All Japan articles – Page 13
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Features18 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Includes upcoming features from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ng Yuen Fai, Kim Jee-woon and Hayao Miyazaki.
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NewsJapan box office reaches $1.6bn in 2022 led by ‘One Piece Film Red’
Strong recovery reveals figures are getting closer to pre-pandemic levels.
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News‘Parasite’ producer Barunson to collaborate with video game publisher Nexon
South Korean firm signs MOU with Japan-listed global video game publisher.
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NewsRyuichi Sakamoto, Ando Sakura join Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’
Upcoming feature by the Palme d’Or-winning director set for release in June 2023.
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NewsJapan-based Sony exec Bill Ireton departing to launch production venture
Executive started in local-language production at Warner Bros.
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NewsJapanese anime market hit global record high of $20bn
Streamers including Netflix contributed to 13% growth worldwide.
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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda to return with ‘Monster’ as Gaga sets 2023 release
Mystery feature to be jointly distributed by Gaga and Toho.
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NewsNetflix partners with Japan’s The Seven to produce live-action originals
TBS Holdings-owned company signs five-year pact with streaming giant.
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FeaturesAFM 2022: hot projects from Japan
Titles include a manga adaptation, suspense thriller and the latest from two J-horror icons.
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NewsRodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beasts’ wins three awards at Tokyo film festival
Further winners included ‘World War III’ and ‘by the window’.
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NewsKoji Fukada dedicates Kurosawa Award to struggling Japanese film workers
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu also donated proceeds to a Mexican scholarship programme.
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NewsKoji Fukada, Tsai Ming-liang talk filmmaking challenges in Japan and Taiwan
The two directors were in conversation at Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘Mountain Woman’: Tokyo Review
Takeshi Fukanaga’s third feature follows a shamed woman searching for peace in 18th century Japan
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Reviews‘And So I’m At A Loss’: Tokyo Review
Daisuke Miura adapts his own stage play about a 20-something Tokyo slacker
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NewsNikkatsu launches live-action adaptation of manga ‘Downfall’ at TIFFCOM
Based on Inio Asano’s manga, the film stars Takumi Saito from ’Shin Ultraman’.
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NewsTIFFCOM Pitching Contest winners revealed
Two projects awarded in the contest, which took place as part of the TIFFCOM market.
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Reviews‘Egoist’: Tokyo Review
A successful gay man navigates a new romance in Daishi Matsunaga’s satisfying character study
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Reviews‘by the window’: Tokyo Review
A man ponders what to do about his wife’s affair in Rikiya Imaizumi’s languid drama
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FeaturesFilmmaker Daishi Matsunaga talks confronting LGBTQ+ issues in Tokyo competition film ‘Egoist’
Japanese filmmaker took a documentary approach to shooting the drama.
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FeaturesDirector Rikiya Imaizumi on rejecting Hollywood emotions in Tokyo competition film ‘by the window’
The feature is set to world premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival