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Emiliano De Pablos Suzanne Lindon’s “Spring Blossom,” João Paulo Miranda María’s “Memory House” and Grigory Kolomytsev’s “Chupacabra” will vie for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Basque Country event announced Tuesday.This year, the New Directors competition takes in 11 films from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the U.K. and Vietnam.

Kristine Kwak Some two weeks after releasing “Map of the Soul: 7 — The Journey,” BTS’s fourth Japanese studio album, the band is set to return with new music, this time in English.Columbia Records gave the BTS ARMY a pleasant surprise on July 28 by posting a countdown and link to the date of the record’s release, Aug.

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.

ARMY was definitely stumped for a second but not completely surprised to see Jin debuting new hair colour (ARMY is a bit confused between orange and light brown) as BTS appeared for a Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey online event in Japan. Given that the septet will soon kickstart their next comeback, the fandom is used to seeing the members change their hair colour with every comeback.

After gaining international acclaim with his Cannes prize-winning family drama “Harmonium,” Japanese director Kōji Fukada returned with “A Girl Missing,” reuniting with actress Mariko Tsutsui for a slow-burning mystery thriller which premiered at Locarno Film Festival last year before going on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival. And now, the film’s (virtual) release approaches this Friday July 31st.

Christopher Nolan's has a release date. The film was initially set to be released July 17, before first being pushed back to July 31 and then to Aug.

Christopher Nolan's has a release date. The film was initially set to be released July 17, before first being pushed back to July 31 and then to Aug.

Shawn Mendes just added another tattoo to his already fabulous collection of ink on his body. The 21-year-old Lost in Japan singer-songwriter debuted his new ink, via tattoo artist Kane Navasard‘s Instagram, on July 26.

Shawn Mendes just got such a sweet new tattoo!

Natalie Portman is one star who doesn’t just impress us with her acting skills, but her many other talents off-screen too – like being able to speak in multiple languages including Hebrew, German, Japanese, French and Spanish.

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July 2020 belonged to BTS as they finally released their highly-awaited Japanese album, Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey. While the album included Japanese versions of their several hit songs like On, Black Swan, Boy With Luv and Idol, there were also brand new tracks like the lead single, Stay Gold, as well as Jungkook's composed song, Your Eyes Tell.

BTS, “Map of the Soul: 7 — The Journey” (UMe) There is no such thing as a world pandemic that can stop the BTS train. The pop (no K needed) superstars managed to record a full-length Japanese album, “Map of the Soul: 7 — The Journey,” in the few months the world was on lockdown.

BTS unveiled their new Japanese-language album, Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~ on Tuesday (July 14).The K-pop idols' fourth Japanese LP (and second full-length of 2020), the new studio set features Japanese versions of songs originally featured on 2018's Love Yourself: Answer, 2019's Map of the Soul: Persona and 2020's Map of the Soul: 7, including hit singles like "Boy With Luv," "Black Swan," "Fake Love" and "Dionysus."The album also includes pre-release single "Stay Gold" and three other

NieR Re[in]carnation, the upcoming mobile spin-off from the NieR series.The Japanese trailer gives fans a look at gameplay for the upcoming title. Throughout the footage, fans are given a preview of the environments they will be able to explore as they progress through the game.The teaser also focuses on the combat in NieR Re[in]carnation, where waves of enemies attack the player in what appears to be turn-based combat, which is new for the series.

Yuzu became the first act to perform onstage at Japanese ticketing and publishing company Pia's new arena in Yokohama, Pia Arena MM, live streaming their hit "Eikou No Kakehashi" ("Bridge of Glory," in English) on Friday (July 10).Pia Arena MM was originally slated to kick off April 25-26 with two concerts by the super duo, but the shows had to be cancelled and the arena's opening postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic, like most other events and concerts in Japan around that time.Fast

Deadpool 2 and Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch.The actor, who won an Oscar earlier this year for his role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, has signed on to star in action-thriller Bullet Train.Variety reports that Leitch will direct and produce the Sony Pictures film, which is based on Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka.Kelly McCormick, Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick will also produce, while the script is being written by Zak Olkewicz.The novel Bullet Train,

Hey! Say! JUMP's "Last Mermaid…" blasts in at No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated June 29 to July 5, extending the streak of Johnny's boy bands leading the song chart.The title song of the eight-member group's 27th single leads physical sales and look-ups, while also faring relatively well in radio airplay (No.