Japan for his daring concepts that merge art and fashion.On Saturday, Morinaga did not disappoint.The award-winning designer treated fashion editors to a collaboration with Oscar-nominated Japanese animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Tokyo International Film Festival will showcase the works of director Yoshida Keisuke at next month’s 34th edition. The festival runs Oct.
30-Nov. 8, 2021.Two films by Yoshida are getting commercial releases this year, his recent “Blue,” and “Intolerance,” which reaches Japanese theaters later this month (Sept.
Japan for his daring concepts that merge art and fashion.On Saturday, Morinaga did not disappoint.The award-winning designer treated fashion editors to a collaboration with Oscar-nominated Japanese animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda.
The game show ‘Big in Japan’ is taking on Manchester! Ginger Vanderpump aka ‘The Duchess of Daytime TV’, and her co-star Mr Leonard Lollipops,, are about to give Manchester an experience like no other.
Scarlet Nexus is now available on Xbox Game Pass following its announcement during the Tokyo Game Show.Finishing up its presentation with a number of new announcements, Microsoft revealed that Scarlet Nexus will be available on the Game Pass subscription service today (September 30).“Game Pass truly is the best way to discover and play your next favourite game,” said Xbox corporate vice president Sarah Bond.
Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentThe Tokyo International Film Festival’s competition section will skew heavily towards Asian titles, festival organizers said on Tuesday.The festival announced the full lineup for its 34rd edition to be held Oct. 30 – Nov.
Kate is getting a video game adaptation next month thanks to Ludic Studios.The game, named Kate: Collateral Damage, follows the same premise as the film, where an assassin is given 24 hours to live due to a fast-acting poison.
Rebecca Davis editorWarnerMedia has opened a new regional hub for Asia, excluding China and Japan, which officially opened on Friday and will be a stepping stone to launching HBO Max in its first Asian markets in the future.The opening signals the full integration of WarnerMedia’s business in the region that includes Warner Bros., HBO and Turner brands.“More than just a new workspace, [our new flagship office] brings together the most incredible parts of our diverse business — from ‘Harry
Jamie Lang Isabelle Huppert (“The Lacemaker,” “The Piano Teacher”) has been appointed as the president of the jury that will decide the competition winners at the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct. 30-Nov.
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Japan and Taiwan.The CSO said Muti's 2022-23 season will include performances of Beethoven's “Missa Solemnic (Solemn Mass)” in June 2023 and the world premiere of a work commissioned by the CSO from Jessie Montgomery.Muti was to conduct the CSO's season-opening performance on Thursday night in their first performance together since February 2020, a gap caused by the pandemic.
Zhao Wei epitomizes many aspects of the Chinese government’s campaign to tear down fandom, celebrity and the driving forces behind them.Zhao attained major stardom in the late 1990s with TV series “My Fair Princess,” starred as the leading lady in John Woo’s epic “Red Cliff” and directed 2013 hit YA film “So Young.”Along the way, she shook off a scandal about wearing a dress that looked like a Japanese flag, became unfeasibly wealthy and got banned for five years by China’s securities regulator
“F9,” the latest entry in the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise, exploded onto screens worldwide this May, garnering commercial success to the tune of some $700 million and giving the series an opportunity to live long past its upcoming tenth and eleventh installments.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThis year’s Tokyo International Film Festival will give gala positions to two American movies. Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” has been set as the opening night title and will play on Oct.
If you’re a world cinema lover who does not yet know the name Ryûsuke Hamaguchi—winner of the Best Screenplay prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for his adaption of Haruki Murakami’s short story, “Drive My Car” (read our rave review)—that is very likely about to change.
This review of “Prisoners of the Ghostland” was first published after the film’s January 2021 premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.Prolific and wildly eccentric Japanese auteur Sion Sono has spent most of his career at the dizzying point at which arthouse bravado meets grindhouse gonzo, and his best films stretch the limits of narrative so far as to leave viewers simultaneously gobsmacked and exhilarated.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKakao Entertainment, part of South Korean internet giant Kakao Corp., is poised to buy leading Korean film production company Zip Cinema from its Singaporean owner Spackman Entertainment. The deal is valued at S$19.8 million ($14.8 million).Zip Cinema is producer of “Broker,” the Korean-language debut of Japanese Palme d’or winner Kore-eda Hirokazu (“Shoplifters”), which is now in post-production and being sold by CJ Entertainment.
Microsoft is returning for its second Xbox showcase stream at Tokyo Game Show 2021 on September 30, but will not feature any “new global debuts”.While it was reported earlier this month that the platform holder will have its own virtual streaming slot at Tokyo Game Show 2021 with promises of “exclusive news”, an Xbox Wire post from Jeremy Hinton, head of Xbox Asia, clarifies that fans should not expect any new world premiere reveals but instead there will be “a celebration with our Asia