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Posted on Saturday, 24 February 2007 at 7:37 pm
2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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
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
July 2006
- The new Mifune Toshiro is - Oda Yuji?! “Sanjuro” remake announced
- Miike’s yakuza pic wraps, Kimutaku in Fuji TV blockbuster
January 2006
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