A Japanese film has reportedly devastated audiences at the Cannes Film Festival with its poetic imagining of a dystopian solution to Japan’s aging population. “Plan 75,” written and directed by Chie ...

The new venture, which is launching a fund, is set to back an ambitious slate of movies from leading Japanese directors including Hirokazu Kore-eda, Takashi Miike, Shunji Iwai, Miwa Nishikawa and ...

At the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu clinched the Golden Mulberry prize, the top honor at the festival’s audience awards. Family drama Takano Tofu ...

The Japanese film legend premiered his latest (though he promises not his last) feature, the samurai period epic 'Kubi,' in Cannes. By Patrick Brzeski, Scott Roxborough Takeshi Kitano has had enough ...

"All you have to fight your detractors is the art of Kabuki." GKids has unveiled the official US trailer for an acclaimed Japanese film titled Kokuho, made by filmmaker Sang-il Lee. The title Kokuho ...

For its 70th anniversary, Akira Kurosawa's classic film "Seven Samurai" is getting a touch-up and a victory lap. A 4K restoration of the 1954 film was shown last month at the Cannes Film Festival and ...

"What a beautiful face... But be careful. Your beautiful face might consume you." Definitely. GKids has revealed a second trailer for the acclaimed Japanese drama titled Kokuho, made by filmmaker Sang ...

The novel by Japanese author Ichijo Misaki, *‘Today, Even If This Love Disappears from the World’, Momo*, ranked 2nd on Yes24 ...

The Japanese and Italian film industries are set to enter a new era of collaboration, after the Japan–Italy film co-production agreement officially came into effect on August 9. At the Tokyo ...

TOKYO (AP) — The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premieres on ...

Japanese film director Masato Harada, known for socially conscious works including "Climber's High," died on Monday at the age of 76, Tsubasa Project, a talent agency that had a business partnership ...

The animated movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first Japanese film to rake in more than 100 billion yen ($645 million) at the global box office. According to its ...