Japan Box Office Boom Fueled by Free Time and Rising Wages
Defying a slowly shrinking population and the rise of streaming platforms, Japan's box office is spiking in 2019 thanks to rising wages, a shift in corporate culture and a strong lineup of local and...
View ArticleKaoru Yachigusa, Actress in Oscar-Winner ‘Samurai, the Legend of Musashi,’...
Japanese actress Kaoru Yachigusa, who appeared opposite Toshiro Mifune in the Oscar winner 'Samurai, the Legend of Musashi,' has died. She was 88.
View ArticleTokyo: Auteur Koji Fukada Strives to Remain Independent Despite Studio...
Japanese auteur Koji Fukada, this year's Director in Focus at Tokyo International Film Festival, on grappling with life and death, doing things his way, and the domination of the domestic industry by...
View ArticleNetflix Leases Soundstages at Japan’s Toho Studios
The production footprint expansion follows similar deals in South Korea, and comes as Japan emerges as Netflix's largest revenue market in Asia.
View Article‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: Film Review
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry head the cast in this epic smackdown between two monster-movie legends, both of them also facing a man-made threat.
View ArticleTokyo: Producer Genki Kawamura Talks Directorial Debut, ‘Your Name’ Hollywood...
Producer, scriptwriter, best-selling author and now award-winning director Genki Kawamura is best known for his work on Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 anime megahit Your Name. Beginning his career at Toho, his...
View ArticleNetflix Boards ‘My Hero Academia’ Live-Action Movie From Legendary
Netflix has nabbed the live-action film adaptation of the manga sensation My Hero Academia from Legendary Entertainment, best known for its MonsterVerse tentpoles. Joby Harold is penning the screenplay...
View Article‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: A Kaiju Feature as Emotionally Involving as It...
The legendary monster returns in this Japanese film in which he rampages through Tokyo yet again.
View Article‘Godzilla Minus One’ Sets Black-and-White Release in Theaters
The awesome destruction of the iconic kaiju unleashed in post-war Japan will be on display when a black-and-white version of Godzilla Minus One hits theaters later this month. The 37th installment in...
View ArticleAnime and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Push Japan’s Box Office Higher in 2023
Japan’s box office climbed 4 percent to a post-pandemic high of $1.5 billion (221.5 billion yen) in 2023, driven again by a strong slate of anime and a steady return to theaters. Hollywood films...
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