Lisa Funnell's Warrior Women (2014) examines how Chinese female action stars navigate gender, race, and identity across Hong Kong cinema and Hollywood. It highlights how post-1997 cinema challenges Western stereotypes of Asian women, reshaping global representations of Chinese female heroism.
Unsere Tipps für den August 🍧 Streamingtipp auf JFF Theater: Suspect X von Hiroshi Nishitani ➡️tinyurl.com/suspect-x
#BOTD 1892 Lang Jingshan: pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". taikangartmuseum.com/tai-kang-col...
2/2 - We're debuting the short today, so we sat down with Hour to discuss her move from commercial work to independent animation, her multi-media approach to its production, and what XA’s closure means for her and the other remaining students. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/70-de...
'The 70 Deadly Sins' Director Tara Hou On USC’s XA Shutdown
Chinese animator Tara Hou discusses making 'The 70 Deadly Sins' and how USC’s Expanded Animation program shutdown disrupted her MFA education.
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Sollte ich auch lesen. Der Film war sehr gut: schoener-denken.de/blog/a-pale-... Auf @nipponconnection.com 2026 gesehen. @kaisu.bsky.social findet ihn auch gut.
Kei Ishikawa: A PALE VIEW OF HILLS (Toi yamanami no hikari) feat. Markus (NipponConnection2026) -
Eine Tochter will von ihrer Mutter erfahren, warum sie Japan verlassen hat. Starkes Melodram nach einem Roman von Kazuo Ishiguro. Unser erster Eindruck direkt nach dem Kino auf Nippon Connection im Po...
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Kaisu@kaisu.bsky.social · 2d agoPausenbuch. #booksky #buchsky A Pale View of Hills von Kazuo Ishiguro Starten wir die Romanvorlage zum Film.
CENTER STAGE (Stanley Kwan, 1991). Absolutely loved this beguiling insight into the life and work of the legendary Chinese actress, Ruan Lingyu, star of silent film in the late 1920s/early ‘30s. (She was known as the Chinese Greta Garbo back then.) (1/4) #FilmSky
The Hidden Blade (2004): An understated tale set at the end of the Samurai period. A quiet drama that builds towards the inevitable clash between old friends: an unmatched swordsman vs a reluctant warrior who longs for peace with his maid despite caste. Rating: 8/10 #SamuraiSaturday #filmsky
Hiroshi Tachi (館ひろし) and Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Blue Mountains ‘88 (青い山脈’８８), 1988, directed by Koichi Saito (斎藤 耕一). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Wakao Ayako and Mizutani Yutaka in Izakaya Moheji 2, a TV special aired in 2013 on TBS. Wakao would appear again in the 4th installment of the series in 2015, to this day, her last role on the small/big screen. She was 80 years old at the time, but she had lost none of her charm or aura...
Eatrip イートリップ (2009) Directed by Yuri Nomura An exploration of the act of eating, both as an interaction among people and between people and nature. With appearance of Tadanobu Asano and UA #filmsky #japan #cinema #AsanoTadanobu #浅野忠信 📽️
Good news - the brilliant "What’s Manga? An Introduction to Japanese Comics" (Kyoto International Manga Museum and Kyoto Sekai International Manga Research Center) is out in English! Thanks @mangasplaining.bsky.social for the heads up. Not so good - Brits can only get it digitally from Amazon US.
JFF Theater will begin free streaming of five Japanese films on August 5, including “Midsummer’s Equation”, "Suspect X", "The Hotel of my Dream", “The Complex.” and Takashi Miike's "One Missed Call" at en.jff.jpf.go.jp #japan #cinema #jfftheater #free #movies #filmsky #moviesky 📽️
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store 2017 ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki A general store that gives advice turns magical one night. Accidentally, the time line switched which somehow makes the current present and the best present for the people who want to be advised #filmsky #japan #nw 📽️
Cats in the films of Chris Marker- BOTD in 1921 A Grin Without a Cat (1977) Sans Soleil (1983) Cat Listening to Music (1988) Ouvroir, the Movie (2010)
Pistol Opera 2001 ピストルオペラ Directed by Seijun Suzuki An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition. The 'sequel' to Branded to Kill, replacing the male antihero with a female assassin #filmsky #japan #SuzukiSeijun #鈴木清順 📽️
Welche Rolle spielt die Natur in den Werken von Hayao Miyazaki?
Miyazaki - Die Natur im Blick - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Hayao Miyazaki ist der unbestrittene Meister des japanischen Animationsfilms. In seiner über 40-jährigen Karriere hat er ein poetisches, visionäres und tiefgründiges Werk geschaffen, das Philosophie, ...
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She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...
60 years of Ultraman, all in one place. The Ultraman Series 60th Anniversary Exhibition runs at Space LABO, Kitakyushu, until 30 August – heroes and kaiju from Ultra Q to Omega. www.hey-japan.com/event/ultram...
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION – Ultraman Series 60th Anniversary Exhibition 2026, Kitakyushu | Hey Japan!
Ultraman 60th Anniversary Exhibition at Space LABO: six decades of heroes, from Ultra Q to Omega, in one chronological journey.
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Yasuaki Kurata, Sammo Hung, Rina Takeda, Koichi Sakamoto, Kenji Tanigaki and Yuji Shimomura... Cast and crew are quite insane. Let's see what they did with their "夢物語 The Living Dragon". Can't be all that bad, right?
