All Japan articles – Page 5
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NewsKore-eda-produced project among four showcased by Japan in Busan (exclusive)
‘That Drive’ will be the debut film of Miyoh Yamaura.
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Reviews‘The Height Of The Coconut Trees’: Busan Review
Cinematographer Du Jie makes his directorial debut with this enigmatic Japanese ghost story
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NewsJapan’s Gaga to launch star-packed anthology ‘At The Bench’ at ACFM (exclusive)
The cast includes ‘Godzilla Minus One’ star Ryunosuke Kamiki and Hirokazu Kore-eda regular Suzu Hirose.
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NewsKiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cloud’ headed to UK-Ire, Germany, Asia (exclusive)
The director picked up an honorary award in Busan and the film is Japan’s selection for the Oscars.
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Reviews‘Kaneko’s Commissary’: Busan Review
Super Eight’s Ryuhei Maruyama stars in this ‘plodding’ prison drama from Japan
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NewsJapanese director Hitoshi One signs five-year Netflix deal
The filmmaker behind ‘Bakuman’ and series ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ will make features and series for the streamer.
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FeaturesWhy it took 26 years to bring hit Japanese franchise ‘Detective Conan’ to UK-Ireland cinemas
The anime feature is the biggest title at the Japan box office of 2024 to date.
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NewsTokyo film festival reveals 2024 line-up with strong Asian presence in competition
The festival will include 19 world premieres across its two competition strands.
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NewsSho Miyake, Fu Tien-yu to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2024
Actor and director Takumi Saitoh also announced as jury head for TIFF’s Ethical Film Award.
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NewsCannes award-winning producers to present projects at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 2024 (exclusive)
Projects from the producers of ‘Plan 75’ and ‘Tiger Stripes’ among the selection as well as Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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NewsSamurai thriller ’11 Rebels’ lands North America, German distribution (exclusive)
The film has been set as the opening film of Tokyo International Film Festival.
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NewsTokyo film festival to open with period thriller ’11 Rebels’, close with ‘Marcello Mio’
The festival is set to close with Christophe Honoré’s ‘Marcello Mio’.
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NewsNaomi Kawase’s Nara film festival sets 2024 competition line-up
International features will vie for the Golden Shika award.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight comedy drama ‘Eephus’ sells across Asia (exclusive)
The baseball film has sold to Japan, Indonesia and India.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires TIFF Centrepiece, Cannes selection ‘My Sunshine’ (exclusive)
North American premiere in Toronto scheduled for next week.
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Reviews‘Happyend’: Venice Review
Neo Sora’s fiction debut follows a group of students in near-future Japan as they attempt to disrupt surveillance society
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NewsMetrograph acquires Venice surveillance drama ‘Happyend’ for North America
The film by Neo Sora will next play Toronto, Busan and New York Film Festival.
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FeaturesHow Baltasar Kormakur recreated multiple time periods in Japan, Iceland, and London for ‘Touch’
‘Touch’ follows Icelandic widower Kristofer who travels to Japan to find the woman he met and fell in love with in London 50 years before.
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Reviews‘Cloud’: Venice Review
The cybernet gets viciously real in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest web-inspired thriller
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NewsJapanese animation studios take record $2.34bn as sector booms
Features such as ‘Suzume’ and ‘The Boy And The Heron’ proved a significant contributor.