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Masaki Kobayashi questions war culpability and futility in Tokyo Trial documentary
Alicia HaddickSep 17th
Film and TV
Review
On Summer Sand is grief in too many steps
Alicia HaddickSep 10th
Film and TV
Taroman: Expo Explosion revives 1970s tokusatsu filmmaking
Alicia HaddickSep 8th
Film and TV
Review
The Exit 8 movie feels lost in an endless maze of corridors
Alicia HaddickSep 3rd
Film and TV
Review
ChaO finds rough seas in otherwise-beautiful fish love comedy
Alicia HaddickSep 1st
Anime
Young & Fine is a juvenile sex comedy with genuine heart
Alicia HaddickAug 28th
Film and TV
His Motorbike, Her Island: Intoxicating, form-fitting, bike-riding Obayashi romance
Alicia HaddickAug 21st
Film and TV
Review
Catching the Stars of This Summer shatters youth COVID isolation through space
Alicia HaddickAug 15th
Film and TV
From Molcar to My Melody and Kuromi: The evolution of Tomoki Misato
Alicia HaddickAug 12th
Film and TV
964 Pinocchio: Guerrilla filmmaking at its most intoxicating and offensive
Alicia HaddickAug 4th
Film and TV
Review
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part One is an exhausting, safe, victory lap
Alicia HaddickJul 30th
Film and TV
The closure of Marunouchi TOEI is the end of an era
Alicia HaddickJul 28th
Other
Review
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey film adaptation neuters creative hunger
Alicia HaddickJul 23rd
Film and TV
Timeless fashion, chance connections and Nana
Alicia HaddickJul 15th
Film and TV
Review
Junk World is an indie stop-motion time-traveling sci-fi epic with penis jokes and powerful robot storytelling
Alicia HaddickJul 8th
Film and TV
Few matched Masahiro Shinoda's theatrical cinema
Alicia HaddickJul 2nd
Film and TV
Review
I Am What I Am, and that's fine
Alicia HaddickJun 30th
Film and TV
Katatsumori: The early efforts inspiring Naomi Kawase’s expo 2025 reintroduction
Alicia HaddickJun 26th
Film and TV
Review
NHK's Anpan puts a face to the creation of Japan's beloved children's mascot
Alicia HaddickJun 23rd
Film and TV
Review
Kokuho captures the brutal dedication of kabuki, on and off stage
Alicia HaddickJun 17th
Film and TV
Review
I Have a Secret makes supernatural school life gloriously mundane
Alicia HaddickJun 12th
Film and TV
Jinsei is a solo-animated unflinching rebuke of Japanese society
Alicia HaddickJun 9th
Film and TV
Review
The Reluctant Preacher plays into the power fantasy of taking a stand
Alicia HaddickJun 6th
Film and TV
Review
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional admits defeat on the big screen
Alicia HaddickJun 2nd
Film and TV
Review
News Anchor places journalistic practice into sharp focus
Alicia HaddickMay 27th
Film and TV
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Kokuho is selected by EIREN as Japan's "Best International Feature Film" submission for the 98th Academy Awards
Aug 28th
Film and TV
Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe: At A Confessional hits Amazon Prime in September
Aug 22nd
Film and TV
Omoinotake contribute new original song "Gravity" for upcoming film (LOVE SONG)
Jul 22nd
Film and TV
Upcoming anime film 'AS ONE' receives new trailer, key visual
Jul 10th
Film and TV
Vampire Hunter D revival screening coming to Japanese cinemas, with remastered Blu-ray to follow
Jan 10th
Film and TV
Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe: At a Confessional live-action film announced for 2025
Jan 7th
Film and TV
NHK announces the return of BURATAMORI as a regular program in 2025
Dec 18th
Film and TV
Harami-chan and Shinichi Osawa take the wheel on the theme song for Pui Pui Molcar MOLMAX
Oct 24th
Film and TV
Oshi no Ko live action drama taps some serious talent to create different openings for each episode
Oct 23rd
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Look Back anime film to release on Amazon Prime worldwide on November 7, 2024
Oct 22nd
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