Rooster Teeth's RWBY Goes to Japan

The Austin anime gets a Japanese-made spinoff show

"...lot, and across its eight seasons the influence of Japanese animation is undeniable. Now Japan is returning the love..."

July 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Austin's Zellner brothers make a wry heartbreaker

"...amusing, about Kumiko (Kikuchi), a misguided and possibly deranged Japanese woman who absconds with her boss’ credit card and..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...lives of dozens of Chinese orphans during the brutal Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties, right? Well, I’m..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Big Man Japan

Midnight madness doesn't begin to categorize this bizarre Japanese superhero/monster movie.

"...Ua. Midnight madness doesn't begin to describe this strange Japanese import. A popular favorite at numerous festivals (including last..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Perfect Blue

"...Midway through this animated Japanese thriller I was struck by a sudden sense of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shall We Dance?

"...a story in which the protagonist is an overworked Japanese accountant with no social life and the glass slipper..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Maborosi

"...short story "Maborosi no Hikari (Illusory Light)" by noted Japanese author Teru Miyamoto, Kore-eda’s adaptation follows the trials and..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weathering With You

A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog

"...island nation, water undoubtedly holds a special place in Japanese culture and in anime, most recently in Masaaki Yuasa's..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pom Poko

"Lost" Studio Ghibli tale of raccoons in peril gets long-delayed release

"...The tanuki of the full title are Japanese raccoon dogs (just dubbed raccoons here), a woodland creature..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mary and the Witch's Flower

Studio Ghibli alums stick to the formula for magical tale.

"...Where would Japanese animation be without British literary fantasy to adapt? Doing..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVD Extra: Revenge Double Feature

Kurando Mitsutake on bringing Japanese action to the U.S.

"...Revenge. As a Japanese filmmaker working in the U.S., Kurando Mitsutake knew this..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Great Raid

The single dullest war film of the past decade from the once promising director John Dahl.

"...by local cineplex popcorn drones-turned-black-ops baddies. Like the infamous Japanese water tortures of WWII, Dahl’s film is a steadily..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Howl's Moving Castle

The latest from animation master Hayao Miyazaki is ravishingly beautiful but narratively inferior to all his other films.

"...Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki. The films of legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki have often paired adult themes with..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shall We Dance?

Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon co-star in in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.

"...Shall We Dance?, the Americanized remake of a 1996 Japanese film of the same name, a workaholic Chicago attorney..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie

Would that you could activate a "Dark Clown" card on this bewildering anime import.

"...the latest evangelical picture or another of those ghastly Japanese cross-marketing hydras like Pokémon. And that’s how I came..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Quentin Tarantino goes into overdrive with this story about the bride who was left for dead on her wedding day and seeks revenge against them that done her wrong.

"...brothers’ Hong Kong chopsocky free-for-alls and part tribute to Japanese yakuza fighter Sonny Chiba (who has a small but..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Audition

The war of the sexes as a horror film

"...Japanese director Takashi Miike's Audition will mess you up, and..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paradise Road

"...Ter Steege. The story of the women interned in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps during World War II undoubtedly speaks as..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Boy and the Beast

Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience

"...Children, Summer Wars) is part Karate Kid and part Japanese folklore. It posits a parallel Tokyo ruled by beasts..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yakuza Apocalypse

Japan’s nuttiest filmmaker Takashi Miike strikes again

"...it comes to weird-ass, bat-shit crazy showstoppers, there’s prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike and very few others. Miike has..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Tokyo to Austin

The Japanese argument for the TPP and bullet trains

"...A discussion with Japanese diplomats will inevitably turn to the shinkansen, the island..."

Aug. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Extra: 'Throne of Blood'

Criterion drops Kurosawa's Japanized 'Macbeth' on Blu-ray

"...may begin to think about Shakespeare’s Macbeth as “that Japanese play.”..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pulse

The ghost is literally in the machine in this prototypical Japanese horror film that works primarily with dread and inexplicable phenomena rather than blood and guts.

"...ghost has literally gotten into the machine in this Japanese horror film that works primarily with dread and inexplicable..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dinertainment Dilemma

Can Kobe Japanese Steakhouse find a balance between the food and the fun?

"...Kobe Japanese Steakhouse13492 Research #380, 288-7333..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Visitor Q

"...recesses -- a genuinely subversive take on the modern Japanese family, the intrusive nature of the media, and social..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Prime Considerations

Chronicle Food writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry on why 1,000 head of Japenese Wagyu cattle are thriving in Central Texas.

"...Kobe beef, the Japanese red meat delicacy from the city of the same..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Princess Mononoke

Japanese animated feature is packed with an environmentally aware storyline, breathtaking animation, and clever dialogue penned for this American release by Brit fantasist Neil Gaiman and delivered in English by a slew of American actors.

"...much. Princess Mononoke is the most successful piece of Japanese animation ever (grossing over $150 million dollars in Japan..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angel Dust

"...clichés and ludicrous plot twists. In Angel Dust, however, Japanese director Sogo Ishii (The Crazy Family) keeps things moving..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mystery of Rampo

"...letter to the works of the famous and controversial Japanese author Edogawa Rampo, The Mystery of Rampo is an..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Legend of Zipang

"...a simple, one-syllable word: Fun. Yes indeed, this 1990 Japanese swordplay fantasy is a real blast, a wild, exciting,..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

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