All Japan articles 6m3u3n
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Parallax picks up Tokyo titles ‘Pavane For An Infant’, ‘Underground’ (exclusive) 1o314e
Both are set to world premiere at the festival.
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Toho acquires Oscar-winning animation distributor, producer GKids 3b2w66
Financial of the 100% equity acquisition were not disclosed.
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‘The Cats Of Gokogu Shrine’ lands Europe, ANZ sales ahead of LFF screening (exclusive) 221u4i
The Japanese documentary premiered at the Berlinale.
- Reviews
‘Spirit World’: Busan Review 726yy
Eric Khoo’s whimsical tale of the afterlife stars Catherine Deneuve as a chain-smoking chanteuse and is set in Tokyo
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Tokyo Filmex unveils 2024 competition line-up 1p323u
Japan’s leading indie film festival runs November 15-21.
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‘Kingdom Of The Insomniacs’ wins top Busan Award at Asian Project Market 5i211i
Philippines-US co-production ‘Hum’ picked up two prizes.
- Features
Kiyoshi Kurosawa on taking his latest directing streak in his stride: “I used to do five a year” 5x5j6
The prolific Japanese auteur received the Asian filmmaker of the year award in Busan — after making three features in 12 months.
- Features
Why China’s Du Jie chose to make ‘The Height Of The Coconut Trees’ in Japan 6c3d1b
The film will world premiere in Busan’s New Currents competition
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Japan attracting international film productions despite challenges 1r5f3a
A new incentive has been awarded to six projects this year, including Brendan Fraser vehicle ‘Rental Family’
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Kore-eda-produced project among four showcased by Japan in Busan (exclusive) 362143
‘That Drive’ will be the debut film of Miyoh Yamaura.
- Reviews
‘The Height Of The Coconut Trees’: Busan Review 4c441u
Cinematographer Du Jie makes his directorial debut with this enigmatic Japanese ghost story
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Japan’s Gaga to launch star-packed anthology ‘At The Bench’ at ACFM (exclusive) 5b16f
The cast includes ‘Godzilla Minus One’ star Ryunosuke Kamiki and Hirokazu Kore-eda regular Suzu Hirose.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cloud’ headed to UK-Ire, , Asia (exclusive) 2p1a34
The director picked up an honorary award in Busan and the film is Japan’s selection for the Oscars.
- Reviews
‘Kaneko’s Commissary’: Busan Review 691e4m
Super Eight’s Ryuhei Maruyama stars in this ‘plodding’ prison drama from Japan
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Japanese director Hitoshi One signs five-year Netflix deal 604b6i
The filmmaker behind ‘Bakuman’ and series ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ will make features and series for the streamer.
- Features
Why it took 26 years to bring hit Japanese franchise ‘Detective Conan’ to UK-Ireland cinemas 52g5
The anime feature is the biggest title at the Japan box office of 2024 to date.
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Tokyo film festival reveals 2024 line-up with strong Asian presence in competition 581z58
The festival will include 19 world premieres across its two competition strands.
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Sho Miyake, Fu Tien-yu to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2024 346r3a
Actor and director Takumi Saitoh also announced as jury head for TIFF’s Ethical Film Award.
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Cannes award-winning producers to present projects at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 2024 (exclusive) 146x3h
Projects from the producers of ‘Plan 75’ and ‘Tiger Stripes’ among the selection as well as Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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Samurai thriller ’11 Rebels’ lands North America, German distribution (exclusive) 6n1v1v
The film has been set as the opening film of Tokyo International Film Festival.