All Japan articles – Page 29
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Reviews‘Me And The Cult Leader’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A victim of the Tokyo sarin gas attack meets with one of its unrepentant perpetrators
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FeaturesCannes virtual market: hot titles from Japan
Screen rounds up the Japanese titles available to buyers during this year’s Cannes virtual market, which runs June 22-26.
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NewsJapan debut drives ‘Little Women’ to cusp of $100m international box office
Crime drama Gyul-Baek opens top in South Korea on $2.4m.
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News“We didn’t want a devalued Cannes” says Thierry Frémaux on virtual 2020 Official Selection
Titles will be eligible for selection in competitions of San Sebastian and Toronto
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NewsOnline edition of Annecy unveils 2020 feature competition selection
Films by Joann Sfar, Rémi Chayé, Takashi Yamazaki and Andrey Khrzhanovsky to compete for festival’s Crystal award.
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NewsSony sets up $100m coronavirus relief fund
The fund will support medical staff helping to fight the virus, children and educators working remotely, and those working in the entertainment industry.
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FeaturesJapan’s Nippon TV taps into global demand for female-oriented dramas
Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV has found a global groove selling scripted formats for social-issue dramas.
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NewsJapan’s Uplink to open four-screen arthouse cinema in Kyoto
New mini-theatre complex will mark Uplink’s third arthouse cinema in Japan.
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NewsJapan's Sion Sono making comedy drama ‘Red Post On Escher Street’ (exclusive)
Sono picked up prizes at the Berlinale for Love Exposure in 2009 and Strange Circus in 2006.
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NewsFrance’s Art House Films swoops on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’ (exclusive)
Kurosawa is a Cannes regular with films such as Tokyo Sonata (2008), Journey To The Shore (2015) and Before We Vanish (2017).
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NewsFrance and Japan pick up Global Screen’s ‘Crescendo’ (exclusive)
The film stars Toni Erdmann’s Peter Simonischek as a world-famous conductor who accepts the job of creating an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from Japan
Includes two Japanese titles playing in the main festival.
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NewsJapan’s Nikkatsu picks up Kimo Stamboel’s ‘The Queen of Black Magic’ (exclusive)
Produced by Indonesia’s PT Rapi Films, the film is a reboot of the horror classic of the same name, directed by Lilik Sudjio.
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NewsVillage Inc launches ‘Siren In The Shadows’ (exclusive)
Village Inc has also announced that it is making its entire slate available for VOD and online distribution.
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NewsLocarno to fete Japan’s Kinuyo Tanaka in first retrospective devoted to female filmmaker
Pioneering filmmaker and actress was second woman to direct a feature in history of Japanese cinema.
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Features12 Asian, Middle Eastern and African titles to tempt festival directors in 2020
Includes new films from Ann Hui, Mohamed Diab and Kaouther Ben Hania.
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NewsRiz Ahmed, Alison Brie, Lee Pace join English-language voice cast of Japanese animation 'Weathering With You'
GKIDS to release hit in US on January 17.
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FeaturesAwards focus: four Japanese anime titles that could be Oscar contenders
Four Japanese anime films are in the running for a nomination in the Oscars’ animation category, including Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You.
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Reviews‘Dance With Me’: Macao Review
A hypnotised woman feels compelled to sing and dance in Shinoby Yaguchi’s meta-musical
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NewsStudio Ghibli catalogue to be made available for digital purchase for first time
Titles include Oscar winner Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya.