Eiji Uchida’s romantic drama Silent Love has been snapped up by a raft of distributors throughout Asia after a bumper opening box office weekend in Japan.
Leading Japanese indie studio Gaga Corporation has closed deals for South Korea (Media Castle), Taiwan (Big Art) and Vietnam (Nk Contents) as well as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia (Dream Express).
It follows a strong start for the film in Japan, where Gaga also handles distribution. Released on Friday (January 26), Silent Love ranked third nationwide and was the leading live-action title at the Japanese box office, which is regularly dominated by animated features.
The...
Leading Japanese indie studio Gaga Corporation has closed deals for South Korea (Media Castle), Taiwan (Big Art) and Vietnam (Nk Contents) as well as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia (Dream Express).
It follows a strong start for the film in Japan, where Gaga also handles distribution. Released on Friday (January 26), Silent Love ranked third nationwide and was the leading live-action title at the Japanese box office, which is regularly dominated by animated features.
The...
- 2/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Continuing his acting/directing career, “Roar”'s director appeared in an episode of “The Naked Director” but also managed to shoot two more films, the mid-length “Meaning of Life” and the feature “Icchorai” which will screen in Japan later this year. This review focuses on the latter, which is an extension of a short with the same theme Katayama shot a couple of years before, in his home town of Fukui.
Tetsuya, who everyone is calling Tecchan, is a 40-years-old man who runs a Chinese restaurant in the Shihei shopping district in front of Fukui station. He has inherited the shop from his now bedridden father, whose health has forced his son to forget his dreams about opening a shop in Tokyo, in contrast to his brother, who has left for the capital a long time ago. The result is Tecchan's life being in shambles, as he has no girlfriend,...
Tetsuya, who everyone is calling Tecchan, is a 40-years-old man who runs a Chinese restaurant in the Shihei shopping district in front of Fukui station. He has inherited the shop from his now bedridden father, whose health has forced his son to forget his dreams about opening a shop in Tokyo, in contrast to his brother, who has left for the capital a long time ago. The result is Tecchan's life being in shambles, as he has no girlfriend,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese indie studio Gaga is activating international sales on a handful of films in post-production, with the “We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams” and “#Manhole” the headline titles.
“Antiques” is a comedy about get rich quick schemes, art forgeries and the world of antiques. It is directed by Take Masaharu, the hitmaker with credits that include “100 Yen Love,” “The Gun” and “The Naked Director.” Starring Nakai Kiichi, Sasaki Kuranosuke and Yasuda Shota the film is set to reach Japanese cinemas on Jan. 6, 2023, anticipated to be a busy time for theaters.
The company is also in post on “#Manhole,” a suspense thriller that it launched during the Cannes market in May without any cast details.
Directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi and scripted by Okada Michitaka, the film depicts a promising young man, with everything going for him, who falls to the bottom of a deep manhole on the eve of his wedding. Trapped...
“Antiques” is a comedy about get rich quick schemes, art forgeries and the world of antiques. It is directed by Take Masaharu, the hitmaker with credits that include “100 Yen Love,” “The Gun” and “The Naked Director.” Starring Nakai Kiichi, Sasaki Kuranosuke and Yasuda Shota the film is set to reach Japanese cinemas on Jan. 6, 2023, anticipated to be a busy time for theaters.
The company is also in post on “#Manhole,” a suspense thriller that it launched during the Cannes market in May without any cast details.
Directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi and scripted by Okada Michitaka, the film depicts a promising young man, with everything going for him, who falls to the bottom of a deep manhole on the eve of his wedding. Trapped...
- 10/24/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Following the success of “Midnight Swan”, which won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Picture, Uchida decided to return to one of his favorite themes, the meta “film about films” concept, continuing in the same level of quality he exhibited in titles like “Lowlife Love” and “The Naked Director”.
Shrieking in the Rain is screening at Camera Japan
The story takes place in an anonymous studio during the summer of 1988, where video production for home rentals has reached its highest peak. First-time director Hanako Hayashi is in charge, but the truth is, she actually isn’t. At all. Instead, she experiences frequent meltdowns, as in the initial scene where she has locked herself in the prop car, not talking to anybody, exhibits rather eloquently, her directions are vague, contradicting, and rather annoying for the cast and crew who get increasingly fed up with her. The fact that most of them...
Shrieking in the Rain is screening at Camera Japan
The story takes place in an anonymous studio during the summer of 1988, where video production for home rentals has reached its highest peak. First-time director Hanako Hayashi is in charge, but the truth is, she actually isn’t. At all. Instead, she experiences frequent meltdowns, as in the initial scene where she has locked herself in the prop car, not talking to anybody, exhibits rather eloquently, her directions are vague, contradicting, and rather annoying for the cast and crew who get increasingly fed up with her. The fact that most of them...
- 9/26/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Although now known as the writer/director of “Life: Untitled” and as the writer of two episodes of “The Naked Director”, Kana Yamada had also found the theatrical group ROJI9 in 2010 and had directed and wrote a number of shorts beforehand. 29 minutes-long “Shinjuku Girl” is one of those films.
Shinjuku Girl is streaming on TodoiF
The titular character is a girl who is trying to make a career as an internet persona (idol if you prefer), although a number of her audience seem to only want to see her naked. At the same time, she still holds a grudge on her ex-boyfriend, which she shares with a friend in a rather loud club in Shinjuku as the movie begins. Eventually, after much drinking and fending off drunken salary men who want to have sex with her, she calls him. When he does not answer, she decides to go to the apartment he lives in,...
Shinjuku Girl is streaming on TodoiF
The titular character is a girl who is trying to make a career as an internet persona (idol if you prefer), although a number of her audience seem to only want to see her naked. At the same time, she still holds a grudge on her ex-boyfriend, which she shares with a friend in a rather loud club in Shinjuku as the movie begins. Eventually, after much drinking and fending off drunken salary men who want to have sex with her, she calls him. When he does not answer, she decides to go to the apartment he lives in,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Translation by Lukasz Mankowski
Eiji Uchida was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1971, and returned to Japan at the age of 10. Uchida worked as a journalist for Playboy magazine, assistant director in TV under Takeshi Kitano, and scriptwriter and director for TV series, before he moved on and became a director for Japanese indie films. His most renowned works include “Greatful Dead”, “Lowlife Love”, “Love and Other Cults”, while he was also involved in the direction of the recent Netflix hit, “The Naked Director”. “Midnight Swan” which screened in 2020, won Japanese Academy Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.
On the occasion of “Midnight Swan” screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival, we speak with him about the Japanese Academy awards, the story behind the movie, ballet and transgender people, parenting, and other topics.
“Midnight Swan” won Japanese Academy awards for Best Film and Best Actor. How do you think...
