Yoji Yamada nurtures Japan’s next generation in ‘Kyoto Story’
By • September 12, 2010
Famed helmer looks to teach Japan’s next generation of filmmakers
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Tokyo’s ‘pink’ Ueno Okura Theater goes out in style
By • August 6, 2010
Commemorate five-decade run as Japan’s most highly regarded venue for soft-core ‘pink’ pornographic cinema
Porn again: Historic Tokyo ‘pink’ theater upgrades, seeks female audience
By • August 2, 2010
Legendary theater has been entertaining fans of erotic cinema for nearly five decades
New wave of Japanese cult films look overseas
By • May 18, 2010
Japanese arthouse dramas and comedies routinely receive substantial critical acclaim internationally, but slipping under the radar and steadily gathering an overseas following is a new wave of low-budget cult pics. Japan’s domestic market continues to be dominated by pics based on well-known comic books or television programs. Targeting foreign coin by exploiting interests in exotic Asia is another option.
Koji Wakamatsu challenges merits of war with ‘Caterpillar’
By • May 5, 2010
From his start in erotic “pink” films in the 1960s to “United Red Army,” the 2007 film about Japan’s leftist student movements from four decades ago, director Koji Wakamatsu has never shied away from provocation. For his new war drama “Caterpillar,” he attacks the hypocrisy inherent in nationalism and the suffering of innocent civilians.
‘It’s a return!’ — Nikkatsu resurrects ‘roman porno’
By • March 28, 2010
Venerable studio brings back popular porn series
Curtain falls in Kabukicho
By • February 7, 2010
The Shinjuku Tokyu Milano theater is home to the remaining four screens in Tokyo’s Kabukicho entertainment district.
Gangster film star Hiroki Matsukata reels in giant tuna
By • November 27, 2009
Yakuza film star snags 715-pound black tuna
Kumasaka takes TPG prize
By • October 25, 2009
Japanese writer-director Izuru Kumasaka was on Thursday awarded the Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) award for his work “Secrets On The Table” — the capper to the four-day market (Oct 19-22) that features film projects and is affiliated with the Tokyo International Film Festival.
‘The Cove’ screens at the Tokyo International Film Festival
By • October 23, 2009
Louie Psihoyos, director of the controversial dolphin-hunting documentary “The Cove” speaks to the press during the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Distraught father-in-law wins incestuous consolation prize
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Proliferation of fake ID cards assist minors seeking work in sex trade
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Re-porn: AV industry relying on rising popularity of ‘mature’ actresses
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Out-call sex services in Tokyo compete for piece of papa-sans’ pensions
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Osaka ‘girl’s bar’ employed 12-year-old girl
