Gannibal, streaming on Hulu, is a horror/thriller series starring Yuya Yagira as Daigo Agawa, a police officer who is transferred to a sleepy village inhabited by murderous cannibals. The series was ...

The early days of comedian and filmmaker “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s career are chronicled in Gekidan Hitori’s affectionate drama Asakusa Kid, which is adapted for the screen from Kitano’s own 1988 memoir ...

Top Japanese star Yagira Yuga (“Nobody Knows,” “Asakusa Kid”) was front and center of streamer Disney+’s plans when it gave a green light to a second season of drama-horror series “Gannibal.” The ...

TOKYO (AP) — A new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors. Yuya Yagira, who won a Cannes Best Actor award for his role ...

Neon is reuniting with lauded Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda for “Sheep in the Box.” The indie label snapped up U.S., U ...

There’s a special poignance to children who, because of circumstances, are forced to conduct themselves with the seriousness of adults. As Akira, the 12-year-old protagonist of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ...

Yagira Yuya, the Japanese actor who won the acting prize in Cannes for his role in Koreeda Hirokazu’s “Nobody Knows,” heads the cast of “Gift of Fire,” which stands as the first internationally ...

EXCLUSIVE: Blockbuster animated feature The First Slam Dunk will open Japan Cuts, a festival of Japanese cinema in New York, which will also feature a special tribute to late Oscar-winning composer ...

From the first moments of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s beguiling but long-winded “Nobody Knows” there is a disquieting undertone that builds continually. A young mother, Keiko (TV personality You) assures her ...