In a marketplace already glutted with Hero and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, how’s a samurai soap opera to distinguish itself? In the case of The Twilight Samurai, it’s by playing down the action and ...

Hiroyuki Sanada is one of the best Japanese actors of all time, and one of just a handful that has found incredible success outside the Japanese film industry. Sanada began his acting career at an ...

The Tokyo Film Festival will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada. Yamada’s latest ...

As previously announced, Japanese actress Sayuri Yoshinaga – who has appeared in several of Yamada’s films – will also ...

With 91 films over 64 years — including the beloved 'Tora-san' series and Oscar-nominated 'The Twilight Samurai' — Yamada ...

Yamada Yoji to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Tokyo Film Festival's 38th edition where latest film 'Tokyo Taxi' ...