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Mark Schilling
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 27, 2020
‘Stigmatized Properties’: The otherworldly entities are spooky but unconvincing
Hideo Nakata's latest film is based on the real-life experiences of a comic who has made a career of living in apartments where terrible things have occurred.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 21, 2020
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia lineup delivers despite COVID-19
Other than delaying the festival from its usual June starting date, things are on track for the event, which will screen more than 200 films at venues around Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 20, 2020
Never forget the struggles of conflict with these Japanese World War II films
Filmmakers are able to record the feelings of history in ways that you can't get from textbooks at school.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 20, 2020
‘The Girl I Like’: Navigating love with pathos and humor
Shinya Tamada's relationship drama about a man who struggles to admit his feelings for a friend is based on an essay by comedian Naoki Matayoshi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2020
‘Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams’: This underdog story is hard to beat
Ema Ryan Yamazaki's gripping documentary about an annual high school baseball tournament shows the highs and lows of working toward hard-won victories.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2020
‘Zero as You Are’: An intimate look at a journey of self-discovery
Director Miyuki Tokoi documented Takamasa “Sky” Kobayashi's life as a transgender teenager and adult over the course of nine years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2020
‘Labyrinth of Cinema’: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final film is a colorful antiwar fantasy
“Labyrinth of Cinema” bursts with energy, passion and dreamlike invention that immerses the audience in a world that is uniquely Obayashi's.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 22, 2020
‘#Handball Strive’: The team may be fake, but the film is a winner
Daigo Matsui's comedy about a sham high school handball team feels more like the real deal thanks to a younger cast.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 17, 2020
'#Handball Strive' digs into the pitfalls of performing for the 'likes'
Daigo Matsui's comedy is about a fake handball team that chases Instagram fame and falls victim to online perils.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2020
‘Just the Two of Us’: It’s two against the world in this downbeat drama
In “Just the Two of Us,” Shiori Doi holds her own as a sympathetic blind caretaker for Masatoshi Nagase's bitter and injured painter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2020
‘A Tale of the Riverside’: Inn love, with water sprites
Masaki Tsujino's “A Tale of the Riverside” may at times be more twee than charming, but water sprites are also a welcome addition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 2, 2020
‘Mother’: When parental bonds turn toxic
Director Tatsushi Ohmori takes a cue from Alfred Hitchcock in “Mother,” a drama about an abusive mother-child relationship that takes a psychological toll on the son.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 26, 2020
Skip the trip to Italy and binge Asian cinema online
As we head into summer, now is the time to crank up the air-conditioning, get comfortable and delve into Japanese cinema with these recommendations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 25, 2020
‘The Modern Lovers’: Tread lightly on this trip down memory lane
In “The Modern Lovers,” Nanami Kawakami lights up the screen as the former flame of a 30-year-old salaryman trying to relive his glory days in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 18, 2020
‘His Bad Blood’: Bad behavior bends but can’t break family bonds
Koichiro Oyama's film dabbles in Christian ideas of sin and forgiveness to explore a parent-child relationship strained by the father's tainted legacy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 11, 2020
‘The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8’: Little beasts battle COVID-19 online
Film production in Japan shut down in early April as part of the response to the outbreak of COVID-19, and as weeks passed with no signs of an immediate revival, filmmakers began to adapt to the situation by making “isolation” films.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2020
‘Forgiven Children’: No clear-cut truths to a child’s crimes
Bullying is an evergreen theme of Japanese films centered on teens, with the focus typically on the victims.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 28, 2020
Rebooting Japan's movie business, one theater at a time
As Tokyo moves forward with plans to reduce social distancing measures in stages, movie theaters look to draw audiences back to the silver screen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 22, 2020
Torel-produced films show just why Japanese indies need support
With theu00a0closures of small theaters threatening the survival of the indie scene, many in the industry have looked to online streaming to stay afloat.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 14, 2020
Asia-themed film festivals migrate online amid COVID-19
Overseas film festivals that specialize in Japanese and other Asian fare are taking their programs online to survive the coronavirus.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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