All Japan articles – Page 11
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NewsJonathan Glazer’s hot Cannes title ’The Zone Of Interest’ secures major territory deals for A24
Holocaust drama has emerged as likely awards contender at Cannes and for 2024 awards season.
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Reviews‘Kubi’: Cannes Review
Takeshi Kitano’s return to the samurai genre is an adaptation of his own historical novel
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NewsKorean drama ‘Hopeless’ lands Asia, Europe sales ahead of Cannes premiere (exclusive)
Kim Chang-hoon’s feature directorial debut plays in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes title ‘Monster’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Paris-based Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
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NewsJapan greenlights first official production incentives (exclusive)
Programme to attract films, high-end TV and streaming projects to shoot in the country.
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NewsChina’s Parallax scores sales of ‘The Cord of Life’ and Berlinale drama (exclusive)
Further sales titles include Kong Dashan’s ’Journey To The West’ and Zhang Chi’s ’In Search Of Echo’.
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NewsJapanese romantic drama ‘Egoist’ lands sales in US, Asia (exclusive)
Daishi Matsunaga’s gay romance premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival last October.
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FeaturesCannes 2023: the buzz titles from Japan
The latest from acclaimed filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda and Takeshi Kitano join animation, horror and fantasy titles being showcased by Japanese sellers at the Marché.
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Reviews‘Monster’: Cannes Review
Hirokazu Kore-eda brings emotional nuance to a moral tale about school bullying, scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto
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News“We have more meetings than in 2019”: Cannes welcomes back Asian film industry
Execs from China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea are among those back at the market in-person.
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NewsGaga, Goodfellas score sales of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes Competition film ‘Monster’ (exclusive)
The Japanese auteur won the Palme d’Or with ’Shoplifters’ in 2018.
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NewsGakuryu Ishii to direct adaptation of ‘The Box Man’, cast revealed (exclusive)
Happinet Phantom Studios to launch the project at the Cannes market.
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Reviews‘There Is A Stone’: Jeonju Review
Japan-set meditation about the connection between strangers wins top prize at Jeonju
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NewsGKids acquires Japanese smash ‘The First Slam Dunk’
Manga adaptation grossed more than $98m in home country, won Japan Academy Prize for best animation of the year.
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NewsJapan studio Toho launches production services firm to support foreign shoots
Toho Tombo Pictures will be led by Georgina Pope.
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NewsOscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto dies aged 71
The Japanese composer won the Academy Award for ‘The Last Emperor’.
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FeaturesHow Japan’s first Niigata International Animation Film Festival was drawn up
The festival drew major names from the county’s iconic animation scene for its first edition.
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NewsMiddle East’s MBC Group partners with Tokyopop on anime production venture
Initiative will focus on series but will also consider features.
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News‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’ triumphs at Japan’s inaugural Niigata International Animation Film Festival
Mamoru Oshii was jury president of the new prestigious animation event.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom readies drama series ‘Fall Of The God Of Cars’ about fugitive Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn
Director’s Revolution Films has partnered with Fremantle, Passenger and Anonymous Content on six-parter