MOVIE

Filmmaker Hiroki Kawai investigates the true nature of communication during coronavirus through his film, Uta no Hajimari.

A column for «Jumbo» by film director Yurina Kaneko.

We talk to Keisuke Toyoshima and Koji Tokuo about why “Mishima: The Last Debate” resonated with so many people, and how people perceive or sympathize with characters in entertainment.

This series of columns introduces the rich culture of Asian films from countries such as South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. It also aims to investigate the similarities and differences between Japanese films and other Asian films.

It has been ten years since Shō Miyake’s first feature film. Going back and forth in time, Miyake frankly tells us about his feelings toward filmmaking, all the while munching on pizza and fried potatoes in a karaoke box in Sangenjaya.

When they act, some actors are in the zone from head to toe, and such is the case in two films called From Miyamoto to You and 100 Yen Love.

This series of columns introduces the rich culture of Asian films from countries such as South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. It also aims to investigate the similarities and differences between Japanese films and other Asian films.

Film Director Takuya Uchiyama talks about the message he hopes to send through his film, “Sasaki In My Mind.”

Videographer Hiroo Tanaka continues to follow Nick Nowak, an artist who continues to build sound tanks by modifying speakers inspired by Cold War-era sound weapons.

Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa won the Silver Lion for best director at the Venice International Film Festival for Wife of a Spy. What did he reveal in his first-ever historical drama? What questions did he raise in the film?