Tag: cinema

March 3, 2018 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. If nothing else, Tom Mes’ Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji is a timely reminder that in the ever-burgeoning field of books on Japanese cinema, there has been precious little on the stars and sirens who have provided such a large part of the onscreen magic. Only two previous such book-length […]

March 2, 2018 · 2 comments

If you haven’t figured it out by now, experiencing anime on the big screen is something we cherish here at Anime Ltd. / All The Anime. Our recent screenings of the Tokyo Ghoul Live-Action film and Attack on Titan: The Roar Awakening, plus the International Premiere of Maquia: Where The Promised Flower Blooms taking place […]

February 21, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Whether he likes it or not, Hirokazu Koreeda has become the ambassador of contemporary live-action Japanese film in Britain. No other Japanese live-action director has his films released in British cinemas so regularly. Koreeda brings us portraits of ordinary, contemporary Japanese people, of different ages and genders, in dramas where the strongest […]

January 30, 2018 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. As January brings its usual critics’ polls, award nominations and box-office rankings, the annual statistics review by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren) of provides us with our traditional glimpse over the trends and developments of another year. But with no domestic hard-hitters such as Your Name or a new […]

January 27, 2018 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. Hapless slacker Tianyin (Jing Boran) inadvertently becomes the surrogate father of Wuba, an orphaned monster prince fated to be the ruler of his race. Accompanied by Xiaolan (Bai Baihe), a hunter initially only interested in the bounty on their companion, he runs for the big city, unaware that Wuba is wanted not […]