Eiji Uchida was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1971, and returned to Japan at the age of 10. Uchida worked as a journalist for Playboy magazine, assistant director in TV under Takeshi Kitano, and scriptwriter and director for TV series, before he moved on and became a director for Japanese indie films. His most renowned works include “Greatful Dead”, “Lowlife Love”, “Love and Other Cults”, while he was also involved in the direction of the recent Netflix hit, “The Naked Director”. “Midnight Swan” which screened in 2020, won Japanese Academy Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.
On the occasion of “Midnight Swan” screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival, we speak with him about the Japanese Academy awards, the story behind the movie, ballet and transgender people, parenting, and other topics.
“Midnight Swan” won Japanese Academy awards for Best Film and Best Actor. How do you think...
- 6/17/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Continuing his acting/directing career, “Roar”’s director appeared in an episode of “The Naked Director” but also managed to shoot two more films, the mid-length “Meaning of Life” and the feature “Icchorai” which will screen in Japan later this year. This review focuses on the former.
“Meaning of Life” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Shibata is a real-estate agent, who, under his calm and composed demeanor, is hiding a number of suppressed feelings, mostly deriving from the fact that he had to abandon his true calling on photography in order to make more money and take care of his sick father. Not able to handle the pressure, occasionally he sleeps by himself in apartments he is supposed to show to his customers. When a female colleague who seems interested in him starts snooping around, and a past acquaintance reappears, Shibata has to face reality and avoid crumbling.
“Meaning of Life” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Shibata is a real-estate agent, who, under his calm and composed demeanor, is hiding a number of suppressed feelings, mostly deriving from the fact that he had to abandon his true calling on photography in order to make more money and take care of his sick father. Not able to handle the pressure, occasionally he sleeps by himself in apartments he is supposed to show to his customers. When a female colleague who seems interested in him starts snooping around, and a past acquaintance reappears, Shibata has to face reality and avoid crumbling.
- 2/27/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Not too long ago, the Japanese film industry was enclosed in a tight domestic bubble, with local filmmakers mostly making local films for local audiences. Japanese studios appreciated international recognition, but regarded foreign sales as a sort of after-dinner mint – a nice extra, but not essential.
One reason for this “Japan only” mentality was the size of the local market – still the third-largest in the world in terms of box office — which allowed local films at all budget levels to comfortably recoup at home. Another was the long list of missteps and failures by Japanese filmmakers and studios when they ventured abroad or tried to target foreign markets.
The most notorious example was the firing of Kurosawa Akira after two weeks of shooting the 1970 WWII epic “Tora, Tora, Tora.” More recently, one-time uber-producer Sento Takenori lost his production company Rumble Fish in 2008 after his strategy of making art films for...
One reason for this “Japan only” mentality was the size of the local market – still the third-largest in the world in terms of box office — which allowed local films at all budget levels to comfortably recoup at home. Another was the long list of missteps and failures by Japanese filmmakers and studios when they ventured abroad or tried to target foreign markets.
The most notorious example was the firing of Kurosawa Akira after two weeks of shooting the 1970 WWII epic “Tora, Tora, Tora.” More recently, one-time uber-producer Sento Takenori lost his production company Rumble Fish in 2008 after his strategy of making art films for...
- 11/8/2021
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Uchida Eiji, co-director of Netflix’ “The Naked Director” series and 2020 transgender drama movie “Midnight Swan,” tops the new sales slate unveiled by indie rights agency Free Stone Productions in time for the Tokyo festival and market.
Uchida’s “Shrieking in the Rain” is a drama film in which a female first time director has tough choices to make on the set of an erotic movie production she is shooting. The film stars Matsumoto Marika, Oyama Maeko, Motola Serena, and Shibukawa Kiyohiko and is set for a VoD release in Japan from December.
Free Stone is also launching “Life In Bloom,” a drama film directed by Miyake Noboyuki that will release in Japanese theaters in 2022. With a cast headed by Iwamoto Renka, Doi Shiori, Yoshiyuki Kazuko and Takarada Akira, the film tells the story of a student who absconds from school to work in an end of life clinic but eventually...
Uchida’s “Shrieking in the Rain” is a drama film in which a female first time director has tough choices to make on the set of an erotic movie production she is shooting. The film stars Matsumoto Marika, Oyama Maeko, Motola Serena, and Shibukawa Kiyohiko and is set for a VoD release in Japan from December.
Free Stone is also launching “Life In Bloom,” a drama film directed by Miyake Noboyuki that will release in Japanese theaters in 2022. With a cast headed by Iwamoto Renka, Doi Shiori, Yoshiyuki Kazuko and Takarada Akira, the film tells the story of a student who absconds from school to work in an end of life clinic but eventually...
- 10/20/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix had a surprise hit on their hands in 2019 with the release of the Japanese series “The Naked Director”. The story of Toru Muranishi, arguably Japan’s biggest porn director and producer, had all the traits required from a hit biopic and the strong writing and acting, not to forget the sizzling hot sex scenes, proved to be a success with Netflix’s subscribers, and a follow-up season was swiftly ordered. With that, it was also announced that the second season would also be the final, effectively being the end of the story of Toru Muranishi and his muse Kaoru Kuroki, along with everybody else at Sapphire Films, Muranishi’s company. Fast forward two years later, and the second season has finally started streaming in all its entirety.
It’s 1990 and Toru Muranishi is still his carefree self, still not giving a damn about society or authorities and still making...
It’s 1990 and Toru Muranishi is still his carefree self, still not giving a damn about society or authorities and still making...
- 7/19/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Brash and shocking as the subject it is based on, Netflix’s The Naked Director shows no sign of modesty in its second season. Delving further into the 'fall' part of the rise and fall of porn industry pioneer, Muranishi Toru, the series’ lead director, Take Masaharu, talked exclusively with Lmd about the risks of taking a darker turn, how tried and true methods saved shooting during the corona pandemic, and the enduring inspiration of Tokyo street legend, Shinjuku Tiger. The Lady Miz Diva: Congratulations on season two of The Naked Director. How did you feel coming back to this hit series? Take Masaharu: I’m very glad that I could do it, because the original schedule didn’t match, so I had to...
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- 7/1/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Summertime, and the living’s easy — but knowing when your favorite shows return might not be. As the country and the entertainment industry gradually start to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, here is Deadline’s annual list of summer premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows. It covers more than 200 broadcast, cable and streaming series bowing from June 16 through mid-September in various dayparts but does not include specials or movies. Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.com. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed.
