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As he approaches his 76th birthday, which falls on July 26, Jeremy Thomas shows no signs of slowing up.

“I am never going to stop [producing]. It’s my life,” said the taboo-breaking UK producer of The Last Emperor, Crash and Naked Lunchat Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival (Mff),where he is receiving a lifetime achievement award.

As ever, the Recorded Picture Company founder has plenty of new work in the pipeline, including“five or six workable scripts that I am trying to make”.

He is also readying a slate of projects to be unveiled in the coming months: Takashi Miike’s...

The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) proudly announces the official programme lineup for its highly anticipated 8th edition, set to take place from 19 to 27 July 2025. Staying true to its mission as a cultural bridge between Malaysian and global cinema, this year’s MIFFest places a spotlight on bold, diverse, and impactful storytelling from around the world. In its ongoing celebration of cinematic legends, the 8 th MIFFest is proud to pay tribute to the iconic Ti Lung with the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Extended Special Programme under the Master At Work series.

This year’s Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) sets the stage for an electrifying competition, with several standout titles leading the nominations. These critically acclaimed films reflect the depth and diversity of global storytelling celebrated at MIFFest. The Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) takes place on 26 July 2025 at Zepp Kuala Lumpur. The event will be streamed...

Who would’ve thought “Bad Lieutenant” would become a quasi-franchise? We’re guessing not Abel Ferrara, but after Werner Herzog did his own version, the “franchise” is continuing with yet another unlikely auteur taking on the themes of the original neo-noir film: Japanese master Takashi Miike.

Miike’s next film is “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,” and shortly after the film was reported as a hot package due to hit the Cannes market, Neon announced on Wednesday evening that it was boarding the film with plans to both release it theatrically in North America as well as represent the sales rights at Cannes internationally.

“Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” will star Shun Oguri (“Godzilla v. Kong”) and Lily James (“Pam and Tommy”), as well as WWE star Liv Morgan joining the cast. The film follows the Bad Lieutenant (Oguri), a corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force, who finds himself thrown into a tangled...

Japanese actor Koki is swiftly building an international profile that spans continents and genres, from dual roles in a Japanese horror film to sword fighting in 18th century Britain.

The model-turned-musician-turned-actor recently added the Asian Film Awards Rising Star Award to her growing resume, marking her first recognition outside her home country as she prepares to announce a new project based in Hong Kong.

“It means so much to be able to receive an award outside Japan,” Koki tells Variety. “The Rising Star Award gives me so much courage and recognition. I feel like I want to do my all my best to be able to go up to the award.”

The daughter of Japanese entertainment royalty — her father is megastar Takuya Kimura (“Grand Maison Paris”) and her mother is singer Kudo Shizuka — Koki has been carving her own path since showing musical talent at age 7, composing hit songs for...

Japanese television series “La Grande Maison Tokyo” aired on TBS Television in the “Sunday Theater” slot, from October to December 2019. Following its success, high viewer ratings, and several TV awards, the series has spawned a few sequels; a special television episode in 2024, “La Grande Maison Tokyo Special”, depicting the restaurant’s aftermath following the Covid-19 pandemic, and – soon after – the feature film “La Grande Maison Paris” produced by TBS Sparkle and distributed by Toho and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, and released at the end of 2024. Moreover, one of the original series’ characters, Chef Shohei Hirako, has his own spinoff series.

In 2015, Japanese chef Natsuki Obana (Takuya Kimura) was running the prestigious Michelin-starred restaurant Escoffille in Paris when his life was turned upside down by an accident. During an important lunch for the Japan-France summit, an allergenic ingredient slipped through unnoticed in the kitchen and ended up in the sea urchin starter for the VIPs,...

London- and Paris-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation is reporting a raft of sales from Berlin on chef drama “Grande Maison Paris,” a standalone feature film from the world of Japanese hit series “La Grande Maison: Tokyo.”

The film has sold in Taiwan (Cai Chang), South Korea (Media Castle), Mainland China (DDDream), Hong Kong and Macau (First Distributors), Thailand (Sf Cinema), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Cis (Arna Media), and Israel (YesDBS), with additional territories in South East Asia, and Eastern Europe in negotiations.

Toho and Sony Pictures Entertainment released the film in Japan early in January, where it has now grossed over $26 million (4 billion yen), making it one of the early local hits of this year.

Sony Pictures Entertainment releases in France, with other international releases beginning in March 2025.

Set in the high-stakes world of Parisian culinary excellence, the film stars Japanese icon Takuya Kimura, reprising his lead role from the series,...

The 67th edition of the Blue Ribbon Awards, presented by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists, has announced its winners on January 28, 2025. The nominees and winners are selected from movies released in 2024 by members of the Association who are film reporters from seven sports newspapers in Tokyo. Indie movie “A Samurai in Time” was the surprise hit last year and has picked up a double win for Best Film and Best Actor. Likewise for Yu Irie‘s “A Girl Named Ann” bagging the Best Director and Best Actress awards.

Best Film

A Girl Named Ann

Abudeka Is Back

Let’s Go Karaoke!

52-Hertz Whales

A Samurai in Time

11 Rebels

Faceless

All the Long Nights

Last Mile

Look Back

Best Director

Yu Irie – A Girl Named Ann

Kazuya Shiraishi – 11 Rebels, Bushido

Ayuko Tsukahara – Last Mile, La Grande Maison Paris

Michihito Fujii – Faceless, 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days

Junichi Yasuda – A Samurai in Time

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After keeping the number one spot for four consecutive weekends since its release on December 13, the Cells at Work! live-action film finally lost its top spot. In its fifth weekend, the live-action film adaptation of Akane Shimizu's manga series earned 337 million yen (2.13 million Usd) on 243,000 admissions, a 46% week-to-week drop, ranking second for the first time behind Takuya Kimura-starring Grand Maison Paris, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . After 30 days of release, Cells at Work! made a cumulative 4.9 billion yen (31 million Usd) from 3.65 million ticket sales in Japan, becoming the seventh top-grossing Japanese film of 2024 and surpassed Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony with 4.31 billion yen (27.27 million Usd). Following the TV drama series that has aired since 2012, a live-action feature film adaptation of Masayuki Kusumi (story) and Jiro Taniguchi's (art) Kodoku no Gourmet manga series opened in 256 theaters on January 10, 2025, earning 242 million yen (1.53 million Usd) on 167,000 admissions to make a third-place debut. The...