Unfortunately, J-dramas have not achieved the worldwide popularity of their Korean counterparts. And yet they are no less interesting and exciting, created at the intersection of anime, cultural tradition and modern realities.
5. Switched, 2018
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Ayumi and Zenko are polar opposites. The former has everything: spectacular looks, popularity, a boyfriend, good grades and a great family, while the latter has no luck. Zenko has no girlfriend or boyfriend, she is constantly bullied at school, and her relationship with her mother is simply terrible.
Zenko decides to end his torment and jumps off the roof of the school. Ayumi is the only witness. The next day, both girls wake up in strange beds. It turns out that they switched bodies after the unfortunate events.
4. Erased, 2017
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Satoru is a 30-year-old mangaka who lives with his mother and works part-time as a courier in a pizzeria. At first glance, Satoru appears to be an ordinary loser,...
5. Switched, 2018
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Ayumi and Zenko are polar opposites. The former has everything: spectacular looks, popularity, a boyfriend, good grades and a great family, while the latter has no luck. Zenko has no girlfriend or boyfriend, she is constantly bullied at school, and her relationship with her mother is simply terrible.
Zenko decides to end his torment and jumps off the roof of the school. Ayumi is the only witness. The next day, both girls wake up in strange beds. It turns out that they switched bodies after the unfortunate events.
4. Erased, 2017
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Satoru is a 30-year-old mangaka who lives with his mother and works part-time as a courier in a pizzeria. At first glance, Satoru appears to be an ordinary loser,...
- 5/11/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Nippon powerhouse Toho has thrown its weight behind directors Yoko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita’s “Ghost Cat Anzu,” overseeing the Japanese release and marking the occasion with a brand-new teaser.
As previously announced, specialty distributor Gkids has already picked up the film for North America, while Charades continues to roll out international sales.
Bringing together Japan’s Shin-Ei Animation and France’s Miyu Productions, the family title tracks the tempestuous friendship shared between 11-year Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.
‘Ghost Cat Anzu’
Adapted from Takashi Imashiro’s manga, the animated title will feature the voice talents of Mirai Moriyama as the phantom feline, and Noa Goto as his young charge. The project will hit Japanese screens in July with a North American opening to follow.
Best known his critically acclaimed features,...
As previously announced, specialty distributor Gkids has already picked up the film for North America, while Charades continues to roll out international sales.
Bringing together Japan’s Shin-Ei Animation and France’s Miyu Productions, the family title tracks the tempestuous friendship shared between 11-year Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.
‘Ghost Cat Anzu’
Adapted from Takashi Imashiro’s manga, the animated title will feature the voice talents of Mirai Moriyama as the phantom feline, and Noa Goto as his young charge. The project will hit Japanese screens in July with a North American opening to follow.
Best known his critically acclaimed features,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Presented by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, and Japan Society
February 15-24, 2024 at Japan Society
and partner venues in NYC
New York, NY – Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society are proud to announce the eighth installment of the Aca Cinema Project film series – Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux – an ongoing initiative fostered by the Government of Japan to increase awareness and appreciation of Japanese films and filmmakers in the United States. The Aca Cinema Project has presented events in both New York and LA since 2021, and its upcoming edition will showcase over nine contemporary and classic films from February 15-24, 2024 all with the central theme of the modern family. The bonds of the Japanese family are often revered in the West, and this series will both celebrate these traditions as well as call into question their reality and relevance in our quickly changing modern world.
February 15-24, 2024 at Japan Society
and partner venues in NYC
New York, NY – Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society are proud to announce the eighth installment of the Aca Cinema Project film series – Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux – an ongoing initiative fostered by the Government of Japan to increase awareness and appreciation of Japanese films and filmmakers in the United States. The Aca Cinema Project has presented events in both New York and LA since 2021, and its upcoming edition will showcase over nine contemporary and classic films from February 15-24, 2024 all with the central theme of the modern family. The bonds of the Japanese family are often revered in the West, and this series will both celebrate these traditions as well as call into question their reality and relevance in our quickly changing modern world.
