Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentThe Japanese film industry has been relatively quick to recover from the pandemic, despite the slow rollout of vaccinations in Japan.
So industry leaders are bringing lineups to FilMart packed with titles that will hopefully play to packed theaters at home in the coming months.One is Gaga Corporation, which is bringing “Junk Head,” a first feature by stop-motion animator Takahide Hori that has won kudos around the international festival circuit.
Set in a future where clones live in their own subterranean world while the humans who drove them underground trundle toward extinction, it is a quirkily imaginative blend of sci-fi, fantasy and comedy.
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