All Japan articles – Page 20
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NewsFrance’s Urban unveils new sales exec, quartet of EFM titles (exclusive)
EFM slate features four new sales acquisitions including Hicham Ayouch’s satirical comedy Abdelinho.
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Features14 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2022
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Park Chan-wook and Makoto Shinkai all have films ready for 2022.
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Features‘Belle’ creator Mamoru Hosoda on global collaboration, Japanese cinema and advances in computer animation
“I always liked the underlying story of Beauty And The Beast,” says Hosoda about the fairy tale on which Belle is loosely based.
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NewsCharades acquires Japanese Encounters title ‘Small Slow But Steady’ (exclusive)
The boxing dreams drama is fifth fiction feature by Japanese director Shô Miyake who was last in Berlin in 2019.
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NewsJapan’s Yamagata documentary festival partners with DAFilms for free online programme
The selection includes early films by Naomi Kawase and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
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NewsMPM Premium launches Gérard Depardieu chef comedy ‘Umami’ at Paris RDV (exclusive)
France and Japan-shot production reunites Depardieu with Sandrine Bonnaire and Pierre Richard.
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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda to shoot Kyoto-set ‘The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House’ for Netflix
It is adapted from a popular Japanese comic by Aiko Koyama.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hidetoshi Nishijima on adapting ‘Drive My Car’ for screen
The director and lead actor speak about the challenges of adapting author Haruki Murakami for the screen and the future of the Japanese industry.
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NewsGKids adds ‘Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko’ to awards season pipeline
Distributor plans awards run on latest collaboration with Studio 4°C.
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NewsPalme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda teams with Netflix on film and original series
The Japanese filmmaker is working on a feature film and a drama series.
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FeaturesAFM 2021: Japan hot projects
Titles incude a ‘Cube’ remake, manga animation ‘Blue Thermal’ and Takashi Shimizu’s third feature in his ‘horror village’ trilogy.
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Reviews‘Third Time Lucky’: Tokyo Review
Tadashi Nohara’s directorial debut focuses on unfulfilled lives and fraying relationships
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NewsGKids acquires Studio Chizu’s Cannes premiere ‘Belle’
Coming-of-age tale is Mamoru Hosoda’s highest grossing release in Japan.
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Reviews‘Gensan Punch’: Busan Review
Brillante Ma Mendoza’s latest follows an aspiring boxer who refuses to let disability define him
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News‘Wife Of A Spy’, Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ triumph at Asian Film Awards in Busan
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s wartime romance was named best film at the 15th edition.
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Reviews‘Missing’: Busan Review
A bereft widower pursues a serial killer in Katayama Shinzo’s ambitious second feature
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NewsGKids acquires Fantasia anime ‘Pompo The Cinephile’
Film has grossed around $1.8m since June release in Japan.
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Reviews‘Inu-Oh’: Venice Review
Strikingly original anime from Masaaki Yuasa set in 14th Century Japan
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NewsGaga acquires San Sebastian doc ‘The Pursuit of Perfection’ (exclusive)
The film will debut in the Culinary Zinema section this month.