Japan
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew James chats with host Phil Whelan – from his hotel room in sunny Chiang Mai, Thailand – about DC Studios’ comic book… Read More
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The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which closed on October 15, drew 277,027 visitors, roughly 40,000 more than last year and the highest since 2015. The 10-day event screened… Read More
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The sophomore feature from Hirokazu Kore-eda protégé Nanako Hirose, “Between Two Lovers” tackles a variety of potential hot-button issues, from polyamorous relationships to same-sex parenting, in its contemporary Japanese setting.… Read More
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In Netflix’s new comedy series Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?, Koji Yakusho stars as a world-famous Japanese actor who discovers that almost the whole of Japan has forgotten him.… Read More
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Three total strangers, with nothing in common except their name, are each inspired to take up writing in “Satoko Always,” writer-director Shuichi Okita’s surprising and inventive celebration of womanhood and… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, James chats with host Phil Whelan about the 78th Emmys, winners The Pitt and Widow’s Bay, as well as this week’s new… Read More
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Celebrated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the pages of Japanese manga for inspiration once again, unveiling this thoughtful adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed 2021 coming-of-age one-shot, Look Back. Reuniting actresses… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, James chats with host Phil Whelan about this week’s new releases in Hong Kong: survival thriller sequel Fall 2: Deadpoint, Eli Roth’s… Read More
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Shunsuke Michieda of the Japanese boy band Naniwa Danshi reunites with director Takahiro Miki after the success of 2022’s Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight for another… Read More
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This week on RTHK Radio 3’s The Brew, I chat to Phil about season 4 of Ted Lasso, the Teochew romantic comedy Back to Love, Korean family drama Number One,… Read More
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When a respected scientist explodes live on national television, it launches a wave of terror that sweeps Japan, masterminded by a mysterious serial killer who can seemingly vanish into thin… Read More
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Compiling all 12 episodes of Yohei Kameyama’s 2025 animated series of the same name, together with additional scenes featuring brand-new supporting characters, this theatrical release of Milky Subway: The Galactic… Read More
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Anchored by a sensational central performance from Erika Toda, Netflix’s new drama series Straight to Hell spans 60 years of recent Japanese history as it charts the controversial life of… Read More
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Wealth and good fortune are the twin engines of the Lunar New Year film season, and Hong Kong filmmaker Philip Yung Tsz-kwong’s The Snowball on a Sunny Day is the… Read More
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The 91st feature film from veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada is a typically nostalgic affair, in which screen icon Chieko Baisho plays an elderly woman who bonds with her taxi… Read More
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A young woman is forced to live the last day of her life on repeat in the animated sci-fi thriller All You Need Is Kill, which is adapted from Hiroshi… Read More
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Hong Kong movie star and producer Louis Koo Tin-lok is currently rewriting history – and box office records – with the time-travel adventure Back to the Past. Taking in over… Read More
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In 2025, Asian cinema continues to make its mark around the world. Animated features from mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as Japan, have shattered box office records, while… Read More
