がいいのに。#新聞記者
I’ve been enjoying the free films streaming on JFF+. I watched “Wonder Wall” and “Somebody’s Flowers”. Highly recommend checking them out. Streaming worldwide till 15th March. #japanese #film #Japanesefilm
🎞 Sailor Suit & Machine Gun / セーラー服と機関銃 (1981) x 🍶 Sugata Hare Sugata Junmaiginjo Muroka Nama Genshu
A teenage girl taking over a yakuza clan - what could go wrong?! 🤭 With a sweet and punchy raw sake - bursting with bubblegum, candyfloss, and red apple flavour! 🍬🍎😋
🌹 河内カルメン / Carmen from Kawachi (1966)
🗃️ Drama, 🇯🇵
🎥 Seijun Suzuki
🎭 Yumiko Nogawa, Kōji Wada, Tamio Kawaji
#nowwatching #seijunsuzuki #cinema #film #japanesecinema #野川由美子
Meiko Kaji because why not?
#Japan #Japanese #film #films #movies #JapaneseCinema #actress #legend #AsianCinema #MeikoKaji
I've seen plenty of discussions in recent days over the network structure of Mastodon and whether it can remain decentralized as large commercial players begin taking an interest in the fediverse. I am neither an engineer nor an economist, but I do research the way media and information get distributed and I have some thoughts on this. A thread…
It’s #scottishcomicbookday today. Here are a few projects I’ve written and will be coming out next year. ‘drops 2’ continues the story of the first with more psychological horror and political action. ‘Worm’ is an emotional relationship drama. And ‘Fates’ is a science-fiction tale split across three times. #comics #amwriting. You can find all my work at towerhillpress.com
Grimland Meatgrind is finally in the works! @Party_Lard started to send me some pages of the introduction and I am so stoked! 😜
If you're a #comicartist and wish to join in feel free to get back to me.
@HayleyLScanlon Still so many of Kurosawa’s non-Samurai films I need to see. Especially “Ikiru” after I recently saw “Living”.
Complete Akira Kurosawa retrospective coming to the BFI next year https://wp.me/p1x9li-hID
At Out of the Blue Drill Hall today for Edinburgh Comic Arts Fest.
Trinity College is home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries. Inside is The Long Room, which contains 200,000 historic volumes.
Photo by Failte Ireland
Looking forward to Edinburgh Comic Art Fair this weekend. I’ll be at table 23 with my comics. It’s a free event and there are some great creators going. #indiecomics #writingcomics #comiccon #edinburgh #ecaf
My review of “Blackboard” (1986) by Kaneto Shindo. A great film that focuses on the difficult societal issue of bullying, questioning whether it is inevitable and the reasons for it as well as the often tragic results of extreme bullying. Full review here:
https://www.nichi-eidomain.com/blackboard-1986-by-kaneto-shindo/
#JapaneseFilm #KanetoShindo #film #eiga #映画
