All Japan articles – Page 7
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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.
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NewsTokyo film festival launching ‘Women’s Empowerment’ section to champion female filmmakers
The festival has also named Irie Yu as this year’s director in focus.
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NewsFirst look at Venice title ‘Broken Rage’, Takeshi Kitano’s Amazon MGM Studios feature
The unorthodox feature is half gritty action feature, half comedy parody.
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NewsKazuo Ishiguro’s ‘A Pale View of Hills’ being adapted by Japan’s Bunbuku, UK’s Number 9
The film will be directed by Kei Ishikawa, starring Suzu Hirose.
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News‘My Hero Academia: You’re Next’ tops stellar $16m at Japan box office
The Japanese anime has broken into the top 10 of the year to date after just three weekends on release.
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NewsJapanese hit ‘Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram’ set for UK-Ireland release (exclusive)
Marks the first time that a feature in the ‘Detective Conan’ franchise has been given a theatrical release in UK and Irish cinemas.
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NewsNetflix, Toho to remake sci-fi ‘The Human Vapor’ written by ‘Train To Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho
Shinzo Katayama will direct a cast led by Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi.
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NewsVietnam’s Beta Media, Japan’s Aeon Entertainment partner to invest $200m in Vietnamese cinema
The joint venture will include exhibition, production and distribution.
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NewsJohnnie To, Chiara Mastroianni join Tokyo film festival 2024 jury
Ildiko Enyedi and Ai Hashimoto also join previously announced jury head Tony Leung.
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NewsFangoria, Through the Lens to produce three films by horror manga artist Junji Ito
Titles include ‘Bloodsucking Darkness’ and two instalments of ‘The Mystery Of The Haunted House’.
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NewsKiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cloud’ lands Europe, Asia sales ahead of Venice premiere (exclusive)
The Japanese auteur previously won best director at Venice with ’Wife Of A Spy’.
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NewsUzbekistan drama ‘Sunday’, India’s ‘Stolen’ win top prizes at Japan’s Skip City
Further winners included Yoshihiko Taniguchi’s ‘Happy Life’.
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NewsJapan’s Wowow launches international production service division
‘Tokyo Vice’ executive producer Kayo Washio will oversee Wowow Bridge.
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NewsJapanese producer Aki Isoyama signs five-year deal with Netflix
Isoyama is known for features such as ‘The Lady Shogun And Her Men’ and series ‘Extremely Inappropriate!’.
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NewsJapanese anime ‘My Hero Academia: You’re Next’ lands US theatrical release
Marks the fourth feature in the popular franchise.
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NewsJapan box office dominated by local features in first half of 2024
Anime features such as ‘Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram’ led the charge.
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NewsTaiwan’s Hope Marketing sells Bifan drama ‘Who’ll Stop The Rain’ (exclusive)
The firm has also closed a deal for documentary ‘In Search of A Mixed Identity’.