Takeshi Nakazawa

'Testudon', one of the most famous foolish film festivals, made a foolish anthology film about 'Japan' with 26 directors. Naturally, the directors are also foolish enough, so that you might wonder if it is really about Japan or get headache at the screening.At least, some of the 26 various works will please you. It is inevitable that the theater room will be full of laughter, hand claps, roars or booings like 'Pay back the money!'. But we won't reimburse you!

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Short film about Kuchisake-onna.

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Artist. Innovator. Teacher. Inspiration. From his humble beginnings as a modeling assistant in 1958 to his acclaimed directorial debut, Brush of the God in 2024, the legendary Keizo Murase spent his career dedicated to the art of monster making, bringing life to many of Japan’s most iconic and beloved kaiju characters. But behind every rampaging monster and transforming superhero were the hands of a dedicated artist, whose contributions to the Japanese film industry might have been forgotten, if not for a dedicated group of close friends, longtime admirers, and fans from every corner of the globe. For the first time in the English-speaking world, the life and career of this singular creative visionary is revealed and celebrated in a feature-length tribute that sheds detailed light on the accomplishments of Japan’s last great monster maker, and preserves the stories of those who knew and loved him best.

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A lonely 40-year-old man falls for the woman he believes is fate. Guided by his late mother’s shark figurine and visions of a giant shark, he’s pulled into love, loss, and a strange awakening.

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Psychic director Natsume and his assistant Momoka decide to infiltrate a yoga club after receiving a strange video. It showed a religious group that worshiped crocodiles called "Owa Jin", which Momoka's younger sister had joined a few years ago. What awaits the two who sneak in with the help of a shark?

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Love Shark is a wildly unhinged parody of Japanese paranormal TV and YouTube popularity culture. Natsume and Momoka run the failing psychic investigations channel Big Summer until a clickbait dating show they put on leads Momoka to find true love- with a contestant who is also a man-shark. Cue assassins, magic priests, decapitations, and chaos galore in this hysterical rom-com monster movie.

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It was an omnibus work on the theme of the Jizo as a haunting object. It consisted of a horror drama, a ghost story, a talk, and an expulsion ceremony. During the expulsion ceremony, the names of audience members who were in the audience that day were credited on the screen.

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While attending the funeral of her special effects artist grandfather, Akari and her classmate Takuya, a tokusatsu fanatic, come across a film prop that sucks them into the world of fearsome giant monsters. To find their way home, they must unlock the secrets of this fantasy world.

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