What's On This Week: Scotland Loves Anime in London, Made in Taiwan and the Korean Film Festival's Final Week
What's On
What's On This Week: Scotland Loves Anime in London, Made in Taiwan and the Korean Film Festival's Final Week
Monday 9 to Sunday 15 November 2026: Scotland Loves Anime arrives in London, Edward Yang's TAIPEI STORY and Shohei Imamura on screen, Angel's Egg in 4K and the last week of the London Korean Film Festival
This week Scotland Loves Anime reaches London for a three day weekend at Picturehouse Central, the Garden Cinema's Made in Taiwan season continues with Edward Yang's TAIPEI STORY, and the London Korean Film Festival heads towards its closing gala. Prince Charles Cinema has OLDBOY, AKIRA on 35mm, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and ANGEL'S EGG in 4K, and GODZILLA MINUS ZERO is still on across the UK.
Here is the week day by day, with venues for each film and a look at what is coming. Times come from each venue's own page where we could find them, so check before you travel. Many Garden Cinema screenings were already sold out when we wrote this. All times are GMT.
Monday 9 November
OLDBOY at Prince Charles Cinema and GHOST IN THE SHELL on 35mm in Norwich
Prince Charles Cinema, London, 3pm, and Cinema City, Norwich, 6pm
Park Chan-wook's OLDBOY plays at Prince Charles Cinema at 3pm. Our OLDBOY special edition 2 disc Blu-ray is £17.97 and the 4K UHD is £24.97. In Norwich, GHOST IN THE SHELL plays on 35mm at Cinema City at 6pm as part of the Norwich Film Festival.
Also on Monday: RAISE THE RED LANTERN at the Garden Cinema at 5:30pm (sold out) and at the Cameo in Edinburgh. It is the first of several 4K dates for Zhang Yimou's film this week, covered below.
Tuesday 10 November
FIRE FESTIVAL, AKIRA on 35mm and IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES
Garden Cinema, Prince Charles Cinema and ICA, London
Select Japan shows Mitsuo Yanagimachi's FIRE FESTIVAL at the Garden Cinema at 6pm, which was sold out at the time of writing. Our HIMATSURI: FIRE FESTIVAL limited edition Blu-ray from Third Window Films is available to preorder for December, £19.99.

FIRE FESTIVAL, directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Garden Cinema, Tuesday 10 November, 6pm
At Prince Charles Cinema, AKIRA plays on 35mm, subtitled, at 3:10pm, and Nagisa Oshima's IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES plays at 6:15pm (it has a content warning). Our IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES Blu-ray from Criterion is £24.99. The London Korean Film Festival shows THE WORLD OF LOVE at the ICA at 6:30pm.
Wednesday 11 November
TAIPEI STORY and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE on 35mm
Garden Cinema, 6pm, and Prince Charles Cinema, 8:50pm, London
Edward Yang's TAIPEI STORY (1985), starring the filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, plays the Garden Cinema at 6pm as part of its Made in Taiwan season, with a second screening on Thursday 12. Both were sold out at the time of writing. Our TAIPEI STORY slipcase edition Blu-ray is £42.99.

TAIPEI STORY, Garden Cinema, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 November, 6pm
At 8:50pm, Prince Charles Cinema shows Wong Kar-wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE on 35mm. Our IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Blu-ray from Criterion is £24.99. The London Korean Film Festival shows MAD DANCE OFFICE at the ICA at 8:40pm, and the Garden has a last cinema screening of POSSIBLE LOVE at 1pm, now that it is on Netflix. RAISE THE RED LANTERN plays the Garden at 8:15pm (sold out) and the Forum Cinema in Hexham.
Thursday 12 November
ANGEL'S EGG in 4K, Imamura at the ICA and RESURRECTION in Chester
Prince Charles Cinema, ICA and Garden Cinema, London, and Chester
Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG, the dreamlike 1985 film with art by Yoshitaka Amano, plays in 4K, subtitled, at Prince Charles Cinema at noon, and again on Sunday 15 at 5:25pm. AKIRA follows on 35mm at 8:45pm.

ANGEL'S EGG, directed by Mamoru Oshii, Prince Charles Cinema, Thursday 12 and Sunday 15 November, in 4K
The ICA's Shohei Imamura season includes HISTORY OF POSTWAR JAPAN AS TOLD BY A BAR HOSTESS today; the ICA page does not list a time. If you want Imamura at home, our THE PORNOGRAPHERS 4K UHD and Blu-ray limited edition from Radiance is £29.99. The ICA's 4K run of RAISE THE RED LANTERN also ends today, and Curzon Bloomsbury shows it at 6pm.
At the Garden Cinema, MR. O'S BOOK OF THE DEAD plays at 8pm with a Q&A with Mitsuyo Uesugi, presented by Rebellious Bodies, and was sold out at the time of writing. On Thursday at 7pm, Chester Film Society shows Bi Gan's RESURRECTION at Picturehouse Chester, and our RESURRECTION limited edition Blu-ray from CineAsia is £17.99. The London Korean Film Festival shows MONGRELS at BFI Southbank at 6:10pm, and Picturehouse Central lists A SILENT VOICE at 7:20pm.
Friday 13 November
Scotland Loves Anime begins in London with NINJA SCROLL in 4K
Picturehouse Central, London, from 6pm
Scotland Loves Anime moves from Glasgow to London for three days at Picturehouse Central. Friday has A NEW DAWN at 6pm, GHOST at 7:50pm and NINJA SCROLL in a 4K restoration at 8:10pm. See lovesanimation.com for the full programme and guests.

