All Asia articles – Page 44
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NewsJapan’s Ryohei Suzuki voices support for SAG-AFTRA strikers and teases Netflix film ‘City Hunter’
The Japanese actor collected the Screen International Rising Star award at the New York Asian Film Festival.
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FeaturesHow New York Asian Film Festival is broadening horizons and showcasing Asia’s stars
NYAFF 2023 is set to welcome a wealth of stars and filmmakers from Asia but is also bracing for no-shows due to strike action.
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NewsGKIDS acquires North American rights to Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’
Miyazaki’s first feature in a decade opens in Japan this weekend.
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NewsFinecut strikes deals with ‘Devils’ across Asia
Sales launched on the body-switch action thriller in Cannes.
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NewsImax planning to take full control of China subsidiary in $124m deal
The move coincides with a healthy recovery at the box office in China.
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News‘Barbie’ cleared for release in the Philippines with request to blur map
The feature has been banned in Vietnam over the inclusion of the line, used on Chinese maps to show its claims over areas of the South China Sea.
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FeaturesTakashi Shimizu, creator of ‘The Grudge’, talks working with boyband Generations on latest horror ‘Sana’
The horror receives its world premiere as the closing film of Bifan.
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NewsChile’s ‘Sorcery’, Korea’s ‘Iron Mask’ win top awards at Bifan film festival
The festival’s closing film was the world premiere of Takashi Shimizu’s ‘Sana’.
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Reviews‘Bad Education’: Bifan Review
Three Taiwanese high school graduates embark on a night of increasing peversity in Kai Ko’s directorial debut
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FeaturesCannes award-winner Takamasa Oe on directing ‘Whale Bones’ after Oscar success of ‘Drive My Car’
The film ombines magical realism with tech horror and received its world premiere at Bifan.
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NewsLights On boards ‘Dreaming and Dying’, ‘Family Portrait’ ahead of Locarno premieres
Marks the feature directorial debut of Singapore’s Nelson Yeo.
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NewsCannes award-winner Jeon Do-yeon and director Oh Seung-uk reunite for ‘Revolver’ (exclusive)
Cast also includes Ji Chang-wook and Lim Ji-yeon from Netflix’s ‘The Sound Of Magic’ and ‘The Glory’ respectively.
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NewsChina box office surges 52.9% in first half of 2023, boosted by ‘Lost In The Stars’
‘Lost In The Stars’ proved the top grossing film in June.
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NewsHow streaming and division have fed the folk horror resurgence
A panel at Bifan in South Korea discussed the reasons behind the popularity of the genre.
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NewsMalaysia’s ‘The Passport’ wins top Bucheon Award at Bifan’s NAFF project market
Projects from South Korea, Japan and the Philippines among winners.
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News‘Barbie’ banned in Vietnam over “offending image” of South China Sea map
China’s controversial ‘nine-dash line’ shown in scene.
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News‘The Roundup: No Way Out’ tops landmark 10 million admissions in South Korea
Don Lee stars in the third instalment of the hit action franchise.
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NewsJapan’s Macoto Tezka on how “monsters, horror and art” inspired his filmmaking
The self-styled visualist is the son of “godfather of manga” Osamu Tezuka.
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FeaturesHow XR projects are blurring reality and moving beyond VR headsets
Bifan’s Beyond Reality section is showcasing cutting edge XR projects.
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FeaturesHow Hong Kong’s ‘Warriors Of Future’ and Thailand’s ‘Love Destiny The Movie’ scored local box office success
The biggest local hits in the 13 Asian markets are also reported.