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Keeps Japan’s 105lb belt By Joe Koizumi Photos by Naoki Fukuda Don’t you remember three-time unsuccessful world challenger Lion Furuyama? The iron-chinned

Six of the 17 films included in the former president's list of favorite films are Asian-led and by Asian directors

Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi gives us the playful Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - but not all is as it seems in this delightful anthology movie.

No filmmaker I can think of had a better past year-and-change than Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, an enviable feat in our stricken time. The director and co-writer...

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy explores the startling role of pure luck in our lives.

Taniguchi knocked out Wilfredo Mendez for the belt in December

Some films it’s all about the editing, a brisk parade of striking images accompanied by a kinetic score.  And then there are films like Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and the Oscar-nominated Drive My Car, where the camera stays still and watches the performers watching each other talk. Long, mainly static dialogue scenes mean that every small zoom, edit or pan draws attention to the moment, highlighting the shift in the director’s gaze.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy delivers three wry vignettes that see lost souls making some sort of connection

The films of Japanese film director and screenwriter Ryusuke Hamaguchi lodge in your brain and heart like small incendiary devices, ticking from his self-awareness toward yours.

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