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For many film fans the name Bernard Rose is usually connected to perhaps his most famous film “Candyman”. However, the English director has also made a name for himself directing many period films, for example, about the life of musician Niccolo Paganini (“The Devil’s Violinist”), Ludvig van Beethoven (“Immortal Beloved”) as well as an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”. His new film “Samurai Marathon” takes place during the time and age of the samurai.

Tokyo native Nana Komatsu was born in 1996 and began her career starring in a short film, called Tadaima, before immediately graduating to movies like Close Range Love and The World Of Kanako. Prior to these, however, she was a popular account holder on Instagram and a model. By 2015 she had already won the 38th Japan Academy Prize: Newcomers Of The Year award. She has since added several awards to her roster. Her credits...

Korean actor Ryu Jun-yeol and Japanese actress Nana Komatsu will both be awarded the Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival, which will run from June 28th to July 14th, 2019.

Ryu Jun-yeol in Lee Hae-young’s “Believer

Ryu, who got his break in the Korean Academy of Film Arts feature graduation project “Socialphobia”, exploded as a film star in 2017, with star-making turns in “The King”, “Heart Blackened” and the year’s biggest hit “A Taxi Driver“. He followed it up in 2018 with equally impressive roles in “Little Forest” and “Believer” and has already featured in “Hit-and-Run Squad” and the financial drama “Money” already this year.

Tokyo-born Nana Komatsu, meanwhile, started her cinematic journey in 2015 with “Close Range Love” and suspense thriller “The World of Kanako“. Her impressive filmography includes “Destruction Babies“, Martin Scorsese’s “Silence”, hit romantic drama “My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday” as well...

They are two of Japan's biggest http://movieweb.com/death-house-movie-cast-horror-icons/horror icons. And they are about to battle it out in the epic crossover thriller Sadako Vs Kayako. While we awaited the stateside sequel Rings, which arrives this October, and another installment of The Grudge, which has not been given a release date yet, we can look forward to the original spirits going toe-to-toe in this impending J-horror extravaganza!

In the tradition of Freddy vs. Jason, the popular Japanese franchise Ringu is about to meet its scary match when it enters the world of Ju-On. Both original movies, which have since been adapted for American audiences, kicked off what has become known as the J-Horror craze back in the late 90s. And it's a sub-genre that has flourished ever since.

Both movies revolve around an evil curse, and both movies have a scary revenge-filled spirit at their core. And both...

Not since 2003's Freddy vs. Jason have we seen two horror icons going at it in the same movie. That all changes in 2016, when the malevolent spirits from both Ju-On and Ringu climb into the ring together. And we have the first teaser trailer from this J-horror treat.

The J-horror craze began in the early Aughts, and we were inundated with plenty of shocking thrillers from overseas. But perhaps the two biggest entries in this genre, which are still going strong today, are 1998's Ringu and 2004's Ju-On. Now, the central characters in those two films are going to clash in Sadako Vs Kayako, which arrives in Japan next year.

Sadako Vs Kayako actually started out as an April Fool's Day joke that went viral. Now it is becoming a reality. Both movie franchises are similar in that they revolve around a scary curse and an evil spirit. They have...