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Ann Hui is one of the foremost auteurs in Hong Kong cinema, the filmmaker behind some of the territory’s most thoughtful and touching productions about immigrants and social outcasts. But over the years she has also directed more commercial films, including “Love in a Fallen City”, produced by major studio Shaw Brothers. The film stands out in her filmography as more commercial and traditional than her usual fare, but it also paves the way for some of her later masterpieces.

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The story centers on Bai Liu-Su (Cora Miao), a divorcée living in Shanghai in the early 1940s and having to face the pressure of her declining aristocratic family, who shame and despise her for her failed marriage. Encountering the charming and womanizing businessman Fan Liu-Yan (the irresistible Chow Yun Fat), she follows him to Hong Kong to escape her spiteful siblings.

If Japanese historical anime have no fans, then I am dead. Jokes aside, am I the only one who believes this subgenre is underappreciated? I’m no historian, but I took a few courses on Japanese history during my university days, so recognizing the time periods, historical events and famous figures helped me understand each of these shows' stories, worlds and characters. Whether it’s your first time with Japanese historical anime or you’re looking for one you haven’t seen yet, here are a few that I feel you should start watching. In This Guide Historical Realism Historical Fantasy Historical Realism The following Japanese historical anime depict specific time periods, events and famous figures with little to no fantasy elements. While not all characters are based on real people and certain actions are exaggerated, these shows, in my opinion, would fall under realism. 1. The Elusive Samurai The newest...

On paper, there is so much that could have gone wrong with “The Last Emperor”, a Hollywood-friendly story about Chinese history by Western filmmakers, starring many Chinese American actors and shot almost entirely in English. How could such a film avoid falling for Orientalist stereotypes, exotic tropes and Western-centric interpretations of Chinese history and culture? And yet, while it probably does not entirely escape these pitfalls, “The Last Emperor” is on many levels a masterpiece and one of the best Western-made films about China.

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The international production is adapted from (among other sources) the 1964 autobiography by Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, who was none other than the last emperor of China. From little Pu Yi's arrival in the Forbidden City as a toddler, to his old age as a humble gardener in communist China, Pu Yi's life witnessed the fall of the Chinese empire,...

Within the last decade, the Korean horror scene has been flooded with movies revolving around the country’s practice of shamanism, known as Mugyo, as there are strong historical roots embedded within the polytheistic belief. Having its origins in prehistory, Korean shamanism has accepted different disciplines and religions over time, being a fluid amalgamation of diverse belief systems, which is a testament to the country’s rich cultural legacy. Along with the art of divination and geomancy known as Pungsu-Jiri, aka Korean Feng-Shui, shamanism is Korea’s unofficial indigenous religion. Jang Jae-Hyun’s Exhuma is the latest South Korean horror venture that examines the influence of both of these disciplines in regards to the country’s sordid past. Imperial Japan’s colonizing history is alluded to in Exhuma. As we see while the film draws upon mythological iconographies, the narrative presents Japanese folklore ad a form of adversary presence.

Following on from the excellent “My Anniversaries” Kim Sung-woon decided to shoot a documentary that hits closer home, focusing on the Zainichi Korean, whom he also belongs to. After his mother passed away in 1999, Kim started to capture the first generation of Korean-Japanese women who lived in Kawasaki, Sakuramoto on camera. His effort to present the thoughts, memories and opinions of the last generation who can speak about the war, their past and their present, took him 25 years to finish, only thanks to the support from 700 individuals and several organizations.

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In that fashion, the documentary unfolds in successive fashion and in different timelines, with the women speaking and footage from the past shedding a more historic and general light to their lives, and essentially, the common history of Japan and Korea from 1910, when Japanese control of Korea started, until today. The testimonies of both the Halmoni,...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is easily one of the most anticipated titles in the franchise yet, and fans are not to blame, as it is about time the series set foot in Feudal Japan. The studio has also scheduled an official trailer for the game to be released on 15th May, i.e. today, finally showcasing what Ubisoft Quebec has been working on for the last few years.

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However, as the imminent leaks make their rounds on the internet, fans have begun debating if the alleged protagonist is fit for the game, arguing if it still remains historically accurate as the video game series has always strived to be.

Yasuke – The World’s First Black Samurai To Be The Protagonist For Assassin’s Creed Shadows? The trailer for the game comes out today

For added context, Yasuke was a samurai of African Origins who remained prominent in the 16th century.

Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn’t want Israel to hold back on its assault in Gaza, comparing the Israeli military’s efforts against Hamas to when the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, killing more than 100,000 civilians.

Right now, one million Palestinians — including many women and children — are huddled in the southern Gaza city of Rafah while 300,000 have fled the area as Israel advances its ground invasion. Already Israeli tanks have entered Rafah. The United Nations warned that if Israel invades Rafah, puts hundreds...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Law & Order: Svu, FBI, Survivor and Alice & Jack!

1 | Should Saturday Night Live have cut one of its post-Weekend Update sketches — or perhaps Michael Longfellow’s Update piece — to get Papyrus 2 on air?

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Fantasy can cross over into several genres where you wouldn’t expect it to be found. Horror is one, of course; I dare you to watch Pan’s Labyrinth and not tell me it’s a horrific fantasy. But another is Science Fiction. Sci-Fi and Fantasy go hand in claw, and no more so than when it comes to Godzilla and his family of monsters.

In this edition of Fantasizing About Fantasy Films, we’re doing something a little different. We’re going with the new modern classic Godzilla Minus One. The return of the King of the Monsters from his home country of Japan and an origin story never previously witnessed. Prepare to be amazed as we see a Godzilla story told in a way that will surprise you, and which became one of the biggest hits of 2023 as we fly toward the monster in Godzilla Minus One.

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Rrr filmmaker SS Rajamouli survives earthquake in Japan(Photo Credit –Instagram)

SS Rajamouli is currently in Japan, where he attended a special screening of his 2022 blockbuster, Rrr. The period action drama stars Ram Charan, Jr Ntr, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ajay Devgn, Olivia Morris, Ray Stevenson and others. Rajamouli’s son, SS Karthikeya, has also accompanied the director to Japan.

On March 21, in the early morning, earthquake tremors were felt in Japan. SS Rajamouli’s son, SS Karthikeya, posted where they were when the earthquake happened. On the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Karthikeya wrote, “Felt a freaking earthquake in Japan just now!!! Was on the 28th floor and slowly the ground started to move and took us a while to realise it was an earthquake. I was just about to panic but all the Japanese around did not budge as if it just started to rain!! Experience an earthquake box ticked.

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Some of Asia’s biggest stars turned up in Tokyo over the weekend to celebrate the official grand opening of The Tokyo Edition Ginza, the latest property in the Edition Hotels portfolio.

K-pop idol Jackson Wang, DJ Peggy Gou, K-drama star Jung Il Woo and Japanese musician/actor Miyavi were among the guests taking part in the two-night event, which helped to ring in the new 14-storey boutique hotel,...

This post contains spoilers for the first two episodes of "Shogun."

FX's "Shogun" sets up a premise grand and sweeping in scale, transporting us to feudal Japan during the late Sengoku period, a time when civil wars and social strife continuously plagued the nation. The source material for the limited 10-part series is James Clavell's 1975 novel "Shogun," a stunning, expansive work of historical fiction that spans more than 1,200 pages and details the fictionalized exploits of a real event. As the novel embeds real historical events with dramatic embellishments, there is a lot to dissect and absorb in terms of the socio-political clashes that took place during that time, which eventually led to the real-life Battle of Sekigahara, a turning point in 1600s Japan.

The "Shogun" premiere lays an impressive foundation for the semi-historical events to come, opening with the crew on the Dutch warship, Erasmus, who are on...

This post contains spoilers for the "Shōgun" two-part premiere, as well as for the first three hundred pages of the novel "Shōgun" by James Clavell.

There's no such thing as a 100% faithful adaptation, nor should there be. Different mediums have different strengths and limitations, so anyone adapting a book into a TV show should be prepared from the start to lean into those differences. Trying to be too faithful often leads to a show just recreating the same old thing but worse, whereas directors and writers would be better off having the courage to put their own spin on the material.

How does "Shōgun" handle the challenges of adaptation so far? Its two-part premiere has sped through 300 pages of book material, so most of its changes can be chalked up to necessary streamlining. The show's gotten plenty of "Game of Thrones" comparisons by critics already, and with its competent episodic...

