Imagine one of the world’s most famous actors, at the pinnacle of her fame globally and synonymous with a nation’s cinema during that industry’s golden age, directing a half dozen films—and half a ...

Japan Society and Metrograph have teamed up to co-present “Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us,” a rare 30-film retrospective devoted to the “fourth great” master of Japanese cinema. Co-organized with ...

It’s just getting under way, but it is safe to say that “Sacred Cinema: Yasujiro Ozu Retrospective” will stand as one of the local film events of the decade. This series, which runs through March 10 ...

The direct-to-video trend that emerged in the late 1980s “left a lasting mark on contemporary film culture,” organizers said. The focus program will “feature early works by now-famous auteurs, through ...

A new film festival titled Chinese Cinema Today is set to launch in Japan, featuring 15 Chinese films including four Japanese premieres. The program, running Nov. 22-Dec. 12 at Tokyo’s Cinelibre ...

Co-organized with The Japan Foundation, New York, the two-part series will offer the first major New York survey of this signal studio-era filmmaker’s work in 20 years, presented in commemoration of ...