Road movies have been becoming more and more common in the Japanese movie industry, particularly since the “opening” of the aftermath of the Fukushima...
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“Yoko No Tabi” directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (“Manhole”) was crowned winner of Best Feature Film of the the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, one of...
"How are you okay with being so deep in the red?"
We speak with Sosuke Ikematsu about shooting in South Korea, the role of Aoki, working with South Korean talents, the Japanese movie industry and other topics
A tender story about all those things that can bring people together
In the spotlight since his starring role in Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Bright Future in 2003, Joe Odagiri has amassed an extraordinary filmography, working primarily...
The final part of “The Hakodate Trilogy” based on the writings of Yasushi Sato, Nobuhiro Yamashita's “Over the Fence” is a film about a number of troubled...
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...
By Kyriacos Kyriacou His mother's funeral forces Takeru Hayakawa (Jo Odagiri) to return back to his hometown from Tokyo where he works. By the time he arrives...
It is fair to say that Hirokazu Koreeda is a master of the sentimental family drama, with earlier films such as “Nobody Knows” (2004) and his recent string of...