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Ryuichi Sakamoto : Opus / Q&A with Director Neo Sora

©Janus Film Ryuichi Sakamoto : Opus /A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, the film is the definitive swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians. In late 2022, as a parting gift, Ryuichi Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring…

NYFF / Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus : Q&A with Director Neo Sora 

Synopsis : When Ryuichi Sakamoto died in March 2023 at age 71, the world lost one of its greatest musicians: a classical orchestral composer, a techno-pop artist, and a piano soloist who elevated every genre he worked in and inspired and influenced music-lovers across the globe. As a final gift to his legions of fans,…

MONSTER Official Trailer | Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda | Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama and a Newcomer Soya Kurokawa

Well Go USA Entertainment has released a new trailer and set up the awards-season U. online pharmacy buy phenergan with best prices today in the USA S. release date for a highly anticipated Hirokazu Koreeda film “Monster,” the latest film which won the Best Screenplay prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The Rashomon-esque story…

Japan Cuts / Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto : Exclusive Interview with Director Elizabeth Lennard

Synopsis : Filmmaker and photographer Elizabeth Lennard secures unprecedented access to Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording of his 1984 album Ongaku Zukan in this brief-yet-insightful Franco-Japanese television co-production. A sampling of studio sessions and performances (including a piano duet with then-wife Akiko Yano), archival footage and talking head interviews, Tokyo Melody finds the eccentric artist at…

Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for the 16th Annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

JAPAN SOCIETY ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM North America’s largest Japanese film festival presents two weeks of contemporary movies from Japan, including opening film THE FIRST SLAM DUNK directed by Takehiko Inoue, centerpiece film UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY directed by KENTARO, closing film THE THREE SISTERS…

The Pioneering Japanese Musician and Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Has Passed Away at 71

@Photo by Kazunali Tajima – © 2014 Kab America Inc. Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away on March 28 at the age of 71. He was born in Tokyo. The funeral was held only with his close relatives. He passed away at a hospital in Tokyo, according to a report in the Sport Nippon newspaper. Sakamoto’s…

Yellow Magic Orchestra aka YMO’s Yukihiro Takahashi Died At 70

A renowned Japanese musician Yukihiro Takahashi, a drummer and vocalist representing Japan and a member of the legendary band “Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO)” that caused a techno boom in the 1980s, has passed away, he was 70. He has been suffering from intermittent headaches since the early summer of 2020, and an MRI examination in August…

Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to Score Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’

Photo by Kazunali Tajima – © 2014 Kab America Inc The celebrated Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto will be providing the music for director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s forthcoming feature Monster (Kaibutsu). The announcement was made on Thursday by Gaga Corporation, the Tokyo-based entity that is producing the film. The 70-year-old Sakamoto, who won as Oscar for his scoring…

Netflix’s Beckett | Official Trailer | Starring John David Washington and Alicia Vikander

Beckett, August 13 on Netflix Netflix has released a new trailer for Ferdinando Cito Filomarino’s upcoming political thriller called, “Beckett,” starring John David Washington and Alicia Vikander.  The movie is set to open the Locarno Film Festival’s 74th edition in Switzerland on August 4, before premiering on Netflix August 13. Synopsis : While vacationing in Greece,…