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Japan’s highest grossing movies 2008

January 31, 2009 by Yein Jee

Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” is Japan’s highest grossing domestic movie in 2008, while “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” tops the international list.

Japanese movie poster of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Image from Gibli Studio (Jp))

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Otaku & Wota Tagged With: Anime and animation, Asian movies, China blog, Chinese movies, Chinese showbiz, Japan blog, Japanese anime, Japanese movies, Japanese showbiz, United States

Tokyo Film Festival 2008 opens with eco-theme

October 19, 2008 by Yein Jee

The 21st Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off Saturday (Oct 18) with Japanese prime minister Taro Aso among the ~300 guests that graced the opening event at Roppongi Hills [via Japantoday]

The theme of TIFF 2008 is “Ecology = Preservation of Earth’s Environment”, and the organiser replaced the usual red carpet with a green carpet made from recycled plastic bottles to exemplify the theme, which I doubt could bring any meaningful effect.

A total of 315 films from around the world will be shown during the nine-day event. Chinese movie “Red Cliff”, directed by Hong Kong director John Woo, was selected to kick start the screening; would be cute if the stars wore some green outfit during the green carpet to echo the theme lol.

Picture of the cast of Chinese movie Red Cliff at Tokyo Film Festival 2008 in Japan
The main cast of Red Cliff at TIFF 2008… (L-R) Vicki Zhao, Chang Chen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, director John Woo, Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi and Lin Chi Ling (Image from Udn)

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian events, Chang Chen, Chinese movies, Chinese showbiz, Environmental Movement, Film festivals, Japan blog, Japanese events, Japanese movies, Japanese showbiz, John Woo, Leung Chiu Wai, Lin Chi Ling, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taro Aso, Tokyo Metropolis, Vicki Zhao Wei, Zhang Fengyi

Koizora (2007) movie trailer

April 30, 2008 by Yein Jee

Trailer for Koizora (Sky of Love), a 2007 Japanese movie based on a popular novel by Mika, starring Yui Aragaki and Haruma Miura.

The story is about the romance and struggle of two high school students’ (and later adulthood), an evergreen niche in Japanese pop culture.

Yui Aragaki series – Next: Gakky looks best in Yukata

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian movies, Asian pop culture, Asian videos, Haruma Miura, Japan blog, Japanese movies, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Yui Aragaki

The first motion picture in Japan

June 14, 2007 by Yein Jee

Said to be of the first ever motion picture made in Japan, filmed in 1897 by French filmmakers using the newly-invented Lumiere camera [via Japanprobe]…

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian movies, East Asia, Japan blog, Japanese movies, Vintage pictures

Sinking of Japan (2006) movie review

May 7, 2007 by Yein Jee

Sinking of Japan (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu ) is a 2006 Japanese disaster movie directed by Shinji Higuchi. It’s a remake of a 1973 film which itself was an adaptation of a novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Both movies and the novel have different English titles but it’s the same in Japanese.

The 2006 film starred Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Mao Daichi and Mitsuhiro Oikawa etc. More details on cast and crew at end of the post.

Japanese movie Sinking of Japan

The story is about Japan “sinking” into the sea because of tectonic plate motions. And time is running out for the Japanese people as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis begin to devour the country.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Akira Emoto, Asian movies, Disaster movies, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hideko Yoshida, Japan blog, Japanese movies, Japanese pop culture, Japanese showbiz, Jun Kunimura, Kenichi Endo, Ko Shibasaki, Koji Ishizaka, Mao Daichi, Mayuko Fukuda, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Shinji Higuchi, Taro Iwashiro, Toho Pictures, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

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