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All Japan articles – Page 40
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NewsAte De Jong’s 'Deadly Virtues' sold to Japan, Taiwan
Home invasion erotic thriller makes Asia sales.
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NewsHideo Nakata's 'Ghost Theatre' scares up sales
EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Nikkatsu has sold J-horror master Hideo Nakata’s new film Ghost Theater to Red Pictures Pte. Ltd. for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
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NewsNippon sells sci-fi 'Strayer's Chronicle' to S Korea
EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Nippon TV has pre-sold Heaven’s Story director Takahisa Zeze’s sci-fi thriller Strayer’s Chronicle to NK Contents for South Korea.
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NewsJapan’s Gaga launches Sion Sono 'erotic terrorism' film
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is launching sales on a new film based on a comic and TV series from Tokyo Tribe director Sion Sono.
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NewsJapan's Toho brings 'Cats' to Filmart
Japan’s Toho Company is launching sales on If Cats Disappeared From The World at Hong Kong Filmart.
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NewsThird Window takes porn comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Third Window Films has picked up Japanese porn comedy Make Room for UK distribution and international sales excluding Asia.
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NewsDoraemon breaks Hong Kong record
Animation has become the biggest grossing Japanese feature of all time in Hong Kong after just seven days of release.
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NewsMetrodome plunges Into The Deep
Odin’s Eye makes EFM sales on shark attack thriller to the UK, Japan, Middle East and India.
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NewsVMI’s Kurt Cobain drama sells to Germany, Japan
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based VMI Worldwide closed a pair of major theatrical deals at the EFM on its Kurt Cobain true-crime drama.
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NewsEFM: Japan's NTV launches new Miike, Iwai films
EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Nippon TV (NTV) is launching sales on new titles by hot Japanese directors Takashi Miike and Shunji Iwai at the European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsEFM: Nikkatsu scares up Hideo Nakata's Ghost Theatre
EXCLUSIVE: Japanese studio Nikkatsu is attending EFM with Hideo Nakata horror Ghost Theatre and Yuki Tanada’s Romance, which teams the female director with award-winning actress-singer Yuko Oshima.
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NewsJodorowsky launches Kickstarter for Endless Poetry
Feature marks first co-production between Chile, Japan and France.
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NewsFrozen helps Japan box office rise 6.6%
Japan’s box office gross rose 6.6% to hit JPY207bn ($1.75bn) last year.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Lisa Takeba, Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory
The Japanese director talks about her second feature, which receives its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
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FeaturesHideaki Anno, Evangelion
Japanese animator and creator of the Evangelion series, Hideaki Anno, talks to Liz Shackleton about the joys of destruction.
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FeaturesMipo O, The Light Shines Only There
Elbert Wyche talks to O about her fourth feature, a pensive drama about a depressed man played by Go Ayano who is trying to escape his painful past.
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NewsANEW, Wilco, Depth Of Field adapt Birthright
All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW), Japanese production company Wilco Co and Los Angeles-based Depth Of Field will adapt, develop and produce the Japanese horror thriller for the English-language market.
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NewsDev Patel drama 'Infinity' sells worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Mister Smith inks deals on drama starring Patel and Jeremy Irons.
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FeaturesChristopher J. Dodd, MPAA
MPAA chairman and chief executive Chris Dodd talks to Liz Shackleton about Japanese audiences, China’s quotas and the impact of digital distribution on the film business.
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NewsChance iN tests AB Negative
Japanese distributor picks up Neil Horner’s crime thriller from Jinga Films.