All articles by Matt Schley – Page 3
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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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NewsNaomi Kawase’s Nara film festival sets 2024 competition line-up
International features will vie for the Golden Shika award.
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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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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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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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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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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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FeaturesJapanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa talks remaking crime thriller ‘Serpent’s Path’ in France
The film is a remake of his own 1998 film of the same name.
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NewsBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up
The festival in South Korea is set to open with Rose Glass’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and close with Soi Cheang’s ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’.
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News‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ first overseas title to lead Japan box office in 2024
The prequel also surpassed the opening revenue for 2015’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’.