- 1/24/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Specialty distributor Gkids has picked up North American rights to directors Yoko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita’s upcoming animated feature “Ghost Cat Anzu,” while Paris-based Charades has boarded the project for international sales.
Spearheaded by Miyu Productions and Shin-Ei Animation, and adapted from a manga by Takashi Imashiro, the family title tracks the tempestuous friendship shared between 11-year Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.
The project will screen as a work-in-progress presentation at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, and is slated for release in 2024.
“From the moment we saw the first drawings and read the script, we knew we needed to be attached and help get this film into the world,” says Gkids director Eric Beckman. “We are huge fans of Yoku Kuno’s animation, of Shin-Ei, and...
Spearheaded by Miyu Productions and Shin-Ei Animation, and adapted from a manga by Takashi Imashiro, the family title tracks the tempestuous friendship shared between 11-year Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.
The project will screen as a work-in-progress presentation at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, and is slated for release in 2024.
“From the moment we saw the first drawings and read the script, we knew we needed to be attached and help get this film into the world,” says Gkids director Eric Beckman. “We are huge fans of Yoku Kuno’s animation, of Shin-Ei, and...
- 6/12/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Time is running out to stream the animated series “Bordertown,” the tearjerker classic “My Girl” and the cult favorite comedy “Galaxy Quest” on Netflix. These are among the handful of films and TV shows departing the streaming service in May, which also includes Steven Soderbergh’s Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum-fronted thriller “Side Effects,” the Hailee Steinfeld coming-of-age comedy “Edge of Seventeen” and the terrific animated film “Rango.”
Check out the full list of what’s leaving Netflix in May 2023 below.
Also Read:
What’s New on Netflix in May 2023 May 4
“Pup Star: World Tour”
May 10
“Bordertown” (Seasons 1-3)
May 13
“Weed the People”
May 14
“Booba: Food Puzzle” (Season 1)
May 16
“Side Effects”
May 18
“The Last Days”
May 27
“Collateral Beauty”
May 29
“The 2nd”
May 31
“Barbershop 2: Back in Business”
“The Boy”
“Edge of Seventeen”
“Galaxy Quest”
“Hachi: A Dog’s Tale”
“Little Boxes”
“Midnight Diner” (Seasons 1-3)
“My Girl”
“Rango”
“The Space Between Us...
Check out the full list of what’s leaving Netflix in May 2023 below.
Also Read:
What’s New on Netflix in May 2023 May 4
“Pup Star: World Tour”
May 10
“Bordertown” (Seasons 1-3)
May 13
“Weed the People”
May 14
“Booba: Food Puzzle” (Season 1)
May 16
“Side Effects”
May 18
“The Last Days”
May 27
“Collateral Beauty”
May 29
“The 2nd”
May 31
“Barbershop 2: Back in Business”
“The Boy”
“Edge of Seventeen”
“Galaxy Quest”
“Hachi: A Dog’s Tale”
“Little Boxes”
“Midnight Diner” (Seasons 1-3)
“My Girl”
“Rango”
“The Space Between Us...
- 5/1/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
It’s hard to make food look unappetizing on screen. Fill up the screen with the greasiest monstrosity you can muster and the very fact it’s on a TV gives it a certain kind of baseline appeal. Fiction has a way of priming our stomachs in a way that even real life sometimes can’t.
In a weird way, that makes the cooking in “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House” feel like even more of a challenge. Kore-eda Hirokazu’s new Netflix series can’t just rest on looking at some rice dishes or stews. It needs to convey the idea that Kiyo (Nana Mori), a bright-eyed teenager looking for a new life in the Gion district of Kyoto, is so entranced by the possibilities of her own food that it changes her life.
“The Makanai” finds the same magic in the everyday that’s dotted Kore-eda’s film resume.
