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• Oli on Why Asano Tadanobu doesn’t work in television:
  "you can find good and awful things in japanese tv…it’s the same thing in..."
• Steven Millan on Kitano to return to yakuza films?:
  "That’s very cool to know that Beat Takashi is returning to the yakuza genre,which is..."
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July 2009

• Bye-bye ryuganji.net, hello ryuganji.blogspot.com

June 2009

• Kitano to return to yakuza films?
• Do you have the guts to handle Nishimura Yoshihiro?
• “Goemon”: the future of Japanese film?

May 2009

• Why Asano Tadanobu doesn’t work in television
• Thoughts on “Goemon”
• Thoughts on “Rain Fall”

April 2009

• Vote for a Criterion blu-ray of Kobayashi Masaki’s “Kwaidan” at Amazon
• Natives still beating barbarians into submission
• Kusanagi Tsuyoshi arrested for…
• Groovy Onitsuka Tiger shirts a…
• Additions to “Zatoichi: The Last” cast
• For boys who cry, kill and jiz…
• A brief message of underwhelming importance
• Festival fave Kawase Naomi awa…
• See Sakamoto Junji as a geisha…

January 2009

• Gururi to 2009

December 2008

• Expose yourself on January 31st
• RIP BCI (Eclipse)
• Inudo Isshin has Zero Focus
• ATG poster gallery @ Eiga go go!
• Film business in the 21st century, part two
• Film business in the 21st Century, part one
• Sono Sion: metal, murder and ‘complicated’ situations with young girls
• Ryuganji redux / Filmex reflections

September 2008

• Interview: Stuart Galbraith IV, author of “The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography”
• More casting news for “20th Century Boys” parts two and three
• Kore-eda’s dugong-inspired musical documentary
• ‘Okuribito’ and ‘Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai’ win in Montreal

August 2008

• Yagira Yuya nearly emulates Heath Ledger
• Japanese movies on UK Sky TV
• Django rides into NY and LA
• Aoyama Shinji’s French short film
• Iwai Shunji and Brett Ratner: the new Chan and Tucker?
• Ponyo and Cliff at the gym
• Yoshino Kimika extends her range
• Review: “The Sky Crawlers”
• “Goemon” cast update
• Spoiler: she dies
• Kanna cast for “20th Century Boys”
• Trailer for “Tonan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna”

July 2008

• Cast update for “Shikisoku Zenereishon”
• Ronnie James Ponyo
• “Volcano High” director teams up with “Death Note” screenwriter
• Michael Arias knocks on “Heaven’s Door”
• “Tokyo Sonata” to open in Japan on September 27th
• Nishijima and Kase co-star in “Tonan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna”
• Ayase Haruka = breasts
• Hiroki Ryuichi’s “Your Friend”
• From prosaic to just plain stupid
• Stills from the set of “Shikisoku Zenereishon”
• The men with the balls to remake “Seven Samurai”
• ‘Ponyo’ detractors sharpen their sushi knives
• Hulk smash Aomori
• Review: Chameleon
• Taguchi Tomorowo to direct his second Miura Jun flick
• Picking up the crumbs of Miki Satoshi’s latest
• “Nonchan Noriben” update
• Sakamoto Junji says “hoes before bros”
• “Climber’s High” clings on to modest success
• “One Million Yen Girl” flees overseas
• “Sky Crawlers” or “Sky Bawlers”?
• A rare victory (?) for live-action over anime
• All that glitters may not be Takemajin
• Shochiku @ YouTube
• “Boys Over Flowers” über alles

May 2008

• Kadokawa Haruki on the verge of solving “God’s Puzzle”: part two
• Kadokawa Haruki on the verge of solving “God’s Puzzle”: part one
• Attractive retail opportunity for Ishii Katsuhito aficionados
• More Sai on “Soo”
• Sai Yoichi talks filmmaking in Japan, South Korea and New Zealand

April 2008

• Kitano Takeshi vs. Monster X, as refereed by Kawasaki Minoru
• Eight screens for Yasukuni, more to follow
• Monsters unleashed for Kitaro sequel
• Kikuchi, Kase & Kuriyama fly the unfriendly skies in “Sky Crawlers”
• Torino GLBT Film Festival, April 17-25
• Learn English the Beat Takeshi way
• Assorted news giblets: Kitano, Miike, Oshima, Nakashima and more
• “Bayside Shakedown 3″ on the way

March 2008

• More trouble for Yasukuni documentary as remaining cinemas pull out
• First review of Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s “Tokyo Sonata”?
• Live chat with “Goemon” director Kiriya Kazuaki this Friday
• Miyazaki & Tsumabuki in Sakamoto’s child exploitation exposé
• Tokyo cinema shuns Chinese documentary on controversial war shrine
• Mishima Yukio films coming on DVD from Criterion in June
• Seems like a lot of trouble to go to just to sell hair goo
• “Goemon” website revamp promises live chat with…?
• Four-minute promo for Miike’s “Cellphone Detective 7″
• “Three for the Road” English-subbed DVD coming in May
• Asano Tadanobu directs again, teaches earthlings how to rock
• Ishii Katsuhito and his mates wanna learn you real good
• At last, a film fest in Japan with major PR: shame it’s French
• Review: “Kabei - Our Mother”

February 2008

• Bunshun Raspberry Awards: the year in dasaku (crap movies)
• “The Mourning Forest” English-subbed DVD coming in April
• A message from Kiriya Kazuaki to you, the consumer
• Sticking up for the Inugamis
• Review: “Don’t Laugh at My Romance”

January 2008

• A message to regular Ryuganji readers

December 2007

• Arakawa Yoshiyoshi’s demon spawn to infest “Fine, Totally Fine”
• Miike’s “Yatterman”: is this Doronjo?
• Carbon-copy remakes: a positive force in Japanese filmmaking?

