Month: January 2020

Ikuo (Shingo Katori) is working in Tokyo as a punter, but gets fired. He has a serious gambling problem, wasting all his money and time...

My Dad is a Heel Wrestler, the second feature by Kyohei Fujimura, is adapted from the popular picture book My Daddy’s Job is Baddie a.k.a....

Inspired by a blog that became hugely popular through the Japanese networking website Ameda, Renpei Tsukamoto’s comedy Bento Harassment combines inter-generational strife with foodie culture...

Based on a novel by Hideo Yokoyama and directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, Shadowfall is a drama that follows Shuichi (Masayoshi Yamazaki), a thief who has...

Billi (Awkwafina) is a struggling writer living in the USA. She learns from her parents that her “Nai Nai”, or paternal grandmother (Zhao Shuzen), has...

The New York Asian Film Festival ushers in the new decade with the second annual edition of its Winter Showcase. Held at Chelsea’s SVA Theatre...

Ga Song is a Chinese folk singer attempting to make a professional living as he tours province after province, from one city to the next,...

It is fair to say that most people go into acting with the expectation that they will be cast in a leading role at some...

Somewhere in rural Japan, underneath a humorously shaped tree-root, two middle-aged friends unearth a time capsule from their youth. They’ve just reunited, a mere three...

Japan is a densely populated country so, in order to live there, it is important to make connections with others as well as to find...