The Berlinale Special section of the Berlin Film Festival is a showcase for movies that are intelligent, but less arty than those in the main competition or festival sidebars. And in showcasing ...

Forget elevators: you could pitch this engagingly lo-fi Japanese genre title in the time it takes to fall into an open manhole shaft and hit the bottom. Japanese boy band member turned actor Yuto ...

Japanese idol Yabu Kota announced his departure from Hey! Say! JUMP. He shared the news in an online post, expressing gratitude to fans. Kota had been with the group for 18 years. This news follows ...

What happens in the manhole stays in the manhole. That would be one way to describe this initially intiguing and increasingly outrageous Japanese horror flick, which features pop star Yuto Nakajima as ...

Isao Yukisada and emerging star Yuto Nakajima bring J-pop-idol-turned-author Shigeaki Kato’s bestselling novel to the screen. By Elizabeth Kerr Cleaving closely to the adage of “write what you know,” ...