A ghost trapped in limbo accompanies us on a romantic road-trip, but only tedium ensues.
See Studio Ghibli’s latest gem ahead of a full retrospective of the cherished Japanese animation house.
Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda returns with a sensitive and quietly sublime sibling drama.
One of Japan’s best living directors tells us about adapting manga and mimicking Ozu.
The Japanese director’s bleak and beautiful 1985 film returns to cinemas.
By Adam Cook
Revisit a haunting scene from the Japanese director’s 1985 epic before it returns to cinemas this month.
By Amandas Ong
The Japanese master’s 1951 film Hakuchi is a celebration of humanity and its failings.
The Japanese director’s typically sweet-centred new film arrives in the UK next month.
A restored 4k print of this classic Japanese war movie is coming to cinemas this April.
By Adam Cook
Nagisa Oshima’s 1968 film Death by Hanging is now available courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
Production to begin on Toho’s long-awaited answer to Gareth Edwards’ Hollywood reboot.
This Japanese teen love story from Naomi Kawase is mired in emo histrionics and limp drama.
By Anton Bitel
Studio Ghibli does it again with this vibrant, bittersweet adaptation of a classic Japanese folk tale.
Hayao Miyazaki’s brilliant swansong is a complex, swooning melodrama on aviation and the caveats of creativity.
A pure, wonderfully animated story of friendship against the odds from an emerging anime voice.
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