Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the ...

Its warm, intimate drama bustles with youthful energy, but its writer-director (and editor, producer, star, and casting director) Fujiwara Toshizo has been active for decades, appearing on screen ...

The New York-born son of the late Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto ... from the outset—it's a high-school coming-of-age ...

Even legendary samurai and "rakugoka" comedic storytellers on Japanese TV are bowing to the ... has suspended filming of its year-long Taiga drama history series “Kirin ga Kuru” and another ...

Popular South Korean TV drama series including “Crash Landing on You” and “Itaewon Class” became massive hits in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a Japanese TV drama is returning ...

In director Michihito Fujii’s Netflix drama The Parades, death is not an ending. Instead of the finality of crossing over to the other side, this dreamy Japanese film characterizes humanity’s ...

Now, we finally have the first look at this Japanese action-drama and a release window of November 2025, along with more plot details that make it sound perfect for fans of “Squid Game” and ...

Based on Kyoko Nakajima’s novel ‘Nagai Owakare’, Japanese drama A Long Goodbye tells the story of Shohei (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a 70-year-old retired principal. His daughters, Fumi (an aspiring ...

While Mipo O’s Living in Two Worlds is not a direct remake, this Japanese drama owes a huge debt to Sian Heder’s lauded predecessor, as it charts the strained relationship between a young male ...