Japanese Helmer Tomoko Kana Unveils Film Project About Fukushima, Chernobyl Victims

Yuko Takeuchi, a Japanese actress who starred in the Hulu and HBO Asia drama Miss Sherlock and horror hit Ring, has died. She was 40.

reports. The performer's husband, actor Taiki Nakabayashi, 35, found her in her bedroom in the apartment around 2 a.m.

Ringu and Hulu series Miss Sherlock, has died aged 40.The Urawa-born actor and mother of two was discovered by her husband in their Tokyo home early this morning (September 27).

Andreas Wiseman International EditorJapanese actress Yuko Takeuchi has been found dead at her Tokyo home at the age of 40.Police have launched an investigation and suspect the mother of two took her own life, according to local media reports.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentJapanese actress Takeuchi Yuko was found dead by her husband, actor Nakabayashi Taiki, in their Tokyo apartment early Sunday morning. Forty years old at the time of her death, she was the mother of two, including an infant boy who was born in January.While Takeuchi left no note, death by suicide is being presumed.

The Japanese trailer for “Wonder Woman: 1984” is making the wait for the movie’s premiere even harder by offering an extended peek at the film’s action. Gal Gadot swings back into action as the acclaimed DC Comics hero Wonder Woman in the sequel to the hit 2017 movie.

When Brad Pitt signed on in August to star in director David Leitch's upcoming action thriller Bullet Train, it gave Yuma Terada and Ryosuke Saegusa, co-founders of startup Japanese rights management firm CTB Inc, a burst of high-profile visibility for their unconventional business model. Produced by Sony, Bullet Train will be a big-budget adaptation of Japanese author Kotaro Isaka's novel Maria Beetle.

Japanese actress Sei Ashina, star of the historical arthouse drama Silk and the cult television seriesKamen Rider Hibiki, has died. She was 36.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn a deal struck on the cusp of San Sebastian Film Festival, Germany’s Pandora Filmproduktion has boarded “Riders,” the latest project from Martín Rejtman, hailed as the founding father of the New Argentine Cinema.Written by Rejtman, “Riders” (“El Repartidor Está en Camino”) will be presented to further potential partners at this weekend’s 9th’s San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum.Set up at Buenos Aires’ Un Puma, headed by María

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentAshina Sei, an established actor in high demand for TV dramas and films, was discovered dead in her Tokyo apartment Monday. Both Tokyo police and her agency have confirmed that she died of suicide, age 36.Born in 1983 in Fukushima Prefecture as Igarashi Aya, she came to Tokyo while still a teenager and soon found work as a fashion model.

Toys For Bob has released a brand new live-action trailer for Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time that harkens back to the ’90s when zany ads were all the rage in Japan.The new trailer invokes players’ nostalgia by essentially recreating a bizarre Japanese commercial for the original game back in the ’90s that featured what would become Crash’s iconic dance animation from Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.Check out the trailer below.The dance choreography isn’t the only thing to return.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterA documentary about the Wirecard financial scandal is in the works at Sky Studios. Gabriela Sperl is developing the project with producer SFFP, it will be directed by Benji and Jono Bergmann of BABKA, who will also co-produce.