2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (152+ words) The Film Stage Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema For as great a place as Japanese cinema holds in cinephilia, its modern iteration is hardly paid justice in stateside distribution or exhibition. I've been…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (472+ words) The Film Stage The Samurai and the Prisoner Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Mystery Epic Arrives This July Apologies in advance to Christopher Nolan, but the ensemble period epic we're most looking forward to in July hails from Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The Samurai…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (563+ words) The Film Stage Jinsei Review: Ryuya Suzuki's One-Man Animation Is Austere and Ambitious Maybe it's harder than it looks to present the end of the world calmly, especially in only 93 minutes. That's one of the major achievements of the new,…...

4+ week, 56+ min ago  (336+ words) The Film Stage Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More New York is hardly lacking for decent programming of Japanese cinema. Even by such standards, the city's preeminent destination is without question. Now in its…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (242+ words) The Film Stage Jinsei Trailer: A Century-Spanning Japanese Feature Crafted by a Single Animator Quite a feat of DIY animation, Ryuya Suzuki crafted his century-spanning debut feature Jinsei over the course of 18 months as the sole animator, director, writer, editor,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (297+ words) Thanks to Aiko Masubuchi for providing interpretation. Do you feel any differently about the original Serpent's Path after the remake? You have a new film, Kokurojo, premiering at Cannes next month and opening in Japan this June. It's your first…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (233+ words) The Film Stage First Poster for Ryusuke Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden, Primed for Cannes Debut Following up Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi is returning this year with All of a Sudden. The French production, starring Virginie Efira and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (358+ words) The Film Stage Two Seasons, Two Strangers Trailer: Sho Miyake's Golden Leopard Winner Arrives This April One of the great films of the year, Sho Miyake's gorgeous, tranquil Two Seasons, Two Strangers picked up the Golden Leopard at Locarno last…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (327+ words) The Film Stage New Trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Premiering This June The seemingly bottomless career of Kiyoshi Kurosawa has reached new depths. While the Ryusuke Hamaguchi-penned Wife of a Spy proved his slow, creeping…...