TOKYO – Warner Bros. and Japanese major Toho are teaming up to co-produce “Jojo no Kimyo na Boken” (translation: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,) a new live-action feature by maverick film maker Takashi…
TOKYO – Makoto Shinkai's animation "Your Name" topped the chart for the fifth successive weekend at the Japanese box office, while advancing past the JPY10 billion ($99.5 million) mark. For the…
The Tokyo International Film Festival unveiled six world premieres in the competition section of its upcoming 29th edition. Among the six in the 16-film competition section are Chris Kraus's…
TOKYO — The smash Makoto Shinkai animation "Your Name" won its fourth successive weekend at the Japanese box office. For the Sept. 17-18 weekend, the Toho-distributed film earned $10.6 million. As of…
TOKYO — "Resident Evil: Vendetta," a full CG animation based on the popular Capcom games series, will be released in Japanese cinemas in Spring 2017. The announcement was made at the Tokyo Game Show…
Martin Scorsese is to receive the prestigious Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award, handed out annually by the Japan Arts Association. American photographer Cindy Sherman, French…
Makoto Shinkai's teen fantasy "Your Name" led the Japanese box office for the third weekend. Distributed by Toho, the film earned $11.1 million on 852,000 admissions for the Sept. 10-11 frame…
TOKYO — Amazon Japan has begun streaming a new series on its Prime Video service, starting today. Titled “Uchu no Shigoto” (translation: “Outer Space Work”,) the 10-part series is a quirky take on…
Veteran director Yoji Yamada's drama "Nagasaki: Memories of My Son" has been selected as Japan's contender for the foreign-language Oscar awards race. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Motion…
TOKYO — "Your Name," Shinkai Makoto's animation about two teens who switch bodies and genders in their dreams, led the Japanese box office for the second weekend. For the Sept. 3-4 frame the film…
TOKYO — Hulu Japan has announced an original six-part drama, “Daisho” (translation: compensation). Based on a novel of the same title by award-winning mystery writer Jun Ioka, the series focuses on…
