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Sessue Hayakawa: cinema’s forgotten sex symbol who was saved from death by his dog
The brooding and brilliant Japanese actor rivalled Rudolph Valentino but battled orientalist caricature before…
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The Imaginary review – charming anime about made-up best friends from former Ghibli protege
Spirited Away animator Yoshiyuki Momose takes the reins in this dreamy and dark family fable, adapted from AF …
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Blue Lock the Movie: Episode Nagi review – football anime gets the battle royale-treatment
From Terminator-eyed strikers to flame-wreathed shots on goal, no bombast is too much in this feature-length e…
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‘I have always felt the world was a harsh place’: Elden Ring’s Hidetaka Miyazaki on why he may never stop making games
As Elden Ring’s much-anticipated final expansion is released, its designer gives a glimpse into how he crafts …
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Yoshida review – brilliant prints bleached of historical colour
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Three generations of a family of artists are presented without the tumultuous …
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Ultraman: Rising review – endearing kaiju animation battles the monster that is parenting
Appealing superhero film saddles a kaiju fighter with an orphaned infant, who brings challenges to test supern…
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Lumberjack the Monster review – an explosion of horror strangeness from a master of the art
Takashi Miike’s operatically over-the-top new film concerns a serial killer but who needs a plot with all this…
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Netflix released Takashi Miike’s new film without telling anyone. Please stop doing this! | Stuart Heritage
Lumberjack the Monster, the Japanese director’s long-awaited return to out-and-out horror, is a huge event. So…
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Haikyuu!!: The Dumpster Battle review – huge anime hit goes deep into high school volleyball
Obsessively detailed clash between two rival high school teams has done massive box office in Japan, but it wo…
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‘Intense and insane’: was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever?
In the new documentary The Contestant, a Japanese man is put through an astonishing TV experience for more tha…
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Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game
Girl of between 12 and 16 was making her first appearance at Evo Japan as contests previously finished past he…
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Spy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
Popular manga characters receive their first film adaptation as they seek out a villainous colonel and an elus…
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The origin of all things: Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay
The 12th annual Kyotographie photography festival features 13 exhibitions staged in striking locations across …
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‘Anger compels me forward’: Drive My Car composer Eiko Ishibashi on evil, experimentation and exploding genre
Her score for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s opus helped it to Oscar glory. Now the Japanese musician has reunited with i…
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Cracking geysers: the world’s most thrilling hot springs – in pictures
They can be sacred, space-like, healing or heart-shaped – and anywhere on Earth. Even war can’t get between pe…
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus review – a stark, emotional finale from master musician
In his last weeks of life, the Oscar-winning composer is filmed at the piano by his son. It is an almost wordl…
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The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words
More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art of repair…
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‘Translation changes the original meaning’: how 70s psych rockers Happy End ended the ‘Japanese rock controversy’
In 1969, Takasshi Matsumoto and Haruomi Hosono opted to defy rock trends by singing in Japanese, not English –…
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Shōgun: why the English samurai’s life and legacy still grip Japan 400 years on
Epic new TV adaptation of the 1975 novel reignites interest in the exploits of the Kent sailor William AdamsOn…
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One Cut of the Dead: the gloriously inventive low-budget film that made box office history
This Japanese zombie film hides its secrets so well that once you finish it, you will want to watch it again s…