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			United Red Army Koji Wakamatsu's stunning epic on the final days of Japan's student radicals.

			Adrift in Tokyo Layabout student and mullet-headed yakuza go on a comical walkabout through the capital.

			The Warped Ones Director Koreyoshi Kurahara adds some jazzed-up nihilism to the Nikkatsu action genre.

			Mandala Stylish, puzzling and utterly beguiling, a film that made the name of Ultraman's Akio Jissoji.



			Tokyo Sonata Kiyoshi Kurosawa trades in his ghosts for something truly frightening.

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			Cinema Babel: Translating Global Cinema A close look at something we take for granted until it goes wrong: film translation.

An in-depth look at Jasper Sharp's brand new book, which lifts the lid on Japan's erotic film industry.

Meeting one of the pioneers of the indie scene, director of the notorious Noisy Requiem: Yoshihiko Matsui.




September 18 - 25		Fantastic Fest Austin, Texas, USA


September 23		Dororo - [Universal (USA). Region 1. English subtitles.]
September 30		An Autumn Afternoon - [Criterion (USA). Region 1. English subtitles.]

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