In a weird way, that makes the cooking in “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House” feel like even more of a challenge. Kore-eda Hirokazu’s new Netflix series can’t just rest on looking at some rice dishes or stews. It needs to convey the idea that Kiyo (Nana Mori), a bright-eyed teenager looking for a new life in the Gion district of Kyoto, is so entranced by the possibilities of her own food that it changes her life.
“The Makanai” finds the same magic in the everyday that’s dotted Kore-eda’s film resume.
- 1/14/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Go Takamine continues his opus of Okinawan cinema with the adaption of the famous “Uchinaa Shibai” play. A day laborer named Giru seduces the boss’s daughter and flees to the mystical Untama forest where he transforms into the Okinawan folk hero Untamaguri. Taking place in 1972, during the transition from the American occupation to Japanese sovereignty, Takamine shows the islanders in a phase of uncertainty.
Untamagiru is screening at Japan Society
Folklore, politics, and traditions. “Untamagiru” begins like an oddball comedy, with humor and quirky characters but holds a much more political subtext than its forerunner “Paradise View” (1985). Featuring Kaoru Kobayashi (“Midnight Diner” 2014) as Giru and John Sayles (“The Howling” 1981) as an American officer, Takamine mixes past and modern aspects of the local culture to describe the struggle of a rich culture that tries to preserve its identity. We see a lot of singing and performances referring to the past...
Untamagiru is screening at Japan Society
Folklore, politics, and traditions. “Untamagiru” begins like an oddball comedy, with humor and quirky characters but holds a much more political subtext than its forerunner “Paradise View” (1985). Featuring Kaoru Kobayashi (“Midnight Diner” 2014) as Giru and John Sayles (“The Howling” 1981) as an American officer, Takamine mixes past and modern aspects of the local culture to describe the struggle of a rich culture that tries to preserve its identity. We see a lot of singing and performances referring to the past...
- 5/5/2022
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
While streaming continues to cut a swath through the modern-day entertainment landscape, there’s a whole generation of cinephiles who remember and understand that an integral part of any true weekend movie binge-fest once involved a trip to the video store, one hour minimum, where lurid cover box art competed more naturally for one’s attention and […]
The post Blu-ray/DVD Column: The House on Sorority Row, Dead & Buried, Midnight Diner, Incarnation, Midnight in the Switchgrass appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post Blu-ray/DVD Column: The House on Sorority Row, Dead & Buried, Midnight Diner, Incarnation, Midnight in the Switchgrass appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 8/4/2021
- by Brent Simon
- ShockYa
Yaro Abe’s celebrated manga series “Shin’ya Shokudo” had already been adapted into a Japanese television drama, two live-action films, a Korean and a Chinese TV series, before it also became a Chinese movie in 2019. Marking the directorial debut of Tony Leung Ka Fai, this time, the setting is placed in Shanghai, in another small, counter-only diner, which operates from midnight to 7 am.
The owner is a mysterious individual with a scar on his face, who runs his establishment without a set menu, but is always able to make any dish both regulars and passing customers desire. At the same time, Uncle, as everyone is calling the chef, is also eager to hear their stories and help them with their issues, occasionally even when his customers do not demand him to do so.
In that fashion, the movie presents the “adventures” of a number of individuals, and...
The owner is a mysterious individual with a scar on his face, who runs his establishment without a set menu, but is always able to make any dish both regulars and passing customers desire. At the same time, Uncle, as everyone is calling the chef, is also eager to hear their stories and help them with their issues, occasionally even when his customers do not demand him to do so.
In that fashion, the movie presents the “adventures” of a number of individuals, and...
