In April 2019, director Toshiaki Toyoda (“Blue Spring” 2001) was arrested for unlawful possession of a handgun. It turned out that the weapon was a...
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The samurai genre is a staple of Japanese cinema. Often compared to the western for its use of mythic protagonists, themes of honour, masculinity, and...
For his first live-action movie, director of “Evangelion” Hideaki Anno picked a rather difficult task, of adapting Ryu Murakami‘s novel...
With Hana, Koreeda makes an unconventional take on the samurai film, as a young samurai struggles with his role as both samurai and son.
I have not seen the two films Ninagawa directed in 2019 (“No Longer Human”, “Diner”) but her first two, “Sakuran” and...
Nobuhiko Obayashi became famous in the West for his experimental style of filmmaking (mostly through House), and his age (he was born in 1938) and a very...
In celebration of the Chinese New Year, Warner Bros. Pictures will invite audiences throughout the U.S. and Canada to experience the newest chapter in the...
After many of his films dealt with the relationship of the individual to the city as well as the consequences of violence for ourselves, it was quite...
