Psycho-Drama - Nakano Taiga

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11 months ago “OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation
4 years ago “Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
5 years ago “Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
5 years ago “Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
5 years ago Food for Thought: “Gekijo” (2020)
6 years ago “Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
6 years ago “Kingdom” (2019) – China’s Warring States period in a seinen LA jacket
6 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
7 years ago 2018 Miscellaneous Japanese Dramas
8 years ago “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2017) – What would you do if you’d become immortal overnight?

#ICYMI: January ’26 Releases – Movies, SP and Others

Posted on January 29, 2026January 30, 2026 by Rei

Now that we’ve entered the first month of Japan’s media “winter season”, fresh titles are brewing for us to feast on. From new projects to new actors to follow, January read more

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise – 南瓜とマヨネーズ [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jed

Stardust Pictures collaborates with Dias Police director Tominaga Masanori for the live-action adaptation of Nananan Kiriko’s manga ‘Pumpkin and Mayonnaise‘ – 南瓜とマヨネーズ, about an unemployed and aspiring musician whose girlfriend works as read more

Tokyo Sunrise – ‘Hashire, Zetsubo ni Oitsuka Renai Haya-sa de’ [Movie Review]

Posted on June 12, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed

Tokyo Sunrise, a film about the close friendship between Ren (Taiga) and Kaoru (Kobayashi Ryuju), is subtle and powerful in its depiction of a brotherly love that may be more read more