YAM’s Top Films of 2014 Redux
Like any year, the YAM Magazine team got together (on our very secret Facebook group) and did our usual round of voting, movies went up and down and we managed to make a clean Top30 list.
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Nobunaga Concerto
A teenage boy accidentally time-slips back to the Warring Era period, where he discovers historical figure Oda Nobunaga looks just like him.
100 Yen Love (Japanese Film)
100 Yen Love is an engaging comedy-drama about a 32-year-old slacker who improbably finds her calling in the sport of boxing.
Best 100 Films of this Decade so Far
The YAM Magazine Team and a couple of guests voted for their favorite films of this decade… so far.
100 Yen Love Trailer
A hikikomori that finds joy working at a 100 Yen shop takes up boxing alongside a middle-aged boxer whom she moves in with.
Helter Skelter (Japanese Film)
Helter Skelter follows a top idol star who undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries on different parts of her body to maintain the image she’s built herself as an icon of beauty, until the result of such processes begins taking a toll on her.
12 Movies that Marked my 2012
As per tradition, a list of twelve films that marked my 2012 so far for Spanish-language affiliate site Cinencuentro.
Going my Home
When his father suffers a stroke, Ryota goes looking for mysterious creatures known as ‘Kuna’.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
A masterless samurai stricken by poverty requests to commit Seppuku, but before he does the deed, he’s told the story of a young samurai who came for the same reason and ended up slashing his stomach for his misdeed.
Helter Skelter Trailer
A stunning dark comedy about a top star who undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to maintain her image as an icon of beauty, until the results take a toll on her and those around her.
