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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
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Japan cheers ‘Drive My Car’ Oscar win, hopes it will raise Murakami’s profile
TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) – From Tokyo streets to the highest levels of government, Japan on Monday ...
March 28, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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‘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
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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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‘Asakusa Kid’ taps into Beat Takeshi’s key relationship in early comedic life
The film “Asakusa Kid” depicting the formative years of legendary comedian Beat Takeshi — who goes b...
January 7, 2022
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Director Makoto Shinkai reveals details of new animated film
Director Makoto Shinkai said his first new animated film in three years is called “Suzume no Tojimar...
December 16, 2021
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Documentary on disease depicts people’s desperate, driven fight for life
Renowned documentary film director Kazuo Hara has turned his lens to the issues revolving around Min...
December 7, 2021
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French documentary on northern territories screened in Japan
A French documentary depicting the situation on Kunashiri Island, one of Japan’s northern territorie...
December 5, 2021
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Nishijima a mystery man in new TV thriller ‘Guilty Flag’
Hidetoshi Nishijima stars as Ryosuke Sagara, a salaryman who becomes the talk of the nation followin...
November 12, 2021
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Voice actors breathe life into AI animated film
“Ai no utagoe o kikasete” (Sing a Bit of Harmony), an animated film centered around a girl who is an...
November 12, 2021
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