Tokyo’s depraved underbelly, as seen by a tormented genius
The late Izumi Suzuki was a hostess, model and pioneering writer. Her novel Set My Heart on Fire reveals her strange and dark ...
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J-Horror Lives: Introducing “Missing Child Videotape” Director Ryota Kondo
Ryota Kondo grew up on horror movies. For the Japanese director, that meant the "J-horror" of the ‘90s and ‘00s, a wave of ...
The J-Horror Virus Revisits a Film Movement That’s Still Sparking Nightmares
It’s a traditionally structured doc, but it boasts well-curated footage and insightful interviews—there are a few film scholars sprinkled in, but it’s mostly folks (directors, screenwriters, actors) ...
From anime to fine art: Japan's Yoshitaka Amano is celebrated with a major retrospective
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...
'A film that only Japan could have made': Seventy years on, why Godzilla is the darkest monster movie of them all
Ishirō Honda's momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak message for humanity ...
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‘Set My Heart on Fire’: Izumi Suzuki captures the heady cravings of youth
The cult writer’s autobiographical novel follows its unapologetic groupie narrator as she romps through Yokohama’s ...
Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda to Direct Family Drama Series ‘Asura’ for Netflix
The arthouse star and Palme d'Or winner is remaking the classic Japanese drama 'Like Asura' with popular local actresses Rie Miyazawa, Machiko Ono, Yu Aoi and Suzu Hirose.
See the Star Trek Cast Young: Shatner, Nimoy and More
With the original Star Trek, the crew of the starship Enterprise and the actors who brought them to life became pop culture ...