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...
Yoko is a 42-year-old single “freeter” (freelancing part-time worker) who has suffered setbacks and opposition from her father in pursuing her...
"With information, there is always a cost"
One of the most impressive traits of a number of Japanese filmmakers is the way they accept their inner quirkiness and channel it to occasionally impressive...
As I have mentioned before, adapting Haruki Murakami's works in cinema is definitely an arduous task, due to the surrealism, the minimalism, the abstractness...
Takashi Miike has recently turned towards manga/anime adaptations, with, mostly, impressive results, as his aesthetics seem to fit perfectly to these mediums...
Humanoid bugs against bugefied humans
dTv, Japan's biggest streaming service released a preview for “Terraformars:A New Hope” series, a three-episode prequel of Takashi...
Christmas 2013: the long wait was finally over and 47 Ronin was released in theatres. Originally prepared for release a year earlier, it was quite a bummer at...