June 16:
Card Sharks
Generation
Penguin Town (Netflix, new documentary series)
Dave
Two Steps Home (HGTV, new docuseries)
The House My Wedding Bought (HGTV, new docuseries)
June 17:
When Nature Calls (ABC, new docuseries)
Holey Moley 3D in 2D (ABC, Season 3)
The Hustler
iCarly (Paramount+, new comedy series revival)
Intelligence (Peacock, Season 2)
Black Summer
Katla (Netflix, new Scandinavian drama series)
Record of Ragnarok
Summer Camp Island Season 4
Battle of the Brothers
Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reunion
Hot Mess House (HGTV, Season 2)
June 18:
Physical
Elite
So Not Worth It (Netflix, new Korean comedy series)
The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals
Love After Lockup
Strut (Revry, new comedy series)
June 20:
Evil
Kevin Can F**K Himself
Rick and Morty
You, Me & My Ex
Us (PBS, new drama miniseries)
America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition
June 21:
Ridiculousness
Celebrity Iou
So Freakin Cheap
Grill of Victory
The Sommerdahl Murders
Pizza Wars
June 22:
Capital One College Bowl (NBC, new competition series)
Motherland: Fort Salem
David Makes Man
Inside No. 9 (BritBox, Season 6; U.S. premiere)
June 23:
In the Dark
Too Hot to Handle
June 24:
Good Girls (NBC, Season 4B)
Making It
Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell
Godzilla Singular Point
The Naked Director
The Good Fight (Paramount+, Season 5)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+, Season 6; moved from VH1)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1, Season 6; moved from VH1)
Innocent
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Kcet, Season 14)
June 25:
Bosch (Amazon, Season 7; final season)
September Mornings
Central Park (Apple TV+, Season 2)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+, new drama series)
The A List (Netflix, Season 2)
Sex/Life
The Choe Show (FX, new talk show series)
Put a Ring on It
June 28:
The Seven Deadly Sins (Netflix, Season 5)
Biography: KISStory
Below Deck: Mediterranean
The Pioneer Woman: Ranch Wedding (Food Network, new unscripted series)
June 29:
Good Bones (HGTV, Season 6)
America’s Top Dog
June 30:
Short Circuit
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+, talk show series)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Somos (Netflix, new drama series)
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork
When Big Things Go Wrong (History, new docuseries)
July 1:
The Mighty Ones (Hulu/Peacock)
Young Royals (Netflix, new drama series)
Maratha Gets Down and Dirty (Discovery+, new docuseries)
Top Chef Amateurs
July 2:
Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew
July 5:
The Beast Must Die (AMC+, new drama series)
Pov (PBS, Season 34)
July 6:
An Animal Saved My Life
July 7:
Big Brother (CBS, Season 23)
Love Island
Monsters at Work (Disney+, new animated series; moved from July 2)
Abby’s Places (ESPN+, new docuseries)
July 8:
Gossip Girl (HBO Max, new drama series reboot)
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (Netflix, new anime series)
Grown-ish
Impractical Jokers (TruTV, Season 9B)
Backyard Bar Wars (TruTV, new competition series)
July 9:
Secret Celebrity Renovation
Atypical
Virgin River (Netflix, Season 3)
The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+, Season 1B)
Leverage: Redemption (IMDb TV, new drama series)
July 10:
Big3 (CBS/Paramount+, Season 4)
July 11:
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Wellington Paranormal
The White Lotus (HBO, new comedy series)
Animal Kingdom (TNT, Season 5)
The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, Season 6)
History of the Sitcom
Unforgotten
Battle on the Beach (HGTV, new competition series)
July 12:
Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes
The Beast Must Die (AMC, new drama series; network premiere)
Jack Irish
July 13:
Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail
July 14:
Good Trouble
Dr. Pimple Popper
Dr. Pimple Popper: This is Zit
July 15:
Coroner
Never Have I Ever (Netflix, Season 2)
American Horror Stories
Art in Bloom with Helen Dealtry (Discovery+, new docuseries)
The Artisan’s Kitchen
Dr. Death (Peacock, new drama series)
Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things (Discovery+, new docuseries)|
Fixer Upper Mind (Discovery+, Season 6)
Homegrown
Jean Stoffer Design
Making Modern with Brooke and Brice
Mind for Design
Re(Motel)
Ranch to Table
Self Employed
Van Go
Where We Call Home
Zoë Bakes
July 16:
Turner & Hooch
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Schmigadoon
Behind the Attraction
Making the Cut (Amazon, Season 2)
Icon: Music Through The Lens (PBS, new documentary series)
July 17:
Love & Marriage: Huntsville
Family or Fiancé
Say Yes to the Dress
July 18:
Dead Pixels
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, new drama series)
The End (Showtime, new comedy series)
90 Day: Caribbean Love
Modern Marvels
The Machines That Built America (History, new docuseries)
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
July 19:
The Oval (BET, Season 2B)
Darcey & Stacey
Darcey & Stacey: Inside the Episode
July 20:
Man vs. History
July 22:
Through Our Eyes (HBO Max, new documentary miniseries)
Mysteries of Mental Illness
Ultra City Smiths
July 23:
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+, Season 2)
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Sky Rojo (Netflix, Season 2)
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life
Darcey & Stacey: Pillow Talk
July 24:
Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC America/AMC/AMC+, new documentary series)
July 26:
Roswell, New Mexico
Celebrity Iou: Joyride (Discovery+, new docuseries)
July 29:
Behind the Music
July 30:
Outer Banks (Netflix, Season 2)
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts (Apple TV+, new docuseries
July Tba:
The Patrick Star Show
Middlemost Post
In Their Own Words (PBS, Season 2)
August 4:
My Feet Are Killing Me
My Feet Are Killing Me: Foot Notes
August 6:
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC, Season 7)
Mr Corman
August 8:
Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide
The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, Season 2)
August 9:
Reservation Dogs
August 10:
Fantasy Island
DC’s Stargirl
August 11:
Family Game Fight!
Riverdale
The Walking Dead (AMC, Season 11; final season)
Money Court (CNBC, new courtroom series)
August 12:
Star Trek: Lower Decks
August 13:
Masters of Illusion
Aew: Rampage (TNT, new wrestling series)
August 15:
Heels (Starz, new drama series)
Chesapeake Shores
August 17:
My Big Fat Fabulous Life
August 18:
Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu, new drama limited series)
August 19:
Burden of Truth
August 20:
The Greatest #AtHome Videos
Growing Up Animal (Disney+, new documentary series)
August 23:
The Ultimate Surfer
August 24:
Welcome to Plathville
August 25:
American Horror Story: Double Feature
Archer (Fxx, Season 12)
August 27:
See (Apple TV+, Season 2)
August 31:
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, new comedy series)
August Tba:
Chapelwaite
Cesar’s Way (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)
My Life Is Murder
September 2:
What We Do in the Shadows
September 5:
Billions (Showtime, Season 5B)
Guilt
September 7:
Impeachment: American Crime Story
September 9:
Sunday Night Football
Football Night in America
September 12:
Sunday Night Football
NFL on Fox
NFL on CBS (CBS, season premiere)
NFL on Fox Deportes
MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, live awards special)
September 13:
Y: The Last Man
September 16:
Untitled B.J. Novak
Summer Tba:
Claws (TNT, Season 4; final seasons)
Fboy Island (HBO Max, new competition series)
Lupin
Serengeti...
