formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Shuji Tamura has grown despondent over being unable to directly thank people who helped to rescue his 106-year-old movie theater. The Motomiya Movie Theater, located in a three-story wooden building on a back street about a three-minute walk from JR … Continued
Slated to open in the next few weeks, the new Kadokawa Culture Museum in Japan is situated within a starkly designed structure by architect Kengo Kuma (previously). Appearing pixelated, the facade is formed with 20,000 individual pieces of granite, and the polyhedron-shaped building is … Continued
Following years of successful tours, the Art Aquarium is set to become a permanent attraction with more than 30,000 goldfish in Tokyo in August 2020. Art Aquarium is an interactive aquarium and museum that will display more than 30,000 Japanese … Continued
Just as cinemas in Japan have taken a financial hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, distributors find themselves in similar straits. Some are desperately trying to stay afloat by breaking a cardinal rule: streaming new releases online. Read more: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200521/p2g/00m/0et/020000c
Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi died Friday in Tokyo of lung cancer. He was 82. Born in Onomichi, a port on Japan’s Inland Sea, in 1938, Obayashi began making films as a child, using a projector and film owned by his physician father. A pioneering … Continued
Japanese filmmakers, actors, and distributors have started an online campaign called #SaveTheCinema asking for government support due to the economic effects that COVID-19 is having on mini theaters and independent cinemas. An online petition on Change.org started on April 6, and has … Continued