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.
“One film can change people’s perspectives,” says Disney Japan’s Gaku Narita, explaining the company’s new project which started in September.
Ken Watanabe appeared on his daughter's YouTube channel for the first time and what he did might surprise (and delight) you.
After its Cannes, Bafta, and Golden Globe Awards, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Drive My Car’ strikes again, winning the best international feature at the Oscars.
Now friendship cities, these two urban settings - one fictional and one picture-perfect real - share their love of bats and pop culture in time for...
Feeling nostalgic about 2021? We have just the film list for you to relive the year in some great movies that came out of Japan.
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...
In the latest adventure, Godzilla finally confronts King Kong, the monster king of Hollywood, but in the process unexpected enemies also make an appearance.
After a year of endless delays, we had only just started to see a small trickle of large-ish Hollywood movies finally reach Japan. Here’s IGN Japan...
In my youth, my introduction to Japanese swords (as with many other people) was via martial arts, Akira Kurosawa movies, and my discovery...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Flawed people, troubled times. Conflict in the street, conflict in the soul. Dark secrets unravel in the neon-splattered backstreets of Soho (London) and Shibuya...
