All Japan articles – Page 4
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NewsTokyo film festival to open with 'Underdog', close with 'Hokusai'
Boxing drama Underdog is directed by Masaharu Take, while Hokusai is a biopic directed by Hajime Hashimoto.
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Reviews
‘Wife Of A Spy’: Venice Review
Kiyoshi Kurosawa pays tribute to the master of suspense in this elegant pre-War drama set in Kobe
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‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’: Fantasia Review
An uncut 77 minute action sequence highlights the latest Yuji Shimomura-Tak Sakaguchi collaboration
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Cannes selection ‘Earwig And The Witch’ finds US home
GKIDS plans to release Earwig And The Witch in early 2021.
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Amazon to stream Isao Yukisada’s ‘Theatre’ day-and-date with cinema release in Japan
Film will open in Japanese cinemas and stream globally on Amazon Prime Video from July 17.
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First sales and trailer for LevelK’s Moomins creator biopic ‘Tove’ (exclusive)
Alma Pösti plays the Finnish painter Tove Jansson.
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First Look: Gorô Miyazaki’s ‘Earwig And The Witch’ (exclusive)
It is the first feature animation from Japan’s Studio Ghibli in six years.
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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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Features
Cannes 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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Japan 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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“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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Online 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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Sony 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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Japan’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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Japan’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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Japan'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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France’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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France 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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Features
EFM 2020: the buzz titles from Japan
Includes two Japanese titles playing in the main festival.
