The 47th Japanese Academy Awards ceremony, a gathering of the Japanese film industry, was held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo l on March 8th, “Godzilla Minus One” was nominated in twelve categories at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it just took most of them home including the Best Picture. The following…
©Courtesy of TOHO Nine weeks after being released in American Theaters, Godzilla Minus One has officially become the third highest-grossing non-English movie in the history of US cinema. Thanks to the 2.7 millions earned last weekend the movie has in fact reached a total of 55,1, surpassing Parasite by Bong Joon-ho which grossed 53.3. An…
Nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards were announced today, led by Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie. Oppenheimer snagged 13 nominations, Poor Things got 11, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, and Barbie with eight. These four films are contending for the Best Picture Oscar, along with six…
@Courtesy of Toho Co., LTD. A month after I saw the film, “Godzilla Minus One” at the Japan Society, I really wanted to see how this film did at the U.S box office, which is more than most people have anticipated. So, I decided to take some time to write about this remarkable film which was special…
Two of Japan’s most critically acclaimed films from this year – The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One, which were both released by Toho – broke American box office records this weekend. The Boy and the Heron took the top spot at the domestic box office with ticket sales of $12.8 million, while…
presents a special screening of the eagerly anticipated Godzilla Minus One © 2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. November 28, 2023, 7:00 pm JAPAN SOCIETY (333 E. 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues) New York (November 9, 2023) – Japan Society is honored to announce a special public preview screening of Takashi…
Toho has unleashed the king of monsters in “Godzilla Minus One.” This marks the 30th live-action Godzilla produced in Japan. Japan has already been devastated by the impact of World War II and the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but Godzilla’s arrival makes things much, much worse. Director Takashi Yamazaki is going to take…
A Japanese film production company, Toho made the big announcement late last year that a brand new installment in their most popular film franchise, “Godzilla.” Now, Toho has unveiled a new title, and trailer for original king of monster called, “Godzilla Minus One” which will land his giant step on Dec 1 in U.S In its…
©Courtesy of BAM June 19–30 Masahiro Shinoda Co-presented by Japan Foundation Programmed by Jesse Trussell The protean master filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda, who passed away last year at 94, deftly leapt between social dramas, samurai films, and stunning engagements with traditional Japanese theater. Beginning his career in the 1950s as an assistant to legends like Yasujirō…
I’ll remember it all. Though I won’t recall it. The words echo in the theater and a man’s androgynous face makes expressive grimaces on a large screen. In front of it, the same man, long haired with sideboards, moves down in fright, like he’s detaching himself. Just before, a police squad has arrived at a house…
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