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‘Drive My Car’ Is About a Sad Man Learning He’ll Never Understand His Dead Wife

This acclaimed, enigmatic drama follows a theater director grieving for an unfaithful spouse — while hanging out with the actor she was having an affair with

Can Sumo Wrestlers Really Retract Their Testicles into Their Bodies?

Don’t tell me everything I’ve learned from the James Bond novels is bullshit

Mothra Is the Only Girlboss That Matters

While Godzilla may get all the attention, Mothra is the most glamorous of all giant monsters and I’m pretty sure she invented feminism

The Taisho Trilogy Is a Trio of Bizarre Ghost Stories About Cucking

Seijun Suzuki came back from his decade of cinematic exile with three surreal ghost stories that were linked by style and horniness

In ‘House,’ Childhood Fears Come to Life in Surreal Splendor

‘Branded to Kill’ Is About Going Crazy Over Goth Girls

In ‘Cure,’ the Brutality of Repression is Revealed

Before There Was Tony Soprano, There Were Takeshi Kitano’s Depressed Mobsters

A Beginner’s Guide to Sion Sono, the Outrageous Japanese Auteur Behind Nicolas Cage’s Most Outrageous Performance

On the Front Lines of the World’s Pointless War on Hentai