Nearly midway through FX’s 10-episode epic, “Shōgun,” the marooned “anjin” (aka pilot) John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) has grown irritated, once again, with the customs of his Japanese hosts. Speaking to his assigned interpreter, Mariko (Anna Sawai), the anjin (as he’s most often referred) can’t understand why his tendered consort won’t express herself; why a grieving mother and widow is so eager to serve his needs, when he claims to need nothing at all. She suffers, but “you’d never know it to look at her,” he says. “Do you know the eightfold fence?” Mariko asks him in reply. “From the time we are small, it is something we are taught to build within ourselves: an impenetrable wall behind which we can retreat whenever we need. […] Do not be fooled by our politeness, our bows, our maze of rituals. Beneath it all, we could be a great distance away.

James Clavell’s historical epic novel Shōgun was first adapted for television back in 1980. It starred Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne, an English sailor who gets caught up in a Japanese civil war in the early 1600s, and Japanese cinema legend Toshirô Mifune as Toranaga, a feudal lord at odds with the rest of his country’s ruling class. This NBC version did not feature subtitles, so the Japanese dialogue was only translated in scenes where bilingual characters were interpreting for Blackthorne. The producers defended this as a creative choice,...

Kinji Fukasaku's last film was a production worthy of his lifetime achievements in the field, since “Battle Royale” caused much controversy; it was banned outright or deliberately excluded from distribution in several countries, but at the same time, it also influenced a great number of movies and many filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino and “The Hunger Games”.

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At the beginning of the new millennium, unemployment has reached 15 percent, with 10 million people left without a job, while school violence has reached unprecedented levels. In order to control the youth, the desperate government votes in the ‘Battle Royale' law, which states that each year, students from a randomly chosen class will be transferred to a secluded island where they will have to fight to the death, to the last person standing.

The story, which is based upon the homonymous novel by Takami Koushun,...

South Korean sales outfit K-Movie Entertainment has boarded upcoming Thai action horror Operation Undead and is introducing the title to buyers at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.

The film, now in production, is set in 1941 and centres on a unit of Thai soldiers who are pitted against invading Japanese forces with a terrifying biological weapon, which has plans of its own. A first look at the film can be seen above.

The leader of the unit is played by Awat Ratanapintha, the star of gritty romantic drama Doi Boy, which premiered at Busan in October and was acquired by Netflix.

Jun-taek, a significant character in Gyeongseong Creature, adds an extra layer to the series. His presence is symbolic of patriotic instincts in an individual. Despite all the wealth in his family, all he was interested in was a free state. He was a rebel with a cause, and his hatred for the Japanese has been brought out in his plotting against them throughout! The character of Jun-taek has been well presented on screen by Wi Ha-Joon. His amazing screen presence has added an in-depth meaning to the well-rounded character. Will Jun-taek be able to save his own people and country? Will he ever garner Tae-Sang’s support? Let’s find out!

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How Was Jun-Taek Different From Tae-Sang?

Jun-taek, a young man from a wealthy family, had completely invested himself in patriotic causes. Unlike his friend, Tae-Sang was more worried about his own safety and did not show much interest in the Patriotic Society.

There are a lot of parallel occurrences that we see in the fifth episode of Gyeongseong Creature. Every character in the series has their own motive, which has been explored in this episode. There are multiple twists and turns that amplify the intensity of the course of events, drawing us further into the narrative. This episode paves the path for a lot of revelations in the next episode, focusing on the revelation of Chae-ok’s mother’s whereabouts. Will Chae-ok be able to find out that her mother has been transformed into a monster as a result of the brutal experiments? Will Jun-taek reveal the names of his accomplices? Let’s find the answers to these questions!

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Why Were The Members Of The Patriotic Society Arrested?

A meeting had been held by the members of the Patriotic Society, where they were discussing a fundraising camp. It was to...

Gyeongseong Creature is based on the act of barbarity by the Japanese on their Korean subjects during the era of colonization. The obsession with the creature created is evidently going to doom the Japanese soldiers in the long run. Colonialism is the indelible ink that has etched the horrors of abject hatred of people towards others based on their nationality. We would not even think twice before creating something monstrous to harm our enemies, but do we really think of its consequences? The third episode of Gyeongseong Creature is about answering a lot of questions that we have in our minds. Why did the Japanese create the monster? Was it a manifestation of their hatred towards the colonized people? Let’s find out!

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Why Was Lieutenant Kato So Obsessed With The Creature?

Lieutenant Kato’s obsession with the creature is evident when he asks Major Endo about the appearance of the creature.

