Culture
Film & TV
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Celebrate 60th Anniversary of ‘Gekko Kamen,’ Japan’s First Tokusatsu Sci-Fi Superhero TV Show
“Gekko Kamen” (”Moonlight Mask”) is Japan’s first tokusatsu sci-fi superhero TV show, and it started...
January 12, 2024
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Bicsmalln breaks ‘taboos,’ expands horizons overseas
First popular in Japan about 20 years ago for using their bodies to mimic various items, the Bicsmal...
December 29, 2023
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CD of Extensive, Lively Conversation Between Director Akira Kurosawa, His Friend Composer Fumio Hayasaka to Be Released
The discovery of a tape recording of a conversation between director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) and ...
December 19, 2023
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Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai’s Animated Films Nominated for Golden Globe
Los Angeles (Jiji Press)—Japanese movies “The Boy and the Heron” and “Suzume” were nominated for bes...
December 12, 2023
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Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe Recount 30th Live-action Godzilla Film Produced in Japan
An icon of terror and despair rears its head in the Reiwa era (2019-). The “Godzilla” film franchis...
December 8, 2023
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Non-Red Costumed Super Sentai Heroes Get the Spotlight
For the first time in five years, I held Hangyaku Matsuri, a talk event with cast and staff from tok...
December 8, 2023
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Seeking Delicious Sake, Food on ‘Wandering Taverns’; Rui Yoshida’s Pioneering TV Show Reaches 20 Years
Rui Yoshida, known as the “Tavern Poet” 74, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the BS-TBS program “R...
December 3, 2023
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Live-Action Lupin III Spin-Off Available Worldwide; Tamayama Reprises Role of Jigen Daisuke
“Jigen Daisuke,” a live-action film starring the gunman and partner in crime of Lupin III from the p...
December 1, 2023
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Green-clad Superhero Event Spawns Miracle of Tokusatsu Stunts, Choreography
It has been about 20 years since I started organizing events about superheroes from tokusatsu sci-fi...
November 10, 2023
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Refugee Film Festival Starts in Tokyo with Documentaries from Afghanistan, South Sudan, Venezuela, Others
The plight of refugees from some of the world’s most turbulent places are being presented at an annu...
November 7, 2023
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Director of New Godzilla Film Pursuing ‘Japanese Spirituality’ of 1954 Original
TOKYO (AP) — Godzilla, the nightmarish radiation spewing monster born out of nuclear weapons, has st...
November 4, 2023
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Takao Osawa Stars In, Produces ‘The Silent Service’; ‘Impossible to Adapt’ Manga Hits the Big Screen
“Chinmoku no Kantai” (“The Silent Service”), currently showing in theaters in Japan, is based on the...
November 3, 2023
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Shuri Steps into the Spotlight to Play Powerful Singer in NHK’s ‘Boogie Woogie’
Actress Shuri stars as charming and magnetic singer Suzuko Hanada in NHK’s new serial morning drama ...
October 27, 2023
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Tokyo International Film Festival Opens with Red Carpet Peak at Wim Wenders, Koji Yakusho
The 36th Tokyo International Film Festival opened Monday, with 219 films to be screened at venues in...
October 24, 2023
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Japanese Actress Yuka Itaya Discusses Her New Revenge Drama
“Why did my beloved daughter have to die? Who drove her to her death?” An ordinary housewife, who su...
October 13, 2023
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