Japan is mounting its strongest presence at the Berlin Film Festival in years, with seven films spanning competition, Forum, Panorama and Classics sections. It's a range that mirrors the country’s ...

Japan arrived at this year’s Berlinale with nine films in selection and the wind at its back - “Demon Slayer” and “Chainsaw Man” still fresh in the box office record books, Cannes honors on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The film tells the story of Ryōsuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda in a star-making performance), a worker at a small factory who makes money ...

Not to be confused with the American remake of the same name, Shall We Dance? is a rom-com about a middle-aged accountant who signs up for dance classes to escape his mundane life. Directed by ...

"All you have to fight your detractors is the art of Kabuki." GKids has unveiled the official US trailer for an acclaimed Japanese film titled Kokuho, made by filmmaker Sang-il Lee. The title Kokuho ...

Japanese films are quietly ruling the world. From Akira Kurosawa’s enduring influence on global auteurs to Hayao Miyazaki’s poetic, hand-drawn universes that redefined animation as emotional cinema, ...

"Our generation is hopeless.... What are you laughing about?" Film Movement has debuted the official US trailer for an indie film from Japan titled Happyend, made by filmmaker Neo Sora as his first ...

Ken Takakura is one of Japan's biggest stars of all time, and thanks to this shonen anime, his legacy has reached a brand-new ...

Since the inception of the film camera, Japanese filmmakers have been an integral part of the cinema landscape. Films like “Seven Samurai,”, “Harakiri” and “Tokyo Story” gave Japan a global voice long ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

TOKYO (AP) — The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premieres on ...

Take a crash course in Japanese film over the next four days with Focus on Japanese Cinema, a program of twelve diverse movies from the Land of the Rising Sun. “I think, locally, no one’s ever really ...