"I have always wanted to make people laugh. But there is a difference between making people laugh and being laughed at." This is what Nasubi, a Japanese actor and comedian, tells viewers in a new ...
Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country’s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. By Motoko Rich ...
Japanese journalist and filmmaker, Ito Shiori, has spent the last decade under the media microscope as a sexual assault survivor. Her advocacy challenging Japan’s society norms toward sexual assault ...
The Australian filmmaker tackles an issue that makes uncomfortable viewing at times in 'The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan.' By Gavin J Blair Shibuya, a Tokyo district of ...