From Rekuru: Last year, Universal Music Japan revealed a short thriller film, titled “RUN 60“, through the release of five music videos each day. More »

From Rekuru: The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters vs. Chiba Lotte Marines match will be held on April 25th at Tokyo Dome, and Sadako, a popular horror film figure, will be throwing the first ball! More »

When The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, first came out, it received a lot of criticism about being really similar to Battle Royale, a 1999 Japanese novel written by Koushun Takami. Due to all the comparisons, I actually set out to read Battle Royale for myself after finishing The Hunger Games trilogy. I found the books to have a similar approach with a survival game, but there were also a lot of differences between the two novels. More »

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From Rekuru: A preview for upcoming movie, “Signal: Getsuyobi no Ruka” has been released on its official sit on March 15th. Mine Azusa will be making her acting debut through “Signal: Getsuyobi no Ruka”, starring as `Sugimoto Ruka’ a projectionist at an old movie theater. More »

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This March, to ride the successful run of the Liar Game series, the second movie will be getting a spin-off drama, titled “Alice in Liar Game.” More »

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The Japanese horror phenomenon, “The Ring,” began in 1998, and has been extremely popular with a total of 4 movies. Now, the child-murderer Sadako who comes from the well is getting her own movie—“Sadako 3D”!!! More »

Photos of KARA‘s Nicole working a part-time job were recently uploaded onto an online community board with the caption, ‘KARA girls are part-timers? Nicole, handing out ‘My Way‘ flyers‘. More »

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It has been confirmed that Maeda Atsuko will indeed be the heroine in the upcoming movie, Kuyaku Ressha. She will star the said movie alongside actor Moriyama Mirai. More »

From Rekuru: Finally, the theatrical trailer for Sato Takeru’s ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ has been released, based on the manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki!! And from viewing it, I’m really anticipating this movie release. More »

‘Norwegian Wood‘ will follow a beautifully written book of Haruki Murikami with the direction by Tran Anh Hung, an Oscar nominated director of “The Scent Of Green Papaya“. It will open in US theaters starting January 6th, 2012 in Washington DC & New York. One of its best features, other than it being one of the most somber, gorgeous and memorable movies, is that the main character Watanabe is played by Japan’s rising star Kenichi Matsuyama (who won my heart long time ago with his role as L in the Death Note movies). More »

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On Saturday, November 26, Film Independent and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted a film exposition with a focus on Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. Here’s a rundown of the event, along with synopses and reviews of the movies shown: More »

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It’s been revealed that Ishida Ira’s novel “Ikebukuro West Gate Park” will be having it’s very own movie comic on BeeTV’s “Bee Manga” site starting on the 1st of December. More »

Film Independent along with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be hosting a film exposition this Saturday, November 26, with a spotlight on Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. More »

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Outrage is a movie directed by Takeshi Kitano, that depicts the corruption in the underworld of yakuza. Kitano, being the admired mastermind of directing, finds ways of inflicting death in ways normal people are unable to find. This is his second yakuza movie, following the one in 2001. An important conclusion one can make is that automated weapons and yakuza should never happen. More »

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Hey ladies, guess what? Your Thai prince of 2PM, Nichkhun, has just landed himself a role in the Japanese movie version of popular manga, Ouran High School Host Club! More »

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From Flauntme: Jumping full into the spooky spirit of Halloween, ahanhbarbie34 recently unleashed this all-in-one tutorial that was inspired by the creepy girl from The Ring & The Grudge. You’ll definitely hit the mark on scaring at least one person with this costume. More »

Halloween is coming up and what better way to celebrate than to watch some scary Asian movies? Well, you see, there’s a slight problem. If you’re afraid of scary things, then this is probably not for you (why I’m blogging it is another story - and I hate scary stuff. Guess I’m a masochist.) as scary Asian movies tend to be…quite scary. I shall imitate a ghost and scare you. Anyway, onward ho to some scary Asian movies! More »

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The final episode of the anime ‘Ao no Exorcist‘ is to air on October 2nd, but producers have already announced that the show will be turned into an anime film. More »

From Rekuru: Back in April, CLAMP announced that they will be releasing a spin off to ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’, ‘BLOOD-C’ and now it has been revealed that the anime will be a film. More »

After making their Japan debut two years ago, boy group Supernova revealed to their fans during their second anniversary summer event at the Pacifico Yokohama National Grand Hall that they will be starring as the main characters in their second movie together, “Our After School.” More »

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