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Toronto Japanese Film Festival: Yes, they Cannes - Just in Time For an International Premiere

Toronto Japanese Film Festival: Yes, they Cannes - Just in Time For an International Premiere

By Jim Slotek and Liam Lacey

Review, PreviewJim SlotekJune 7, 2023Toronto Japanese Film Festival, Japanese winner of Cannes best actor, Koji Yakusho, Izuru Narushima‘s Father of the Milky Way Railroad, Japanese Academy Awards, BL Metamorphosis, A Man, The Zen Diary, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Lesson in MurderComment

The Toronto Japanese Film Festival is Back: Samurai, Yakuza, Manga and Tokyo trans life

The Toronto Japanese Film Festival is Back: Samurai, Yakuza, Manga and Tokyo trans life

By Jim Slotek

PreviewJim SlotekJune 17, 2022Toronto Japanese Film Festival, Return of live event film festivals, The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai, Last of the Wolves, Midnight Swan, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Japanese Academy Awards, Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?, Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, Mariko YamauchiComment

Toronto Japanese Film Fest: James Heron's Hollywood Nippon adventure goes cross-Canada (virtually)

Toronto Japanese Film Fest: James Heron's Hollywood Nippon adventure goes cross-Canada (virtually)

Inside Out and Toronto Japanese Film Festival Rise to Pandemic Challenges

Inside Out and Toronto Japanese Film Festival Rise to Pandemic Challenges

By Liam Lacey

Your weekend preview: What to watch (and what to skip) in theatres this weekend

We preview the Toronto Japanese Film Fest: Dried bone rituals, mindfulness, tea and sake

By Jim Slotek and Liam Lacey

Toronto Japanese Film Festival: From the harrowing "lost" Hiroshima to the light-hearted mysticism of Kamakura

By Jim Slotek

Views, ReviewJim SlotekJune 5, 2018Japanese films, Hiroshima, Fukushima, Yokai, Nuclear disasters, Anti-war, Toronto Japanese Film Festival