All Japan articles – Page 27
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'How To Bring Women Back Into A Good Humor' wins audience award in Okinawa
Other winners at Japanese festival were Filament, Nana-chan and Trash.
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Udine's Far East Film Festival announces 2019 line-up
Festival will open with Lee Jong-un’s ‘Birthday’.
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Japan’s Yoshimoto Kogyo invests in pan-Asian streamer iflix
It is the group’s first major investment outside of Japan.
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Qumra 2019: Kiyoshi Kurosawa plans return to genre filmmaking
Kurosawa’s latest film is the Uzebekistan-set To The Ends Of The Earth
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Filmart: Japan's CREi launches environment drama 'Tall Chimney'
The Japanese sales company has three titles at the market.
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Filmart: 'Rise Of The Machine Girls' fires up Nikkatsu slate
The film is a remake of Noboru Iguchi’s cult action thriller The Machine Girl.
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Filmart: Gaga launches Second World War music tale 'Organ' (exclusive)
Directed by Emiko Hiramatsu and starring Erika Toda, the feature is based on a true story.
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Filmart: Nippon TV launches 'Diner', 'The Fable', 'Almost A Miracle'
Mika Ninagawa’s Diner, Yuya Ishii’s Almost A Miracle and Kan Eguchi’s The Fable are all set for local release in summer.
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Aretha Franklin concert doc 'Amazing Grace' sells to Studiocanal for UK, Australia (exclusive)
NEON previously acquired US rights to long-gestating concert film.
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Japan's ColorBird picks up 'Taro The Fool' starring Yoshi (exclusive)
Has picked up international rights.
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Japan's Village Inc launches sales on 'Fortress Of Skulls' starring Kenichi Matsuyama
Directed by Takanobu Kanazawa, the project also stars Osamu Mukai (Hanamizuki) and Rena Tanaka (Omotenashi).
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Nikkatsu clinches deals for Sundance winner 'We Are Little Zombies' (exclusive)
Film opens Generation 14Plus in Berlin.
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Reviews
'We Are Little Zombies': Sundance Review
Four orphaned Japanese teens team up to form a rock band
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Reviews
'Jesus': Macao Review
A shy young boy finds a friend in Jesus in Hiroshi Okuyama’s original debut
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Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato to star in nuclear power plant action drama 'Fukushima 50'
Production to begin in Japan this month.
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Features
AFM 2018: The buzz titles from Japan
This year’s AFM line-up from Japan arrives to fanfare. Sadao Nakajima returns after a 20-year hiatus, and there’s a swathe of new talent ready to impress.
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'Amanda', 'A First Farewell' take top prizes at Tokyo film festival
Festival’s 31st edition built bridges to China and Southeast Asia.
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Features
Filmmaker Rikiya Imaizumi on his Tokyo competition title 'Just Only Love'
Imaizumi’s drama about millennials navigating love is one of only two Japanese features in TIFF Competition.
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Junji Sakamoto discusses tackling PTSD for his Tokyo competition title 'Another World'
The veteran filmmaker shines a light on a taboo topic in Japan.
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Toei launches sales on Takashi Shimizu horror 'Howling Village' (exclusive)
Shimizu is known as the creator of ‘The Grudge’ franchise.