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  • Tokyo Olympics documentary directed by Kawase screened at Cannes

    CANNES, France — The official documentary of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics directed by Naomi Kawase was sc...

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    Multi-award-winning filmmaker Wim Wenders is to direct a film about high-end Japanese restrooms. The...

    May 26, 2022

  • Veteran suit actors and their superhero ‘nanori’ poses

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    May 13, 2022

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    May 13, 2022

  • Japan govt honors Oscar-winning ‘Drive My Car’ director, actor

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    April 16, 2022

  • Snow Man members bring anime sextuplets to life

    The nine members of the boy band Snow Man have added to their skill set as entertainers as they rece...

    April 15, 2022

  • Action master Jiro Okamoto fires up excitement virtually

    The annual Jiro Matsuri, a talk show and festival in honor of veteran actor Jiro Okamoto, who excels...

    April 8, 2022

  • Japan cheers ‘Drive My Car’ Oscar win, hopes it will raise Murakami’s profile

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    March 28, 2022

  • Japan film “Drive My Car” scoops Best International Feature Film at Oscars

    LOS ANGELES — “Drive My Car” won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy A...

    March 28, 2022

  • Japan’s ‘Drive My Car’ wins Oscar for best international feature film

    LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Reuters) – Japanese drama “Drive My Car,” the story of a widowed theater acto...

    March 28, 2022

  • Japanese film director ‘full of pride’ over Oscar-nominated film

    LOS ANGELES — Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director of the Oscar-nominated film “Drive My Car,” shared his fee...

    March 27, 2022

  • Japanese film wins special mention at Berlin festival

    BERLIN (Jiji Press) — Japanese director Atsushi Wada’s “Bird in the Peninsula” received a special me...

    February 17, 2022

  • “Drive My Car” receives 4 Oscar nominations

    LOS ANGELES (Jiji Press) — Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” received 2022 Academ...

    February 9, 2022

  • ‘Drive My Car’ wins Golden Globe for best non-English film

    LOS ANGELES — Japan’s “Drive My Car” won best non-English language film at the 79th Golden Globe Awa...

    January 10, 2022

  • Japan’s “Drive My Car” wins U.S. Film Critics Awards

    Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese movie director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” won the 2021 best pi...

    January 10, 2022

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