Jason Gray
Jason Gray covers Japan for Screen.
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FeaturesSet report: Yakuza Apocalypse
Japan’s Takashi Miike returns to his action roots with a suitably off the wall gangster-vampire story, Yakuza Apocalypse. Jason Gray visits the set.
FeaturesFilmart 2014: hot titles: Japan
Japanese companies attend Filmart with a strong line-up of titles. Jason Gray highlights some of the most eye-catching productions.
FeaturesSion Sono, Tokyo Tribe
After hit Why Don’t You Play In Hell?, director Sion Sono tackles hip-hop and gangs with manga adaptation Tokyo Tribe. Jason Gray visits the set.
NewsIndonesia's Balinale reveals winners
Films from Ifa Isfansyah and Endri Pelita take top prizes at Bali film festival.
CommentSurprises and bartering boost Balinale
Jason Gray visits Indonesia’s only international film festival and discovers that the element of surprise can be key for putting smaller festivals on the map.
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.
NewsXYZ slays sales for Killers
EXCLUSIVE: Japanese-Indonesian crime-thriller sells to Germany, France, Turkey and Hong Kong.
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.
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.
NewsWarner pulls out of theatrical exhibition in Japan
Japan’s Aeon Group has announced plans to buy out Time Warner Group’s 50% holdings in theatrical exhibitor Warner Mycal Cinemas.
NewsEpilogue takes top prize at Tokyo Filmex
Amir Manor’s Epilogue was awarded the grand prize and $8,500 (Y700,000) at the closing awards of the 13th edition of Tokyo Filmex (Nov 23-Dec 2).
NewsASEAN's inaugural FLY project wraps in Davao
The inaugural edition of the ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator (FLY) project wrapped in Davao City, the Philippines this weekend with a mandate for expansion in 2013.
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Sineng Pambansa film festival announces winners
Benji Garcia’s Malan won the jury award at the second Sineng Pambansa national film festival (Nov 22-25), which ran concurrently with the Philippines’ first ever film market.
NewsMamoru Oshii readies international co-production
Japanese director Mamoru Oshii will direct live action military sci-fi thriller The Last Druid: Garm Wars as an international co-production.
FeaturesThe Tokyo connection
Celebrating its 25th edition in 2012, the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 20-28) has become a major launchpad into Japan and a source of films for local distributors.
NewsJapanese director Koji Wakamatsu dead at 76
Legendary Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu has died in hospital of injuries after being hit by a taxi on the night of October 12.
NewsASEAN, BFC to launch incubator for Asian filmmakers
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in partnership with Korea’s Busan Film Commission (BFC) will launch a talent incubator for young Asian filmmakers from across the region.
NewsTokyo fest screening of Yim Ho's Floating City cancelled
Hong Kong-China production appears to have been withdrawn due to escalating political tensions between China and Japan.
NewsTokyo International Film Festival unveils line-up
Five world premieres in the competition section, including Riri Riza’s Atambua 39° Celsius; Hiroshi Okuhara’s The Black Square and Wang Jing’s Feng Shui.