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Following the well-received ‘Strange Days,’ director Yasushi Koshizaka set his sights on a new entry in the J-sploitation genre to continue his status of the ‘Warden of J-sploitation’ nickname that has been bestowed upon him. Taking up a new look at the alien abduction genre, he now presents his new film ‘Kankin wakusei amêba,’ or known internationally as “Planet of Amoebas” at the Japan Film Fest Hamburg.

While driving home from her day, Rei Mizuki (Nanami Kawakami) witnesses a woman lying in the street covered in a strange goo and warning of a threat from space before she passes. Relaying the information to the authorities, she learns of the real nature of the incident and how several other strange disappearances around the city are related to the events she reported. After talking to her friend Chiba (Hiroki Ando) about the situation, he begins looking into the reported cases of women...

Japanese road movie Journey of the Tortoise was awarded the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival earlier today, bagging its director, Tadashi Nagayama, ¥‎2,000,000 towards his next project, which will then premiere at next year's festival. This year's jury, headed by director Makoto Naito, gave the Special Jury Prize to Lim Choel-min’s Korean comedy Beethoven Medley, while Shoichi Yokoyama’s madcap thriller The Road to Love won the Hokkaido Governor's Award. The critics jury presented its Cinegar Award to Yasushi Koshizaka’s erotic drama Strange Days. In the International Short Film Competition, the Grand Prix went to Kim Hyo-jeong’s M.boy. Now in its 27th edition, the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival runs from 2-6 March in Hokkaido, Japan. Full list of...

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