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Interview: Director Su Chao-Bin, the Reign of Assassins

Nearly four years after making the award winning horror film Silk, Taiwanese director Su Chao-Bin returns with a fantastic swordplay film called the Reign of Assassins. With the support…

NYAFF 2011: Tsui Hark Re-inventing the Swordplay Film

NEW YORK, July 11 – At the Walter Reade Theater, The New York Asia Film Festival screened Tsui Hark’s (徐克) seminal movie the Blade to a packed theater. According…

NYAFF 2011: The Trippy Romantic Comedy Milocrorze

NEW YORK, July 1 – At the Walter Reade Theater, the 10th Annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) screened Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s (石橋義正) Milocrorze: A Love Story. Ishibashi, best-known…

Japanese Rapper’s Delight: Interview with Director Yu Irie

Based on his obsessive interest in the underground Japanese hip-hop scene, filmmaker Yu Irie wrote and directed a comedic rockumentary called 8,000 Miles (Saitama no Rappa). It’s about a…

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0May 6, 2011
Helldriver: Interview with Director Yoshihiro Nishimura and Actress Eihi Shiina

NEW YORK, April 28 – In his latest film Helldriver, director Yoshihiro Nishimura (西村喜廣) stitches together a mind blowing zombie epic with his own brand of gore and humor….
0April 30, 2011
Director’s Cut of Helldriver with Yoshihiro Nishimura and Eihi Shiina

Right to Left: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Eihi Shiina, & Marc Walkow NEW YORK, April 28 – As the kick-off event for a North American fundraiser called Splatter Matters, the New…
0March 25, 2011
13 Assassins Q&A with Takashi Miike

NEW YORK, March 18 – As a joint collaborative effort between the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, a thirteen film retrospective of Takashi Miike’s (三池崇史)…

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Japan Nite 2011: New York

Posted on March 22, 2011 | 2 Comments
NEW YORK, March 20 – On a quiet Sunday night, a small army of Japanese punk rockers were looking to make some serious noise in Manhattan’s East Village. Japan...
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Vocaloid Autos in Akihabara

Posted on February 17, 2011 | No Comments
TOKYO, January 3 – While hunting for manga in the Akihabara district (秋葉原), we walked down the block from Mandarake and ran right into an impromptu car show. A significant...
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Black Dub in Full Force

Posted on December 7, 2010 | No Comments
Left to Right: Brian Blade, Daniel Lanois, Trixie Whitley, and Jim Wilson NEW YORK, November 17 – I usually don’t post two similar pieces back-to-back on this blog, but...
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