The sheer excellence of Masaki Kobayashi’s jidaigeki film ‘Harakiri’
Critique of the samurai code.
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Takashi Miike’s ‘Audition’ and the critique of the male gender role
“This wire can cut through meat and bone easily.”
‘All About Lily Chou-Chou’: Shunji Iwai’s dark portrayal of the internet generation
“For me, only Lily is real.”
Ritual, routine and happiness in Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’
“Everything he does, he does it because he wants to do it.”
The film that changed the way Paul Dano looked at movies: “This is my personal favourite”
The actor is a massive film fan with a love for Japanese cinema.
‘Funky Forest’: the surreal Japanese comedy that shocked audiences
One of the strangest movies ever made.
The horror movie banned in the UK as a “risk to society”
“Little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of sadism.”