http://www.ryuganji.net A subjective selection of the latest Japanese film news in English. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:22:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As my ryuganji.net domain registration is set to expire on July 25th, this seems like as good a time as any to shift house. I had considered giving up blogging altogether, but seeing as that would be a waste of a lot of (good?) work I've decided to set up ... http://www.ryuganji.net/2009/07/02/bye-bye-ryuganjinet-hello-ryuganjiblogspotcom/ A quick bit of Beat gossip from Cyzo: Kitano 'Beat' Takeshi's 15th feature film looks set to go before the cameras in August. "It hasn't been officially announced yet, but it's unmistakably going to be about modern yakuza society. Also, in line with the wishes of investors, the cast will not feature ... http://www.ryuganji.net/2009/06/24/kitano-to-return-to-yakuza-films/ Horror, especially the gore-based variety, is currently deemed a risky commercial prospect in a domestic theatrical market where the real money is in catering to women and families. The spread of multiplexes at the expense of smaller independent cinemas has strangled viewing choices to a degree where R-rated material generally ... http://www.ryuganji.net/2009/06/05/256/ You can always rely on producer Ichise Taka to come up with some unvarnished comment every so often about the state of the Japanese film industry, but this time he's come out swinging against the detractors of his collaboration with Kiriya Kazuaki, "Goemon": Thanks to everyone who came to the see ... http://www.ryuganji.net/2009/06/03/goemon-the-future-of-japanese-film/ From a recent interview with Nagata Tetsuya for Nikkei Trendy Net: Nagata: You stopped acting on television about ten years ago. Why? Asano: At first I worked in television quite a bit, but I fought with my manager a lot and at one point I considered giving up acting. And this is ... http://www.ryuganji.net/2009/05/28/why-asano-tadanobu-doesnt-work-in-television/