NINJA SCROLL, in a 4K restoration, Scotland Loves Anime, Picturehouse Central, Friday 13 November, 8:10pm
The London Korean Film Festival shows ONCE WE WERE US at BFI Southbank at 6:15pm, introduced by festival film curator Eunji Lee. At the Garden Cinema, HILL OF NO RETURN plays at 8pm with an introduction by Tom Cunliffe of UCL, part of Made in Taiwan, and was sold out at the time of writing. The EVANGELION double feature, DEATH (TRUE)2 and THE END OF EVANGELION, plays Prince Charles Cinema at 8:30pm and is sold out.
Saturday 14 November
A Japanese film day: YOUR NAME, SHALL WE DANCE?, LINDA LINDA LINDA and SHEEP IN THE BOX
London, Hastings and Brighton, plus Scotland Loves Anime
Japanese Film Club has three screenings across the south of England. Makoto Shinkai's YOUR NAME plays at the Rio in Dalston at 2pm, SHALL WE DANCE? plays in 4K at Chiswick Cinema at 6pm, and LINDA LINDA LINDA plays in 4K at the Electric Palace in Hastings at 6:30pm. Our YOUR NAME Blu-ray is £14.99. In Brighton, Cinecity shows Hirokazu Kore-eda's SHEEP IN THE BOX at Dukes at Komedia at 2pm.

YOUR NAME, Japanese Film Club, Rio, Dalston, Saturday 14 November, 2pm
Scotland Loves Anime has THE KEEPER OF THE CAMPHOR TREE at noon and WE ARE ALIENS at 3pm at Picturehouse Central. The London Korean Film Festival has WOMEN'S VOICES SHORTS at the ICA at 2pm and JOURNEY THERE at Ciné Lumière at 5:30pm.
Sunday 15 November
The last day of Scotland Loves Anime in London, and ANGEL'S EGG again
Picturehouse Central and Prince Charles Cinema, London
Scotland Loves Anime closes its London weekend with TO YOU IN THE BEYOND at noon, SAMURAI BALLERINA at 2:50pm and POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN at 5:45pm. The festival then moves to Edinburgh, from Monday 16 to Sunday 22 November, at the Cameo and Filmhouse.

SAMURAI BALLERINA, Scotland Loves Anime, Picturehouse Central, Sunday 15 November, 2:50pm
The Garden Cinema's Made in Taiwan season shows Tsai Ming-liang's WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? at 3:45pm, which was sold out at the time of writing. ANGEL'S EGG returns to Prince Charles Cinema at 5:25pm, and the London Korean Film Festival shows HANA KOREA at Ciné Lumière at 7:30pm.
All week
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO is still in cinemas
Takashi Yamazaki's GODZILLA MINUS ZERO is on across the UK and in IMAX. Picturehouse lists it this week at the Cameo, Ritzy, Greenwich, Crouch End, Ealing, West Norwood, Southampton and Dukes in Brighton, and Genesis in Mile End has it as well. It is the sequel to the Oscar winning GODZILLA MINUS ONE, and our GODZILLA MINUS ONE 4K UHD is £24.99.

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, directed by Takashi Yamazaki, in UK cinemas and IMAX
Zhang Yimou's RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1991) also keeps touring in 4K for its 35th anniversary. If it leaves you wanting more Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, our JU DOU slipcase Blu-ray is £42.99.
Coming up
Monday 16 November: the London Korean Film Festival closes with Park Hoon-jung's TRISTES TROPIQUES at BFI Southbank at 6:15pm, with a Q&A. RAISE THE RED LANTERN plays The Light cinemas across England and the Rex in Berkhamsted at around 7:30pm. Scotland Loves Anime opens in Edinburgh with AKIRA at the Cameo.
Tuesday 17 November: RAISE THE RED LANTERN plays Eden Court in Inverness at 5:15pm.
Wednesday 18 November: KAMIKAZE GIRLS. Japanese Film Club shows KAMIKAZE GIRLS at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford at 8pm. Our KAMIKAZE GIRLS Blu-ray from Third Window Films is £14.99.
Saturday 21 November: LINDA LINDA LINDA plays in 4K at The Lexi in Kensal Rise at 6pm and 8:40pm. Sunday 22 and Wednesday 25 November: RAISE THE RED LANTERN plays the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford. Saturday 28 November: SHALL WE DANCE? plays in 4K at Dukes at Komedia in Brighton.
Saturday 12 December: Japanese Film Club shows WEATHERING WITH YOU at the Rio in Dalston.
New on the Terracotta store. Out now from Monday 9 November: A TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS from Radiance, Seijun Suzuki's 1977 comeback, K-POP DEMON HUNTERS from Criterion, THE BLADE SPARES NONE and THE HURRICANE from Arrow Video, and VIOLENCE VOYAGER from Third Window Films. Arriving on Monday 16 November from Toy Robot Video: A MAN OF REASON, the directing debut of Jung Woo-sung, and the fantasy epic ZIPANG, £17.99 each. Radiance's RADICAL JAPAN: SURVIVAL AND DESIRE, six films by Shohei Imamura, is now out on Monday 30 November, £74.99. Reserve your copy in the preorder collection.
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