All Japan articles – Page 25
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NewsMPM Premium expands sales for Gerard Depardieu-starrer ‘Umami’ and Venice Days winner ‘Wolf and Dog’ (exclusive)
Paris-based sales house completes string of deals on both films.
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NewsKorea’s CJ ENM and Japan’s Toei Animation unveil slate of projects
The major Korean and Japanese companies are developing IP to be produced as live action and animation projects at the same time.
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NewsJapan’s MBS to bring ‘Education And Nationalism’ to Busan market (exclusive)
Mainichi Broadcasting System to attend ACFM for the first time.
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NewsTokyo to honour Koji Fukada, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nogami Teruyo
Festival revives Kurosawa Akira Award After 14 years.
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NewsNikkatsu launching sales on ‘Egoist’ and ‘Do Unto Others’ at ACFM (exclusive)
Marks the latest titles from Daishi Matsunaga and Tetsu Maeda.
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Reviews‘Thousand And One Nights’: Busan Review
Two women adjust to life after their husbands go missing in Japanese director Nao Kubota’s return to the big screen
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NewsCanada distributor Momo Films launches with ‘My Small Land’ (exclusive)
The new firm will focus on giving theatrical releases to Japanese features.
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NewsLionsgate rebrands Starzplay outside North America, may spin off studio
Streamer will remain as Starz in the US and Canada.
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NewsTokyo International Film Festival unveils line-up for first full-scale physical edition in three years
Tokyo International Film Festival’s 35th edition will include titles from Bui Thac Chuyen, Olivia Wilde and Hiroki Ryuichi.
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Reviews‘A Hundred Flowers’: San Sebastian Review
Genki Kawamura makes his debut with an adaptation of his own novel about dementia
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NewsTokyo Gap-Financing Market reveals 20 projects for third edition
Selections include new projects from directors Farkhat Sharipov and Ash Mayfair.
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FeaturesJapanese animation producer Genki Kawamura on his live-action directorial debut ‘A Hundred Flowers’
Playing in Official Selection at San Sebastian, the film is based on a novel Kawamura penned in 2019.
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NewsJulie Taymor to head Tokyo film festival jury; Kurosawa Akira Award to return
Festival will also host tributes to Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-liang and late director Shinji Aoyama.
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NewsTokyo film festival to open with ‘Fragments Of The Last Will’, close with ‘Living’
The 35th edition of the festival is set to take place in-person from October 2 to November 2.
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NewsJapanese director Kobayashi Masahiro dies aged 68
Filmmaker had four features selected for Cannes including ‘Bashing’.
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Reviews‘Love Life’: Venice Review
Family tensions are exacerbated by tragedy in Koji Fukada’s emotional melodrama
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NewsJapan release boosts ‘Bullet Train’ to top of global box office; ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ returns to top 5
Bullet Train’s $15.2m is the lowest for a Number 1 film since the worldwide weekend chart was introduced in June 2021.
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Reviews‘Stonewalling’: Venice Review
Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka explore the limited options available to the younger generation of contemporary China
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Reviews‘A Man’: Venice Review
A grieving woman learns the truth about her late husband in Kei Ishikawa’s slow-burn drama
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NewsGKids to make Studio Ghibli film library available for digital rental
Devotees in North America can start renting Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle et al from August 30.