All Japan articles – Page 42
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FeaturesTokyo's show of support
As Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 17-25) enters a new era, the focus will be on backing home-grown talent.
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NewsDWKs sets Son remake
DreamWorks Studios confirmed on Monday (30) it has bought remake rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s film Like Father, Like Son.
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NewsElysium heads for Japan, Brazil
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) releases Elysium in Japan and Brazil this weekend as executives anticipate the running total will cross $150m.
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NewsTokyo Film Festival unveils line-up
Competition section includes six world premieres and titles from Koji Fukada, Jun Robles Lana and Lee Ju-hyoung.
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NewsProduction I.G. draws up Giovanni’s Island
Tokyo-based animation studio Production I.G. is producing a hand-drawn animated feature, Giovanni’s Island, directed by Mamoru Oshii collaborator Mizuho Nishikubo.
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NewsHayao Miyazaki talks retirement
Legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki bid farewell to animated feature film-making at a press conference announcing his retirement in Tokyo.
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NewsChen Kaige to head Tokyo jury
Farewell My Concubine director named jury president of the 2013 edition.
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NewsDrafthouse to play in Hell
EXCLUSIVE: Drafthouse Films has picked up North American rights to Japanese director Sion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play In Hell? ahead of its Venice world premiere.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open Tokyo
The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is to open with Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
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FeaturesLive Viewing Japan: alt rock
As powerful alternative-content company Live Viewing Japan moves into specialised film distribution, Wendy Mitchell talks to company founder Yokichi Osato.
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NewsBuyers respond to Silence
IM Global announced on Thursday [30] it had closed a raft of key territories in Cannes on Martin Scorsese’s upcoming period drama financed by Emmett/Furla Films, Corsan Films and Len Blavatnik’s AI Film.
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NewsLive Viewing Japan moves into film distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo-based Live Viewing Japan, part of the powerful Amuse Group, is expanding into international film distributionacross the Asian market, on various platforms.
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FeaturesJapan Special 2013
In a big year for Japan at the Cannes Film Festival, Screen offers a detailed insight to the industry, plans for TIFF, the growth of TIFFCOM and a look at Japan on the Croisette.
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NewsMan From Reno starts shoot
Principal photography is scheduled to commence on Thursday [21] on Man From Reno starring Kazuki Kitamura from Gareth Evans’ upcoming The Raid 2 and Ayako Fujitani [pictured] from Tokyo!
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NewsJapanese box office up 7.7%
The Japanese box office totalled $2.15bn (195bn yen) in 2012, topping the previous year’s figures by 7.7% but remaining below 2010’s 220.7bn yen.
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NewsNagisa Oshima dead at 80
Nagisa Oshima, the iconoclastic Japanese director of In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, died of pneumonia in a Kanagawa hospital early on Tuesday (Jan 15). He was 80 years old.
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NewsDresden to produce live action Grave of the Fireflies
Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story Grave of the Fireflies for a live action adaptation.
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NewsMPAA honours Avex Group founder and TIFF chairman Tom Yoda
The ceremony took place on Nov 5 in Washington DC in recognition of Yoda’s “outstanding contribution to the Japanese filmmaking industry.”