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Fujiko : Exclusive Interview with Director Taichi Kimura

Photo: © 2026 FUJIKO Film Partners Fujiko : Shizuoka, 1977: a Japan still telling women where they belong, and a young mother who refuses to listen. Fujiko gives birth during a storm and a hospital blackout, and within months her in-laws have taken her baby. She wins her daughter Mari back, and sets out to…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 6, 2026

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NYAFF: ‘Fujiko’ Is A Nuanced, Cinematic Feminist Manifesto

Taichi Kimura’s tragicomedy Fujiko is part of the 2026 New York Asian Film Festival, after taking home the prestigious Golden Mulberry Audience Award at the Far East Film Festival. The film follows the strong-willed single mother Fujiko (Yuki Katayama) in 1970s and 1980s Shizuoka, as she fights for her child and self-sufficiency. It all begins…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

July 25, 2026

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Oscar-Nominated Sean Wang, Street Fighter Director Kitao Sakurai to Mentor Storytellers in New TAAF Grant Program

ⓒCourtesy of The Asian American Foundation The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) is inviting creatives nationwide to apply for its new TAAF Asian+American Storytelling Initiative, a grant and mentorship program supporting original stories about overlooked Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) figures, communities, and moments in American history. The initiative builds on TAAF’s ongoing digital interview series, The…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 16, 2026

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Other Mommy | Official Trailer 2 : starring Jessica Chastain

ⓒCourtesy of Universal Pictures Universal Pictures, along with Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, has released a second trailer for “Other Mommy,” a new horror/thriller set for cinema release on October 9th. The project is depicted as a harrowing journey into the gloomy realm of young Bela, who develops an unsettling bond with an ominous figure in…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 16, 2026

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Mr. Irrelevant | Official Trailer (2026 Movie) – David Corenswet, Isabel May

ⓒCourtesy of Paramount and Skydance Paramount and Skydance have unveiled the uplifting first trailer for the film directed by David Corenswet titled “Mr. Irrelevant“, which will hit theaters on Christmas Day. Coreswet, who stars in “Superman“, plays John Tuggle, the running back dubbed ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ post-1983 NFL draft, which saw him selected as the last…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 16, 2026

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Animals | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington

ⓒCourtesy of Netflix Netflix released the complete trailer for the Ben Affleck-directed crime thriller “Animals“. With the kidnapping of Mark Kimball’s son, who is running for mayor of Los Angeles, his wife and he have just a few hours to gather the ransom money. With their financial resources mostly allocated to his political campaign, they…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

September 15, 2026

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Fujiko : Exclusive Interview with Director Taichi Kimura

NYAFF: ‘Fujiko’ Is A Nuanced, Cinematic Feminist Manifesto