Culture
Film & TV
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Superhero actors meet audience after 3 years in Tokyo
In late August, I hosted the 20th edition of the “Akamatsuri” talk show. The show was held with an a...
October 14, 2022
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Open-air evening film festival in Tokyo returns after hiatus due to coronavirus
An open-air film festival that takes place in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, will go on for the first time si...
October 14, 2022
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‘Galileo’ duo reunited for latest movie release
The brilliant physicist Manabu Yukawa has made a comeback on the big screen! “Chinmoku no Parade” (...
October 7, 2022
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Documentary shines spotlight on miscarriage of justice in 1967 murder case
A documentary about a man who was wrongly convicted in a 1967 murder-robbery case hits screens in th...
October 5, 2022
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‘Akira and Akira’ delves into duo overcoming difficulties
The film “Akira and Akira” tells the story of two young men, who share the same given name and confr...
September 16, 2022
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Japanese movie director Hirokazu Koreeda wins Robert Bresson Prize at Venice International Film Festival
VENICE — Japanese film director Hirokazu Koreeda, 60, was awarded the Robert Bresson Prize in Venice...
September 7, 2022
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Kazuo Ishiguro-scripted remake of Kurosawa film shown at Venice film fest
VENICE, Italy — A British film, “Living,” a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classic film “Ikiru,” was scr...
September 2, 2022
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Anison show brings intensity, comedic relief
I participated once again in the special anison (anime song) show “Hikoboshi no Hoko” (The roar of H...
August 12, 2022
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Meet Torako, the home tutor at your service
Ai Hashimoto plays the lead character in the drama “Kateikyoshi no Torako” (“Home Tutor”), which is ...
August 12, 2022
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Curtain falls on pioneering Tokyo movie theater after 50 years
Iwanami Hall, a pioneering Tokyo movie theater closed its doors Friday after 50 years. Many fans...
July 30, 2022
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Actress appears in cinema lobby as well as on screen
Distinctive actress Hairi Katagiri has a hidden passion: being a ticket-taker at a cinema. “I canno...
July 14, 2022
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Looking at history of women through Super Sentai series
Since last year, I have been giving lectures on newspapers at Kyoritsu Women’s University’s Faculty ...
July 8, 2022
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‘He-Low the Final,’ a milestone of tokusatsu superhero films
“He-Low the Final” is a new tokusatsu sci-fi superhero film directed by Hassei Takano, an actor know...
June 10, 2022
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Screenings of final film start as Iwanami Hall set to close in late July
Tokyo’s Iwanami Hall has supported Japanese movie culture for more than half a century as a pioneer ...
June 7, 2022
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Song Kang-ho wins best actor at Cannes for Koreeda’s ‘Broker’
CANNES, France — Song Kang-ho of South Korea won best actor for his role in “Broker,” directed by Hi...
May 29, 2022
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