June 16:
Card Sharks
Generation
Penguin Town (Netflix, new documentary series)
Dave
Two Steps Home (HGTV, new docuseries)
The House My Wedding Bought (HGTV, new docuseries)
June 17:
When Nature Calls (ABC, new docuseries)
Holey Moley 3D in 2D (ABC, Season 3)
The Hustler
iCarly (Paramount+, new comedy series revival)
Intelligence (Peacock, Season 2)
Black Summer
Katla (Netflix, new Scandinavian drama series)
Record of Ragnarok
Summer Camp Island Season 4
Battle of the Brothers
Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reunion
Hot Mess House (HGTV, Season 2)
June 18:
Physical
Elite
So Not Worth It (Netflix, new Korean comedy series)
The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals
Love After Lockup
Strut (Revry, new comedy series)
June 20:
Evil
Kevin Can F**K Himself
Rick and Morty
You, Me & My Ex
Us (PBS, new drama miniseries)
America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition
June 21:
Ridiculousness
Celebrity Iou
So Freakin Cheap
Grill of Victory
The Sommerdahl Murders
Pizza Wars
June 22:
Capital One College Bowl (NBC, new competition series)
Motherland: Fort Salem
David Makes Man
Inside No. 9 (BritBox, Season 6; U.S. premiere)
June 23:
In the Dark
Too Hot to Handle
June 24:
Good Girls (NBC, Season 4B)
Making It
Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell
Godzilla Singular Point
The Naked Director
The Good Fight (Paramount+, Season 5)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+, Season 6; moved from VH1)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1, Season 6; moved from VH1)
Innocent
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Kcet, Season 14)
June 25:
Bosch (Amazon, Season 7; final season)
September Mornings
Central Park (Apple TV+, Season 2)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+, new drama series)
The A List (Netflix, Season 2)
Sex/Life
The Choe Show (FX, new talk show series)
Put a Ring on It
June 28:
The Seven Deadly Sins (Netflix, Season 5)
Biography: KISStory
Below Deck: Mediterranean
The Pioneer Woman: Ranch Wedding (Food Network, new unscripted series)
June 29:
Good Bones (HGTV, Season 6)
America’s Top Dog
June 30:
Short Circuit
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+, talk show series)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Somos (Netflix, new drama series)
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork
When Big Things Go Wrong (History, new docuseries)
July 1:
The Mighty Ones (Hulu/Peacock)
Young Royals (Netflix, new drama series)
Maratha Gets Down and Dirty (Discovery+, new docuseries)
Top Chef Amateurs
July 2:
Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew
July 5:
The Beast Must Die (AMC+, new drama series)
Pov (PBS, Season 34)
July 6:
An Animal Saved My Life
July 7:
Big Brother (CBS, Season 23)
Love Island
Monsters at Work (Disney+, new animated series; moved from July 2)
Abby’s Places (ESPN+, new docuseries)
July 8:
Gossip Girl (HBO Max, new drama series reboot)
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (Netflix, new anime series)
Grown-ish
Impractical Jokers (TruTV, Season 9B)
Backyard Bar Wars (TruTV, new competition series)
July 9:
Secret Celebrity Renovation
Atypical
Virgin River (Netflix, Season 3)
The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+, Season 1B)
Leverage: Redemption (IMDb TV, new drama series)
July 10:
Big3 (CBS/Paramount+, Season 4)
July 11:
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Wellington Paranormal
The White Lotus (HBO, new comedy series)
Animal Kingdom (TNT, Season 5)
The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, Season 6)
History of the Sitcom
Unforgotten
Battle on the Beach (HGTV, new competition series)
July 12:
Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes
The Beast Must Die (AMC, new drama series; network premiere)
Jack Irish
July 13:
Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail
July 14:
Good Trouble
Dr. Pimple Popper
Dr. Pimple Popper: This is Zit
July 15:
Coroner
Never Have I Ever (Netflix, Season 2)
American Horror Stories
Art in Bloom with Helen Dealtry (Discovery+, new docuseries)
The Artisan’s Kitchen
Dr. Death (Peacock, new drama series)
Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things (Discovery+, new docuseries)|
Fixer Upper Mind (Discovery+, Season 6)
Homegrown
Jean Stoffer Design
Making Modern with Brooke and Brice
Mind for Design
Re(Motel)
Ranch to Table
Self Employed
Van Go
Where We Call Home
Zoë Bakes
July 16:
Turner & Hooch
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Schmigadoon
Behind the Attraction
Making the Cut (Amazon, Season 2)
Icon: Music Through The Lens (PBS, new documentary series)
July 17:
Love & Marriage: Huntsville
Family or Fiancé
Say Yes to the Dress
July 18:
Dead Pixels
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, new drama series)
The End (Showtime, new comedy series)
90 Day: Caribbean Love
Modern Marvels
The Machines That Built America (History, new docuseries)
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
July 19:
The Oval (BET, Season 2B)
Darcey & Stacey
Darcey & Stacey: Inside the Episode
July 20:
Man vs. History
July 22:
Through Our Eyes (HBO Max, new documentary miniseries)
Mysteries of Mental Illness
Ultra City Smiths
July 23:
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+, Season 2)
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Sky Rojo (Netflix, Season 2)
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life
Darcey & Stacey: Pillow Talk
July 24:
Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC America/AMC/AMC+, new documentary series)
July 26:
Roswell, New Mexico
Celebrity Iou: Joyride (Discovery+, new docuseries)
July 29:
Behind the Music
July 30:
Outer Banks (Netflix, Season 2)
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts (Apple TV+, new docuseries
July Tba:
The Patrick Star Show
Middlemost Post
In Their Own Words (PBS, Season 2)
August 4:
My Feet Are Killing Me
My Feet Are Killing Me: Foot Notes
August 6:
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC, Season 7)
Mr Corman
August 8:
Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide
The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, Season 2)
August 9:
Reservation Dogs
August 10:
Fantasy Island
DC’s Stargirl
August 11:
Family Game Fight!
