All Japan articles – Page 18
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NewsJapan launches first official film and TV production incentive scheme
Programme aims to attract films, high-end TV and streaming projects to shoot in the country.
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Reviews‘The Boy And The Heron’: Toronto Review
TIFF opener is Hayao Miyazaki’s long awaited return to film-making
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FeaturesRyusuke Hamaguchi talks ‘Evil Does Not Exist’: “It felt like shooting a film for the first time”
The Japanese filmmaker talks making his new film, which premieres in Competition at Venice.
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Reviews‘Evil Does Not Exist’: Venice Review
Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up ’Drive My Car’ with a charming rural fable
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NewsJapan selects Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ as international Oscar entry
Marks the first time Japan has submitted a film by a non-Japanese director.
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NewsKiyoshi Kurosawa readies French thriller ‘Serpent’s Path’ starring Ko Shibasaki, Damien Bonnard (exclusive)
Art House Films has taken distribution rights for France.
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News‘Perfect Days’, ‘Godzilla Minus One’ to booked Tokyo film festival 2023
‘Perfect Days’ director Wim Wenders will also preside over the festival’s international competition jury.
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NewsFilm Constellation acquires Venice title ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus’ (exclusive)
This concert film chronicles the final performance of the Oscar-winning Japanese composer of ‘The Last Emperor’ and ‘Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence’.
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NewsRyusuke Hamaguchi’s Venice Competition film ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ scores North America deal
The drama is from the Oscar-winning director of ‘Drive My Car’.
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NewsSony Pictures Entertainment reports quarterly profit drop to $115m
Reduced deliveries of US TV series, lower streaming licensing revenues and higher marketing costs cited as reasons for drop.
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NewsRyusuke Hamaguchi’s Venice Competition film ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ lands UK-Ireland sale (exclusive)
Latest film from the Japanese director of Oscar-winner ’Drive My Car’ has also landed deals in Benelux, Portugal and Taiwan.
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FeaturesJapanese director Junji Sakamoto talks risk-taking, manure men and his next project
The auteur has been honoured at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF).
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News‘The Boy And The Heron’ scores biggest ever opening weekend for Hayao Miyazaki
The Studio Ghibli animation is the first from the iconic director in a decade.
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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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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’.