- 8/1/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
"Life has hundreds of flavors... savor it at our diner." Well Go USA has debuted an official US trailer for an indie film titled Midnight Diner, marking the feature directorial debut of Hong Kong actor Tony Ka Fai Leung ("Big Tony") - not to be confused with the other actor Tony Chiu-Wai Leung ("Little Tony"). This opened in China in 2019 and also stopped by Canada/US for a brief run, now getting an official release from Well Go in the US this August. Set in a little restaurant in an inconspicuous lane of Shanghai, which opens at midnight everyday. The owner is a man of about fifty, who makes a set of special food for each guest that visits, and listens everyone's story. Year after year, people flock from far & wide to the mysterious Midnight Diner to share their stories, savor delicious home cooking, and finally, to leave refreshed, feeling...
- 7/2/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Korean series “Kingdom,” and “The World of the Married” and China’s “The Bad Kids” were the most rewarded shows on Sunday at Busan’s Asian Contents Awards.
The event in its second year was live-streamed from the Busan International Film Festival where hosts and performers were the only ones physically present. Presenters and prize-winners joined remotely via video conference.
Singapore’s “Last Madame” was named as best Asian drama, jointly with Taiwan’s “When The Camelia Blooms.”
A Netflix original series, made with AStory, “Kingdom” earned three awards. Actor Ju Ji-hoon won the Korean actor award, while Kim Eunhee won the best writer award, one of the prize categories that was not divided by nationality. The show also won the technical achievement award for its special effects provided by Madman Post.
Romantic espionage drama, “The World of the Married,” produced and broadcast by Korea’s Jtbc, and also shown outside Korea by Netflix,...
The event in its second year was live-streamed from the Busan International Film Festival where hosts and performers were the only ones physically present. Presenters and prize-winners joined remotely via video conference.
Singapore’s “Last Madame” was named as best Asian drama, jointly with Taiwan’s “When The Camelia Blooms.”
A Netflix original series, made with AStory, “Kingdom” earned three awards. Actor Ju Ji-hoon won the Korean actor award, while Kim Eunhee won the best writer award, one of the prize categories that was not divided by nationality. The show also won the technical achievement award for its special effects provided by Madman Post.
Romantic espionage drama, “The World of the Married,” produced and broadcast by Korea’s Jtbc, and also shown outside Korea by Netflix,...
- 10/26/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Series: Midnight Diner Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: A tiny, tucked-away diner in Tokyo opens only between the hours of midnight and 7 A.M., thus attracting all manner of quirky […]
The post The Quarantine Stream: ‘Midnight Diner’ Offers a Safe Haven of Slice of Life Stories and Hearty Japanese Meals appeared first on /Film.
The post The Quarantine Stream: ‘Midnight Diner’ Offers a Safe Haven of Slice of Life Stories and Hearty Japanese Meals appeared first on /Film.
- 10/9/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
The first of the month is always a big day for streaming services, as that’s when the bulk of their new content for that month tends to hit, with the rest being dished out in small batches over the following weeks. That’s especially true for Netflix, who kicked off June with a massive helping of fresh movies and TV shows on the 1st, and followed it up with a handful of new releases in the days after.
In fact, there were a whopping total of 64 new films and 18 new TV series that arrived on the streaming site this week, and the full list can be found down below:
64 New Movies Added This Week
122 (2019)
2 Alone in Paris (Seuls Two) (2008)
365 Days (2020)
Act of Valour (2012)
Air Force One (1997)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Bad News Bears (2005)
Before the Summer Crowds (2015)
Big Stone Gap (2014)
Can’t Complain (2007)
Cape Fear (1991)
Casper (1995)
Chippa (2019)
Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai...
In fact, there were a whopping total of 64 new films and 18 new TV series that arrived on the streaming site this week, and the full list can be found down below:
64 New Movies Added This Week
122 (2019)
2 Alone in Paris (Seuls Two) (2008)
365 Days (2020)
Act of Valour (2012)
Air Force One (1997)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Bad News Bears (2005)
Before the Summer Crowds (2015)
Big Stone Gap (2014)
Can’t Complain (2007)
Cape Fear (1991)
Casper (1995)
Chippa (2019)
Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai...
- 6/7/2020
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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