Riverdale
The Walking Dead (AMC, Season 11; final season)
Money Court (CNBC, new courtroom series)
August 12:
Star Trek: Lower Decks
August 13:
Masters of Illusion
Aew: Rampage (TNT, new wrestling series)
August 15:
Heels (Starz, new drama series)
Chesapeake Shores
August 17:
My Big Fat Fabulous Life
August 18:
Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu, new drama limited series)
August 19:
Burden of Truth
August 20:
The Greatest #AtHome Videos
Growing Up Animal (Disney+, new documentary series)
August 23:
The Ultimate Surfer
August 24:
Welcome to Plathville
August 25:
American Horror Story: Double Feature
Archer (Fxx, Season 12)
August 27:
See (Apple TV+, Season 2)
August 31:
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, new comedy series)
August Tba:
Chapelwaite
Cesar’s Way (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)
My Life Is Murder
September 2:
What We Do in the Shadows
September 5:
Billions (Showtime, Season 5B)
Guilt
September 7:
Impeachment: American Crime Story
September 9:
Sunday Night Football
Football Night in America
September 12:
Sunday Night Football
NFL on Fox
NFL on CBS (CBS, season premiere)
NFL on Fox Deportes
MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, live awards special)
September 13:
Y: The Last Man
September 16:
Untitled B.J. Novak
Summer Tba:
Claws (TNT, Season 4; final seasons)
Fboy Island (HBO Max, new competition series)
Lupin
Serengeti...
- 6/15/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Naked Director’ is set in 1980s Japan and revolves around Toru Muranishi, who turns every crushing setback into opportunity and revolutionizes the porn industry. The series chronicles his rise to fame, ambitions, and awkward setbacks. All the while, Muranishi’s story plays out against the excess that existed during Japan’s “bubble” era, which was a time for unprecedented splendor and access.
- 5/1/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Netflix is to lease two sound stages at Toho Studios in order to help the streaming platform expand its production of original Japanese content.
The move was announced Thursday (local time) in a blog post by Ozawa Teiji, Netflix’s manager for production management and live action in Japan.
The streamer will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10, and several in-studio facilities within Toho Studios, which is located in central suburban Setagaya Ward in Tokyo. The facilities have previously been home to Kurosawa Akira’s “Seven Samurai,” and the Godzilla film series.
The deal kicks off from April and was described as running across “several years.” Upcoming shows “Yu Yu Hakusho,” a live action series derived from a manga about a teenager and an underground detective, and “Sanctuary,” a gritty look into the underbelly of professional sumo, will be the first to occupy the studios.
Netflix has previously signed...
The move was announced Thursday (local time) in a blog post by Ozawa Teiji, Netflix’s manager for production management and live action in Japan.
The streamer will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10, and several in-studio facilities within Toho Studios, which is located in central suburban Setagaya Ward in Tokyo. The facilities have previously been home to Kurosawa Akira’s “Seven Samurai,” and the Godzilla film series.
The deal kicks off from April and was described as running across “several years.” Upcoming shows “Yu Yu Hakusho,” a live action series derived from a manga about a teenager and an underground detective, and “Sanctuary,” a gritty look into the underbelly of professional sumo, will be the first to occupy the studios.
Netflix has previously signed...
- 3/17/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has struck a multi-year deal to lease two soundstages at iconic Japanese film studio Toho.
The agreement begins in April 2021 and will commence with two of Netflix’s upcoming Japanese projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, which will both film this year.
The streamer says it will release more than 25 live-action and anime titles from Japan this year, including films Ride or Die, We Couldn’t Become Adults and Asakusa Kid, series such as The Naked Director Season 2, and unscripted formats such as Creator’s File: Gold. Last year, Netflix also unveiled upcoming Japanese anime content including deals with producers Naz, Science Saru, and Mappa.
Toho Studio is Japan’s largest movie studio and is famed for hosting classic Japanese pictures including Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and the Godzilla film series.
“As someone who built their career working on Japanese films and series, Toho Studio has always been...
The agreement begins in April 2021 and will commence with two of Netflix’s upcoming Japanese projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, which will both film this year.
The streamer says it will release more than 25 live-action and anime titles from Japan this year, including films Ride or Die, We Couldn’t Become Adults and Asakusa Kid, series such as The Naked Director Season 2, and unscripted formats such as Creator’s File: Gold. Last year, Netflix also unveiled upcoming Japanese anime content including deals with producers Naz, Science Saru, and Mappa.
Toho Studio is Japan’s largest movie studio and is famed for hosting classic Japanese pictures including Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and the Godzilla film series.
“As someone who built their career working on Japanese films and series, Toho Studio has always been...
- 3/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
Netflix has leased two sound stages from leading Japanese studio Toho, located in Setagaya Ward in the Tokyo suburbs, for a multi-year period.
From April 2021, Netflix will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10 at the Toho Studio complex, as well as several in-studio facilities. Two upcoming Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
“Since opening doors in 1932, we’ve welcomed a wide variety of filmmakers, streaming projects,...
Netflix has leased two sound stages from leading Japanese studio Toho, located in Setagaya Ward in the Tokyo suburbs, for a multi-year period.
From April 2021, Netflix will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10 at the Toho Studio complex, as well as several in-studio facilities. Two upcoming Japanese-language projects, Yu Yu Hakusho and Sanctuary, will be the first Netflix productions to film at the facility this year.
“Since opening doors in 1932, we’ve welcomed a wide variety of filmmakers, streaming projects,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
“Underdog,” the two-part boxing film that opens the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival, is the second movie on the subject by director Take Masaharu. The first, “100 Yen Love” in 2014 won the Japanese Cinema Splash Award at the 27th TIFF and was selected as Japan’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Take was also supervising director on the hit Netflix series “The Naked Director.”
You had a big success with “100 Yen Love.” Is boxing a genre you have a special affection for?
Take: Boxing movies like “Rocky” and “Raging Bull” were interesting to me when I saw them as a kid. I love them as films, but they’re tough to make. I’ve had enough. (laughs) I don’t think I have a particular aptitude for them.
The training must have been tough for your three leads, Moriyama Mirai, Kitamura Takumi and Katsuji Ryo.
Take: It was tough.
You had a big success with “100 Yen Love.” Is boxing a genre you have a special affection for?
Take: Boxing movies like “Rocky” and “Raging Bull” were interesting to me when I saw them as a kid. I love them as films, but they’re tough to make. I’ve had enough. (laughs) I don’t think I have a particular aptitude for them.
The training must have been tough for your three leads, Moriyama Mirai, Kitamura Takumi and Katsuji Ryo.
Take: It was tough.
- 11/1/2020
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Born in Kanagawa in 1985. Yamada founded the Logic Theatre Company and cultivated a unique method of performance. She directed her debut short film Night Flight in 2016. Her second short film Shinjuku Girl won awards at many film festivals. She is active in screenwriting, stage production, and video direction, and was on the screenplay team of the Netflix drama The Naked Director (2019). Life: Untitled is her feature directorial debut.
