Rob Schwartz
Rob Schwartz is the Asia Bureau Chief of Billboard magazine.
Sekigahara
A historical look at Japanese political struggles
Love and Other Cults
Violence and doom
Cross
A many-layered murder mystery
Tatara Samurai
A rare and beautiful period piece
Naomi Kawase Hikari Film Review
A Polarizing Portrait of Sight and Sentiment
Rokudenashi
Hardboiled wonderland
Snow Woman
Kiki Sugino is a jewel of the contemporary Japanese film [...]
Sound of Waves
A story about family and friendship set in Okinawa
Japanese Girls Never Die
Not your typical narrative; a quizzical kind of brilliance
My Dad and Mr. Ito
"Both funny and searing, the film addresses issues of family and the plight of Japan’s aging, unwanted generation."
Someone’s Xylophone
84 year-old director and scriptwriter Yoichi Higashi has had a storied [...]
Hee
A masterful minimalist film depicting one woman brutalized by the world and holding on the only way she knows how
Moriyamachu Driving School
Eiga
Lowlife Love
A poetic glimpse into Japan’s indie film world
Remembering David Bowie
Looking back on the late artist, icon, and Japanophile
Ore Monogatari
The wildly popular manga gets the live-action treatment
Tsumi no Yohaku
Seiyo Uchino stars in this adaptation of You Ashizawa's 2012 novel
Sanpaku Yokka, Goji no Kane
Takuya Misawa makes his directorial debut