At IFFR 2021, two Japanese films provide complementary perspectives into the intersection of class and gender At first glance, the two films look quite different, and yet they succeed in drawing out what they see as certain fundamental features of the national temperament. Srikanth Srinivasan February 14, 2021 10:29:50 IST A still from Yukiko Sode's Aristocrats Like several events over the past year, the 50th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) was reconceived in light of pandemic-imposed restrictions. In addition to a significant part of the proceedings taking place online, the festival is also split across February and June, with a host of repository screenings (online and off) and a special exhibition at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam offered for audiences in the interceding time.