As the eyes of the world turned away from the Olympic Summer Games 1964 in Tokyo, empty stadiums remained and little attention was given to the second...
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Masayuki Suo's sports comedy sees a fledgling team fight stronger opponents, while the sport itself has to fight an entire generation.
“The Burmese Harp” (1956), “Fires on the Plain” (1959), “An Actor's Revenge” (1963). Those are only a few of the...
After his infamous legal dispute with production company Nikkatsu, Japanese director Seijun Suzuki would return to the world of film with his 1977 movie “A...
Based on a true story, where the male members of the swimming team at Kawagoe High School, inspired by the popular Olympic synchronized swimming exhibitions on...
Within the world of sports, when observing athletes competing in a race or training their bodies for the occasion, no one would deny the closeness of concepts...
This Friday 13th of March, don't miss “Nowhere Man“, the auspicious directorial debut by popular Japanese actor/comedian Naoto Takenaka, screening...
From April 10 to April 25 2020 Japan Society will present its new series which follows the topic of sports within the landscape of Japanese cinema. “Like...
It's a pleasure to present brand new transfers of these largely overlooked films by a major Japanese filmmaker whose body of work remains unavailable outside...
When it comes to making films, like in any kind of work, one tends to become accustomed to a certain kind of routine and even though this reality may have a...