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'Perfect Days' star Koji Yakusho finds peace and tranquility as a toilet cleaner in Wim Wender's Tokyo-set film.

Since 1979, Kōji Yakusho has played stressed accountants (Shall We Dance?), avenging samurai (13 Assassins), and convicted killers (The Third Murder). Now, in…

Returning to Japan for the first time since "Shoplifters," the great Hirokazu Kore-eda continues to push outside of his comfort zone.

As the annual festival unfurls in sun-drenched France, a new assortment of fresh films ready for their international introductions.

The legendary Japanese director sits down with Nick Chen to discuss his new film Broker and his idiosyncratic approach to filmmaking

Sometimes, its better to choose your own family. Magnolia Pictures has released the official US trailer for the Palme dOr winning film Shoplifters, the

'My Small Land,' which centers on young girl and her family seeking asylum in Japan, is based on extensive interviews that the director conducted over the space of nearly two years.

Director Emma Kawawada’s debut feature film is a fictional story rooted in an unsettling reality

Feb 18, 2021 Working from her own scripts, which are based on her own novels, Miwa Nishikawa has made film after cannily observed film about human duplicity, criminal or otherwise, often with a black-comedy slant. With her latest film, “Under the Open Sky,” Nishikawa shows again why she belongs in the top ranks of Japan’s directors. Starring Koji Yakusho as a weathered ex-convict just released from prison after serving 13 years for murder, the film screened at the Toronto and Chi...

Japanese culture festival in Belarus opens on 17 December Archive photo MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) – The festival of Japanese culture Japan Fest is running online on 17-23 December, BelTA learned from the visual and performing arts center ART Corporation. The annual festival of Japanese cinema will move online for the first time and expand its program. The festival will feature seven films of the 2000s that blend traditions and modern trends: computer graphics, manga, and classical stories. T...