On the occasion of “Life: Untitled” screening at Japan Cuts 2020, we speak with her about her work in theater, sex workers and the world they live in, the cast, the lack of sex in the movie and many other topics.
Can you tell us a bit about the Logic Theater company and how the transition from theatre to cinema came to be?
Kana Yamada: I took interest in ‘directing actors’ when I was twelve. I took both acting and directing roles...
On the occasion of “Life: Untitled” screening at Japan Cuts 2020, we speak with her about her work in theater, sex workers and the world they live in, the cast, the lack of sex in the movie and many other topics.
Can you tell us a bit about the Logic Theater company and how the transition from theatre to cinema came to be?
Kana Yamada: I took interest in ‘directing actors’ when I was twelve. I took both acting and directing roles...
- 7/19/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As the world outside North America hesitantly moves back into film and TV production out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Netflix’s newly minted co-ceo believes the entertainment industry will never be the same – but things are “ramping up”
“I think the safety protocols will become a permanent part of production, which is a good thing,” Ted Sarandos said today on the Q2 earnings videoconference. “It been remarkable how nimble the teams have been …The nimble nature of our creatives,” the once and still Chief Content Officer of the streamer added of both projects that are restarting internationally and those still on pause Stateside.
We’re “ramping up in different various stages of pre-production” around the globe, the almost always pitching Sarandos asserted.
“Even during the shutdown we are partially shot on a lot of shows, so when we can pick up them back up it’s not like starting from scratch again,...
“I think the safety protocols will become a permanent part of production, which is a good thing,” Ted Sarandos said today on the Q2 earnings videoconference. “It been remarkable how nimble the teams have been …The nimble nature of our creatives,” the once and still Chief Content Officer of the streamer added of both projects that are restarting internationally and those still on pause Stateside.
We’re “ramping up in different various stages of pre-production” around the globe, the almost always pitching Sarandos asserted.
“Even during the shutdown we are partially shot on a lot of shows, so when we can pick up them back up it’s not like starting from scratch again,...
- 7/16/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
As most industry folk are unable or unwilling to travel for the present, Variety asked its team of international correspondents to highlight a selection of key scripted shows from around the world. The picks — all set to drop this summer or fall — are designed to appeal to those of an adventurous disposition.
From the U.K. come three shows: a paranormal comedy-drama from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg; a comedy about “a bad person who’s a good mother” from Canadian-born Katherine Ryan; and a submarine-set murder mystery, written by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Tom Edge.
Another series about a murder that took place on a submarine, this time based on a grisly real crime, looks at the investigation in Denmark into the
murder of journalist Kim Wall.
From France comes a playful show about a cross-dressing detective, set in Paris during the Jazz Age, from the producers of “Call My Agent!...
From the U.K. come three shows: a paranormal comedy-drama from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg; a comedy about “a bad person who’s a good mother” from Canadian-born Katherine Ryan; and a submarine-set murder mystery, written by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Tom Edge.
Another series about a murder that took place on a submarine, this time based on a grisly real crime, looks at the investigation in Denmark into the
murder of journalist Kim Wall.
From France comes a playful show about a cross-dressing detective, set in Paris during the Jazz Age, from the producers of “Call My Agent!...
- 6/25/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
The notion that possessing a firearm, for most people in a civilized society, is a rare and fascinating thing is the ideological underpinning of Japanese thriller “The Gun 2020.”
The pitch may have its limits in the U.S., but in the hands of director Masaharu Take (“100 Yen Love” “Netflix’ “The Naked Director”) the story flows from a student’s accidental discovery of a handgun, right when she needs it, through to the slaying of a neighbor, and to a police chase. Along the way the back story of both the gun and the woman become clearer.
The film stars “Shoplifters” standout Lily Franky as a detective, alongside Kyoko Hinami and Koichi Sato. It is conceived as a sequel of sorts to Take’s “The Gun” which also started with the discovery of a weapon, and was presented at the autumn 2018 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Heading to a commercial release,...
The pitch may have its limits in the U.S., but in the hands of director Masaharu Take (“100 Yen Love” “Netflix’ “The Naked Director”) the story flows from a student’s accidental discovery of a handgun, right when she needs it, through to the slaying of a neighbor, and to a police chase. Along the way the back story of both the gun and the woman become clearer.
The film stars “Shoplifters” standout Lily Franky as a detective, alongside Kyoko Hinami and Koichi Sato. It is conceived as a sequel of sorts to Take’s “The Gun” which also started with the discovery of a weapon, and was presented at the autumn 2018 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Heading to a commercial release,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
For the better part of a decade, observers of Japan’s conservative film industry have predicted that its repeatedly utilized formula would begin to fail. That is to say, audiences would tire of the continued churn of films adapted from legacy content, such as manga and television programs.
It hasn’t happened. Not only that, one could argue that things have never been better with ticket sales setting a box office record in 2019, jumping 17% over the year before to $2.4 billion.
That does not mean that the industry lacks intrigue. In recent times, it has overcome tragedy and even showed signs that some change could be afoot.
A check of the box office top 10 for 2019 reveals predictable results: Anime productions distributed by Toho dominated, with Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You” topping the list with a gross of $129 million.
“In the past, the stars were actors and actresses. But nowadays the stars are anime characters,...
It hasn’t happened. Not only that, one could argue that things have never been better with ticket sales setting a box office record in 2019, jumping 17% over the year before to $2.4 billion.
That does not mean that the industry lacks intrigue. In recent times, it has overcome tragedy and even showed signs that some change could be afoot.
A check of the box office top 10 for 2019 reveals predictable results: Anime productions distributed by Toho dominated, with Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You” topping the list with a gross of $129 million.
“In the past, the stars were actors and actresses. But nowadays the stars are anime characters,...
- 2/22/2020
- by Brett Bull
- Variety Film + TV
Murder Mystery ranks top in nine including Us; The Disappearance Of Madeleine McCann tops UK.
Local language films and TV shows lead the list of most popular content viewed on Netflix in eight countries outside the Us in 2019.
The streaming platform released the information on Monday (December 30), based on the number of accounts that watched at least two minutes of a film or TV show in its first 28 days of release on the platform. While the number of accounts is not revealed, it does illustrate how local audiences continue to respond to Netflix’s aggressive local language production strategy.
Sacred...
Local language films and TV shows lead the list of most popular content viewed on Netflix in eight countries outside the Us in 2019.
The streaming platform released the information on Monday (December 30), based on the number of accounts that watched at least two minutes of a film or TV show in its first 28 days of release on the platform. While the number of accounts is not revealed, it does illustrate how local audiences continue to respond to Netflix’s aggressive local language production strategy.
