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The Japanese Embassy in London Will Screen Eizo Sugawa’s “River of Fireflies”...
The Japanese embassy screens films once a month and I used to report on them because many of these titles are the type that never leave Japan. I stopped once I actually arrived in Japan and became a...
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Japan Foundation Event: Vegalta: Soccer, Tsunami and the Hope of a Nation –...
The Japan Foundation sent out information on a free film screening at the Prince Charles Cinema just off Leicester Square. Japan, film, and the filmmakers at a great cinema? And it’s all free? It looks...
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Love and Goodbye and Hawaii 恋とさよならとハワイ Dir: Shingo Matsumura (2017) Osaka...
Love and Goodbye and Hawaii 恋とさよならとハワイ 「Koi to sayonara to Hawai」 Running Time: 94 mins. Director: Shingo Matsumura Writer: Shingo Matsumura (Screenplay), Starring: Aya Ayano, Kentaro Tamura, Momoka...
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Japanese Film Festival Ireland Full Programme Line-Up
It’s 23:49 in Osaka and I want to go to sleep but I have important news! The Japan Film Festival Ireland has reached its ninth year and this year’s addition features anime, dramas, and mediums. There...
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London Korean Film Festival 2017 Will Screen the Korean Film “Missing” at the...
The London Korean Film Festival will have a special screening of E Oni’s 2016 thriller “Missing” at the Picturehouse Central cinema in London’s West End. This is the UK premiere and it will take place...
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CAMERA JAPAN to Screen Two Films at Shofukan in Rotterdam on April 07th
This year will be the twelfth that CAMERA JAPAN has been in operation and it is great that the festival is operating since it offers one of the most comprehensive collections of current Japanese...
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Terror-Cotta to Release “Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell” AKA “The...
It looks like over-the-top splatter fun and it lasts 62 minutes so the balance sounds about right when compared to the overly-long and incredibly gory splatter-fests released by Sushi-Typhoon (some of...
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Nippon Connection Film Festival 2017 – First Programme Highlights Revealed
Fans of Japanese films will know that one of the biggest and best film festivals in the world for such delights is held every May in Germany. It’s called Nippon Connection and this year’s event marks...
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Economic Migrant Documentary “Burmese on the Roof” at the Korean Cultural...
The documentary Burmese on the Roof will be screened at the Korean Cultural Centre in London on Thursday, April 27th at 19:00. This is the UK premiere of a film that has played at the Busan...
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Japanese Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2017
This year’s Cannes Film Festival (17th – 28th May) is the 70th edition of the event and the festival head Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection of films programmed last week. Critics are...
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The Japanese Embassy in London Will Screen “Night Train to the Stars” on May...
The Japanese embassy in London regularly screens films that are hard to find in the West and they are an eclectic bunch. This one features the story of the Japanese literary giant Kenji Miyazawa and...
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The Korean Cultural Centre Will Screen the film “Bandhobi” on May 04th
Bandhobi is a film by Dong-il Shin, a Korean filmmaker who I had the chance to meet and talk to at the Osaka Asian Film Festival when he brought over his latest title, Come, Together (2017). His films...
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The Korean Cultural Centre Will Screen the film “Scenery” on May 11th
Scenery (2013) is a documentary film by Chinese-Korean director Zhang Lu. He has many features to his name and has toured the international film festival circuit including Europe. One of the director’s...
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“Tampopo” Screening at London’s Picturehouse Cinema on May 17th
Movie fans in London will have the chance to see the film on the big screen at Picturehouse Central for one night. The screening takes place on 17th May at 18.30pm and tickets are already on sale over...
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Japanese Films at the 2016 Annecy International Film Festival
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival has been running since it was established in 1960. It is the world’s oldest and largest animation film festival and it has become one of the best places...
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“Woman in the Dunes” Screened at the Barbican on May 14th
The Barbican are running an exhibition about Japanese homes and domestic architecture called The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945. It began on March 23rd and lasts until June 25th. As...
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Korean Comedy “Queen of Walking” Gets its UK Premiere at London’s Regent...
The London Korean Film Festival is hosting another of its teaser screenings in the form of Queen of Walking, a hit comedy starring Shim Eun-kyung an actor most famous for her role in the 2014...
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Yasujiro Ozu’s “An Autumn Afternoon” Screened at the Barbican on May 21st
The Barbican are running an exhibition about Japanese homes and domestic architecture called The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945. It began on March 23rd and lasts until June 25th. As...
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Anime at Nippon Connection Film Festival 2017
The Nippon Connection Film Festival takes place from May 23 to 28, 2017 and it will be held in Frankfurt am Main. The organisers released details of the 100+ short and feature length films which will...
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Isao Takahata’s “The Tale of Princess Kaguya” Screening at the Barbican on...
The Barbican are running an exhibition about Japanese homes and domestic architecture called The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945. It began on March 23rd and lasts until June 25th. As...
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