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An Interview with Makoto Shinkai Director of Suzume

Makoto Shinkai's latest movie hits cinemas around North America, UK and Ireland from Friday 14th April 2023. We caught up the with the accla...

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Apr 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Suzume

Laundromat on the Corner Director: Tetsuki Ijichi (2020)

Laundromat on the Corner (2020) by Tetsuki Ijichi is a short and fun horror story that effectively mixes Eastern and Western culture.

Genkinahito

Jun 27, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Alexandra Rutter Director of the Stage Adaption of The Garden of Words

Makoto Shinaki's anime The Garden of Words is the story of an out-of-step woman and an offbeat teenager meeting by chance in a Japanese gard...

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The Garden of Words

An Interview with Vincent Soberano, Writer/Director of ‘Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids’

An Interview with Vincent Soberano, the Writer/Director/Star of ‘Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids. Vincent and I discuss his martial arts background, Filipino folklore, and what’s next for…

In Asian Spaces

Mar 13, 2020 • Subscribe

Interview with Mai Nakanishi, Director of Swallow

Jason Maher talks to Swallow director Mai Nakanishi.

VCinema

Jul 21, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Buddha Director Morishita

The Daily Yomiuri Online recently published an incredible interview with Kozo Morishita , the director of the first movie based on Osamu Te...

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An Interview with Sae Suzuki, Director of Strangers [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

STRANGERS tackles gender discrimination and sexual harassment in a heartfelt and interesting way. Director Sae Suzuki talks about how she made it in an interview done in Japanese…

Genkinahito

Nov 14, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Apr 17, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Satoko Yokohama, Director of “Ito” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview with Satoko Yokohama, Director of “Ito” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Apr 12, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yuko Watanabe, Director of BOY SPROUTED [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An interview with Yuko Watanabe, director of the short film BOY SPROUTED. You can read it in Japanese and English! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022].

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May 14, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yusaku Matsumoto, Director of BAGMATI RIVER [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Yusaku Matsumoto, Director of BAGMATI RIVER [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Apr 11, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Sheikh M Haris, Director of HOWLING [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Get the background to the Japanese neo-noir black comedy HOWLING in this Interview with Sheikh M Haris, the Director [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Apr 15, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of ANGRY SON [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An interview with Kasho Iizuka about the making of his film ANGRY SON, shown as part of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022.

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Jan 9, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Azusa Hieda, Director of Summer Wedding [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

SUMMER WEDDING is a short by Azusa Hieda that sees a relationship undergo a massive change due to isolation forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read some…

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Jun 29, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Kahori Higashi, Director of Melting Sounds [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Kahori Higashi, Director of MOOSIC Lab affiliated film “Melting Sounds”. It is available in Japanese and English. [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Jul 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Marchen Awakens Romance

An Interview with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves” [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview done with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves,” as part of the New York Asian Film Festival 2021!

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Sep 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Interview with Satoko Yokohama, Director of Ito [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher talks to Ito director Satoko Yokohama.

VCinema

Apr 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher talks to Masashi Komura about his surreal comedy POP!

VCinema

Apr 27, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Akinori Ikuse, Director of Out of Tokyo 202x [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Another great Interview with Akinori Ikuse about his sci-fi short OUT OF TOKYO 202x, a story of time travel and the Tokyo Olympics. You can read it in…

Genkinahito

May 18, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Mayu Nakamura, Director of Among Four of Us [OAFF 2021/JAPAN CUTS 2021]

An Interview with Mayu Nakamura, Director of Among Four of Us [OAFF 2021/JAPAN CUTS 2021]

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Sep 23, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo

Salvaged from the mid-1990s.

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Nov 3, 2023 • Subscribe

An interview with Alfred Birnbaum

Translator of Haruki Murakami’s "A Wild Sheep Chase," and many others

Matt Alt's Pure Invention

Oct 10, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Mike Wyzgowski

An interview with the English lyricist for anime composer Shiro Sagisu, and his work on Evangelion, Bleach and more.

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Oct 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Bleach

An Interview with Takeshi Fukunaga, Director of Mountain Woman [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Takeshi Fukunaga talks about the making of his latest film, “Mountain Woman” in an Interview [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Genkinahito

Aug 1, 2023 • Subscribe

An Email Interview with Hiroshi Gokan, Director of “Gotō-san” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Email Interview with Hiroshi Gokan, Director of “Gotō-san” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Apr 5, 2021 • Subscribe

An E-mail Interview with Oudai Kojima, Director of JOINT [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An E-mail Interview with Oudai Kojima, Director of JOINT [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Mar 15, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Daisuke Miyazaki, Director of NORTH SHINJUKU 2055 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Another great Interview with Daisuke Miyazaki, this time for his work on the sci-fi short NORTH SHINJUKU 2055. You can read it in Japanese and English! [Osaka Asian…

Genkinahito

Apr 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Hiroshi Gokan, Director of Gotō-san [OAFF 2021]

Jason Maher talks to Gotō-san director Hiroshi Gokan.

