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Iwai Shunji

A collection of 4 posts

Japan Cuts 2025: Part One

Devils on the Doorstep

Japan Cuts 2025: Part One

Wherein I review Three Kurosawas, Two Serpent's Paths, and One Iwai which stars One Nakayama Miho who plays Two Different Characters

Japan Cuts 2024 - Part One

Devils on the Doorstep

Japan Cuts 2024 - Part One

If you’re a subscriber to The Chinese Cinema, you know that the posts have been sparse over the last month or so. That will happen occasionally, as I get commissions that require some weeks of research and writing to put together, and I hope you all will continue to

The Case of Hana and Alice (Iwai Shunji, 2015)

The Case of Hana and Alice (Iwai Shunji, 2015)

What do you do if you want to make a prequel to one of your best movies, one built as much around the performances of two terrific young actresses more than anything else, but a decade has passed and the actresses are now much too old to be playing the

Iwai Shunji Capsule Reviews

Iwai Shunji Capsule Reviews

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993) — November 7, 2018 Iwai Shunji, with no budget and only a couple of ideas, making all the other TV movies look terrible. Love Letter (1995) — November 7, 2018 Maybe the most accomplished feature debut of his contemporaries, probably