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  • 3 days ago PD Select: MIRRORLIAR FILMS Vol.3 & 4
  • 2 years ago “OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation
  • 5 years ago “Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
  • 5 years ago “Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
  • 6 years ago “Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
  • 6 years ago Food for Thought: “Gekijo” (2020)
  • 6 years ago “Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
  • 7 years ago “Kingdom” (2019) – China’s Warring States period in a seinen LA jacket
  • 7 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
  • 8 years ago 2018 Miscellaneous Japanese Dramas

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Sakaguchi Kentaro [Actor Profile]

Posted on August 10, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed
Sakaguchi Kentaro [Actor Profile]
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Sakaguchi Kentaro

At the age of 26, Sakaguchi Kentaro – 坂口健太郎 – is a successful male model, and is now being regarded as a potential leading dramatic actor.  Think of Ore Monogatari!!, Heroine Shikkaku, Kounodori, and Juhan read more

Arata Mackenyu: When English and ‘Hollywood’ acting experience has little to do on the way to stardom!

Posted on August 2, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Arata Mackenyu: When English and ‘Hollywood’ acting experience has little to do on the way to stardom!
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Arata Mackenyu

As of May 2017, he is officially known as Arata Mackenyu – not ‘Chiba’ or ‘Maeda’ as he was previously called by the Japanese media. He also announced that Top Coat read more

Favorite Japanese-Korean Movie Collaborations [Part 1 of 2 Parts]

Posted on July 28, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Favorite Japanese-Korean Movie Collaborations [Part 1 of 2 Parts]
Posted In Actors' Bias

[Editor’s Note: A favorite hit list way back in 2012, we’re launching a Part 2 to showcase new titles to add to these 5 amazing movies – with an equally read more

Murakami Nijiro: When you debut in Cannes, you’ll get compared to the great Yagira Yuya!

Posted on July 26, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Murakami Nijiro: When you debut in Cannes, you’ll get compared to the great Yagira Yuya!
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Murakami Nijiro

Murakami Nijiro won the Best New Actor award (for Distraction Babies) from the prestigious Kinema Junpo, on their 90th award season, just as Yagira Yuya won Best Actor for the read more

Again – ‘Yurusenai Aitai’ [Movie Review]

Posted on July 25, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Again – ‘Yurusenai Aitai’ [Movie Review]
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Yagira Yuya, Yoshikura Aoi

Written and directed by first-timer Kanai Junichi, under Stardust Pictures, Yurusenai Aitai – ゆるせない、逢いたい (translated into English as ‘Again’) is about the romantic relationship between Hatsumi (Yoshikura Aoi) and Ryutaro (Yagira Yuya) that read more

Awesome Japanese Acting Showdowns [Part 1 of 3 Parts]

Posted on July 22, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Awesome Japanese Acting Showdowns [Part 1 of 3 Parts]
Posted In Actors' Bias

[Editor’s Note: This article was published early 2012. Many acting showdowns follow, and in Part 2 and 3, we’re launching more samples of such showdowns. Please stay tuned!] I just read more

Kitamura Takumi: A Guide on How to Maximize an Actor’s dramatic potentials!

Posted on July 17, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Kitamura Takumi: A Guide on How to Maximize an Actor’s dramatic potentials!
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Kitamura Takumi

What would compel Japanese entertainment site The TV to publish an 18-episode (and counting) Kitamura Takumi (北村匠海) special coverage other than to promote the popular DISH// boy band leader? With read more

Her Love Boils Bathwater – ‘Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai’ [Movie Review]

Posted on July 16, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Her Love Boils Bathwater – ‘Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai’ [Movie Review]
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Miyazawa Rie, Odagiri Joe, Sugisaki Hana

Notwithstanding the unusual title, Her Love Boils Bathwater, is an intensely dramatic film, yet subtle in revealing the secrets of the Kono family. Bathwater is as much a family drama read more

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