With the Venice prize for "Evil Does Not Exist," Ryusuke Hamaguchi now has awards from the world's three top film festivals, including Canne and Berlin in...
Director Kore-eda shares how quickly he was taken by the script and the film's timely exploration of a world of increasingly fragile human relationships.
Renovated public toilets throughout Tokyo's Shibuya Ward are challenging preconceived notions with their creative design and comfortable-to-use facilities.
The global recognition of Koji Yakusho and Yuji Sakamoto at Cannes is an uplifting message to aspiring individuals across Japan, transcending the film industry.
Japanese film artists Hirokazu Kore-eda and Yuji Sakamoto, and actor Koji Yakusho, won recognition for their outstanding work at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in Japan on August 13, the documentary film "Revolution of Our Times" examines protests in Hong Kong against China's tightening grip on freedom.
Director Hamaguchi is enjoying a stellar award season, snatching the Golden Globe for Best Non-English Film in January 2022, and Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film...
The Japanese movie, based on a short novel by Haruki Murakami called Men Without Women (2014), is another film by award-winning director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Hamaguchi is a rising star in the world of Japanese cinema, and has won accolades in all three major European film festivals, namely Cannes, Berlin and...
What brings the whole film together is the sheer appeal of Suzu, the imperfect, shy, freckled girl next door, who through the movie manages to find...
The Japanese national broadcasting network NHK announced on June 3 that Earwig and The Witch, a new film made in collaboration with the popular animation production...
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's film, Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku) won the Palme d'Or—the highest prize awarded—at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival held recently. This brilliant...
