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The official YouTube channel for the three-piece Japanese rock band Wanima is now streaming a music video for their latest digital single song "Matatabi," which is featured as the ending theme for the summer 2025 TV anime Nyaight of the Living Cat . The music video features Kazuko Kurosawa of comedy trio Morisanchu. As this is a theme song for an anime about cats, she plays the role of a strong female panther-like character, leading a group of dancers in a stormy dance. Wanima's vocalist and bassist Kenta, who dyes his hair in leopard print for this music video, is surrounded by women who seduce him like cats. Wanima "Matatabi" Music Video Wanima, consisting of Kenta (vocal/bass), Ko-shin (guitar/chorus), and Fuji (drums/chorus), was formed in 2010 and made their major debut from Warner Music Japan's unBORDE label in May 2017. Nyaight of the Living Cat is the third anime...

‘Snow Leopard’, ‘Paradise’, ‘The Goldfinger’ and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ also land multiple nods.

South Korean box office hit 12.12: The Day and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist lead the nominations for the 17th Asian Film Awards, with six nods each including best film.

Also up for best film is Prasanna Vithanage’s Paradise from Sri Lanka-India, Wim Wenders Perfect Days from Japan and Chinese feature Snow Leopard by the late Pema Tseden.

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The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Hong Kong on March 10 and will be decided by a...

A project that’s reportedly been in gestation for 30 years, so long that Akira Kurosawa once expressed huge hopes for its success before he died, Kubi is a labor of love.

Billed in its press materials as “the latest film by Takeshi Kitano” but hopefully not the veteran director’s last, it marks Kitano’s return to the samurai genre for the first time since 2003’s Zatoichi (a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman). The latter did modestly solid business in its day for an international film, and it will be interesting to see if Kitano, practically a national treasure in Japan, still has the same pull across Asian territories as he used to, let alone across the Pacific and beyond.

But regardless of any box-office performance, this challenging, extremely violent, ravishing-looking, intricately plotted adaptation by Kitano of his novel is of interest for its fresh take on a musty genre.

"My father always said that the films he loved were too many to count, and to make a top ten rank," Akira Kurosawa's daughter Kazuko Kurosawa wrote in the preface of her father's book "A Dream is a Genius." "That explains why you cannot find in this list many of the titles of the films he regarded as wonderful. The principle of the choice is: one film for one director, entry of the unforgettable films about which I and my father had a lovely talk, and of some ideas on cinema that he had cherished but did not express in public. This is the way I made a list of 100 films of Kurosawa's choice." Those are words to keep in mind as you run through the list below of the great filmmaker's favorite movies. But even if this isn't a definitive list from Kurosawa, it's great overview of a...

For the film fanatic, there was an evolution. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, Hong Kong cinema came to a prominence because of the great works of filmmakers like John Woo and actors like Jackie Chan. This was the second boom of the industry after Bruce Lee invigorated youths in the 70’s, but died all too young. And from that there was also a loyal following for the Shaw Brothers from some, and an interest in Chan - among others - but you had to live near a Chinatown or have a kick ass video store to find this stuff. Not everyone was so lucky. The crossover appeal was there, but mostly for film nerds willing to watch some shitty ass copies of great films. As time progressed Asain cinema of all stripes made a huge dent in nerd culture, with Japan and Korea following, as filmmakers like Takashi Miike,...

• It was a non-Egoyan kind of year at this year's equivalent to the Academy Awards, but "Egoyan-apprentice" Sarah Polley managed to leave a long-lasting impression with her directorial debut. The actress-turned-director picked up a total of seven awards (a trio of acting awards and the cream of the crop awards of Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Film) for Away From Her while David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises equaled that tally winning mostly technical awards. Apart from a short film win, the ceremony blanked any wins from the French part of Canada - of course nothing stood a chance against the two popular titles mentioned above. Best Motion Pictureaway From Her - Daniel Iron, Simone Urdl, Jennifer WeissACHIEVEMENT In Art Direction/Production Designrob Gray, James Willcock - Fidoachievement In Costume Designcarlo Poggioli, Kazuko Kurosawa - SilkACHIEVEMENT In Cinematographypeter Suschitzky - Eastern PromisesACHIEVEMENT In Directionsarah Polley - Away From

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SYDNEY -- French director-producer Luc Besson will preside over the jury of the 15th Tokyo International Film Festival, which includes 61 films on offer from 10 official sections, separate to its mainstream program and co-sponsored events. Besson will preside over a jury that includes British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, Japanese designer and daughter of Akira Kurosawa, Kazuko Kurosawa, acclaimed South Korean director Park Chan-Wook, and Hong Kong's Lee Chi-ngai. The Tokyo festival, which runs Oct. 26-Nov. 4, is competitive in its main festival section for seven awards, for which the Grand Prix carries a ¥10 million ($81,000) prize. This year, 319 films were submitted from 47 countries, according to festival organizers. Fifteen films were chosen, only one of which is wholly English language: Chris Eyre's Skins.