They also offer penetrating contemplations on Japanese society and individual lives ... then aged 14 to 18, to live in Pyongyang in the 1970s. Shot in both Osaka and Pyongyang, this film documents the ...

Gamera vs. Jiger,' the sixth entry in the Gamera series, ticked off all the boxes for a monster movie. But its focus, ...

is an uncompromising depiction of the realities of sex work in 1970s Japan. Ahead of theatrical screenings at NYC’s Metrograph on March 28 and 30 and Film Movement’s digital release on April 4, we’re ...

Scorsese's most flawless movies, such as Goodfellas and Taxi Driver, beautifully and tragically capture the darkest sides of ...

Some films portray the time period a lot more precisely than others, and some anime movies capture their time periods very ...

The move continues the momentum of Japan being promoted heavily as a filming location, which was evident at last November’s Tokyo International Film Festival. The Visual Industry Promotion ...

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

The composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu is at home in free jazz, classical and art pop. Finally touring North America, ...

A nearly forgotten piece of cinematic history has been brought back to life, thanks to the research of Professor Eric Faden, English — film/media studies, and a team of Bucknell students. Their work ...

Spies, soldiers, and superheroes – such were the cinematic heroes of the time. So get ready and buckle up, these are the 35 ...

The above lines are from Bob Dylan’s famous anti-war poem, John Brown, which mocked the rampant glorification of war and ...