Sacred...
- 12/30/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Netflix released lists of its most popular content in Japan, Korea, India and Malaysia on Monday, showing that a mix of American shows and local language content best captured hearts and eyeballs in Asia this year — with Michael Bay’s “6 Underground” the only title that proved a top hit in all territories.
Netflix said the most-watched lists had been made by tallying the number of accounts that had streamed at least two minutes of the content in question during its first 28 days on the platform in 2019.
In Japan, five out of ten of the top ten works of the year are Netflix originals. Three are animated, while a fourth is a live-action adaptation of an anime. The top-viewed content was the semi-biographical live-action Japanese-language series “The Naked Director,” which chronicles Japan’s porn industry in the 1980s through the story of real-life, controversial adult video director Toru Muranishi, played by Takayuki Yamada.
Netflix said the most-watched lists had been made by tallying the number of accounts that had streamed at least two minutes of the content in question during its first 28 days on the platform in 2019.
In Japan, five out of ten of the top ten works of the year are Netflix originals. Three are animated, while a fourth is a live-action adaptation of an anime. The top-viewed content was the semi-biographical live-action Japanese-language series “The Naked Director,” which chronicles Japan’s porn industry in the 1980s through the story of real-life, controversial adult video director Toru Muranishi, played by Takayuki Yamada.
- 12/30/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix will soon be faced with competition from lower-priced rivals offering tantalizing content: Apple TV+ will be $5 a month, or free for a year if you buy an iPhone. The franchise-packed Disney+ will cost $7, or you can bundle your subscription with ESPN+ and Hulu for just $13 total — the same as Netflix’s standard plan. But if you ask the streaming giant’s content chief Ted Sarandos, Netflix won’t need to cut prices in the face of new competition because it simply offers the best value of all.
Sarandos laid out his case Wednesday morning during an interview with Katie Couric at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in Los Angeles. And that case is that Netflix is essential — for anyone who wants to be part of cultural conversations, for cinephiles searching for the kinds of movies studios don’t make anymore, or the masses seeking to be entertained.
“It’s not about the price,...
Sarandos laid out his case Wednesday morning during an interview with Katie Couric at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit in Los Angeles. And that case is that Netflix is essential — for anyone who wants to be part of cultural conversations, for cinephiles searching for the kinds of movies studios don’t make anymore, or the masses seeking to be entertained.
“It’s not about the price,...
- 10/23/2019
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Jade Albany[/link], who starred in Amazon original American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, has scored recurring roles in Nat Geo’s The Right Stuff and Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey.
The actress, who recently booked a role in Netflix’s Japanese drama The Naked Director, will play Rene Carpenter in The Right Stuff. Rene is the glamorous wife of Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, a savvy and confident woman who ultimately becomes a television personality. The series, which is an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book, stars Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn and Colin O’Donoghue as Gordo Cooper. The series, which launches in 2020 on Nat Geo, is executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Mark Lafferty as showrunner, and Will Staples.
In Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey, she plays Cassola, a lieutenant from the Italian army and nurse who...
The actress, who recently booked a role in Netflix’s Japanese drama The Naked Director, will play Rene Carpenter in The Right Stuff. Rene is the glamorous wife of Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, a savvy and confident woman who ultimately becomes a television personality. The series, which is an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book, stars Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn and Colin O’Donoghue as Gordo Cooper. The series, which launches in 2020 on Nat Geo, is executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Mark Lafferty as showrunner, and Will Staples.
In Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey, she plays Cassola, a lieutenant from the Italian army and nurse who...
- 10/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The inaugural edition of the Asia Contents Awards, a new set of screen honors feting achievement in television and streaming, went down with plenty of pomp and K-pop at the Busan International Film Festival on Sunday night.
The glitzy red carpet event was hosted by Miss Korea Kim Se-yeon and Korean-German actor Yoo Teo at Dongseo University’s Sohyang Theater, just next door to the festival's main venue, the Busan Cinema Center. Popular K-pop singer Jung Dong-ha and girl group Aoa performed as special music guests.
The event, which is co-organized by the Busan festival's Asian Film Market, is ...
The glitzy red carpet event was hosted by Miss Korea Kim Se-yeon and Korean-German actor Yoo Teo at Dongseo University’s Sohyang Theater, just next door to the festival's main venue, the Busan Cinema Center. Popular K-pop singer Jung Dong-ha and girl group Aoa performed as special music guests.
The event, which is co-organized by the Busan festival's Asian Film Market, is ...
- 10/7/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
South Korean TV producer Kim Yongkyu won the best creative award for Mr. Sunshine.
South Korean TV producer Kim Yongkyu won best creative at the inaugural edition of the Asia Contents Awards in Busan last night, while best Asian drama prizes were presented to Thailand’s Hormones: The Series and Singapore’s Faculty.
Kim won the award for Studio Dragon’s Mr. Sunshine, a historical drama starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) that has premiered globally on Netflix. Hormones: The Series is a teen drama covering controversial topics such as teenage pregnancy, while Faculty revolves around professors and students in a Singapore university.
South Korean TV producer Kim Yongkyu won best creative at the inaugural edition of the Asia Contents Awards in Busan last night, while best Asian drama prizes were presented to Thailand’s Hormones: The Series and Singapore’s Faculty.
Kim won the award for Studio Dragon’s Mr. Sunshine, a historical drama starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) that has premiered globally on Netflix. Hormones: The Series is a teen drama covering controversial topics such as teenage pregnancy, while Faculty revolves around professors and students in a Singapore university.
- 10/6/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The titular hero of this movie, Seiri-chan, is the menstrual cycle; “seiri” means literally period and “–chan” is the Japanese suffix for cute girls and children (and pets), hence the English “Little Miss Period”. The original source of the film is a manga that in record time has been whipping up a storm of consensus within Japanese female audiences of all ages.
“Little Miss Period” is screening at Camera Japan 2019
First appeared as a web manga before moving into printed form for major publisher Kadokawa’s “Monthly Comic Beam”, Seiri-chan, surprisingly, is the brainchild of a man, Ken Koyama, who seems to have researched thoroughly his target audience. His anthropomorphized menstrual cycle is a giant heart-shaped “pink thing” with disturbingly wide-open eyes, big sensual lips, red pants and a medical cross as a nose. Moreover, the beast is armed with a humongous syringe, ready to withdraw massive amounts of blood out of her preys,...
“Little Miss Period” is screening at Camera Japan 2019
First appeared as a web manga before moving into printed form for major publisher Kadokawa’s “Monthly Comic Beam”, Seiri-chan, surprisingly, is the brainchild of a man, Ken Koyama, who seems to have researched thoroughly his target audience. His anthropomorphized menstrual cycle is a giant heart-shaped “pink thing” with disturbingly wide-open eyes, big sensual lips, red pants and a medical cross as a nose. Moreover, the beast is armed with a humongous syringe, ready to withdraw massive amounts of blood out of her preys,...