Gyeongseong Creature, the South Korean series directed by Chung Dong-yoon, revolves around the historical era of the Japanese colonization of Korea. The strict Japanese military and their coercive rules dominating the lives of the Koreans have been shed light on. The harsh methods used by the Japanese to use their Korean, Mongolian, Chinese, and other subjects as mere objects for cruel experiments from 1933–1945 have been highlighted in the series. Gyeongseong Creature is currently streaming on Netflix, starring famous actors like Park Seo-joon and Han So-hee. Is the series a way to bring out the atrocities Japanese army had committed against the Koreans? What will happen to Jang Tae-sang? Let’s find the answers!

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Why Did Ishikawa Summon Jang Tae-Sang?

The master of the house of Golden Treasure, Jang Tae-sang, was considered a resourceful man in Joseon. He had been summoned by the Japanese Commissioner, Ishikawa, on the false...

Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand’s satire “Testament” will open the 44th edition of Fantasporto, which runs March 1-10 in Portugal’s second city, Porto. Chinese fantasy epic “Creation of Gods I: Kingdom of Storms,” directed by Wuershan, closes the eclectic event.

The festival, which was named by MovieMaker magazine this year as one of the “25 coolest festivals in the world,” is headed by film critics Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and Mário Dorminsky. Around 600 feature films were submitted this year and 1,200 shorts.

Pacheco Pereira says they select films that have a “special touch but still a universal language.” Dorminsky adds: “We try to discover new directors.” These directors – having established a relationship with the festival – often return with their subsequent films, he says.

“Testament” epitomizes one trend that Pacheco Pereira identifies, which is “old people asking: ‘Where is the world going?'” She adds: “‘Testament’ is a wonderful film in which an...

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The most terrifying sequence in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is one that never occurred—at least anywhere beyond J. Robert Oppenheimer’s own mind. Mere days after the U.S. government dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the scientist who would later be referred to as “the Father of the Atomic Bomb” stands before a cheering crowd inside a Los Alamos gymnasium. Before these giddy revelers, Oppenheimer (played as a man hollowed out by Cillian Murphy) indulges in a bit of flag waving, and a bit of gloating. He tells the victors that he bets the Japanese didn’t like being thrust into a nuclear holocaust!

The words practically choke in Oppenheimer’s mouth; even at this early juncture, where he can only guess at the sheer magnitude of death and carnage inflicted by the bombs,...

Oppenheimer will get a theatrical release in Japan.

Japanese distributor Bitters End has confirmed it will bow Christopher Nolan’s biopic in local cinemas next year, though it did not set a specific release date.

In a statement, Bitters End said it had made the decision after screening the film and “following months of thoughtful dialogue associated with the subject matter and acknowledging the particular sensitivity for us Japanese.”

With his biopic about the brilliant physicist who led the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb, Nolan had “created a singular cinematic experience that transcends traditional storytelling and must be seen on the big screen,” the company said. “We invite the audience to watch the film with their own eyes when it comes to Japan.”

Oppenheimer, a Universal release, starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. and Florence Pugh, has been a phenomenal critical and commercial success,...

Indian patriotic films are either understated or take the jingoistic route to portray love for the country. There have been many films in the past that have explored the Bangladesh War, but most of them are based on the events that led to the liberation of Bangladesh. There are a few other films based on real-life army heroes who have trudged through the worst of times to provide our country with ultimate glory. We had Amazon Prime Original Shershah, which covered the story and sacrifice of the eternal Captain Vikram Batra during the Kargil War. Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi was the story of a spy during the peak of the Bangladesh Liberation War. We believe the director took inspiration from how the 1971 war was won, and this directorial venture covers the illustrious life of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who was affectionately known as “Sam Bahadur” by his comrades.

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I’ve been a Godzilla fan for as long as I can remember, with my childhood fascination with the radioactive reptile likely stemming from the 1998 animated series which served as a sequel to the first American remake. From there, I soon begged my parents to feed me with whatever Godzilla-related media they could find. As a teenager, I became a little more selective in my enjoyment of movies featuring the King of the Monsters, gravitating towards the horror aspects of the original and a handful of its successors. As a grown man, however, I have no shame in admitting that I frequently rewatch the cheesiest of these flicks while rooting for the monsters as if they were professional wrestlers in rubber suits.

That’s why I don’t say it lightly when I claim that I’m not aware of any other movie monster as versatile as this one.

