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Mark Schilling
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2013
'Wara no Tate (Shield of Straw)'
Director: Takashi Miike
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 21, 2013
'Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya)'
Isao Takahata has long been overshadowed by longtime colleague and Studio Ghibli cofounder Hayao Miyazaki. The younger man (Takahata is 78, Miyazaki 72) has had more and bigger hits, including his latest, the World War II-themed "Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises)," while Takahata's last feature animation,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 21, 2013
'Gokudo Kyofu Dai-gekijo: Gozu (Gozu)'
Director: Takashi Miike
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 14, 2013
'Yurusenai, Aitai (Again)'
Press screenings here are usually cut-and-dry affairs, with the sole sales pitch being a PR staffer reciting the film's opening date and running time before the show begins. The one I attended for "Yurusenai, Aitai (Again)," the feature debut by award-winning shorts director Junichi Kanai, was blazingly...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 14, 2013
'Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pom Poko (Pom Poko)'
Director: Isao Takahata
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2013
'Shijukunichi no Recipe (Mourning Recipe)'
In these days of ubiquitous movie prerelease news and hype, it's harder to remain a blank sheet going into the theater — unless you totally block out everything but the title.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2013
'Himawari to Koinu no Nanokakan (7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies)'
Director: Emiko Hiramatsu
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 31, 2013
'Kiyosu Kaigi (The Kiyosu Conference)'
Koki Mitani is one of those very Japanese conundrums: Considered a master of comedy and a box-office king at home, he remains little known abroad — despite a career that spans three decades and includes work as a playwright and scriptwriter, as well as his six films to date as director.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 31, 2013
'Late Mizoguchi'
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2013
'Bashauma-san to Bigmouth (The Workhorse and the Bigmouth)'
It's hardly surprising that gaman ("perseverance") is the watchword of many a local movie. Just as their heroes gut through to glory in film after film, real-life Japanese endure everything from deadly natural disasters to boring meetings, telling each other to ganbaro ("keep trying"). How admirable,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2013
'Mimi wo Kaku Onna (The Ear Cleaner)'
Director: Hiroshi Horiuchi
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2013
TIFF's programming director explains the festival's direction
Since 2007, when he took over as programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival's Competition section, Yoshihiko "Yoshi" Yatabe has been a point person in TIFF's drive to elevate its status in the region and the world. A former film distributor, publicist and producer, Yatabe joined the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2013
'Jinrui Shikin (Human Trust)'
Sometimes as a reviewer of Japanese films I feel I am on the wrong side of the cultural divide, with no way to bridge the gap.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2013
'Gokudo Kuroshakai/Nihon Kuroshakai'
Director: Takashi Miike
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2013
TIFF is your chance to catch up with Japanese film
The Tokyo International Film Festival, now in its 26th edition, has had its share of detractors, dissing it for everything from competition lineups of major festival castoffs (no longer true since TIFF stopped insisting on world premieres) to a Special Screening section that is essentially a PR showcase...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2013
'Kids Return: Saikai no Toki (Kids Return: The Reunion)'
Released in 1996, "Kids Return" was a change of pace for director Takeshi Kitano, whose films to date had usually starred Kitano himself as a cop or a gangster, meting out violence with a brutal efficiency and a wry black humor. Critics mostly admired them and moviegoers mostly shunned them, despite...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2013
'Tokyo Fist'
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2013
'R100'
The world premiere of Hitoshi Matsumoto's "R100" in the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness section must be frustrating for all those Japanese auteurs out there who got rejection letters from North America's most important festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2013
'E no Naka no Boku no Mura (Village of Dreams)'
Director: Yoichi Higashi
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 26, 2013
Actor-director Okuda revisits wreckage of 3/11
Actors see how directors do their job — and not a few imagine they can do it better. But the number of Japanese actors who move successfully into the director's chair is small.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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