1+ week, 3+ day ago  (393+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Japan's Taiyo Kikaku is set to make its first foray into feature films with animation The Bear Hunter (working title), directed by Takeshi Yashiro and written by Anita Doron of Oscar-nominated The Breadwinner. The stop-motion animation will incorporate wood-carved…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (618+ words) Shumei - The Living Legacy of Kabuki" Japanese production company K2 Pictures has unveiled a production fund of nearly $33m (5bn) and a raft of upcoming titles, including the first documentary from filmmaker Takashi Miike. Two years after the launch of the K2 P Film…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (742+ words) Imagica Group CEO Shunjiro Nagase (left) and director Kei Ishikawa Imagica Group, one of Japan's leading production, post-production and VFX companies, has long supported the country's film and video industry over its 90-year history. In recent years, Japan's directors, screenwriters…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (338+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Takeo Hisamatsu wants to add more commerical titles and increase the number of films from Japanese filmmakers....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (715+ words) MEGUMI at Japanese Night 2025 Japanese actress, creator and producer'MEGUMI is back in Cannes to once again host the festival's biggest private party. Since 2024, Japanese Night has drawn around 1, 000 attendees to the talent showcase, connecting creators from Japan with the international…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (773+ words) The popularity of Japanese animation is at an all-time high, with the March" hosting industry leaders and upcomingprojects to showcase what the future holds for anime. Japanese animation has the attention of the world as one of the country's major…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (833+ words) Japan is becoming a top destination for international shoots, with seasoned production staff, world-beating locations and an expanded incentive programme that gives film and TV projects increased flexibility. The incentive, launched in 2023 following a pilot scheme, now has a two-year…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (399+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal has secured international sales rights to the 4 Krestoration of Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy that receives its 20th anniversary screening in Cannes Classics today [May 12]. Del Toro will attend Debussy Theatre for the presentation of the film,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (206+ words) Florence Pugh will star in and produce an adaptation of Matt Haig's best-selling book The Midnight Library, with Australian Lion filmmaker Garth Davis attached to direct. Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin of the UK's Blueprint Pictures will produce with Anita…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (108+ words) EXCLUSIVE: The animated feature marks the 29th'instalment of the Japanese anime franchise....