All Japan articles – Page 13
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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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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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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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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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FeaturesFive Japanese genre projects under the spotlight at Bifan’s NAFF
Projects include talent such as ‘#Manhole’ director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and Hiroshi Takahashi, the co-writer of iconic horror ‘Ring’.
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NewsCannes winner Yuji Sakamoto lands five-year deal with Netflix
Japanese writer won the screenplay award at Cannes for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’.
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Reviews‘The Tunnel To Summer, The Exit Of Goodbyes’: Annecy Review
An animation for the ages from Japan’s Tomohisa Taguchi wins the Paul Grimault prize at Annecy
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NewsJapan’s Skip City film festival unveils world premieres for landmark edition
The festival will open with ‘Confetti’, produced to commemorate two key anniversaries.
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NewsPiece Of Magic launches animation arm POM Anime with ‘The First Slam Dunk’ (exclusive)
Company has acquired Japanese hit ‘The First Slam Dunk’ for 35 territories.
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NewsWim Wenders to head Tokyo film festival jury and host Ozu retrospective
Festival also set to host a retrospective of filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu.
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NewsKorea’s Bifan unveils genre project line up for NAFF 2023
Previous projects include Cannes Critics’ Week winner ‘Tiger Stripes’.
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NewsJonathan Glazer’s hot Cannes title ’The Zone Of Interest’ secures major territory deals for A24
Holocaust drama has emerged as likely awards contender at Cannes and for 2024 awards season.
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Reviews‘Kubi’: Cannes Review
Takeshi Kitano’s return to the samurai genre is an adaptation of his own historical novel
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NewsKorean drama ‘Hopeless’ lands Asia, Europe sales ahead of Cannes premiere (exclusive)
Kim Chang-hoon’s feature directorial debut plays in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes title ‘Monster’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Paris-based Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
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NewsJapan greenlights first official production incentives (exclusive)
Programme to attract films, high-end TV and streaming projects to shoot in the country.
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NewsChina’s Parallax scores sales of ‘The Cord of Life’ and Berlinale drama (exclusive)
Further sales titles include Kong Dashan’s ’Journey To The West’ and Zhang Chi’s ’In Search Of Echo’.
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NewsJapanese romantic drama ‘Egoist’ lands sales in US, Asia (exclusive)
Daishi Matsunaga’s gay romance premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival last October.
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FeaturesCannes 2023: the buzz titles from Japan
The latest from acclaimed filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda and Takeshi Kitano join animation, horror and fantasy titles being showcased by Japanese sellers at the Marché.
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Reviews‘Monster’: Cannes Review
Hirokazu Kore-eda brings emotional nuance to a moral tale about school bullying, scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto