‘Special Actors’ Review: Mildly Amusing Japanese Comedy No Match for Director’s ‘One Cut of the Dead’

Dancing with the Stars level choreo and he danced so gracefully. Like, I'm still in shock.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSong Kang-ho, the star of Oscar sensation Parasite and the 2013 feature Snowpiercer, will lead the cast of Korean feature Broker. The film marks the Korean directing debut of Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose previous credits include the Palme d’Or-winning and Oscar-nomianted 2018 drama Shoplifters.Also starring in Broker will be Gang Dong-won and Bae Doona.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe pro sports boycotts over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin continue to grow.Following the lead of the NBA, its Milwaukee Bucks and other teams and leagues, two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka of Japan said today that she is skipping her semifinal match Thursday at the Western & Southern Open in New York City.“Before I am an athlete, I am a black woman,” she wrote in a social media post (read it in full below).

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A special display to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is being staged in Hamilton’s Low Parks MuseumStaff at the attraction, which reopened this week following the easing of lockdown, have been working behind the scenes while it was closed to prepare a commemorative display to mark the final surrender of Japan and the start of a new era of peace – VJ Day on August 15,

“YYZ” is a big ask for any drummer, but 10-year-old prodigy Yoyoka does it justice.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentFilmination, an online marketplace for Japanese content, is expanding and relaunching. The object is to smooth and speed up the often-cumbersome process of dealing with Japanese rights holders.Pitched as the first of its kind in Japan, the revamped site allows rights holders to present their wares and rights buyers to select films and TV series.

The Japanese House) is short but sweet. ‘Chewing Cotton Wool’ is only four songs long – but crammed within those fifteen minutes there’s lush production, gut-punch lyrics and massive, sing-a-long choruses.

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.

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).

Rick and Morty anime short has been released online, and it raises some major questions around the relationship between the two main characters.Back in March, Adult Swim shared a five-minute Rick and Morty short called Samurai & Shogun, created by Japanese studio Deen Digital.Now, Deen have shared a surprise, unannounced second edition called Rick and Morty vs. Genocider, which you can watch below.

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.