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Films about the movie industry have been abundantly presented recently in Japanese cinema. Tokuhiro Yasukawa, in his feature debut, comes up with his own take, which strays away, though, from the norm, due to its intense experimentation that actually has the actors repeating the same lines from a play throughout the movie.

“Maybe Woohoo” is screening at InlanDimensions

The whole endeavor takes place within 24 hours, which is actually how much it took for the film to be shot. Emi lives in a rural town and aims to become an actress. In order to train for an upcoming audition in Tokyo, she is working with Hasegawa, who was in the same drama club when they were in high school, and Satsuki, her closest friend. However, Hasegawa, who has had brief romantic relations with both, when he listens to them talking about him, runs away. Emi decides to call the rest of...

Japan features a number of “Cat Islands”, where the feline population usually exceeds the one of human significantly. And who better than Mitsuaki Iwago, a former wildlife photographer, to capture life in one of those islands, in a delightful film based on the manga series “Neko to Jiichan” by the duo known as Nekomaki.

“The Island of Cats” is screening at Fantasia 2019

The film actually begins with Tama, one of those cats narrating and introducing himself and his “servant”, the elderly widower Daikichi. After a shot through the eyes of Tama, the film follows a more “generic” path, as we are introduced to the main characters of the film, mostly elderly and cats. Apart from Daikichi, there is Iwao, who cannot stand cats, two elderly ladies who cannot stop bickering with each other, the local doctor, Kentaro and, Michiko, a young woman who has recently moved to the island and...