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Anime and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Push Japan’s Box Office Higher in 2023
Japan’s box office climbed 4 percent to a post-pandemic high of $1.5 billion (221.5 billion yen) in 2023, driven again by a strong slate of anime and a steady return to theaters. Hollywood films maintained the same market share of around 31 percent as the previous year, though a very weak yen reduced earnings in […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Sets Black-and-White Release in Theaters
The awesome destruction of the iconic kaiju unleashed in post-war Japan will be on display when a black-and-white version of Godzilla Minus One hits theaters later this month. The 37th installment in Toho International’s long-running monster franchise is, after all, a period piece showing Godzilla wreaking havoc as Japan struggles to recover after World War […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: A Kaiju Feature as Emotionally Involving as It Is Scary
The legendary monster returns in this Japanese film in which he rampages through Tokyo yet again.
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Netflix Boards ‘My Hero Academia’ Live-Action Movie From Legendary
Netflix has nabbed the live-action film adaptation of the manga sensation My Hero Academia from Legendary Entertainment, best known for its MonsterVerse tentpoles. Joby Harold is penning the screenplay for the live-action feature, which will be director and executive producer Shinsuke Sato’s English-language debut and will see the popular manga property jump to the live-action […]
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Tokyo: Producer Genki Kawamura Talks Directorial Debut, ‘Your Name’ Hollywood Remake
Producer, scriptwriter, best-selling author and now award-winning director Genki Kawamura is best known for his work on Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 anime megahit Your Name. Beginning his career at Toho, his talented was spotted early and he was trusted with producer duties on major projects at Japan’s biggest studio. In 2010, he worked on the Confessions, […]
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: Film Review
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry head the cast in this epic smackdown between two monster-movie legends, both of them also facing a man-made threat.
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Netflix Leases Soundstages at Japan’s Toho Studios
The production footprint expansion follows similar deals in South Korea, and comes as Japan emerges as Netflix's largest revenue market in Asia.
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Tokyo: Auteur Koji Fukada Strives to Remain Independent Despite Studio Dominance In Japan
Japanese auteur Koji Fukada, this year's Director in Focus at Tokyo International Film Festival, on grappling with life and death, doing things his way, and the domination of the domestic industry by the major integrated studios.
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Kaoru Yachigusa, Actress in Oscar-Winner ‘Samurai, the Legend of Musashi,’ Dies at 88
Japanese actress Kaoru Yachigusa, who appeared opposite Toshiro Mifune in the Oscar winner 'Samurai, the Legend of Musashi,' has died. She was 88.
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Japan Box Office Boom Fueled by Free Time and Rising Wages
Defying a slowly shrinking population and the rise of streaming platforms, Japan's box office is spiking in 2019 thanks to rising wages, a shift in corporate culture and a strong lineup of local and Hollywood films. Box office revenue was up 16 percent in the first half of the year, with July alone surging 30 percent from the same corridor in 2018.
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Machiko Kyo, Star of Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Rashomon,’ Dies at 95
Machiko Kyo, star of films by many of Japan's legendary directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa and Yasujiro Ozu, has died. She was 95.
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Karaoke Screenings, Cosplay and “Repeaters” Keep ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Fever Alive in Japan
The Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has now spent 13 weeks in the box office top five charts and is one of the biggest Hollywood films in Japan since 2000, thanks to karaoke screenings, Cosplay support and repeat screenings.
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