We pay tribute to the late Seijun Suzuki, whose brand of filmmaking has influenced countless others. Filmed in Ether is a proud media partner of JFF 2017....
Director Kim Yang-hee’s debut film, The Poet and the Boy, is a cautionary tale to creatives who complicate their lives and others, in the name of their art....
We look at MIFF 2017 films Tokyo Idols and Japanese Girls Never Die and examine how they explore sexism in modern-day Japan through its pop culture....
Hirokazu Koreeda changes gears from family dramas to courtroom thriller with new film, The Third Murder. Does Koreeda's style translate well in a new genre?...
Daigo Matsui directs Yu Aoi in Japanese Girls Never Die, the filmmaker's new and unapologetic assault on misogyny and the patriarchy in modern-day Japan....
Kim Ok-bin stars as a trained assassin turned undercover government operative in the extreme and outlandish South Korean action film, The Villainess....
Nobuhiro Yamashita’s latest film, Over The Fence, is a gentle exploration into the rarely seen lives of people living on the fringes of Japanese society....