“Yamato (California)” is Japanese director Daisuke Miyazaki's second feature film. The title reminds us of Wim Wenders' “Paris, Taxis,” but “Yamato” invokes...
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The interview was initially conducted on September 2017 Takuro Nakamura is a graduate of Waseda University and is also a photographer and an installation...
Sunao Katabuchi's “In this Corner of the World” (2017) follows a great tradition of Japanese animation set during the Second World War. It is a period of...
By Shikhar Verma An eerie, almost dreamlike score follows us through the life of Shiraiwa (Joe Odagiri) as his monotonous routine of paddling across the town...
Asian films about LGBT are on the rise the latest years, with films like “Our Love Story”, “Close-Knit”, “Die Beautiful” and “Fathers”. However, Takuro...
When someone talks about the Japanese movie industry in the 00s, inevitably the discussion goes towards anime, which, in the specific decade, accounted for 60%...
Following the success of the previous entry, director Naoyuki Tomomatsu wasted no time in expanding his newfound franchise by offering a sequel to the first...
In Japanese culture, it's certainly no secret that there's plenty of open taboos and cultural norms that give the country plenty of oddball practices and...
Arguably the most ambitious Japanese film ever made, perhaps no other Asian film with few exceptions is more prominent or timely than Kinji Fukusaku's...
One of the genre's biggest and most prolific names, Yutaka Ikejima has rightfully earned the nickname ‘Mr. Pink' for his dedication and devotion to the genre...