All Japan articles
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NewsTokyo Gap-Financing Market reveals 2026 lineup, partners with Frontières on genre titles
The 2026 edition will feature 24 feature film projects.
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NewsToronto-bound ‘Long Long Night’, Hong Sangsoo’s ‘Nowhere To Lay My Eyes’ land sales
Further deals struck on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Dora’.
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FeaturesShinya Tsukamoto talks Venice competition war drama ‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’
The Japanese filmmaker behind ‘Fires On The Plain’ and ‘Killing’ on the “definitive work” in his series of features about war.
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Reviews‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’ review: Shinya Tsukamoto’s muddled portrait of Vietnam veteran activist Allen Nelson suffers an identity crisis
Rodney Hicks and Geoffrey Rush lead the Japanese auteur’s Venice Competition drama
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News‘Sukiyaki’, ‘Colony’ to bookend Tokyo with ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ as Centerpiece
The 39th edition of the festival is set to run October 26 to November 4.
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NewsKōji Fukada’s Cannes drama ‘Nagi Notes’ lands North American deal
Early 2027 release for competition entry about former sisters-in-law who reconnect.
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NewsKoji Fukada, Boo Junfeng, Jakrawal Nilthamrong projects win Asian Cinema Fund grants
Titles include ‘Grateful’, ‘Trinity’ and ‘Rhizome’
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NewsBusan’s ACFM names Japan country of focus for Producer Hub 2026
The focus will feature a spotlight on 10 Japanese producers, their projects, Japan’s production environment, and co-production case studies
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NewsCrunchyroll acquires most of world on Makoto Shinkai’s ’Suzume’ follow-up
Sony Pictures will partner on distribution.
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NewsRediance boards Wayne Wang’s ‘Diary Of A Mad Old Man’ ahead of Toronto premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The drama stars Lily Franky and Fan Bingbing.
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News‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ lands world premiere New York Film Festival slot
Fest runs September 25-October 12.
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NewsAnnecy title ‘My Grandfather Is A Nihonjin’ secures Japan theatrical deal
EXCLUSIVE: Film explores identity and belonging in Sao Paulo’s Japanese-Brazilian community.
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Reviews‘Village Of Eight Gravestones’ review: ‘Ju-on: The Grudge’ director Takashi Shimizu deftly adapts the 1940s Japanese detective novel
Matsuya Onoe stars as Japanese gumshoe Kosuke Kinaichi in this Fantasia premiere
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NewsRyusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All Of A Sudden’ set for North American awards season launch
The Japanese-French language drama earned prizes for its leads at Cannes.
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Reviews‘Samurai Vengeance’ review: Tasuku Emoto stars in Takashi Minamoto’s entertaining spin on the Japanese period drama
Ken Watanabe also stars in Minamoto’s adaptation of Sayako Nagai’s prizewinning novel
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FeaturesNYAFF rising star awardee Sara Minami talks ‘All Greens’, ‘Magical Secret Tour’
The Japanese actress and model will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award.
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NewsPiece of Magic to unleash ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ in 46 territories
EXCLUSIVE: The highly anticipated follow-up to Oscar-winner ‘Godzilla Minus One’ will release from November 4, 2026.
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FeaturesHow Netflix anime ‘Cosmic Princess Kaguya!’ became a box office sensation in Japan
The film broke out from streaming to become one of the highest grossing titles of 2026 to date.
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NewsGaga boards ‘The Potentials’ from Koreeda protégé Shoichi Morimoto
EXCLUSIVE: The drama is co-directed by Takuma Sato of ‘Any Crybabies Around?’
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NewsYukiko Sode’s ‘All The Lovers In The Night’ lands multiple deals after Cannes bow
EXCLUSIVE: The film received its world premiere in Un Certain Regard.