All articles by Matt Schley
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News‘Perfect Days’ star Koji Yakusho to receive Asian Film Awards honour
The Japanese actor has a career spanning more than four decades.
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NewsCompiled TV episodes prove Japan’s biggest cinema release of 2025 so far
‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-’ is set for release in the US on February 28.
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News‘Inu-Oh’ director Masaaki Yuasa launches animation studio Ame Pippin
The Japanese filmmaker is also known for animated features ‘Mind Game’, ‘Lu Over The Wall’ and ‘Ride Your Wave’.
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NewsMichihito Fujii readies crime drama ‘A Light In The Harbor’, Toei to sell at EFM
The feature is set for release in winter 2025.
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FeaturesBerlin 2025: The buzz titles from Japan
A true story from Takashi Miike, an adaptation of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel and a horror sequel are being introduced by Japanese sellers at EFM.
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NewsNetflix reveals three films and samurai series on Japan 2025 slate
The features include ‘10Dance’ and ‘Bullet Train Explosion’.
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NewsFounder of UK’s Day for Night launches Asia-based company Not That Films (exclusive)
The sister firm will handle distribution, sales and co-production from its base in Tokyo, Japan.
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NewsNikkatsu picks up ‘What Should We Have Done?’ for EFM slate (exclusive)
The documentary has recorded local box office success since its release.
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NewsJapan box office down 6.5% to $1.3bn in 2024 due to Hollywood shortfall
Local films performed strongly but could not offset a decline in taking for US imports.
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NewsJapan’s Cinema at Sea festival reveals line-up for second edition
The Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will open with ‘Ocean Elergy: The Tragedies Of Mudan And Ryukyu’.
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Features75 films to tempt festival directors in 2025
Expect films from Chloe Zhao, Carla Simon, Julia Ducournau, Annemarie Jacir, Kathryn Bigelow, Lynne Ramsay and (possibly) Lucrecia Martel.
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NewsJapan box office dominated by local features in 2024
No live action titles from outside Japan made the top 10 of the year.
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NewsJapan set for first interactive anime feature ‘Hypnosis Mic - Division Rap Battle’
Audiences will vote in real time via a smartphone app while watching the film.
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News‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ trilogy set to launch in 2025
Will mark the conclusion of the hit ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ anime franchise.
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NewsNetflix greenlights film adaptation of Japanese BL manga ‘10Dance’
The feature will star Ryoma Takeuchi and Keita Machida
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NewsSony eyes acquisition of Japan’s Kadokawa Corporation
The Japanese media giant is behind features such as Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Kubi’ and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Serpent’s Path’.
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NewsToei launches Takashi Miike’s crime thriller ‘Sham’ at AFM (exclusive)
The film is an adaptation of a 2007 true-crime book by journalist Masumi Fukuda.
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NewsVenice, Berlin, Sundance award-winning Japanese directors selected for festival support
The chosen include Shingo Ota, Emma Kawawada, Kohki Hasei and Mai Nakanishi
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NewsJohnnie To talks Hong Kong censorship and funding challenges: “Filmmakers cannot be bystanders”
The award-winning director was in conversation with Japan’s Yu Irie at Tokyo International Film Festival.
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NewsJapanese anime industry generated record $22bn in 2023 with overseas surpassing local takings
Titles such as ‘The Last Slam Dunk’ and ‘Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine’ contributed to the figure.