Today is Veteran’s Day, and to mark the occasion we’re doing to dip into the true story that inspired one of the greatest war movies ever made. Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is commonly referred to as one of the most effective war movies ever made. Released in July 1998, Private Ryan was quickly lauded for its brutal depiction of life in combat, with most people singling out its stunning, harrowing recreation of the invasion of Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944. The film went on gross a surprising $481 million worldwide and won five Oscars, including Best Director for Spielberg, who dedicated the movie to his father, a World War II vet. While the film of course took many a page from the history books to tell its gripping tale, the overall story – about a platoon of soldiers dispatched to recover a young private after three of his brothers...

Evidently, Makoto Shinkai has found the recipe for success, with every movie of his becoming a blockbuster, both in Japan and internationally. “Suzume” proves the fact once more, with it grossing over $322 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2022 in Japan and the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film of all time.

“Suzume” returns to over 200 theaters across the United States and select cities in Canada for a special engagement starting October 27. Audiences will be able to discover or revisit the critically-lauded film, which will be available both in Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English. Tickets are now on sale at suzume-movie.com.

Suzume Iwato is a 17-year-old high school girl, who lives with her aunt, Tamaki, following her parents' death, in a quiet town in the Kyushu region of Japan. While heading to school, she encounters a young man searching for an abandoned area with a door, so...

Yes, before we move ahead, we must acknowledge that this is the most thrilling episode of the show, for sure. Episode 9 of The Worst of Evil brings all the violence and doesn’t hold back even for a second. We truly see Junmo transform, and it’s not an easy sight to see. We were concerned that the best stuff would be done away with in this episode, so how would the show move on? But there was really no need because the fun had just begun. If there was any doubt about this show before, throw it all away because The Worst of Evil is about to bring it. Episode 8 ended on a really terrifying note, so let’s quickly jump into what happens in Episode 9.

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The Worst of Evil Episode 9 finally shows us what happened on Junmo and Euijong’s wedding day.

Kenneth Dagatan’s latest horror movie, In My Mother’s Skin, premiered at this year’s Sundance Festival and received quite the ovation for being one of those horror movies that just click. Starring Justin Curtis-Smith, Beauty Gonzalez, and Felicity Kyle Napuli, among others, this is a horror movie that might remind you of the 2006 horror Pan’s Labyrinth. Replete with folk horror imagery and themes of a destructive war, here’s a detailed review of the latest Filipino horror movie, In My Mother’s Skin.

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With the Japanese occupation of the Philippines almost coming to an end towards the end of World War II, a secluded family living amidst the jungles has to suddenly deal with a horrible situation. Romualdo, the husband of Ligaya and father of two kids, is threatened by a Japanese man to hand over the gold that he’s suspected of having stashed at his home,...

Inspired by a true story, Marines stationed at an airfield in Malay during WWII get wind of a coming raid by the Japanese. Unable to get reinforcements approved, they engage in a harrowing three-day battle against enemy forces. Starring Louis Mandylor, Cowboy Cerrone, and Quentin Rampage Jackson.

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Ji Chang-Wook and Wi Ha-Joon’s K-drama series has crossed the midpoint and is still going strong. The Worst of Evil, set in the 90s, is well-stylized and thrilling in all the right ways, not shying away from violence. This week’s episodes of The Worst of Evil have revealed some interesting things, and as always, there’s the question of Junmo’s morale: how far can he go as a cop, what will he do to keep his wife safe, and why is he doing all of this at the end of the day? At the same time, gangster Gi-Cheul thought he had an informant on his team, but maybe he should’ve checked up on his facts first before trusting new guy Seungho.

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By The Worst of Evil Episode 6, Junmo has really climbed up the ranks super fast in Gicheul’s organization.

Previously, in Song Of The Bandits episode 8, we saw the mounted bandits, led by Jang-Ki-Ryong, orchestrate an attack on the Joseon bandits. They held Choong-soo and his accomplices captive and brutally tortured them. One of those captives, Nam-chun, stepped in to safeguard his entire group by attempting to sacrifice himself. While he managed to distract Jang-Ki-Ryong and his associates by leading them to a desolate land, Lee Yoon and Eon-nyeni went to the prison, where Choong-soo and the others, including Seon-bok, were being held captive. Although Yoon and Eon-nyeni manage to set them free, Jang-Ki-Ryong, realizing Nam-chun’s deception, shoots him, leaving him to die on the ground.

