TV & Film

The Auteur Coinciding with the BFI’s major season on Japanese cinema, we here at Japan Nakama have aspired to...

In our last filmic review, we discussed the transcendent efforts of the late Akira Kurosawa to distinguish the intricacies of human fallibility in his seminal crime drama, Rashomon. Dissecting the...

Akira Kurosawa is arguably the most well-known and celebrated filmmaker in Japanese cinematic history, bar perhaps one Yasujiro Ozu. With a prominent style and narrative diversity that has duly inspired...

With an endless array of captivating cinema dating back to 1894, Japanese films make up one of the largest, oldest and universally admired film industries in the...

In the UK, owning a car is overrated. Why would you own when you can so easily rent? Simply download one of the many apps, set up a pay-as-you-go tab,...

The Netflix series “Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020” along with its older renditions, has been garnering global popularity over the years: featuring its unique and distinctive concept of filming six strangers...

With the shutters of our favourite places firmly locked over the past few months, we’ve all been passing the time as best we can - searching for ways to...

A remake of the 2012 Korean film ‘Confessions of a Murderer,’ Yu Irie’s ‘Memoirs of a Murderer,’ explores a loophole in Japanese law which...

Next up in our Why I Love Japan series, which seeks to draw attention to some of our favourite artists, photographers and creatives; all...

Last week I explored Japanese avant-garde cinema at Barbican. JAEFF welcomed me in and I took my seat within...

After the talk on the Tremors of the Japanese New Wave, I take my seat in the Barbican theatre...

Inside the belly of Pirate Studios in Bristol, I connect to the Wi-Fi and let UMMMI know that I’m...

Beyond the cracked marble hotel lobby fountains and abandoned shopping malls lies a world that both owes vaporwave its...

On a rainy day near Buckingham Palace, I went to the Institute of Contemporary Arts for the sold-out showing of...

Split between 1980’s Tokyo and Shizuoka, Yuhihiko Tsutsumi’s 2015 romantic comedy ‘Initiation Love, イニシエーション・ラブ)’ appears to explore the struggles faced by a couple navigating...