A farming family struggles to keep itself together in Ryo Ushimaru’s domestic dramedy.
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A Samurai in Time
A samurai adjusts shockingly well to a life in the film industry, in Yasuda Junichi’s time travel comedy-drama.
Fire Ball
Taiwan’s short king Wukong faces off against Red Boy, a wheelchair-bound Princess, and a weird frog guy in this messy, but fun retelling of Princess Iron Fan.
Heavenly Legend
Distinctly 90s, and very much for kids, how does this cheesy Taiwanese Journey hold up?
The Monkey King and Fruit of Immortality
Sun Wukong does what he does best and causes complete mischief, in the second part of Shanghai Animation’s trilogy.
The Four Monkeys: The Return of Sun Wukong
We’re reaching the bottom of the Journey to the West barrel. Is this the end of Journuary?
My Oni Girl
A boy learns to express himself in the most convoluted way possible, in Tomotaka Shibayama’s cutesy fantasy drama.
Ponyo
Everything’s better down where it’s wetter in Hayao Miyazaki’s buckwild pseudo-retelling of The Little Mermaid.
Do You See What I See
Corpse Bride and that one subplot from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice come together to make a film that you can't even listen to on your commute.
Love in the Big City
It’s crazy bitch meets gay friend – their words, not mine - in E.oni’s sweet comedy.
Victory
Park Sum-boo’s feel-good dance film is the sort of peppy cheer we could all use right now.
Escape
A deserter finds that getting out is even harder than expected in Lee Jong-pil’s taut thriller.
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