November 2007

• In brief: Kawasaki Minoru, Okuda Eiji, Simpsons justice
• A more serious cop story from Kameyama Chihiro
• Kitano Takeshi, international spokesmodel
• My Neighbor Totoro 2: lock up your kids
• Stand and clap or Horikita Maki will go all Showa on your ass
• The near-resurrection of Okamoto Kihachi’s final script
• Ishii Katsuhito drops science on some lucky Hawaiian kids

October 2007

• A pre-emptive strike on “SP”
• Reasons why Japanese cinema is in the sh*tter #24678
• Sono Sion owes me a Ramune

September 2007

• Japanese films at Tokyo Filmex 2007
• Undead samurai and deaf surfer team up for Miike’s latest
• Japanese films at Tokyo International Film Festival 2007
• Japan rests its Oscar hopes on Suo
• Yamamoto Satsuo gets retro-ed
• Lee Chang-dong at Tokyo Filmex
• Aso Kumiko goes international: first stop, Iran
• Campaign to reinstate the real Simpsons gaining momentum
• Impostors in Supuringufirudo
• Fast, cheap and out of pocket

August 2007

• Starring Quentin Tarantino in a Ishii Katsuhito film: “80 Proof”
• “Casshern”’s Kiriya Kazuaki on the comeback trail
• Monsters never die, they just go on hiatus
• Tokyo Filmex 2007: November 17-25

July 2007

• Lowering the boom and popping the bubble
• Shinoda’s “Silence” on DVD this September
• Director Sakaki Hideo versus everyone’s favorite yakuza!
• Release date for “Sukiyaki Western: Django”
• Don’t fear the reaper, it’s only Kaneshiro Takeshi

June 2007

• Pia Film Festival 2007: July 14-20, Tokyo
• Will the seagulls follow the trawler again for Ogigami Naoko?
• A Nightmare on Detective Street 2: Tsukamoto’s Revenge
• Slackerific Odagiri and the Miki Satoshi connection
• You’ve read the film, now see the book
• I am Kawase, hear me roar
• The Japan Times: can’t see the forest for the trees?
• Eirin bukkakes all over “Shortbus”

May 2007

• Kuroki adds oestrogen to “Crows Zero”
• More navel-gazing from Kitano?
• Kitano vs. Izutsu: who loves movies the most?
• Bloody hell, an actual post for once

April 2007

• Kubozuka slams Izutsu as films do battle over war ideology
• Previews of Anno Hideaki’s sumptuous “Strings”
• More juvenile thuggery for Miike & cast of unknowns play ball
• Ladies love Lee Byung-hun (and Kimutaku)
• Can Shibasaki Ko snatch the pebble from Stephen Chow’s hand?

March 2007

• Weekend box office 24-25/3/2007
• Asmik Ace reveals its lineup: new films from Inudo Isshin, Koizumi Kyoko and more
• Is it ‘Beat’ or ‘Kitano’? Takeshi on “Kantoku - Banzai!”
• Weekend box office 17-18/3/2007
• Miyazaki Hayao’s new film: penance for being an absent father?
• Kon Satoshi’s “Paprika” out on R2 NTSC DVD on May 23rd
• Weekend box office 10-11/3/2007
• Bugs + SM + self-mutilation + Kikuchi Rinko = big laughs?!
• Nonagenarian Shindo Kaneto gearing up for last film
• Weekend box office 3-4/3/2007
• Tokyo governor Ishihara disses Eastwood’s war film
• News in brief: Tsumabuki in musical omnibus, legal trouble for Kadokawa Haruki, “Pacchigi!” sequel trailer

February 2007

• News in brief: Dan Rei in new “Tsuri Baka Nisshi”, Kadokawa Haruki’s promotional coup for “Sanjuro”
• Weekend box office 24-25/2/2007
• Mizuno Miki is Matsushima Nami
• “Late Ozu” box set from Eclipse in June
• “My Sassy Girl” director terminates Ayase Haruka
• “Dororo” trilogy gets the green light
• Weekend box office 17-18/2/2007
• “Sansho the Bailiff”and “Vengeance is Mine” coming from Criterion in May
• Yamashita Nobuhiro goes back to school
• New films from Kitano and Anno

January 2007

• News in brief: “Kuchisake Onna” pic, Uchida Yuki’s comeback, dubious promotion for “Yume Juya”
• Harada Masato returns with supernatural mystery
• Where Japanese film is at in ‘07

November 2006

• Sayurists unite: Yoshinaga to star in Yamada Yoji’s wartime drama
• Pacchigi 2: Chimachogori Boogaloo

July 2006

• The new Mifune Toshiro is - Oda Yuji?! “Sanjuro” remake announced
• Miike’s yakuza pic wraps, Kimutaku in Fuji TV blockbuster

January 2006

• Ichikawa Kon back behind the camera

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