Diving into two of his latest films, "Way of Life" and "Techno Brothers", Hirobumi Watanabe touches on music, humor, and the future of Japanese cinema.
Weeks after it opened everywhere else, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is finally out in Japan. And the reaction in Mario's home country has been phenomenal.
Some people don't want you to know the inconvenient truth. And this is what happens when they are in power" — film director on the Myanmar...
At the cross of Japanese and British culture, the screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro breathes new life into Akira Kurosawa's Japanese cinema classic.
"The line between life and death is paper thin," says one of the survivors, as she recounts surviving the heat and flames of the Tokyo firebombing.
An era unto himself, Toshiro Mifune was an enduring icon of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. Here are some of his most memorable works.
Copyright violations —fueling a ¥95-billion illegal industry— steal the sustenance for future creation. Fast Movies crimes nip cultural development in the bud.
The animated movie has exceeded expectations, drawing a young crowd and repeat viewers to big-screen cinemas. Here's a look behind the scenes of its success.
“One film can change people’s perspectives,” says Disney Japan’s Gaku Narita, explaining the company’s new project which started in September.
An exploration of Hong Kong's identity in relation to individual freedom told through the eyes of those who lived through the events of recent decades.
The Niigata International Animation Film Festival is the first to take up popular full length works loved by audiences, such as those by Studio Ghibli.
Watching an artist's work pirated in a movie theater, one manga artist was motivated to pursue the protection of movie culture in his next manga series.