Hong Kong director-producer Johnnie To has been scouting locations for a new action movie in northern Japan, leading to hopes ... exchanging gifts of picture books and To’s self-produced whisky.

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For anyone who has never seen Audition, the movie is most satisfying when you go in blind without looking up any further details about its plot or twists. What we can tease is the surprising way ...

creating a fresh take on the genre that typically draws from Japanese traditions. The movie’s success demonstrates Netflix’s ability to deliver high-quality genre content beyond the English ...

The 2025 edition of the Japanese Film Festival officially kicks off in the Philippines on January 30. The annual film festival — which includes a movie this ... Based on the book Mibuncho ...

The 1980s was a decade known for the birth of the last of Generation X and big-hair bands. It also produced some of the best ...

Nestled in the heart of Honolulu’s vibrant Kaka’ako district, BOOKOFF stands as a beacon for book lovers and bargain hunters ...

More than 500 publishers from 29 countries are attending the Taipei International Book Exhibition this year, which opened at ...

With the mainstream popularity of comic-inspired movies like Avengers: Endgame, most people can at least recognize the most ...

Reading a book is a solitary act. Watching a movie may be as well ... or "After Life," the Japanese film probing liminal possibilities in the "Death and Beyond" chapter. At one point, Higgins ...

Two memos I have found in the Diplomatic Archives in Tokyo (file 2015-1638) reveal that on Jan. 11, 1968, Japan’s Immigration ...

Maria Chapdelaine — the fictional character from rural Quebec became a global phenomenon in the 1920s, and has inspired ...