All Japan articles – Page 28
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Reviews'Jesus': Macao Review
A shy young boy finds a friend in Jesus in Hiroshi Okuyama’s original debut
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NewsKen Watanabe, Koichi Sato to star in nuclear power plant action drama 'Fukushima 50'
Production to begin in Japan this month.
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FeaturesAFM 2018: The buzz titles from Japan
This year’s AFM line-up from Japan arrives to fanfare. Sadao Nakajima returns after a 20-year hiatus, and there’s a swathe of new talent ready to impress.
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News'Amanda', 'A First Farewell' take top prizes at Tokyo film festival
Festival’s 31st edition built bridges to China and Southeast Asia.
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FeaturesFilmmaker Rikiya Imaizumi on his Tokyo competition title 'Just Only Love'
Imaizumi’s drama about millennials navigating love is one of only two Japanese features in TIFF Competition.
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FeaturesJunji Sakamoto discusses tackling PTSD for his Tokyo competition title 'Another World'
The veteran filmmaker shines a light on a taboo topic in Japan.
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NewsToei launches sales on Takashi Shimizu horror 'Howling Village' (exclusive)
Shimizu is known as the creator of ‘The Grudge’ franchise.
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News'Departures' director Yojiro Takita to make Chinese-language debut with 'Silence Of Smoke' (exclusive)
Takita is known for directing the Oscar-winning ‘Departures’.
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NewsJohnny Depp to play war photographer W. Eugene Smith in thriller 'Minamata'
HanWay Films to handle international sales.
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NewsNaomi Kawase to direct Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games official film
Kawase will be the fifth woman to direct an official Olympic film.
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Reviews'Ten Years Japan': Busan Review
A collection of five stories set a decade into Japan’s future
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NewsTokyo Film Festival unveils line-up; new films from Fruit Chan, Gyorgy Palfi and Veit Helmer
Total of 16 titles set for this year’s Competition line-up.
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News'Les Salopes Or The Naturally Wanton Pleasure Of Skin' sparks deals
Filmoption International cuts deals on adventures of a married woman who must face the music.
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NewsFinecut sells Park Hoon-jung's 'The Witch: Part 1' to Japan
The film also sold to Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and Poland.
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Reviews'Killing': Venice Review
Shinya Tsukamoto takes an alternative look at disintegrating samurai culture
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NewsJapan’s Gaga picks up debut feature of Kore-eda protege
Nanako Hirose’s His Lost Name will premiere in Busan’s New Currents competition.
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News'Shoplifters' selected as Japan’s Oscar submission
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner is director’s biggest hit in Japan and a record-breaker in China.
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NewsBusan Film Festival announces Ryuichi Sakamoto as Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Sakamoto won a Bafta for 1983 drama ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’.
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News'Nancy' wins top prize at Japan's Skip City festival
Best director goes to Icelandic filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson for Under The Tree.
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NewsEthan Hawke joins Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve in Kore-eda's 'La Verite'
The project is Kore-eda’s first since winning this year’s Palme d’Or for ‘Shoplifters’.