CULTURE
‘Bring Him Down to a Portable Size’ mourns a lovable loser
In his latest film, Ryota Nakano blends comedy and loss in a story of uneasy yet...
George Takei brings children’s book on wartime internme...
The “Star Trek” actor has written about his experience in the internment camps i...
NHK’s ‘Last Days’ wins International Emmy for Ryuichi S...
The documentary lands Japan’s sole prize at the ceremony honoring television fro...
'Rental Family' brings real-world insight to modern lon...
Actor Mari Yamamoto drew on her journalist’s eye to bring authenticity to her ro...
The secret to 'Last Samurai Standing'? Treating live ac...
Netflix’s wild new samurai series embraces cartoonish chaos — and it works.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
Four decades on, Juzo Itami's film remains unsurpassed as a wicked and delicious...
TV icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's memoir paints a life of bo...
“Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, The Sequel,” TV personality Tetsuko ...
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-offic...
“Kokuho,” or “national treasure,” has won over critics with its lush cinematogra...
Kyoto gets its own teamLab, largest in Japan
Biovortex, which opened on Oct. 7, presents more than 50 immersive digital artwo...
Chanmina, aespa, among 10 acts to debut on NHK’s ‘Kohak...
The New Year’s Eve music spectacle on NHK will feature first-time acts such as i...
At TIFF, East Asia’s veteran stars tread new territory ...
Fan Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro stepped into their darkest roles ...
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai worked with nearly every major Japanese director of the postwar ...
‘Tokyo Taxi’: A simple fare becomes a voyage through time
With heart and humor, veteran director Yoji Yamada’s 91st film may be his most m...
Predictability weighs down ‘A Light in the Harbor’
Michihito Fujii’s yakuza drama is determinedly old-fashioned — and not in a good...
Renowned Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai dies at 92
The actor was best known for his role as an aging warlord in Akira Kurosawa’s “R...
What we see when Japanese women photographers shoot back
Women in photography have been less visible than their male counterparts. An ant...
