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Trailer for Japanese historical drama The Samurai and the Prisoner

June 26, 2026 by Amie Cranswick

Janus Films has shared a poster and trailer for The Samurai and the Prisoner, the Japanese historical drama from writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Based on Honobu Yonezawa’s novel Kokurojo, the film sees Lord Murashige Araki besieged in his own castle. With the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda’s army closing in and a series of mysterious crimes shattering his […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Joe Odagiri, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Munetaka Aoki, Ryota Miyadate, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Yuriko Yoshitaka

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s psychological thriller Cloud gets a trailer

July 2, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its US release later this month, Janus Films has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (Pulse) psychological thriller Cloud. Masaki Suda stars as Yoshii, a man involved in the shady world of black market reselling who begins to suspect that his former victims are plotting revenge against him; check out […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Cloud, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Masaki Suda

Movie Review – The Boy and the Heron (2023)

March 22, 2024 by Robert Kojder

The Boy and the Heron, 2023. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Soma Santoki, Aimyon, Ko Shibasaki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Yoshino Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Shinobu Otake, Jun Kunimura, Kaoru Kobayashi, and Shōhei Hino. SYNOPSIS: Through encounters with his friends and uncle, follows a […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies, News, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Aimyon, Chicago International Film Festival, Hayao Miyazaki, Jun Fubuki, Jun Kunimura, Kaoru Kobayashi, Karen Takizawa, Keiko Takeshita, Ko Shibasaki, Masaki Suda, Sawako Agawa, Shinobu Otake, Shōhei Hino, Soma Santoki, Studio Ghibli, Takuya Kimura, Yoshino Kimura

Movie Review – The Boy and the Heron (2023)

December 26, 2023 by Chris Connor

The Boy and the Heron, 2023. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring of the voice talents of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, and Yoshino Kimura. SYNOPSIS: Through encounters with his friends and uncle, The Boy and the Heron follows a teenage boy’s psychological development. He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding […]

Filed Under: Chris Connor, Movies, News, Reviews Tagged With: 2023 BFI London Film Festival, Aimyon, Hayao Miyazaki, Masaki Suda, Soma Santoki, Studio Ghibli, The Boy and the Heron, Yoshino Kimura

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