As the film opens, a naked man charges through the forest, grabbing our attention as he runs. One thing is certain from the outset, Do Elephants Pray does not fit the typical Brit film template. Callum, head and lynchpin of his own failing marketing company, is pretty set in his ways, doing a half assed… read more »

Boys on the Run stars Kazunobu Mineta (frontman for punk-rock band Ging Nang Boyz) as Tanishi, a 29-year-old virgin stuck in a menial position at a failing company that manufactures rather risqué capsule toys. Tanishi’s idle existence of porn and fantasizing is thrown into disarray after a night of drunken flirtation with his co-worker Chiharu,… read more »

Tamura, inspired by the heroic figure of Yellow Kid in Iga Taro’s manga, decides to become a boxer and thus a hero himself. But the characters at the local gym are far from heroes; most are nothing more than petty thugs headed by aggressive punk kid Enomoto. When Taro decides to write a sequel to… read more »

Pure Asia follows a nameless Japanese teenager at a time of extreme tension between Japan and North Korea. When a beautiful girl saves him from a mugging she drags him away and onto a train. Hoping to meet her again, the next day he waits outside the station to see if she comes past. When… read more »