All Japan articles – Page 17
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News
UK’s Evolutionary Films seals deals for ‘Death Hunt’ (exclusive)
Deals include North America, Japan and Africa.
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Promotion
‘Somebody’s Flowers’ director Yusuke Okuda reveals the tragedy that inspired his work
The up-and-coming Japanese filmmaker is being showcased at the EFM.
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Reviews
‘Small, Slow But Steady’: Berlin Review
Sombre, sensitive portrait of a young professional female boxer in Japan
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Promotion
How ‘The Nighthawk’s First Love’ director Yuka Yasukawa is championing Japanese cinema
The up-and-coming Japanese filmmaker is being showcased at the EFM.
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Promotion
Why ‘Intimate Stranger’ director Mayu Nakamura wanted to film older women
Non-binary characters will be a future focus of the up-and-coming Japanese filmmaker, who is being showcased at the EFM.
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News
Foggy takes Japan rights to Zhang Lu’s ‘Yanagawa’ (exclusive)
New Japanese distributor has also secured rights to two further Zhang features.
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Promotion
‘Ring Wandering’ director Masakazu Kaneko talks jamming with nature
The up-and-coming Japanese filmmaker is being showcased at the EFM.
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Promotion
Discovering new Japanese films and talent at the Berlinale
The Berlinale has long provided a high-profile platform to discover exciting new Japanese films and filmmakers.
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Features
Berlin 2022: Japan hot projects
Wedding planners, serial killers and dead kaijus all feature in the Japanese films set to launch at this year’s Berlinale and European Film Market.
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News
France’s Urban unveils new sales exec, quartet of EFM titles (exclusive)
EFM slate features four new sales acquisitions including Hicham Ayouch’s satirical comedy Abdelinho.
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Features
14 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2022
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Park Chan-wook and Makoto Shinkai all have films ready for 2022.
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Features
‘Belle’ creator Mamoru Hosoda on global collaboration, Japanese cinema and advances in computer animation
“I always liked the underlying story of Beauty And The Beast,” says Hosoda about the fairy tale on which Belle is loosely based.
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News
Charades acquires Japanese Encounters title ‘Small Slow But Steady’ (exclusive)
The boxing dreams drama is fifth fiction feature by Japanese director Shô Miyake who was last in Berlin in 2019.
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News
Japan’s Yamagata documentary festival partners with DAFilms for free online programme
The selection includes early films by Naomi Kawase and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
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News
MPM Premium launches Gérard Depardieu chef comedy ‘Umami’ at Paris RDV (exclusive)
France and Japan-shot production reunites Depardieu with Sandrine Bonnaire and Pierre Richard.
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News
Hirokazu Kore-eda to shoot Kyoto-set ‘The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House’ for Netflix
It is adapted from a popular Japanese comic by Aiko Koyama.
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Features
In conversation: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hidetoshi Nishijima on adapting ‘Drive My Car’ for screen
The director and lead actor speak about the challenges of adapting author Haruki Murakami for the screen and the future of the Japanese industry.
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News
GKids adds ‘Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko’ to awards season pipeline
Distributor plans awards run on latest collaboration with Studio 4°C.
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Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda teams with Netflix on film and original series
The Japanese filmmaker is working on a feature film and a drama series.