Last week I experienced Raindance Film Festival, now in its 25th year, for the first time. Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK and it certainly feels like I spent most of last week watching some fantastic films. As this is a Japan blog, I had to focus predominantly on … Continue reading
The 25th Raindance Film Festival is coming to London from Wednesday 20 September to Sunday 1 October – and one of the Japanese films getting its UK premiere is Oh Lucy!, directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi. Middle-aged Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) is seemingly stuck in an endless routine in Tokyo – working in an office with people she … Continue reading
The 25th Raindance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the UK, is coming to London (20 September – 1 October) and it happens to have an exciting Japan film line-up! I’ve teamed up with the festival organisers to offer one lucky winner a pair of tickets to a Japanese film of their choice! … Continue reading
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