Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue has received a 4K UHD remastered edition and the movie is currently running in theaters across US and Canada.

Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away is one of his best works and was a hit in 2001, but Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress is ...

When Toshitsune Tamashiro was young and closeted in 1980s Japan, Tokyo's Shinjuku Ni-chome gay district was a haven. Now he runs a bar there, and has fought to keep the district going during the ...

The director’s new films—about Lorenz Hart and Jean-Luc Godard—form a kind of diptych, but the contrasts are as important as ...

When two cultural forces collide, the effect can be nothing short of earth-shaking. That’s certainly the case with the epic ...

The Tokyo International Film Festival kicked off on Saturday with live screenings and a host of coronavirus prevention measures to ensure the show could go on.

Sincere apologies to Timothée Chalamet and Alexander Skarsgård. The festival’s unassuming artistic director, Dennis Lim, is ...

As well as an otherworldly $36,000 Custom Shop Stratocaster with a Godzilla roar button, two Made in Japan models are also packing some flashy new tech ...

Since 1998, Variety has been selecting standout performers for their 10 Actors to Watch franchise. Past honorees include more ...

Elliot Tuttle knew that “Blue Film,” the fictional story of a camboy who reconnects with a former high school teacher who was ...

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang headlines Tokyo market's 'Morte Cucina' co-production seminar, as the event adds a China Pavilion and ...