Song Of The Bandits Episode 9 opened in the prison cell, where Eon-nyeni and Lee Yoon managed to get all the prisoners out of the cell. However, as they were escorting them out, the Japanese consul launched an attack on them. Hiding inside the precinct,...

Previously, in Song Of The Bandits episode 7, we saw Yoon manage to escort Hee-shin to a safe route to help her escape MayeongJeong. Hee-shin acknowledged Yoon’s contributions to her life and shared a kiss with him. Meanwhile, the Japanese army led by Major Lee Gawang was still after them, desperately intending to kill Lee Yoon. Eon-nyeni escaped from prison and subsequently joined forces with Yoon to take out all the Japanese men who were posing a threat to their lives and their fight for freedom.

Song Of The Bandits Episode 8 picked up where Episode 7 left off. We saw Hee-shin’s departure, while Lee Yoon returned to confront the Japanese army. The Japanese men surrounded Yoon, who was fearless. He knew he had been successful in his ultimate mission to transfer the money to the Independence Army in order to bring freedom to his homeland. He returned and faced his enemies,...

Juro Kara is a Japanese avant-garde playwright, theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter. He was at the forefront of the Angura (“underground”) theatre movement in Japan, while as an actor, he cooperated with some of the biggest names of the Japanese movie industry, including Shohei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda, Shuji Terayama, Toshio Matsumoto and Koji Wakamatsu. As a director, however, he only came up with one title, co-produced by Atg “Sea of Genkai”, an unusual type of yakuza film that focuses intently on the treatment of Korean women in the hands of the Japanese.

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The movie begins with a young man causing a ruckus on a high traffic street, until an older man takes him under his wing. The young man is named Taguchi and seems to have no one in his life, which is why he almost immediately becomes...

Exclusive: Filmmaker George C. Wolfe was not interested in doing what he termed “icon crap” in his movie Rustin, about the multi-layered life of Bayard Rustin, regarded as one of the most influential organizers of the Civil Rights Movement and the architect of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which took place 60 years ago this week.

“You have to have an extraordinary degree of irreverence and approach it like, ‘This is a human being.’ Because if you’re doing icon crap, it is very easy for you to fall into boring or reverential, and we have statues for that,” said Wolfe of his film that stars Colman Domingo as the man who often was at Dr. Martin Luther King’s side.

Many have opined that Rustin has been neglected by history.

John F. Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and his only grandson, Jack Kennedy Schlossberg, recreated John’s famous swim during World War II.

John swam between Pacific Islands, Plum Pudding Island, Naru Island and Olasana Island, to save his crew after their torpedo boat was destroyed by the Japanese. His heroism helped him win the presidential election in 1960.

Caroline, who is now the U.S. ambassador for Australia, decided to recreate part of her father’s swim with the help of her son Jack. Both of them swam three-quarters of a mile in about 30 minutes between islets of the Solomon Islands in memorial of John.

The U.S. Embassy in Australia shared the news on X, formerly Twitter. They spoke about this historic moment while adding a picture of the mother-son duo smiling after their swim. “Eighty years ago, President Kennedy swum between Plum Pudding Island (now Kennedy Island), Naru Island,...

Director Oliver Stone, speaking from his Twitter account on August 1, 2023, mentioned that he finally managed to see Christopher Nolan's new hit biopic "Oppenheimer," and that he was incredibly impressed with the result. This is no small praise, as "Oppenheimer" might be compared to Stone's own work. Stone has made several stylized, big-budget biographies in his career as well, often peppering them, just like "Oppenheimer," with fistfuls of notable stars. He also likes to use multiple film formats, often flipping from color to black-and-white in the middle of a scene, a technique that Nolan also employed (the "present-day" segments in "Oppenheimer" were in black-and-white). Stone's biographies also tended to look at the wounded aspects of intense men, revealing how those in positions of power aren't always there because of resolute intelligence. Sometimes, ego is all that matters. "Oppenheimer" might be seen as a spiritual Hollywood successor to "JFK," "The Doors,...

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The cast of "Oppenheimer" is populated by historical figures, but one of the most recognizable is in the movie for only a single scant scene.

A stretch in the middle of the film takes place in 1945 when the Manhattan Project is on the cusp of completing the bomb while the war they were building it for winds down. As you probably know, the U.S. shifts its target from the defeated Germany to the still-standing Japan. J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) wants the post-war atomic policy to be global cooperation; he hopes that President Harry Truman will loop in Joseph Stalin about the atomic bomb to bring the U.S. and Soviet Union together on the issue. The Trinity explosion test at Los Alamos Labs is even moved up to accommodate Truman's schedule.

