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Tag: Japan

Reviews: Tokyo Pop – Restoration

May 5, 2025

In Tokyo Pop, Wendy leaves America and her boyfriend for Japan and where she meets Hiro and joins his rock band and starts a new relationship.

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Plan 75 TJFF

242: 2023 Toronto Japanese Film Festival

July 4, 2023

We cover the Toronto Japanese Film Festival and talk about movies we saw. They include ⁠Plan 75⁠, ⁠BL Metamorphosis⁠, ⁠Roleless⁠, and ⁠Father of the Milky Way Railroad⁠.

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208: Interview with John Daschbach of Come Back Anytime

September 6, 2022

Back on episode 151: Hot Docs 2021, Rachel and Dakota reviewed a ramen documentary called Come Back Anytime. They both fell in love with…

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Blog: Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2022 Preview

June 15, 2022

Last year I discovered a fantastic festival that opened my eyes to cinema from Japan. The Toronto Japanese Film Festival has been going strong…

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143: Celebrating Japanese Cinema – Animation

March 9, 2021

Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On part two we look at animated Japanese films. We look at the history of…

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141: Celebrating Japanese Cinema – Live Action

February 23, 2021

Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On this episode we look at live action Japanese films, from Seven Samurai and Godzilla,…

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