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Monster  怪物 (2023) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Monster 怪物 (2023), by director Hirokazu Kore-eda, is a Rashomon-like story about how misapprehension can cause problems and hide people’s suffering. [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]…

Genkinahito

Dec 25, 2023 • Subscribe

New Director Kazuaki Kuribayashi is Risking it Big on KILLTUBE Anime Film

The team raised US$6.68 million for the first-ever film, described as an "experiment" that will blend 2D and 3D elements and audience participation.

Anime News Network - Views

Oct 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Ribbon 2021 Director: Non [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Ribbon is a Covid-19-themed film about the frustrations of life in isolation and creative blockages. Combining the two, we see a coming-of-age drama where the protagonist overcomes both through…

Genkinahito

Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

BELLE Director Mamoru Hosoda at the Animation is Film Festival

Anime News Network met with Hosoda on the red carpet to discuss his futuristic retelling of the classic fairytale, including how 'beauty' has evolved in the last 300…

Anime News Network - Views

Oct 27, 2021 • Subscribe

BELLE

Director Spotlight: “Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director”

Dir. Jonathan Bellés …

News - Chicago Japan Film Collective

Nov 5, 2025 • Subscribe

New Religion ニューレリジョン (2022) Director: Keishi Kondo [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]

New Religion ニューレリジョン is a highly-atmospheric horror film from Keishi Kondo who crafts an original story with distinct visuals. It’s one of the best J-horror films I have seen…

Genkinahito

Mar 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Kore Wa Kanajo

A little while ago Pinkie created this really awesome tag called Kore wa Watashi. The purpose of which was to describe yourself through anime comparisons. And Pinkie being…

I drink and watch anime

Nov 24, 2020 • Subscribe

Japanese Film Festival 2019 (+ Kore-eda’s The Truth) | Reflections: Part I

Continuing on with the format I established with the SFF earlier this year, I will be sharing some thoughts I had watching a new roster of Japanese cinema,…

ATMA & Funomena

Dec 12, 2019 • Subscribe

SYNOPSIS FOR "GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET" Animated Film Gets New Title & Release Date

このを必ず取り戻す。『GODZILLA 怪獣惑星』2017年11月 。 With the tagline, "We're going to take back this planet, Earth", the official Twitter account of...

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅

Mar 24, 2017 • Subscribe

AJIN: Demi-Human, Blame!, Knights of Sidonia, Pokémon, Ponyo

SYNOPSIS FOR "GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET" Animated Film Gets New Title & Release Date

このを必ず取り戻す。『GODZILLA 怪獣惑星』2017年11月 。 With the tagline, "We're going to take back this planet, Earth", the official Twitter account of...

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅

Mar 24, 2017 • Subscribe

Pokémon, Ponyo, Space Battleship Yamato, The Lost Village, AJIN: Demi-Human

Mayhem Girls メイヘムガールズ (2022) Director: Shinichi Fujita [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Mayhem Girls メイヘムガールズ (2022), by director Shinichi Fujita, is a fun youth story of girls finding self-confidence and a place in a world where everyday pressures and Covid-19 affect…

Genkinahito

Jul 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Broken Commandment 破戒 Director: Kazuo Maeda [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Broken Commandment is a fine-looking well-acted historical drama that has an earnest plea for people to treat others with respect and fairness. Broken Commandment 破戒 Director: Kazuo Maeda [New York…

Genkinahito

Jul 27, 2022 • Subscribe

FIRST TEASER! "GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET" Toho Animation Drops Trailer for All-New Film

アニメーション映画『GODZILLA 怪獣惑星』特報 1 ! Click the official YouTube video to see the first exciting trailer! Toho Animation uploaded our first gl...

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅

Jul 6, 2017 • Subscribe

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Knights of Sidonia, AJIN: Demi-Human

FIRST TEASER! "GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET" Toho Animation Drops Trailer for All-New Film

アニメーション映画『GODZILLA 怪獣惑星』特報 1 ! Click the official YouTube video to see the first exciting trailer! Toho Animation uploaded our first gl...

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅

Jul 6, 2017 • Subscribe

AJIN: Demi-Human, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Knights of Sidonia

Kore wa Watashi Award

My third reward! AND a hundred followers?! Well, I cannot put my appreciation into words. Thank you guys! Oh, and thank you, RiseFromAshes, for nominating me for this…

Weeb Revues

Dec 12, 2020 • Subscribe

Home Sweet Home スイート・マイホーム Director: Takumi Saitoh [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Home Sweet Home スイート・マイホーム, by director Takumi Saitoh, is a great thriller full of shocks and revelations, and threats that will draw viewers in and leave them on…

Genkinahito

Jul 27, 2023 • Subscribe

Bear Man 웅남이 (2023) Director: Park Sung-kwang [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Bear Man 웅남이 (2023), by director Park Sung-kwang, is a solid comedy/action/crime film about bears that turn into men. It makes good on its premise and offers an…

Genkinahito

Jul 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) is a dark dystopian body-horror

Genkinahito

Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン (2022) Director: Shinji Higuchi [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Shin Ultraman is a fun special effects feature that reboots the classic tokusatsu/kaiju series in a Shin Gojira style. Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン (2022) Director: Shinji Higuchi [New York Asian…

Genkinahito

Aug 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Hirokazu Kore-eda's Latest Film Gets Underway with Masaharu Fukuyama in Lead Role

by Marc Saint-Cyr Great news for fans of contemporary auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda (like myself) recently surfaced at Tokyograph : the directo...

