matteoB
@matteob.bsky.social
By day: lumpenproletariat.
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
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Found Footage Films, Compilation Documentary and Recycled Cinema in Japan: a preliminary study
asian-docs.com/2025/04/17/f...
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and so it starts...
Cahiers du Cinéma’s Top 10 films of 2025:
Cahiers du Cinéma’s Top 10 films of 2025:
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
and so it starts...
Cahiers du Cinéma’s Top 10 films of 2025:
Cahiers du Cinéma’s Top 10 films of 2025:
I rarely buy physical media these days, but this was a must for me...
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I rarely buy physical media these days, but this was a must for me...
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Your Bros. Filmmaking Group: performing the ‘real’
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
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Your Bros. Filmmaking Group: performing the ‘real’
This is an initial exploration of the works and activities of the Your Bros. Filmmaking Group, with a special focus on one of their films. I hope to expand it into a more developed and articulate s…
asian-docs.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Your Bros. Filmmaking Group: performing the ‘real’
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
Your Bros. Filmmaking Group: performing the ‘real’
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
Your Bros. Filmmaking Group: performing the ‘real’
This is an initial exploration of the works and activities of the Your Bros. Filmmaking Group, with a special focus on one of their films. I hope to expand it into a more developed and articulate s…
asian-docs.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Your Bros. Filmmaking Group: performing the ‘real’
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/28/y...
really good, and funny too
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
really good, and funny too
this is the third movie spin-off of the TV series 七人の刑事 Shichinin no keiji, aired irregularly on TBS between 1961 and 1979
Fast-paced and almost with a noir touch, the film is shot guerrilla-style almost entirely in and around Ueno Station.
While the ensemble cast is excellent, the locations are, so to speak, the protagonists of the story:
/1
While the ensemble cast is excellent, the locations are, so to speak, the protagonists of the story:
/1
today's movie is pretty rare:
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
this is the third movie spin-off of the TV series 七人の刑事 Shichinin no keiji, aired irregularly on TBS between 1961 and 1979
Fast-paced and almost with a noir touch, the film is shot guerrilla-style almost entirely in and around Ueno Station.
While the ensemble cast is excellent, the locations are, so to speak, the protagonists of the story:
/1
While the ensemble cast is excellent, the locations are, so to speak, the protagonists of the story:
/1
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Fast-paced and almost with a noir touch, the film is shot guerrilla-style almost entirely in and around Ueno Station.
While the ensemble cast is excellent, the locations are, so to speak, the protagonists of the story:
/1
While the ensemble cast is excellent, the locations are, so to speak, the protagonists of the story:
/1
today's movie is pretty rare:
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
today's movie is pretty rare:
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
七人の刑事 終着駅の女
(Wakasugi Mitsuo, 1965)
Reposted by matteoB
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
This is my final piece on this year’s Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It comes very late, apologies, it’s been a busy time. Previous reports: YIDFF 2025: preview report 1: SPI (Sa…
asian-docs.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
official:
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
official:
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
Tokyo Taxi tops the box office of the weekend.
Impressive, considering Yamada is 94...
eiga.com/ranking/jp/
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since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
since Oshii's 天使のたまご Angel's Egg (4K) is being screened in many parts of the world...
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
could I interest you in the recut and delirious In the Aftermath (Carl Colpaert, 1988)?
a movie that starts with the animation of the original and then turns into a live-action...(with more animation interspersed):
and, allegedly, over the past weekend 国宝 National Treasure became the number 1 Japanese live-action movie of all time at the box office (more than 5 months after its release)
Official data will be released later, but it seems Tokyo Taxi was the number 1 film at the Japanese box office of the past (long) weekend...
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
and, allegedly, over the past weekend 国宝 National Treasure became the number 1 Japanese live-action movie of all time at the box office (more than 5 months after its release)
Official data will be released later, but it seems Tokyo Taxi was the number 1 film at the Japanese box office of the past (long) weekend...
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Official data will be released later, but it seems Tokyo Taxi was the number 1 film at the Japanese box office of the past (long) weekend...
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
asian-docs.com/2025/11/23/y...
YIDFF 2025 – report 6: Sanrizuka: Disappearing Landscapes—The Heta Project Screening
This is my final piece on this year’s Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It comes very late, apologies, it’s been a busy time. Previous reports: YIDFF 2025: preview report 1: SPI (Sa…
asian-docs.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
and this concludes my coverage of this year Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival...
Kawamoto and Okamoto Tadanari are the two masters of Japanese stop-motion animation...this Blu-ray is exceptional (and comes with Eng sub):
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Kawamoto and Okamoto Tadanari are the two masters of Japanese stop-motion animation...this Blu-ray is exceptional (and comes with Eng sub):
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kihac...
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
TOKYOタクシー Tokyo Taxi (Yamada Yōji, 2025) boxd.it/bNuein
just saw one of my favourite films of 2025.
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
Hostile Landscapes | 2025 (Trailer)
“Hostile Landscapes” is a two-channel film revolving around the remarkable true story of Ju Hyeongeon (朱贤健/주현건/Zhu Xianjian), a North Korean defector…
vimeo.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
just saw one of my favourite films of 2025.
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
Hostile Landscapes (Hanwen Zhang, 2025)
hanwenzhang.com/works/hostil...
vimeo.com/829236640
I'm gathering my thoughts and working on a longer piece about Your Bros. Filmmaking Group... in the meantime, here are a few notes on Hut:
boxd.it/bNk8W7
boxd.it/bNk8W7
A ★★★½ review of Hut (2018)
I'm gathering my thoughts and working on a longer piece about Your Bros. Filmmaking Group; in the meantime, here are a few notes on Hut: Set entirely in a single location—a tent-like structure—the fil...
boxd.it
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm gathering my thoughts and working on a longer piece about Your Bros. Filmmaking Group... in the meantime, here are a few notes on Hut:
boxd.it/bNk8W7
boxd.it/bNk8W7
theater is packed...Kimura Takuya's effect?
TOKYO タクシー Tokyo Taxi is Yamada Yōji's film number 88 for me...let's see...
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
theater is packed...Kimura Takuya's effect?
TOKYO タクシー Tokyo Taxi is Yamada Yōji's film number 88 for me...let's see...
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
TOKYO タクシー Tokyo Taxi is Yamada Yōji's film number 88 for me...let's see...
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Luminous Fairies and Mothra
Hosoda's Scarlet has been everywhere on Japanese TV in the past 2 months. The movie is being pushed and advertised like no others by Hosoda I remember ...
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Hosoda's Scarlet has been everywhere on Japanese TV in the past 2 months. The movie is being pushed and advertised like no others by Hosoda I remember ...
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
and yet, there's a buzz that theaters are quite empty....maybe just rumors...or too many screens...let's see
Reposted by matteoB
My thoughts on Mamoru Hosoda’s latest.
Mamoru Hosoda’s “Scarlet” shows what hybrid animation can do: fluid battles, detailed facial expressions and a Shakespearean narrative painted on vast digital landscapes.
Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ takes on ‘Hamlet’ with bold visual departure
The Oscar-nominated director re-imagines the Shakespearean tale as an animated quest through the afterlife.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My thoughts on Mamoru Hosoda’s latest.