Oppenheimer learns as the bombs are carried off that Truman didn't tell Stalin as he'd hoped.

Plot: During a pivotal time in World War II, Professor Robert Oppenheimer is chosen by the army to head up the Manhattan Project, the focus being creating the first nuclear weapon the Earth has ever seen. Gathering scientists from all over the world, Oppenheimer’s obsession with finishing the bomb before the Nazis has an overwhelming impact on his personal life, in ways both immediately obvious and impossible to predict.

Review: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a startling, mesmerizing experience, not one easy to explain or sum up. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Nolan movie if it were, but the film sees the writer-director at the height of his powers as filmmaker and storyteller – not to mention nimble time-jumper. Perhaps the most important film of the director’s career thus far, Oppenheimer is an old fashioned Hollywood biopic/historical epic in the way it’s filled with great...

Stars: Ma Dong-seok aka Don Lee, Lee Jun-hyuk, Munetaka Aoki, Se-ho Ahn, Noo-Ri Bae, Kim Do-Geon, Ko Gun-Han, Go Gyu-pil, Shin Hyeon-Yong | Written by Kim Min-sung | Directed by Sang-yong Lee

The third film in the Crime City franchise, The Roundup: No Way Out certainly has its work cut out for it following 2017’s The Outlaws and last year’s The Roundup. Of course Ma Dong-seok or Don Lee, depending on where you’re watching, is back as “Beast Cop” Detective Ma Seok-do. Also returning is Sang-yong Lee who directed both of the previous films, with Kim Min-sung making his debut as a screenwriter.

Seven years after the events of the previous film our hero is working with a new unit and they have a problem on their hands. A drug called Hyper has hit the streets of Seoul, it’s described as more potent than cocaine or amphetamines and more toxic than heroin.

Amazon miniTV recently released a horror thriller – The Haunting. Ever since its release, the viewers are gripped by the suspense, spine-chilling narrative, and the strong on-screen character portrayals by Erica Fernandes alongside Gul Panag and Prakruti Mishra.

The horror short film is a tragic chain of events that revolves around a girl named Moushmi who has been possessed by ghosts and is accused of killing her closest friend. The film is based on real events and is directed by Tanveer Bookwala.

Gul Panag who plays the psychiatrist in the short film expressed how the entertainment industry has only begun to scrape the surface when it comes to broadening the boundaries of the horror-thriller genre and its vast expanse.

“The horror-thriller genre I have two views on – one as an actor and two, as an audience. As an actor, my view is that we haven’t done justice to the horror-thriller...

It is now widely accepted as historical fact that between 1932 and 1945, somewhere between 80,000 and 200,000 women and girls, predominantly from Korea, China, the Philippines and Vietnam, were forced or coerced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army. A high proportion of them died, many of them acquired permanent physical or mental disabilities, and around half were left infertile. The uncertainty about the numbers applies partly because of the uncertainty which always surrounds war, but partly due to the tremendous social prejudice which survivors experienced when they got home. The Japanese had correctly surmised that whereas generalised rape, such as that which took place in Nanjing, was viewed as a war crime, if they presented women as prostitutes and labelled their prisons brothels, it would be the women themselves who would be blamed.

As a consequence of this prejudice, many women kept their wartime experiences secret. it wasn’t until...

The narratives commonly known as wuxia stories in Chinese literature are one of the oldest surviving literary traditions, with their origins dating back to 300 BC. A typical wuxia story consists of a protagonist from humble origins who climbs up the social ladder through his own self-earned skills or those bestowed upon him, displays great feats of martial arts, either practical or mystical or both, and follows the ways of Chinese Xia traditions—a code of righteousness comparable to the Bushido code of Japanese Samurai or the chivalry of European Knights. Wuxia stories often range from the ancient to the medieval era and consist of fictional, quasi-historical characters with a limited amount of Buddhist and supernatural elements, which differs from the more over-the-top treatment of religion and mythology in Xianxia stories, which are essentially complete fantasies.

The wuxia stories have been adapted to different media forms in both live-action and live...

Everything done in secret will always come to light. It will be dragged out if Perry Mason seeks to expose it.

Most of the puzzles developing throughout the season were solved on Perry Mason Season 2 Episode 7.

