Office time loops meet feudal time travel as we dissect two inventive Japanese films about destiny, identity, and history colliding.
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The Japan Foundation’s JFF Theater initiative and how Bento Harassment turns a small story into something universal.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Restaurant from the Sky, a soul-nourishing Japanese drama about food, community, and the quiet power of human connection.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Tetsuya Uesugi's sumptuous exploration of Hokkaido cuisine in Northern Food Story.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Sunset Sunrise, Yoshiyuki Kishi's heartfelt Covid-era comedy-drama about renewal, connection, and hope.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the further culinary adventures of Goro Inogashira in the big screen adaptation of The Solitary Gourmet.
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The Japanese Film Festival 2024, the most exciting thing on the year's cinematic calendar, is finally upon us! Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the fantasy rom-com,
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The most exciting thing on the year's cinematic calendar is finally upon us! Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Junichi Yasuda's A Samurai in Time.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma talk about all of the movies they're looking forward to at the Japanese Film Festival 2024.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the 4K digitally remastered version of the classic anime, Jungle Emperor Leo.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Shunsuke Kariyama's warm and cozy adaptation of the manga BL Metamorphosis.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma talk about the office time loop shenanigans that take place in the Japanese movie Mondays: See You "This" Week!
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Don't overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy the quirky, coming-of-age hijinks in Tetsu Maeda's The Water Flows to the Sea.
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Norihiro Koizumi's The Lines That Define Me is a subtle and unobtrusive meditation on how art can move, inspire, and transform us.
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And Yet, You Are So Sweet might feel like your typical shôjo fare, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma talk about the 2023 edition of the Japanese Film Festival and make their recommendations of what you should watch.
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Kei Ishigawa’s A Man is a multilayered meditation and heartfelt journey through identity and prejudices within Japanese society.
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Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review the Japanese documentary Bon-Uta, a Song from Home.
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Follow the Light is a cathartic meditation that explores the importance of social bonds in ensuring the mental well-being of a community.
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A Girl in My Room is a fun, sweet, slice-of-life exploration of two lost souls who are looking for love. (One of whom happens to be a ghost!)
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