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The film was produced by Office Kitano with Bandai Visual, TV Tokyo and Omnibus Japan. [2] Per the producer's suggestion no actors who had appeared in earlier Kitano films were cast, with the director himself as an exception. [3] It was shot in CinemaScope from 23 August to 23 October 2009. Filming locations included Kobe and Ibaraki Prefecture ...
Based on real events reported in Japanese newspapers in 1966 [1] Boy follows the title character, Toshio Omura, across Japan, as he is forced to participate in a dangerous scam to support his dysfunctional family. Toshio's father, Takeo Omura, is an abusive, lazy veteran, who forces his wife, the boy's stepmother, Takeko Tamiguchi, to feign ...
The 8-Year Engagement (Japanese: 8年越しの花嫁 奇跡の実話) (2017) – Japanese romantic drama film based on an autobiographical book by Hisashi Nishozawa and Mai Nakahara [3] 9/11 (2017) – action drama film depicting five elevator passengers trapped during the September 11 attacks [4]
Black Box Diaries is a 2024 documentary film produced and directed by Shiori Itō, documenting her sexual assault investigation and case in Japan. [3] The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival .
According to Tony Rayns, Abashiri Prison was released by Toei in 1965 as the B movie of a double feature. [ 9 ] Eureka Entertainment released Abashiri Prison in the United Kingdom and North America in a Blu-ray set that also includes the second and third films in the series, Another Abashiri Prison Story and Abashiri Prison: Saga of ...
The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Johnny and Associates, the high-profile Japanese talent agency whose deceased founder and long-time president Johnny Kitagawa has been revealed as a serial sexual abuser, will forgo some of its ...
The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII [18] 1987 Loni Ding: Conscience and the Constitution [19] 2000 Frank Abe Days of Waiting: 1990 Steven Okazaki: Dear Miss Breed [20] 2000 Veronica Ko Democracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II [21] 2000 Jeffrey S. Betts A Divided Community [22] 2012 Momo Yashima Double ...