Berlin: "Your Name" filmmaker Makoto Shinkai's protégé, Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, delivers a feature debut that fails to bring its audience along for the ride, both in terms of animation and story.

“Kokuho,” Japan’s entry for best international film, didn’t make the final cut in one of the most competitive Oscar races of the year. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check out this gorgeous, ...

Japan arrived at this year’s Berlinale with nine films in selection and the wind at its back — “Demon Slayer” and “Chainsaw ...

The Oscar-nominated star of Frankenstein and Euphoria has won praise once again thanks to his performance as Heathcliff.

This nearly three hour historical drama became Japan’s highest grossing live action film of all time, and for mostly good reason.

EXCLUSIVE: Gkids will be releasing Japan’s highest-grossing local live-action title and International Oscar entry, Kokuho, in limited theaters in New York, Los Angeles and key Canadian markets on Feb.

Rei is the Deputy Lead for GameRant's Anime Team from Kashmir, situated in Beirut. He's an avid fan of anime and manga. Rei grew up watching anime and had a knack for writing ever since he was a kid, ...

Sang-il Lee’s kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken ...

HONG KONG — Japan has been feeling the sting of China’s economic retaliation as their diplomatic spat over Taiwan worsens, with travel agencies canceling group tours and fears over an outright ban on ...

China has frozen regulatory reviews for new Japanese films, adding to the fallout from a dispute over Taiwan that shows little sign of easing. The China Film Administration paused the approval process ...

He was a fixture of postwar Japanese cinema, appearing in films by Akira Kurosawa and other leading directors of that era. He was a fixture of postwar Japanese cinema, appearing in films by Akira ...

Indonesian auteur Kamila Andini’s latest project “Four Seasons in Java” won two prizes at the inaugural Tokyo Gap-Financing Market Awards on Friday. The TGFM is part of TIFFCOM, the Tokyo ...