The government plans to expand support for the domestic content industry to boost exports of anime and films with the aim to triple overseas revenue from Japanese content to ¥20 trillion in 2033. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/content-industry-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #anime #japanesefilm #film #meti
Yoshihiko Matsui’s first feature in nearly two decades seethes with fury over Fukushima’s forgotten victims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/18/film/there-was-such-a-thing-before/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yoshihikomatsui #oshiromaeda #airukubozuka #fukushimano1 #311 #earthquakes #tsunami
Lee Sang-il's three-hour kabuki drama, once deemed a “high business risk,” overcame doubts over subject matter to find its audience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/18/film/kokuho-box-office-expectations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #kabuki #kokuho #japanesefilm
Move over, “Spirited Away.” The new “Demon Slayer” film just cut its way into Japan’s all-time No. 2 box-office spot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/17/entertainment-news/demon-slayer-opening-weekend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #demonslayer #japanesefilm #anime
Sony Pictures’ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle" has set an opening weekend record for the Japanese anime genre at U.S. and Canadian theaters, raking in $70 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/15/companies/sony-demon-slayer-anime-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #demonslayer #japanesefilm #anime #us #canada #sony
Kenji Iwaisawa levels up from indie masterpiece "On-Gaku: Our Sound" with a bigger production that keeps his unique stamp. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/11/film/100-meters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #anime #japanesefilm #kenjiiwaisawa
‘Faking Beethoven’ tries to play the messy lies behind a musical giant’s story for laughs — with mixed results. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/10/film/faking-beethoven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yukiyamada #aratafuruta #kazuakiseki #bakarhythm #ludwigvanbeethoven
The latest film in the "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" anime franchise topped ¥30 billion in box-office revenue in the first 52 days of its release. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/09/film/demon-slayer-30-billion-box-office/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #demonslayer #anime #japanesefilm
Greta Thunberg’s rallying cry gets reimagined by a trio of eco-conscious kids in Mipo Oh’s latest film, “How Dare You.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/04/film/how-dare-you/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yuaoi #mipooh
Director Kei Ishikawa brings the Nobel Prize-winning author’s novel to the screen as a haunting meditation on memory, loss and elusive truths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/04/film/a-pale-view-of-hills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #suzuhirose #keiishikawa #kazuoishiguro #yoyoshida #fuminikaido
Balancing realism and compassion, Yoshihiko Taniguchi’s "Happy Life" shows a family adrift and a daughter forced to shoulder responsibilities far beyond her years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/22/film/happy-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #chiyurinishiguchi #yoshihikotaniguchi #sankichikawamoto
Satoko Yokohama’s film mixes watercolor whimsy, bohemian houseguests and a school newspaper scoop gone too far into a breezy, youth-skewed summer tale. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/22/film/seaside-serendipity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #konosukeharada #satokoyokohama
Black-and-white, but far from simple, Kon Ichikawa’s film is a survival story that stares into humanity’s darkest corners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/20/film/fires-on-the-plain-restoration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film#konichikawa #worldwarii #japanesefilm #eijifunakoshi
The live-action Japanese movie "Kokuho" has made over ¥10.5 billion in box office revenue in a feat not achieved in Japan since "Bayside Shakedown 2" in 2003. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/19/entertainment-news/kokuho-revenue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #kokuho #japanesefilm #film #kabuki
Japanese film director Sho Miyake's "Tabi to Hibi" ("Two Seasons, Two Strangers") has won the top prize in the international competition division at the 78th Locarno Film Festival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/17/film/two-seasons-two-strangers-locarno-film-festival-top-prize/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #locarnofilmfestival #tabitohibi #japanesefilm #awards #switzerland
Toshihisa Yamada’s first feature gives a lightly fictionalized spin to the tale of the “lucky” Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that survived World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/14/film/yukikaze/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #worldwarii #yutakatakenouchi #toshihisayamada
Set in near-future Shanghai, romantic comedy anime "ChaO" reimagines "The Little Mermaid" in vibrant, hand-drawn detail. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/08/film/chao-anime-yasuhiro-aoki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #anime #yasuhiroaoki
Sony Group has raised its earnings forecast following a strong showing from its entertainment divisions that outweighed the threat of new U.S. tariffs on chips. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/companies/sony-outlook-entertainment-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sony #tech #playstation #music #japanesefilm #tariffs #donaldtrump
Not saints, not martyrs — teenage nurses struggle to care for others while barely holding themselves together in “Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/07/film/nagasaki-in-the-shadow-of-the-flash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #wwii #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #jumpeimatsumoto
J-horror veteran director Hideo Nakata creates goose-pimply moments of terror with common paranormal phenomena in the sequel to his 2020 haunted apartments film. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/31/film/stigmatized-properties-possession-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #hideonakata #shotawatanabe #kotaroyoshida