NEW YORK — In “The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On,” a 1987 documentary that takes many abrupt twists and turns, one of the most surprising comes about a half-hour in. The Japanese director Kazuo Hara ...

"Kazuhiro Soda depicts an enchanting, harsh, beautiful world." Berlinale has debuted a nice festival promo trailer for a cute Japanese documentary film titled The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, the latest ...

Japan Cuts curators, Peter Tatara and Alexander Fee discuss contemporary Japanese cinema and the importance of film as a ...

Japan’s presence at the 2026 Annecy Animation Festival marks a recent high-water mark, with 25 Japanese films selected across the festival’s competitive and non-competitive sections – up from 18 last ...

Date: Wednesday, April 30 th Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: Washington Hall 308 Four short documentaries will be shown as part of the event. 7:00 ~ NO農家 「NO農家」is about Kazuyoshi Sugimoto’s efforts ...

Japanese journalist and filmmaker, Ito Shiori, has spent the last decade under the media microscope as a sexual assault survivor. Her advocacy challenging Japan’s society norms toward sexual assault ...

The Australian filmmaker tackles an issue that makes uncomfortable viewing at times in 'The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan.' By Gavin J Blair Shibuya, a Tokyo district of ...

Japanese production and finance house K2 Pictures has announced the closing of its first film fund, through which it has raised $33M (JPY5BN), as well as new additions to its slate including Takashi ...

India’s Toonz Media Group and Tokyo-based studio Supersub LLC have joined forces to co-produce “The Taste of Water,” an animated feature documentary tracing the history, culture, and future of ...

In scrawled, neat handwriting, a title card encourages those who have experienced similar traumas that the director experienced to pause and take a breath. “This has helped me many times”, Shiori Itō ...

Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War. Routledge Mitter, R., (2020). China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism. Belknap Press Mitter, R., (2014). Forgotten Ally: ...

EXCLUSIVE: Concourse Media is launching sales on One Of One, a feature documentary filmed over five years about an elusive family of Japanese car restorers. Director Ben Bertucci’s film follows ...