All Japan articles
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Reviews‘Village Of Eight Gravestones’ review: ‘Ju-on: The Grudge’ director Takashi Shimizu deftly adapts the 1940s Japanese detective novel
Matsuya Onoe stars as Japanese gumshoe Kosuke Kinaichi in this Fantasia premiere
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NewsRyusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All Of A Sudden’ set for North American awards season launch
The Japanese-French language drama earned prizes for its leads at Cannes.
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Reviews‘Samurai Vengeance’ review: Tasuku Emoto stars in Takashi Minamoto’s entertaining spin on the Japanese period drama
Ken Watanabe also stars in Minamoto’s adaptation of Sayako Nagai’s prizewinning novel
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FeaturesNYAFF rising star awardee Sara Minami talks ‘All Greens’, ‘Magical Secret Tour’
The Japanese actress and model will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award.
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NewsPiece of Magic to unleash ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ in 46 territories
EXCLUSIVE: The highly anticipated follow-up to Oscar-winner ‘Godzilla Minus One’ will release from November 4, 2026.
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FeaturesHow Netflix anime ‘Cosmic Princess Kaguya!’ became a box office sensation in Japan
The film broke out from streaming to become one of the highest grossing titles of 2026 to date.
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NewsGaga boards ‘The Potentials’ from Koreeda protégé Shoichi Morimoto
EXCLUSIVE: The drama is co-directed by Takuma Sato of ‘Any Crybabies Around?’
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NewsYukiko Sode’s ‘All The Lovers In The Night’ lands multiple deals after Cannes bow
EXCLUSIVE: The film received its world premiere in Un Certain Regard.
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Reviews‘We Are Aliens’ review: Delicate, sophisticated Japanese animation tracks the fragility of boyhood
Kohei Kadowaki’s debut feature heads to Annecy after a Cannes premiere
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NewsJapanese stop-motion animation ‘The Bear Hunter’ set as first feature from Taiyo Kikaku
EXCLUSIVE: The stop-motion animation will mark the feature directorial debut of Takeshi Yashiro.
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NewsYutaro Seki’s ‘My Son’ wins Imagica Group financing prize backed by Kei Ishikawa
The award includes up to $440,000 (¥70m) in investment.
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News‘Missing Child Videotape’ director Ryota Kondo readies fresh horror ‘Afunruparo’
EXCLUSIVE: Produced by Synca Creations, filming is set to begin summer 2026.
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NewsJapan’s K2 Pictures boards Karim Ainouz’s English-language drama ‘Neon River’
EXCLUSIVE: The film will shoot in Japan in 2027.
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Reviews‘The Samurai And The Prisoner’ review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s handsome Japanese period drama is a staid siege mystery
Kurosawa’s Cannes Premiere title lacks the action of his previous pictures
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NewsKoreeda’s Bunbuku teams with Johnny Depp’s IN.2 Film on Kohki Hasei’s ‘Kutheran’
EXCLUSIVE: The story follows a young woman on Okinawa who risks her dream to help a migrant worker.
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NewsJapan’s K2 Pictures reveals $33m fund, adds Takashi Miike’s kabuki doc to expanded slate
Upcoming titles include ‘Gigant’, ‘The Nuke Crab’ and ‘NAP’.
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Reviews‘All The Lovers In The Night’ review: Yukino Kishii and Tadanobu Asano star in challenging, insightful Japanese drama
Yukiko Sode follows ‘Aristocrats’ with low-key Cannes Un Certain Regard title
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Reviews‘Sheep In The Box’ review: AI changes the nature of grief in Hirokazu Koreeda’s scattershot, syrupy near-future drama
The Cannes Competition title stars Haruka Ayase and Daigo as grieving parents
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PromotionHow Japan’s Imagica Group is supporting projects with international potential from rising filmmakers
Imagica Group Film Project was launched last year and will reveal its second project on Monday (May 18) at the Japan Pavilion.
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News“Cinema not just for the elite”: New Tokyo film festival director reveals plans for next edition
EXCLUSIVE: Takeo Hisamatsu wants to add more commercial titles and increase the number of films from Japanese filmmakers.