All Japan articles – Page 51
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NewsOne Japanese film in Tokyo competition
In an early announcement, the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed Japanese film Pale Moon will be the only local film in Competition this year.
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NewsDistributors hear Oppenheimer’s Silence
Tel Aviv-based sales outfit Cinephil has sold Joshua Oppenheimer’s well-received doc The Look of Silence to France, Canada, Japan and Australia.
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NewsCorn Island, Accused enter Oscar race
Georgia enters Karlovy Vary winner for consideration for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar, which has also seen submissions from the Netherlands and Japan.
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NewsDogwoof sells Dior and I to Asia
Distributor will hold further talks about the doc with buyers in Toronto.
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NewsTokyo unveils major Asian push
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced a seven-year collaboration with the Japan Foundation that includes co-producing a pan-Asian omnibus series.
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NewsJapan's Lawson to buy United Cinemas
Convenience store chain Lawson is set to acquire Japan’s third largest theatre operator United Cinemas in a deal thought to be worth around $100m by the end of the month.
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NewsDevilworks clocks Time Lapse sales
Sci-fi thriller sold into Asia and Europe on top of deals for Discopath, The Maid’s Room and Devil May Call.
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NewsStudio Ghibli to scale back production
Japanese animation producer to scale back following retirement of Hayao Miyazaki.
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NewsTokyo to host Hideaki Anno showcase
The only filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki would ever acknowledge as his apprentice to be celebrated at TIFF.
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NewsSea Of Trees commences shoot
Waypoint Entertainment and Netter Productions’ drama has begun shooting and will film on location in Massachusetts and Japan. Ken Kao and Alex Walton’s Bloom represents international rights and launched pre-sales in Cannes.
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NewsDisney bolsters Asia exec suite
Paul Candland has been named to the newly created position of president of The Walt Disney Company, Asia.
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NewsBig Hero 6 world premiere to open Tokyo
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its opening film will be the world premiere of Disney animation Big Hero 6.
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NewsHere Is Harold makes sales
Norwegian road movie, about a man who sets out to kidnap the founder of Ikea, sold to Europe and Asia.
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NewsVyer Films, NYAFF partner on Himizu
Film curation and streaming start-up Vyer Films has set the online premiere of Sion Sono’s film and struck an alliance with NYAFF operators Subway Cinema.
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FeaturesSet report: Yakuza Apocalypse
Japan’s Takashi Miike returns to his action roots with a suitably off the wall gangster-vampire story, Yakuza Apocalypse. Jason Gray visits the set.
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NewsTIFF to host screening at Kabukiza
Tokyo’s main venue for kabuki performance is rarely used for film screenings.
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NewsNaomi Watts in talks for Trees
The actress is in talks to join the most high-profile prestige title of the market, which Bloom is selling in Cannes and will star Matthew McConaughey.
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NewsMK2 boards Naomi Kawase’s An
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based company adds trio of Japanese titles to slate.
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FeaturesTakashi Murakami, Jellyfish Eyes
Renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami talks to Emmanuelle Charlier about his feature directorial debut, a two-part tale about a fatherless youngster in a post-Fukushima world who relocates with this mother to the countryside where he discovers a strange creature.
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NewsMiike shooting Yakuza Apocalypse
EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Nikkatsu Corporation has announced director Takashi Miike has started shooting Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld as of April 17.