Yoko (Atsuko Maeda) sees more than she bargains for on her journey in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's absorbing new drama, "To the Ends of the Earth," set entirely in Uzbekistan. (KimStim) Like most television ...

When Sofia Coppola made Lost in Translation, she had no idea a wave of Japan-set travelogues where characters “find themselves” would soon follow. This fetishization of Japan has made it the number ...

IN A STRANGE LAND Maeda plays a TV personality negotiating cultural difference and fear of the other in Kurosawa’s rich and odd drama. Credit: Courtesy of Kimstim Our streaming entertainment options ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Naturally, I started on how they got involved with the game, which ...

"It was like a dream." KimStim Films has released an official trailer for the US release of the Japanese indie film To the Ends of the Earth, one of the latest works by prolific Japanese filmmaker ...

A Japanese TV host is lost in and out of translation in Uzbekistan. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.

The Tokyo International Film Festival has tapped two acclaimed directors from opposite sides of the Pacific for its Kurosawa Akira Award: Japan Academy Prize winner Lee Sang-il and Oscar-winning ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s contemplative and critical melodrama is a travelogue about a travelogue, a tale of the fabrications of reality TV and their effect on the fabricators. Yoko (Atsuko Maeda), a ...