How Takeshi Kitano Reinvented Cool
You may know him as Takeshi Kitano or Beat Takeshi. You might have seen him ...
KEEP READINGArticles for category: Japanese movies
Perfect Days (2023) Review: Finding Beauty In The Mundane
With time, people tend to get accustomed to solitude and find contentment in the mundane ...
KEEP READING
25 Greatest Japanese Horror Movies, Ranked
From Noroi: The Curse (2005) to Onibaba (1964), we rank the best Japanese horror movies of all ...
KEEP READING
When Marnie Was There (2014) Review
Joan Gale Robinson, author of the well-known Teddy Robinson series of children’s books, also wrote ...
KEEP READING
All About Lily Chou-Chou Review: Breathtaking Masterpiece
Juvenile delinquency has served as a frequent plot point in East Asian cinema. In fact, ...
KEEP READING
15 Essential Yasujirō Ozu Movies
From An Autumn Afternoon (1962) to Floating Weeds (1959), these are the best Yasujirō Ozu ...
KEEP READING
20 Best Samurai Movies Of All Time, Ranked
From Harakiri (1962) to Seven Samurai (1954), these are the best Samurai movies of all ...
KEEP READING
18 Essential Japanese Silent Films
From Souls on the Road (1921) to A Page of Madness (1926), these are some ...
KEEP READING
Kiki’s Delivery Service Review: Moving, Coming-of-Age Tale
While Hayao Miyazaki, one of animation’s greats, has produced and directed a wonderful body of ...
KEEP READING
Drive My Car (2021) Review: Thought-Provoking Murakami Adaptation
Haruki Murakami’s stories have fascinated readers for decades now. His works have been translated from ...
KEEP READING
10 Greatest Akira Kurosawa Movies, Ranked
The history of cinema encompasses a rather huge chunk of world history. And within this ...
KEEP READING
25 Greatest Japanese Movies Of All Time, Ranked
From Only Yesterday (1991) to Seven Samurai (1954), here are the greatest Japanese movies of ...
KEEP READING
Nobody Knows (2004) Review: Light In The Dark
Nobody Knows is a 2004 Japanese film by Hirokazu Koreeda, of After Life and Shoplifters fame. The ...
KEEP READING
