The series sets a new benchmark in Japanese drama with its massive filming scale, including scenes featuring tens of thousands of extras for music performances.” Logline: “After ...

Black & white Japanese classics hold up in all aspects, inspiring Western blockbusters. Zatoichi, Harakiri, and Ugetsu are must-watch black & white movies for a cinematic experience. Kurosawa's ...

In director Michihito Fujii’s Netflix drama The Parades, death is not an ending. Instead of the finality of crossing over to the other side, this dreamy Japanese ... The movie doesn’t make ...

Japanese movies often depict summer as the time for festivals, fireworks and fun, but there are films that stress the season’s downsides, too. In Masaya Takahashi’s “The Dry Spell” (2023 ...

Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the ...

Scriptwriter Daisuke Habara, who is well known for the movie “Hula Girls” and other titles, became the Japanese side’s representative of the Asian TV Drama Conference two years ago.