PLAYING THIS WEEK


  • PAPER CITY - If you’ve spent any time in Tokyo or as a student of history, the events of March 10, 1945 are… ...
  • GODZILLA MINUS ONE - Celebrate the newly minted Best Visual Effects Oscar winners behind Godzilla Minus One, which made history last week in Hollywood… ...
  • THE BOY AND THE HERON - Here’s a first for Tokyo Filmgoer: Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning The Boy and The Heron is returning to many Toho theaters in… ...
  • HAIKYU!! THE MOVIE: DECISIVE BATTLE AT THE GARBAGE DUMP - Sports anime fans, rejoice! Less than 6 weeks after its release in Japan, Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the… ...

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RECENT POSTS


  • OSAKA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2024 - The Osaka Asian Film Festival returns for its 19th iteration from March 1 – 10, with a large contingent of… ...
  • WASABI – NOT A FAIRY TALE - There’s more good news for filmmaking diversity in Japan, where the number of locally based non-Japanese directors has begun at… ...
  • NFAJ: Women Who Made Japanese Cinema – Part 2 - The National Film Archive of Japan (NFAJ) is following up on its groundbreaking 2023 celebration of Women Who Made Japanese… ...
  • LIVING WITH OTHERS - Many indie films in Japan focus on the nonexistent hopes and dreams of today’s youth. But Tsutomu Yagihashi’s Living with… ...
  • SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE - If you’ve been wondering what the big fuss is with the hit animated action comedy Spy x Family Code: White,… ...
  • LIFE IS CLIMBING - For outdoor adventurers and fans of feel-good stories about overcoming remarkable odds, there is a one-time screening of this extraordinary… ...
  • PERFECT DAYS - Santa has finally arrived in Tokyo, and he brought just what we’d been hoping for: English-subtitled screenings of Wim Wenders’… ...
  • MAELSTROM - In this beautifully collaged documentary, Mizuko Yamaoka bares her past and present, and ponders her potential future as a woman… ...
  • GODZILLA MINUS ONE - Some of you may have been lucky enough to snag tickets to the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Closing Night screening,… ...

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