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Mar 27, 2012 • Subscribe

Mountain Woman 山女 (2023) Director: Takeshi Fukunaga [New York Asian Film Festival 2023] 2

Mountain Woman 山女 (2023), by director Takeshi Fukunaga (Ainu Mosir), is an atmospheric drama about outcasts struggling in a small famine-hit village in Tohoku, circa the late 18th Century.…

Genkinahito

Jul 24, 2023 • Subscribe

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Escape from Mogadishu 모가디슈 (2021) Director: Ryoo Seung-wan [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Escape from Mogadishu – 모가디슈 (2021) Director: Ryoo Seung-wan – provides pulse-racing action by retelling a dramatic moment in history. It opens the New York Asian Film Festival…

Genkinahito

Aug 5, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Takeshi Fukunaga, Director of Mountain Woman [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Takeshi Fukunaga talks about the making of his latest film, “Mountain Woman” in an Interview [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Genkinahito

Aug 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Killing Romance 킬링 로맨스 (2023) Director: Lee Won-Suk [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Killing Romance 킬링 로맨스 (2023) Director: Lee Won-Suk [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Genkinahito

Jul 14, 2023 • Subscribe

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Hail to Hell 지옥만세 (2023) Director: Lim Oh-jeong [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Hail to Hell 지옥만세 (2023), by director Lim Oh-jeong, is a glimpse into the harsh and dark aspects of Korean society and the people who prey on the…

Genkinahito

Jul 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Interview: Goodbye, Don Glees! Film Director Atsuko Ishizuka

We interviewed Ishizuka about the film's unique setting, cultural differences to look out for, and the likelihood of getting attacked by a bear in the Japanese countryside.

Anime News Network - Views

Sep 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

Title: Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?Genre: Action, ComedyRating: 8.5/10 Summary: Aikawa Ayumu is a normal high school boy. One day he is killed by a serial killer and revived as a zombie…

Anime Anthology

Nov 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Hells, Is this a Zombie?

Kore wa Watashi Blog Award!

Anime Rants, Kore wa Watashi, blog awards

Anime Rants

Oct 2, 2020 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A Brief Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Jun 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021] is a quirky contemporary ninja action comedy/political satire. It plays on Sunday, August 15th at 5:30pm at…

Genkinahito

Aug 4, 2021 • Subscribe

Ox-Head Village 牛首村 (2022) Director: Takashi Shimizu [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

“Ox-Head Village” is the third film in Takashi Shimizu’s “Village Horror Triptych” that mixes together folk-horror, social media, urban legends and a touristic time. S…

Genkinahito

Jul 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Welcome to new Director-General Mana Takatori...

Welcome to new Director-General Mana Takatori ...

Japan Foundation

Mar 2, 2016 • Subscribe

Monster Prom 4: Monster Con is now available on Steam

Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? The latest installment in the Monster Prom Series, Monster Prom 4: Monster Con is now available on Steam! Monster…

Blerdy Otome

Apr 24, 2025 • Subscribe

An Interview with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves” [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview done with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves,” as part of the New York Asian Film Festival 2021!

Genkinahito

Sep 20, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Anshul Chauhan, Director of December 赦し (2022) [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

An interview with director Anshul Chauhan on his third feature film December 赦し. He goes in depth behind the scenes on an impressive courtroom drama, from research to casting…

Genkinahito

Aug 7, 2023 • Subscribe

The Abandoned 查無此心 Director: Tseng Ying-ting (2023) [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

The Abandoned 查無此心, by director: Tseng Ying-ting (2023), is a solid serial killer film that finds originality in its milieu of illegal immigrants and in the theme of…

Genkinahito

Aug 2, 2023 • Subscribe

The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award

Kudos to Rose for the tag.

The Animanga Spellbook

Dec 14, 2020 • Subscribe

The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award

We were tagged in The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award, and thank you Yu Alexius for the tag! All these questions seem interesting and fun to answer, so let’s…

Anime Tokoyo

Jan 17, 2021 • Subscribe

The Kore Wa Watashi Blog Award!

Did you think it was Dio? Wrong, it was me—Anime as a Cup of Tea!

Anime as a Cup of Tea

Dec 8, 2020 • Subscribe

New York Asian Film Festival 2023

Table of Contents For the third year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF)…

Heroic Purgatory

Jul 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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New Police Story (2004) [Film Review]

New Police Story: or, The Long Arm of the Law      There are so many great things waiting for you. Forget the past, turn your pain into your...

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Aug 6, 2021 • Subscribe

A Welcome Message from our New Director-General...

A Welcome Message from our New Director-General Below is a welcom...

Japan Foundation

Apr 16, 2019 • Subscribe

Director Spotlight #8: “New Nemuro Pro Wrestling Story”

Born in 1976 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, he graduated from the Nihon University College of Art, majoring in film directing. He has directed a wide range of television programming,…

News - Chicago Japan Film Collective

Nov 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Snowdrop スノードロップ Director: Kota Yoshida [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Snowdrop スノードロップ, by director Kota Yoshida, is a socially conscious domestic drama/character study that looks at the welfare system via a woman chased by the trauma of abandonment…

Genkinahito

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

POP! provides a slightly surreal, slightly sweet existential crisis. POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Mar 24, 2021 • Subscribe