TV steers Japanese cinema
Major nets are partnering with major distributors to produce features based on material with which local audiences are already widely familiar…
Curtain falling on cinema in Kabukicho
The red-light district’s screen total has shrunk from 14 to four in a little over a year…
Sawajiri dumped overboard from ‘Yamato’
Actress Erika Sawajiri, a local tabloid fav for a series of headline-making scandals, has been replaced as the female lead of the SF fantasy "Space Battleship Yamato," according to Japan…
Guide to Japan’s ghouls
'Yokai Attack!' is a a tongue-in-cheek field guide to some of Japan's imaginary beasts…
Long-running Tokyo cabaret to shut
The 600-seat hall will drop its curtain for the final time after Friday night…
Creative funding for Japanese films
Raising cash for film projects is getting more creative and deviating from the standard multi-partner funding model…
Land prices trumping cultural worth
Venerable structures are being replaced by slick multi-use facilities…
Shochiku adds animation
TOKYO – Readying more robots for battle. Japanese film giants Toei and Toho probably cast nervous looks over their backs in September, when film-distribution and kabuki-theater conglomerate Shochiku established an…
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