No48 [Cinema] Japan as you have never seen it
The Japan Foundation is offering an interesting perspective on Japanese society for its 2017 Touring Film Programme. In Japan, I often get the impression that […]
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No41 [Cinema] Iwai Shunji, multi-talented genius
On the release his new picture; The Murder Case of Hana & Alice, the filmmaker reveals what motivates his work. Ten years after Hana & […]
No37 [Event] Experience Japan through cinema
Ikiru: the highs and lows of life in Japanese cinema takes Kurosawa’s film Ikiru (1952), a humanistic portrayal of a salaryman facing a terminal illness, […]
No30 [Movie] a very well crafted work
With The Little House, Yamada Yoji has at last received international recognition. Several veterans of Japan’s old studio system, […]
No30 [Movie] “My characters are my friends”
In an exclusive interview with Zoom, Yamada Yoji looks back at his 60-yearlong career. Let’s start from the beginning. In 1954, after majoring in Law […]
No26 [Movie] The world of Nakashima Tetsuya
Adapting a novel by Akio Fukamachi, the director offers a very strong film full of violence. He explains his choice. Have you been to the […]
No23 [Cinema] Advertising Nagai Akira
In his second film, ‘Judge!’, director Nagai Akira tackles a subject he knows well: advertising. Don’t miss this gem! So, Mr. Nagai, what was your […]
No21 [Cinema] When Miike Takashi goes wild
Japan’s most out-there film maker makes a come back with a feature that recalls his earlier works. If one hopes for controversial cinema, is Miike […]
No12 [Cinema] In the footsteps of a master
In several of his movies, Ozu Yasujiro placed his camera in Shitamachi’s popular quarters, in Tokyo. Ozu Yasujiro’s films tend to impress a distinctive mood […]
No12 [Cinema] Let’s try Ozu again
It’s been 50 years since he passed away. Now, during the year that also marks the 110th anniversary of his birth, let us rediscover his […]
No12 [Cinema] Really the Land of Hope?
In a remarkable movie, Sono Sion illustrates the absurdity of the system’s response after a disaster in a magnificently poetic way. Sono Sion is one […]
No8 [Cinema] Farewell Nagisa!
After his death on the 15th January at the age of 80, the director of In The Realm Of Senses left a huge legacy to […]
No6 [Cinema] “I like to highlight the strange, unpredictable side of life”
Gakuryu Ishii talks about life, death, Japanese cinema and his latest movie “Isn’t Anyone Alive?”. Film director Sogo Ishii is back with a vengeance. He […]
No3 [Cinema] A well deserved tribute to Shindo and Yoshimura
© BFI Southbank Two great figures of Japan’s post-war cinema will be celebrated in an exhibition at the BFI Southbank, running until the 30th of […]
No2 [Cinema] Fifty years as a film star
© 1961 Toho Co. Ltd. Film directors recognized the symbolic value of the Tokyo Tower and it was often used as a setting in their […]