©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Check out more of 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…
The American filmmaker Josef Kubota Wladyka — born to a Japanese mother and a Polish father — channels in his latest film his upbringing in an intercultural family, driven by the passion for dance. Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty — presented at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival —is a fantasy dance drama that revolves around the…
ⓒPhoto by Nobuhiro Hosoki A Pale View of Hills : Desperate to understand her family’s past in Japan before her birth, Niki probes her mother, Etsuko, about their time in Nagasaki. Told through flashbacks, Etsuko recounts the tale of a friend she knew long ago…. Spanning the two timelines, the film is a moving and…
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…
Dancing can have a profoundly inspiring effect on anyone willing to embrace its transformative benefits. That’s certainly the case for the protagonist of Haru, a recent widow who uses the physical movements to come out of mourning, in the new romantic dramedy, Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! Josef Kubota Wladyka directed and produced, and also co-wrote…
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