- 9/28/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese film industry loves making films about the process of filmmaking. From “The Woodsman and the Rain”, the smash hit “One Cut of the Dead”, Sion Sono’s Roman Porno entry “Antiporno” to even director Eiji Uchida’s own “Lowlife Love” and more, there have been several films about filmmakers and filming from there. The last two of the aforementioned films particularly hold strong relevance for “The Naked Director”, the new Netflix series which has been co-written by Uchida and tells the real-life story of Toru Muranishi, one of Japan’s most prolific, innovative and famous pornographers and the rise of the porn industry in the country.
As an English Encyclopaedia selling door-to-door salesman in Hokkaido, Japan, Toru Muranishi isn’t doing too well. Just as he’s beginning to gain confidence and getting the ropes of marketing, the company he works for folds and a crestfallen Muranishi then...
As an English Encyclopaedia selling door-to-door salesman in Hokkaido, Japan, Toru Muranishi isn’t doing too well. Just as he’s beginning to gain confidence and getting the ropes of marketing, the company he works for folds and a crestfallen Muranishi then...
- 8/13/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Netflix has released their list of new titles coming in the month of August, as well as a last call for everything getting ready to leave the streaming service.
Highlights arriving this month include the second season of David Fincher’s crime drama “Mindhunter,” coming August 16, and the third season of the pro-wrestling dramedy “Glow” debuting August 9. New series like “Wu Assassins,” “Styling Hollywood” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will also premiere on the platform this month.
This month is the last chance to watch David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” all three “Final Destination” movies, and both the 1988 and 2007 versions of “Hairspray.” See the full list of new and expiring titles, and start planning out your viewing calendar, here:
Also Read: 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' - Look Behind the Gelfling Apocalypse in Comic-Con Clip (Video)
Comings
August 1 “Are We Done Yet?” “Boyka: Undisputed” “Four Weddings and a...
Highlights arriving this month include the second season of David Fincher’s crime drama “Mindhunter,” coming August 16, and the third season of the pro-wrestling dramedy “Glow” debuting August 9. New series like “Wu Assassins,” “Styling Hollywood” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will also premiere on the platform this month.
This month is the last chance to watch David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” all three “Final Destination” movies, and both the 1988 and 2007 versions of “Hairspray.” See the full list of new and expiring titles, and start planning out your viewing calendar, here:
Also Read: 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' - Look Behind the Gelfling Apocalypse in Comic-Con Clip (Video)
Comings
August 1 “Are We Done Yet?” “Boyka: Undisputed” “Four Weddings and a...
- 8/1/2019
- by Kylie Harrington
- The Wrap
Netflix has confirmed that 54 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in August including: season 2 of both the heartwarming comedy “Derry Girls” and the crime drama “Mindhunter” as well as the third season of the comedy-dramas “Dear White People” and “Glow.”
Among the six new films on offer are “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” the long-awaited prequel to the 1982 Jim Henson hit “The Dark Crystal,” and the road comedy “Otherhood starring Emmy winners Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman and Oscar nominee Angela Bassett.
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming and leaving Netflix in August 2019.
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Available August 1
Are We Done Yet?
Boyka: Undisputed
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Groundhog Day
Horns
Jackie Brown
Jupiter Ascending
Now and Then
Panic Room
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V...
Among the six new films on offer are “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” the long-awaited prequel to the 1982 Jim Henson hit “The Dark Crystal,” and the road comedy “Otherhood starring Emmy winners Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman and Oscar nominee Angela Bassett.
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming and leaving Netflix in August 2019.
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Available August 1
Are We Done Yet?
Boyka: Undisputed
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Groundhog Day
Horns
Jackie Brown
Jupiter Ascending
Now and Then
Panic Room
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V...
- 7/31/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Jade Albany, who starred in Amazon original American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, is to star in Netflix’s Japanese drama The Naked Director. She becomes the first non-Asian actor in a major series role for a Netflix original in the region.
The Italian born actor, who was raised in Australia, plays porn star Allison Mandy in the drama, which explores the concept of eroticism in Japan. Mandy was formerly a top porn star who is attempting a comeback. She acts like a diva but her back is against the wall. Receiving an offer to star in a crazy, daring Japanese adult video, she reluctantly takes the job, but things don’t turn out as she expects.
The Naked Director is set in Japan in the 1980s and follows director Toru Muranishi, a director and determined entrepreuner who was developing adult videos at the beginning of the industry and...
The Italian born actor, who was raised in Australia, plays porn star Allison Mandy in the drama, which explores the concept of eroticism in Japan. Mandy was formerly a top porn star who is attempting a comeback. She acts like a diva but her back is against the wall. Receiving an offer to star in a crazy, daring Japanese adult video, she reluctantly takes the job, but things don’t turn out as she expects.
The Naked Director is set in Japan in the 1980s and follows director Toru Muranishi, a director and determined entrepreuner who was developing adult videos at the beginning of the industry and...
- 7/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix unveiled its lineup of original programming from Japan. It includes major local and international names.
Among the most highly anticipated entries is “Ai-naki Mori de Sakebe” (literal translation: Shout in the Loveless Forest), a three-part series inspired by a real multiple murder case set to stream this summer. The director is international cult favorite Sion Sono who suffered a heart attack and underwent an operation in February. “It was all my fault,” Sono told media at an event in Tokyo on Tuesday. “I was really busy with editing. I feel I should pay Netflix compensation.”
Scheduled to begin streaming on Aug. 8 to 190 countries and territories is “The Naked Director,” a series based on the career of real-life porn director Toru Muranishi. Playing Muranishi, who pioneered the adult video genre in the 1980s, is Takayuki Yamada, a favorite of Takashi Miike and the star of the popular “Uchijima the Loan Shark” series.
Among the most highly anticipated entries is “Ai-naki Mori de Sakebe” (literal translation: Shout in the Loveless Forest), a three-part series inspired by a real multiple murder case set to stream this summer. The director is international cult favorite Sion Sono who suffered a heart attack and underwent an operation in February. “It was all my fault,” Sono told media at an event in Tokyo on Tuesday. “I was really busy with editing. I feel I should pay Netflix compensation.”
Scheduled to begin streaming on Aug. 8 to 190 countries and territories is “The Naked Director,” a series based on the career of real-life porn director Toru Muranishi. Playing Muranishi, who pioneered the adult video genre in the 1980s, is Takayuki Yamada, a favorite of Takashi Miike and the star of the popular “Uchijima the Loan Shark” series.
- 6/26/2019
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
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