Festivals & Awards
2020 Japan Cuts Preview
A look ahead at what will be screening virtually from the 2020 Japan Cuts festival.
A look ahead at what will be screening virtually from the 2020 Japan Cuts festival.
A collection of some of our favorite interviews from 2016.
An interview with legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai about "Sword of Doom" and his extensive career in film.
Scout Tafoya responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
A feature on the latest major Blu-ray, Netflix, and On Demand releases, including "Gone Girl," "The Boxtrolls," "The Zero Theorem," "Coherence," and more.
The Kobayashi movie "Harakiri" is available on Hulu and Netflix. Miike's "Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai" is available on Amazon.com.
In this remake of the 1962 Masaki Kobayashi movie known as "Harakiri" in America, but "Seppuku" in Japan, Takashi Miike considers the value of one life or "Ichimei." (一命 Ichimei). In the U.S., the film is also re-named "Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai."
