Thai Forest Spirit Horror ‘Cher’ Joins Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A Thai horror film built on the folklore of the Nang Mai, the forest nymphs of Thai myth,…
Horror ‘The Land of Jinn’ Is First Indonesia-Kyrgyzstan Co-Production
Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan have made their first film together. “The Land of Jinn,” a supernatural horror feature directed…
Acrobatic Pastor Drama ‘Trinity’ Heads to Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A celebrity preacher who performs daredevil stunts for his congregation while hiding his fixation on a young follower…
Family Dramas Dominate Tokyo Film Festival’s Asian Lineup
Family relationships run through the Asian films that Tokyo International Film Festival programmer Ishizaka Kenji has picked for…
‘Petal Dance’ Director’s ‘The Blue We Touch’ Ends 13-Year Feature Gap
Japanese filmmaker Ishikawa Hiroshi, whose credits include “Tokyo.sora,” “Su-ki-da.” and “Petal Dance,” is back with his first feature…
‘Renoir’ Producers Join Asia-Europe Co-Production Panel at TIFFCOM
Producers behind Hayakawa Chie’s Cannes competition title “Renoir” are among the speakers at a session on Asia-Europe co-production…
Indonesia’s Ariani Darmawan Ends 15-Year Hiatus With ‘Jani Be Good’
Indonesian director Ariani Darmawan is ending a 15-year absence from filmmaking with her debut feature, “Jani Be Good,”…
Nippon TV, TBS and BEAJ to Lead Tokyo Market Conferences
Tokyo’s TIFFCOM market has unveiled the first wave of its newly rebranded conference program, with Nippon Television Network…
Seven Themes From the Film Festival and Market
The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival and its industry market TIFFCOM unfolded under clearer skies than last year’s…
Fan Bingbing On Mother Bhumi, Working Again in China After Tax Case
Returning to Tokyo International Film Festival 15 years after she won best actress for Buddha Mountain in 2010,…
Yoji Yamada’s ‘Tokyo Taxi’ Review
Some kind of record must have been broken in the making of Tokyo Taxi, which not only marks…
Yoji Yamada and Lee Sang-il Discuss Japanese Filmmaking
Two generational talents of Japanese cinema shared the stage to discuss each other’s work at Tokyo International Film…