©Courtesy of Japan Cuts There are filmmakers whose careers are defined by reinvention. Then there are artists like Yoji Yamada, whose enduring greatness comes from continually refining the themes that have occupied him for decades. Tokyo Taxi, his remarkable 91st feature film, finds the veteran director returning to familiar emotional territory, yet doing so with…
In 1836 Joseph-Xavier Boniface published a book called Picciola, about Count Charney, a former soldier who had been jailed for conspiring against Napoleon, who passed his days behind bars tending a plant that lightened his time amidst the walls that imprisoned him. Japanese film director Baku Kinoshita and writer Kazuya Konomoto seem to have grasped…
Suzu Hirose in A Pale View of Hills © 2025 A Pale View of Hills Film Partners 19TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM HEADLINED BY ACTRESS SUZU HIROSE AND DIRECTOR HIROKAZU KOREEDA North America’s Largest Japanese Film Festival Announces Schedule, Featuring Two Weeks of Contemporary Premieres, Special Guests, and Restored Classics Festival…
©Courtesy of Japan Society Director : Kiyoshi Kurosawa Screenwriter : kiyoshi Kurosawa Production Co : Tarantula, Cinéfrance Studios, Kadokawa Genre : Crime, Drama, Mystery, & Thriller Original Language : French (France) Runtime : 1h 53m ©Courtesy of Japan Society Exclusive Interview with kiyoshi Kurosawa Q : The original screenplay for the 1998 film ‘Serpent’s Path’…
©Courtesy of Japan Cuts The intricacies of human connection in an ever-evolving technologically-driven society is a fascinating case study in the sci-fi genre. The movie, The Real You, explores how that bond impacts not only their own emotions, but also society’s overall development. Filmmaker Yuya Ishii based the feature on the 2021 novel of the…
©Courtesy of Japan Cuts Crafting a heroine who’s determined to redefine women’s value in society is becoming a major allure in contemporary Asian cinema. The new drama, A Girl Named Ann, is the latest Japanese feature that’s driven by genuine social conscience. The movie emphasizes how female protagonists are just as deserving of redemption as…
Director Akiko Ooku (“Tremble All You Want“, JC 2018) shifts away from her novel engagements with the neurotic interiorities of young working women to explore the life of college student Konishi (Riku Hagiwara), an anxiety-ridden loner who brandishes an umbrella on sunlit days. Through a progression of coincidences, Konishi forms a bond with classmate Hana…
©Courtesy of Japan Cuts The gentle fall of the first delicate snowflakes in Japan signals the change of seasons. Those seasons are not only related to the weather, but also a person’s life. That powerful symbolism is reflective of the young teen protagonist in the new coming-of-age sports drama, My Sunshine. Actor Keitatsu Koshiyama’s character…
Check out our YouTube Channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New…
The fantasy comedy picture A Samurai In Time, directed by Jun’ichi Yasuda, focuses on the time travel experience of Kosaka Shinzaemon (Makiya Yamaguchi). He is an Aizu samurai from the Edo era, who is struck by lightning and is transported to the film studios of 2007 Japan. It will take some time for this 19th…
@Courtesy of Kino Films There are a few times when the very first few images of a movie are able to set the tone of it. This is the case of this psychological melodrama directed by Kichitarô Negishi. The beauty of a red umbrella passing through an aisle on a rainy morning. The simplicity of…
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