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The Taste of Tea
Why this pick
Its whimsical rural world and eccentric family episodes share The Warped Forest’s gentle surrealism, though with a warmer, more contemplative emotional pull.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2011 1h 22m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Symbol
Why this pick
This surreal comedy builds its strange world through patient repetition, escalating visual nonsense, and an unwaveringly serious comic tone.
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The Whispering Star
Why this pick
For the quieter side of its dream logic: a deliberately paced, stylized sci-fi fable that makes an uncanny invented world feel oddly tender.
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Fish Story
Why this pick
Its playful, carefully assembled storytelling turns eccentric characters and offbeat humor into a buoyant, increasingly satisfying cosmic puzzle.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Fumi Nikaido
Yoji Tanaka
Kanji Tsuda
Yoshiyuki Morishita
