Directed by Masayuki Suo, the film was a box-office success both in Japan and America. Roger Ebert said of the film, “[it is] one of the more completely entertaining movies I've seen in a while ...

Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup is currently writing and is set to direct the reimagining of the 1999 gorefest, as ...

A beloved long-running movie series from Japan about a vagabond peddler that started in 1969 is now winning the hearts of film lovers in France. The popularity of director Yoji Yamada’s “Otoko ...

Japanese movies struggling amid tensions with S.Korea It was made by the same director as the record-setting “Your Name.” which drew 3.7 million people to cinemas in South Korea.

Numerous small cinemas in Japan, forced to close or cut hours under the COVID-19 pandemic, have used the downtime to branch out into making movies of their own. The films add to the boom of indie ...