Tokyo Film Festival To Present Lifetime Achievement Award To Yoji Yamada

The Tokyo Film Festival will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada. Yamada’s latest ...
Forbes

Japanese Movies Breathe Life Into Slow U.S. Box Office—As ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Breaks Records

Japanese films are having a big moment, with “Godzilla Minus One” and Studio Ghibli’s “The Boy and the Heron” capitalizing on their strong critical reviews and the lack of big blockbusters in theaters ...

‘Hypnosis Mic’ Makes Japanese Box-Office History With $16.5 Million Haul on Limited Release (EXCLUSIVE)

An interactive anime film has rewritten the rules of limited theatrical releases in Japan, with “Hypnosis Mic – Division Rap ...

Paul Schrader’s ‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters’ to Finally Screen in Japan After 40-Year De Facto Ban

After decades of political sensitivities and threats kept it from screens, Schrader’s Yukio Mishima biopic, considered by ...
Northwest Asian Weekly

Want to scare yourself silly this Halloween? Recommended Asian horror movies.

Welcome to our second Halloween installment, where we ask movie buffs, Champ Ensminger and Dr. Ungsan Kim, what movies they ...

Top 5 Japanese Movies Ranked By IMDb Ratings — From Grave Of The Fireflies To The Human Condition 3: A Soldier’s Prayer

Discover the top 5 highest-rated Japanese movies ranked by IMDb, from Studio Ghibli films to Kurosawa classics, and find out where you can stream each title!