The identity of Brooks' killer, the reason behind his murder, why Hamilton was scared, and who leaked the information about the gun to Milligan were revealed.

The most immediate puzzle was who had leaked about the murder weapon. That was not a huge surprise to the audience because we already knew it was Pete.

Pete was remorseful almost immediately after he'd given Thomas that information.

It didn't look like he had any hidden reasons behind the decision apart from a serious case of inferiority complex and a compulsive need to make bad decisions.

Perry: You broke into our safe.

Pete: You shouldn't have made it so easy.

Permalink: You shouldn't have made it so easy.

John Leguizamo had a blunt message for congressman Tim Burchett on Tuesday night after the Tennessee Republican said “there’s not a whole heck of a lot you can do” about gun violence in the United States: “Get the f— out of the way” and get a new job.

Following the shooting in Nashville on Monday that killed six people, three of whom were children, Burchett was asked for his thoughts and plans on the matter, and gave a bleak, seemingly apathetic response.

“It’s a horrible, horrible situation and we’re not going to fix it,” Burchett said. “Criminals are going to be criminals and, my daddy fought the second world war, in the Pacific, he fought the Japanese and he told me. He said, ‘Buddy, if somebody wants to take you out and doesn’t mind losing their life, there’s not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it.

“She's a dragon. He's a dragon slayer. And in this world, the Japanese have been wiped out! That day, giant dragons appeared in the sky above Tokyo, and the collapse of the nation of Japan began. With the arrival of monsters called Moju, Japanese people went extinct, and the nation was transformed into a lawless land occupied by armed forces and criminal syndicates. Yahiro is one of the few remaining. Having gained immortality from dragon's blood, he spends each lonely day as a “salvager” transporting artwork out of the uninhabited ruins of Tokyo…until one day, a pair of twin art dealers request that he salvage a particularly powerful and mysterious item.” (Yen Press)

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The latest from the creator of “Strike the Blood”, Gakuto Mikumo's “Hollow Regalia: Corpse Reviver” shows an author at the peak of his abilities,...

The 400-year-old spectre of imperialism, colonialism, and occupation hovers above Filipino filmmaker Kenneth Dagatan's (Ma) second, feature-length film, In My Mother’s Skin. Set during the waning days of World War II, with the Japanese army in permanent retreat due to a temporary American-Filipino alliance, In My Mother’s Skin excavates historical horrors both natural (wartime atrocities committed by the Japanese) and supernatural ones (the centuries-old conflict between non-Christian and Christian faiths) to unforgettable, gripping, mesmerizing effect. In My Mother’s Skin centers on a once-wealthy Filipino family. The war and occupation of the Philippines have taken a toll on the family’s finances. While the family still lives in a spacious, opulent mansion away located in a sparsely populated area, the war isn’t far...

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Chennai, Jan 28 (Ians) A consensus on prediction and management of small for size syndrome in living-donor liver transplant was arrived at an international conference of liver surgeons, hepatologists, liver anesthesia team and researches who assembled here from across the world, said Mohammed Rela, President, International Liver Transplant Society.

The conference proceedings will be used to generate practice guidelines for publication in Transplantation Journal, said Rela, who is also the Chairman of the 450-bed Rela Hospital here.

The first International Consensus Conference on Prediction and Management of Small for Size Syndrome in Living-Donor Liver Transplant and the 13th Edition of Master Class in Liver Disease is being held here between January 27 and 29.

The conference is jointly organised by the International Liver Transplantation Society (Ilts), the International Liver Donor Liver Transplantation Study Group (iLDLT) and the Liver Transplant Society of India (Ltsi).

According to Rela, a workshop on robotic donor hepatectomy will be held on Sunday,...

The Berlinale’s European Film Market was the last major physical market to take place in 2020 as the world began shutting down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The virus would force the event online in 2021 and 2022. The EFM’s traditional home of the Gropius Bau looked strangely empty last February, playing host to an exhibition by South African artist Zanele Muholi, as the event unfolded online alongside a scaled-down physical festival.

Its vast atrium and halls are set to be packed with hundreds of stands and thousands of professionals once again this year for EFM’s 2023 edition, running February 16-22.

Both the Gropius Bau and the market’s other key exhibition space of the Marriott Hotel are already fully booked.

“The good news for us is that we are completely at the same level in terms of accreditations as we were at this time of the year in 2020. This means...