Visions of Japanese cinema
Visions of Japanese cinema
MIDNIGHT EYE RETIRES. After 15 years of making the world's go-to source for info on Japanese cinema in English, we're calling it a day.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's one-hour, shot-in-Russia promo for a J-pop idol reveals hidden cinematic depths.
Revisiting Nagisa Oshima's early feature about life in the underbelly of post-war Osaka.
Miike's riff on The Ghost Story of Yotsuya evokes both the supernatural and the resolutely down-to-earth
Makoto Shinkai's latest animated mini-feature explores everyday fleeting moments of love, beauty, and heartbreak.
What was up in Japanese film in 2014? Ask the makers of Midnight Eye.
Tracing the lineage of one of Japan's greatest cinematographers, from Daimajin to Hitokiri and beyond.
At 820 pages, Chris D's long-in-the-making yakuza movie tome has been worth the wait.
Steven T. Brown's inspiring and long-overdue exploration of a genre that remains relevant.
Examining Steven C. Ridgely's new study of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures in Japanese film and art.
Aaron Gerow clarifies the many mysteries and misconceptions surrounding Teinosuke Kinugasa's silent classic.
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