During the last few years, director Hideaki Anno has successfully re-defined Japanese monsters/heroes through the Shin series. “Shin Godzilla” was a satire of Japanese politics, a reflection on the March 11 disasters. “Shin Ultraman” — which retained Anno as the mastermind — had the directorial duties passed onto Shinji Higuchi, his frequent collaborator, and this…
©Courtesy of Tokyo Theater Company Japan Cuts opens its 2024 edition at Japan Society with the North American Premiere and Opening Night Film Between the White Key and the Black Key, at the presence of director Masanori Tominaga. Between the White Key and the Black Key is an autobiographical essay by Hiroshi Minami, a leading Japanese jazz…
Recently, I had a chance to sit down with one of the most well known and prolific illustrators and mecha designers in Japan, Shigeto Koyama. His professional career spans from the “Evangelion” movies, “Promare,” “Kill la Kill,” “Gurren Lagann,” “Star Wars : Visions” and Disney’s “Big Hero 6.” This time, he brought his comprehensive “experiment” in New York, which is called,…
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…
Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel Kento Kaku was born on 3 July 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for House of Ninjas (2024), AI Amok (2020) and Help of God (2010). He has been married to Nana Eikura since 7 August 2016. They have one child. Dave Boyle is known for House…
DOC NYC ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE LINEUP FOR FOURTEENTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 8-26, 2023 FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THEATERS IN NYC AND CONTINUES TO SCREEN ONLINE NATIONWIDE; SLATE INCLUDES 33 WORLD PREMIERES AND 29 US PREMIERES, AMONG MORE THAN 200 FILMS AND EVENTS The Contestant Opens Festival, South to Black Power Closes Event, Uncropped Screens as Centerpiece Includes…
@Hidetoshi Nishijima Japanese superstar Hidetoshi Nishijima has signed up with the New York-based Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for representation, Variety has reported. The 52-year-old Nishijima starred in Drive My Car, the 2021 film that captured an Academy Award for best international feature film, which received Oscar nominations in four categories. The actor has several other…
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