VCinema

Apr 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Interview with Yusaku Matsumoto, Director of Bagmati River [OAFF 2022]

Jason Maher talks to Yusaku Matsumoto about his short film Bagmati River.

VCinema

Apr 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of Angry Son [OAFF 2022]

Jason Maher talks to Kasho Iizuka about his drama Angry Son.

VCinema

May 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with M Haris Sheikh, Director of Howling (OAFF 2022)

Jason Maher talks to Howling director M Haris Sheikh.

VCinema

Apr 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Azusa Hieda, Director of Summer Wedding [OAFF 2022]

Azusa Hieda’a short film Summer Wedding received its World Premiere at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 where it was one of the few films to directly use the Covid-19…

VCinema

Jun 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Riki Ohkanda, Director of Random Call [OAFF 2022]

Jason Maher talks to Random Call director Riki Ohkanda.

VCinema

Apr 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Interview with Kahori Higashi, Director of Melting Sounds [OAFF 2022]

Jason Maher talks to Kahori Higashi about her debut feature Melting Sounds.

VCinema

Jul 7, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] – Available in Japanese and English!

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Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Laundromat on the Corner (2020)

“A very pleasant horror-romance short narrative.”

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Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

An Email Interview with Akihiko Yano, Director of “yes,yes,yes” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

I wish I were better at writing about acting because every now and then I watch a film where there are astonishing performance that I am spellbound and…

Genkinahito

Mar 13, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A Brief Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Jun 7, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Tetsuya Mariko, Director of Before Anyone Else (2023) [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

An Interview with “Before Anyone Else” (2023) director Tetsuya Mariko, where he goes into the making of his atmospheric film. [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

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Dec 4, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Shinji Imaoka, Director of A Rainbow-colored Trip [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview with Shinji Imaoka, Director of A Rainbow-colored Trip [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

An interview with Toadette, pt 2 : An animator’s reel making of

Toadette, who I interviewed for my sakuga series, is not just a writer, but also a maker of animator’s reels. Here, they were kind enough to chronicle the…

Animétudes

Oct 10, 2020 • Subscribe

An interview with Toadette, pt 2 : An animator’s reel making of

Toadette, who I interviewed for my sakuga series, is not just a writer, but also a maker of animator’s reels. Here, they were kind enough to chronicle the…

Animétudes

Oct 10, 2020 • Subscribe

Exploring sakuga – An interview with Toadette

The other articles in this series are available here : Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4 ; An interview with manuloz ; An…

Animétudes

Oct 10, 2020 • Subscribe

Exploring sakuga – An interview with Blou

This time, I talked with Bloodyredstar, aka Blou, sakuga fan and production assistant at Studio Tonton, currently making an amateur Naruto OP and ED.

Animétudes

Sep 12, 2020 • Subscribe

Naruto

Exploring sakuga – An interview with Toadette

The other articles in this series are available here : Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4 ; An interview with manuloz ; An…

Animétudes

Oct 10, 2020 • Subscribe

Exploring sakuga – An interview with Geth

This time, I interviewed Geth, sakuga fan and Naruto expert, creator of the most famous sakuga Discord, Naruto Sakuga.

Animétudes

Sep 26, 2020 • Subscribe

Naruto

Exploring sakuga – An interview with Geth

This time, I interviewed Geth, sakuga fan and Naruto expert, creator of the most famous sakuga Discord, Naruto Sakuga.

Animétudes

Sep 26, 2020 • Subscribe

Naruto

Exploring sakuga – An interview with Blou

This time, I talked with Bloodyredstar, aka Blou, sakuga fan and production assistant at Studio Tonton, currently making an amateur Naruto OP and ED.

Animétudes

Sep 12, 2020 • Subscribe

Naruto

Exploring sakuga – An interview with manuloz

This series on the sakuga is going to be half articles, half interviews of members of the community. This time, I got to talk with manuloz, French anime…

Animétudes

Aug 29, 2020 • Subscribe

Tom’s World Interview with Art Director Hiromasa Ogura

In this long interview, art director Hiromasa Ogura talks about his early career, Tomcat’s Big Adventure, Royal Space Force, Ryūtarō Nakamura, Mamoru Oshii, Gainax, Kobayashi Production, and …

Heisei Etranger

Jan 28, 2019 • Subscribe