Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Produced by: Matsuzaki Kaoru [1], Hijiri Taguchi [1, 2], Megumi Banse, Minami Ichikawa, Taichi Itô, Ryo Ota, Kiyoshi Taguchi, Hajime Ushioda, Kenji Yamada, Tasumi Yoda [2] Screenplay by: Hirokazu Kore-eda [1], Yuji Sakamoto [2] || Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, Izumi Matsuoka, Yuki Saito, Kōtarō Yoshida, Isao … Continue reading
Directed by: Yûsuke Ishida || Produced by: Akira Morri Screenplay by: Tatsuro Mishima || Starring: Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntarô Yanagi, Yui Ichikawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Mayo Kawasaki, Akari Hayami Music by: Yoshiaki Dewa || Cinematography: Taro Kawazu || Edited by: Eri Usuki || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 128 minutes As a doctoral … Continue reading
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki || Produced by: Minami Ichikawa, Shūji Abe, Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Gō Abe, Keichirō Moriya Screenplay by: Takashi Yamazaki || Starring: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki Music by: Naoki Satō || Cinematography: Kōzō Shibasaki || Edited by: Ryōji Miyajima || Country: Japan … Continue reading
Directed by: Bernard Rose || Produced by: Jeremy Thomas, Toshiaki Nakazawa Screenplay by: Bernard Rose, Hiroshi Saito, Kikumi Yamagishi || Starring: Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama, Shota Sometani, Munetaka Aoki, Naoto Takenaka, Danny Huston, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hiroki Hasegawa Music by: Philip Glass || Cinematography: Takuro Ishizaka || Edited by: Mako Kamitsuna || Country: Japan, … Continue reading
Directed by: Shinsuke Sato || Produced by: Akihiro Yamauchi Screenplay by: Akiko Nogi || Starring: Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Okada Music by: Nima Fakhara || Cinematography: Roger Campredon, Taro Kawazu || Edited by: Tsuyoshi Imai|| Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 126 minutes The upsides of revisiting Japanese cinema … Continue reading
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki || Produced by: Hayao Miyazaki Screenplay by: Hayao Miyazaki || Starring: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Matthew Lawrence Music by: Joe Hisaishi || Cinematography: Shigeo Sugimura || Edited by: Takeshi Seyama || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 103 minutes Two recent film-related YouTube channels … Continue reading
Directed by: Masato Harada || Produced by: Hiroyasu Nagata Screenplay by: Masato Harada || Starring: Jun’ichi Okada, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyavi, Kazuki Kitamura, Shinobu Otake, Satoshi Kanada, Mai Kiryu, Kyoko, Arisa Nakajima Music by: Reiko Tsuchiya || Cinematography: Takahide Shibanushi || Edited by: Yuki Izumi, Soichi Satake || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running … Continue reading
Directed by: Katsuhiro Otomo [1], Mamoru Oshii [2], Shinichiro Watanabe [3] || Produced by: Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato [1], Yoshimasa Mizuo, Ken Matsumoto, Ken Iyadomi, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa [2], Masuo Ueda, Masahiko Minami, Minoru Takanashi [3] Screenplay by: Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto [1], Keiko Nobumoto [3] || Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, … Continue reading
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura || Produced by: Keishiro Shin Screenplay by: Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi || Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda Music by: Nobuhiko Morino || Cinematography: Takumi Furuya || Edited by: Shuichi Kakesu || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 120 minutes What do you get when you mix … Continue reading
Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Produced by: Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi Screenplay by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yōko Maki, Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono Music by: Shin Yasui || Cinematography: Mikiya Takimoto || Edited by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 120 minutes About halfway through Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, … Continue reading