Kengo Kora talks to Panos Kotzathanasis about turning to direction, finding the time to shoot Courier during his busy schedule, the inspiration behind the...
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Debt, violence, family dysfunction…Pushed to the brink, delinquent Kiyoshi OZE (Wataru ICHINOSE) takes on the world of sumo as a wrestler under the name...
We see some of the best actors that Japan has to offer right now.
“To the Ends of the Earth” was jointly commissioned by Japan and Uzbekistan to commemorate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two...
Although its characters get drunk all the time, “And Your Bird Can Sing” is as sober as it gets. Captured in the triviality of everyday life in...
Miike's energy and playfulness seems to know no end. His latest effort “First Love” has nothing that its ordinal number (103!) may suggest, on the contrary, it...
Ever since the release of Hideo Nagata's landmark effort “Ringu” in 1998, the term ‘J-Horror' has been bandied about and adopted for numerous films and...
In the midst of all the controversy (not quite as it was eventually proven, just the Japanese authorities trying to make a power play), it is good to remember...