BOOK & FILMS

Unfortunately, it’s Sexist: SHe, at the Mulan Film Festival

BOOK & FILMS FILM 09/19/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

“In a totalitarian and male chauvinist world, a female high-heeled shoe named HUA Mulan rebels against the baby shoe factory to protect her baby girl from being transformed into a male shoe. To raise her […]

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An Oppressive Kind of Calmness: The Little Shrimp at the Mulan International Film Festival

BOOK & FILMS FILM 09/18/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The young Cantonese director, CHEN Zhilin “Chilam”’s debut feature-length film captures an unspoken sense of vulnerability of Cantonese youths experience, returning to their hometowns for a break from studying abroad. The familiar homes they return […]

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Learning and Appreciating China through Cinema: The Second Mulan Film Festival in Toronto, Festival Overview

BOOK & FILMS FILM 09/17/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The second Mulan International Film Festival was held in downtown Toronto from August 9th to August 17th. The International Film Festival is run by a not-for-profit organization, Celestial Vault Media, on a grand mission: Seeing […]

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Romantic Kindness: Naoka Yamada’s A Silent Voice

BOOK & FILMS FILM 08/21/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Produced by the critically acclaimed animation studio, Kyoto Animation, Naoko Yamada’s third film, A Silent Voice, tells the story of a teenage boy, Shoya, who intends to commit suicide. At the last minute, he decides […]

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winning 2018 film Shoplifters centers on what seems to be a loving three-generation family living under one roof.

BOOK & FILMS FILM 08/20/2019 by Kevin Jae

There is Osamu and Nobuyo, the husband and wife, who work low-pay, precarious jobs; there is Aki, the older daughter who works at a host club, and Shota, the younger son; finally, there is Hatsue, […]

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The Farwell: The Humour in Sadness

BOOK & FILMS FILM 08/14/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram MEET THE FAMILY. ðŸ‘µðŸ¼ðŸ’žðŸ‘©ðŸ» @Awkwafina and Shuzhen Zhao star in #TheFarewell, opening in select theaters next weekend! A post shared by The Farewell (@thefarewell) on Jul 4, 2019 at 8:29am […]

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TIFF Hosts North American Premiere of Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Weathering With You’

BOOK & FILMS FILM 08/07/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Makoto Shinkai’s highly anticipated latest film, Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko, 天気の子) will run in the Special Presentations track at The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the largest film festival in North America. GKIDS […]

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“The Truth”: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s New film to open at the Venice Film Festival

BOOK & FILMS FILM 07/25/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Award-winning Japanese director, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new film The Truth, is scheduled to open at the Venice Film Festival in 2019. Filmed in French and English, the film stars international starts such as Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke. Festival […]

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“Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue,” Sheds Light on Wartime Sexual Slavery

BOOK & FILMS FILM 07/11/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

“Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue” is perhaps one of the most controversial Japanese documentary films created in recent years. Having drawn great attention from Critics Viewers even before the film became […]

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Japanese Writers in English: Yoko Tawada’s transnational “strangeness” and her prank at the Vancouver Writer’s Fest

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 07/04/2019 by Sheung-King (Aaron Tang)　 Associate Editor

View this post on Instagram Wir freuen uns, dass Yoko Tawada auf der Eröffnungsveranstaltung “Weltklang – Nacht der Poesie” des 19. poesiefestival berlin lesen wird. Yoko Tawada (geb. 1960 in Tokyo) lebt seit 1982 in […]

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