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Kim Soo-kil (also known by his Japanese name Hideyoshi Kin), had just graduated from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image when he directed “Have You Seen the Barefoot God?” in 1986. The script was written by Nobuyuki Nishimura, and after winning the academy’s screenwriting competition, it was picked up and produced by the Art Theatre Guild. Classified as a seishun eiga (youth film), it is considered one of the most important films when it comes to the Japanese youth cinema.

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“Have You Seen the Barefoot God?” tells a story of three high school students, who are at the edge of adolescence and adulthood. Shigeru (Tamotsu Ishibashi), who is an aspiring painter, struggles to paint the girl he has a crush on, reflecting his inner belief that true art requires the experience of love. His best friend...

"I still have unfinished worked in this world" Freestyle Digital Media has released an official trailer for a Japanese drama "based on a true story" titled Immortal Hero, from director Hiroshi Akabane. The film is inspired by the real story of author Ryuho Okawa, guided by spiritual beings who helped him recover after a near-fatal heart condition. While recovering, he writes a book that goes on to inspire many others through faith-based healing. "Based on the true story of a man whose near death experience inspires him to choose life... and change the lives of millions." Hisaaki Takeuchi stars in and produced this film, telling the story of a man named Makoto Mioya, pretty much the same person as Okawa. Also starring Yoshimi Ashikawa, Tamotsu Ishibashi, Kei Kinoshita, Tamao Satô, and Fumika Shimizu. I don't know anything about this story, but it seems like some dangerous anti-science propaganda about how...