Director Tetsuo Shinohara Starring Ennosuke Ichikawa IV, Kiichi Nakai, Mansai Nomura Rated Recommended for ages 15 and over (contains moderate themes and mild violence.) Score 6/6 In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s rule makes life…
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JFF – Tori Girl!
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Director Tsutomu Hanabusa Starring Elaiza Ikeda, Tao Tsuchiya, Mahiro Takasugi, Shotaro Mamiya Recommended for ages 12 and over. Rated 6/6 Yukina has always been the go-with-the-flow type. Unknowingly—and rather frustratingly—she drifts into a second-rate university where everybody looks like a bespectacled geek. During O-Week, she meets Kei, a cute upperclassman who recruits her into the…
JFF – My Uncle
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Director Nobuhiro Yamashita Starring Ryuhei Matsuda, Riku Onishi & Yoko Maki Recommended for ages 12 and over. Score 6/6 Primary school student Yukio is faced with writing a class assignment about a family member. After a few false starts, he settles on his uncle, his father’s colourful but freeloading younger brother, who lives with the…