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Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentTetsuya Watari, the Japanese actor who worked with international cult favorites Seijun Suzuki and Kinji Fukasaku on some of their best-known films, died on Aug.10 of pneumonia at age 78.

What do you get lost in? Is it perfectly mundane or something deeper, even darker, than the pursuits of your public persona? The new film “Lost Girls & Love Hotels” explores one woman’s pull towards the latter as an escape. Running from the past and facing an uncertain future in a foreign land it questions the constructs of what we hide from, not to mention how we do it.

The Japanese House) started working on her debut album, 2019’s ‘Good At Falling’, she was in need of a co-producer.

The Japanese House is set to release a new track featuring Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon.Titled ‘Dionne’, the song will premiere at 5pm (BST) tomorrow (August 12) on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show.Amber Bain confirmed the news on Twitter this evening (August 11) while sharing a brief, instrumental snippet of the single. The 12-second teaser is accompanied by a black-and-white, animated graphic – check it out below.Dionne ft.

Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticWant to impress your date by fighting off her molestor? Wish your stand-up comedy act would bring the house down? Or looking to pack your grumpy grandpa’s funeral with keening mourners? Call “Special Actors,” an agency that supplies performers to help you keep up with the Suzukis — or out-scam your scammers.The third feature by Shinichiro Ueda, director of Japanese cult zombie comedy “One Cut of the Dead,” is a daffy ensemble trickster comedy with a few “gotcha”

The Japanese House – the project of English singer Amber Bain – has announced a new EP, ‘Chewing Cotton Wool’, set for release this week.‘Chewing Cotton Wool’ was shared as a single back in November last year and is Bain’s most recent studio release. It was a follow-up to ‘Something Has To Change’, released in September alongside a music video.The EP will comprise two previously unheard tracks and will be released this Wednesday (August 12).

Jimi Hendrix’s Japanese sunburst electric guitar that he used in the early ‘60s has sold for more than £160,000 at auction.The late star used the instrument after he was discharged from the army in 1962 and played it during his time in New York as a musician for the likes of the Isley Brothers.The guitar was estimated to be worth $50,000 (£38k) before the auction, but was bought for a winning bid of $180,000 (£138k).

The Japanese government has appointed a new PR ambassador to front anti-piracy efforts in the country. Kitty White – better known as Hello Kitty – will raise awareness of recent changes to copyright law in Japan.At a ceremony last week, Japan’s Minister Of Education, Culture, Sports, Science And Technology, Koichi Hagita, officially announced Hello Kitty’s new role in the battle against online copyright infringement.

Paul Goldman – who will serve as CEO of the board for Muserk V.I.D. – Muserk is able to identify digital content for rights holders through its proprietary AI technology.

Pop star Rina Sawayama said she was left in tears after being told she is ineligible for two of the UK’s biggest music awards because she does not hold a British passport.

Sawayama, received so much praise. Unfortunately, though, Rina's getting shut out by two major awards in her country of residence—the BRIT Awards and the Mercury Prize—for not being British enough.On Twitter, Rina spoke out about the issue and wrote:if u wanna see CHANGE in the eligibility criteria then @ them and tell them u want them to revise the citizenship requirements NOW.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: With the online edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema, set to draw to a close on Thursday (July 30), the event has crowned Kontora as the winner of its inaugural Obayashi Prize.Named after the late filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi, who died in April this year at the age of 82, the award was created to encourage the continued development of Japanese indie cinema through the festival’s Next Generation

Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colourful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock great David Bowie, has died of leukaemia at 76, his company said.Yamamoto developed leukaemia in February and was determined to recover and come back with renewed energy, said the company, Kansai Yamamoto.He died last Tuesday.Born in 1944 in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Yamamoto debuted in 1971, becoming the first Japanese fashion designer to hold a show in

Japanese singer Misako Uno of AAA ("Triple-A") delighted fans last week when she launched her official YouTube channel on her birthday, Thursday (July 16). Two days later, she posted a cover of Eito's "Kousui," the TikTok-generated hit song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in May.

Actor Haruma Miura has died aged 30 from a suspected suicide.