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Japan’s Horror Master Kiyoshi Kurosawa Debuts Samurai Film in U.S.

Japan’s Horror Master Kiyoshi Kurosawa Debuts Samurai Film in U.S.

Japan’s Horror Master Kiyoshi Kurosawa Debuts Samurai Film in U.S.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Samurai Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' Debuts in U.S. Theaters

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Samurai Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' Debuts in U.S. Theaters

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Samurai Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' Debuts in U.S. Theaters
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa's First Samurai Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' Debuts in U.S. Theaters

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's First Samurai Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' Debuts in U.S. Theaters

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's First Samurai Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' Debuts in U.S. Theaters
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa Explores Power Dynamics in New Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner'

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Explores Power Dynamics in New Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner'

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Explores Power Dynamics in New Film 'The Samurai and the Prisoner'
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The Story of Japan's Cultural Evolution

The Story of Japan's Cultural Evolution

Japan is a country renowned for its rich cultural heritage, which has evolved over millennia. From its prehistoric Jōmon period to its contemporary...
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Busan's Asian Project Market Selects 30 Films for 2026 Edition

Busan's Asian Project Market Selects 30 Films for 2026 Edition

Busan's Asian Project Market Selects 30 Films for 2026 Edition
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Oscar-Qualifying Bengaluru International Short Film Festival Expands to 10 Arenas, Adds AI and Dance Competitions (EXCLUSIVE)

Oscar-Qualifying Bengaluru International Short Film Festival Expands to 10 Arenas, Adds AI and Dance Competitions (EXCLUSIVE)

India’s Oscar-qualifying Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF) has expanded its competition to 10 arenas of cinema for its 16th edition, adding new categories for AI-made films and screendance. BISFF received a record 3,340 submissions this year from more than 100 countries, according to organizers. Of those, 1,726 came from international entries, 756 from India, […]
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Japan's horror master Kurosawa's first samurai film arrives at US theaters

Japan's horror master Kurosawa's first samurai film arrives at US theaters

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Japanese director known as “the master of horror,” was a bit nervous about how viewers might react to his first samurai film
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San Sebastian Competition Title ‘In My Father’s Room’ Boarded by Bitter’s End for Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

San Sebastian Competition Title ‘In My Father’s Room’ Boarded by Bitter’s End for Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

San Sebastian Film Festival competition title “In My Father’s Room” has been added to Bitters End’s fall sales slate. The film marks the feature directorial debut of best-selling novelist Maha Harada. Known in Japan under the title “Muyou no Hito,” the drama is adapted from Harada’s own short story “An Unnecessary Man.” The cast includes […]
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Lee Chang-dong’s Venice and Toronto-Bound ‘Possible Love’ Sets Theatrical Release Dates Ahead of Netflix Bow

Lee Chang-dong’s Venice and Toronto-Bound ‘Possible Love’ Sets Theatrical Release Dates Ahead of Netflix Bow

Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love” will open in Korean theaters September 23, followed by select theatrical releases in Australia Oct. 22 and in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland and Japan Oct. 23, before streaming globally on Netflix starting November 6. The film’s world premiere will be at the Venice Film Festival and North American Premiere at […]
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How Lan Hongchun’s Teochew Film ‘Dear You’ Turned a Forgotten Postal Tradition Into China’s Unlikely Hit: ‘Dialect Is Never Going to Be a Liability...

How Lan Hongchun’s Teochew Film ‘Dear You’ Turned a Forgotten Postal Tradition Into China’s Unlikely Hit: ‘Dialect Is Never Going to Be a Liability...

Four people. One letter. An ocean between them. To send a letter home from Bangkok in the 1950s, an overseas Chinese laborer needed four people: himself, a scribe to put his words on paper, a reader to decode it at the destination and the person waiting to hear it read aloud. Lan Hongchun built a […]