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The TIFF programme guide breathlessly extolled the success of Thermae Romae in its native country, declaring the film, based on an extremely popular manga, "Japan's biggest box office hit of the year". This goes to prove a couple things -...

Dear mister Gen Sekiguchi, where the hell did you disappear to? More than 8 years ago you gave us a film that ranks as one of the best Japanese comedies ever produced. Not only that, it's also one of the...

[Our thanks to Sam Bakhtiar for the following review.]I went into this film blind. Knowing nothing about it's rich background, which includes a previous full-length film, a television drama series and a series of novels, it might seem difficult to...