Film Review: Hanalei Bay (2018) by Daishi Matsunaga
Despite the recent “trend” of Haruki Murakami adaptations, transferring his movies to cinema was never an easy task, particularly due to their abstract nature, the inconclusive ending, and the many ...
Dean Fujioka started his career as a model in Hong Kong’s fashion scene in 2004 for both local and international designer brands. He continued to appear in Hong Kong’s leading fashion and lifestyle ...
The 19th edition of Skip City International D-Cinema Festival had been physically held in three years from July 16 to July 24 (and virtually from July 21 to July 27), and wrapped at the Closing ...
Japanese actor / singer / multi-lingual culture star Dean Fujioka, produces and stars in a brand new cult film ‘Pure Japanese’ out now globally via Amazon Prime Video. For genre fans, fed on a steady ...
A common trope in action movies, the storyline of the retired individual who wants a life of peace only to find forces against his will bringing him back into the old ways, is used pretty frequently. ...
The film’s production company Bridgehead is handling sales to Europe, with Toho handling the rest of the world.
Japanese filmmaker Ryota Nakano’s The Asadas has been sold to France’s Art House Films, ...
The second film of The Love Trilogy, Chained, premieres in the Berlinale’s Panorama section.
Alpha Violet has taken over sales on Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani’s The Love Trilogy, the second film of ...
One of the many tall, slender, handsome guys who populate (and in some cases over-populate) Japanese TV dramas and films, Hiroki Hasegawa is also not the usual model-turned-actor. After graduating ...
The Japanese film industry, whose idea of an “international co-production” was once a shortish shoot in Los Angeles, is now freeing itself from an almost exclusively local focus.
Fresh from his Palme ...