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Sayuki Inoue

#MOVIE

Born 1974 in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Art, Department of Photography. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Public Collections: Shanghai Dalunlu Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bibliothque Nationale de France.

Tohji Aida

#MOVIE

Bleu et Rose” (Because You Are Here), a collection of 101 reviews of his work contributed to theater pamphlets over the past quarter century, is now on sale, and on February 7, a second printing will be published with a new nudie pink color on the cover.

Takatoshi Inagaki

#MOVIE

ライター・編集者。海外映画を専門に、評論やコラム、インタビューなどを書籍・雑誌・映画パンフレット・ウェブメディアなど多数の媒体で執筆。国内舞台作品のリサーチ・コンサルティングも務める。

Kei Onodera

#MOVIE

Born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, he has been a film critic since 2015, contributing numerous articles to web media, magazines, and other media. He is working to convey in an easy-to-understand way the "deep" content contained in visual culture, including film reviews and critiques, animations, drama series, and other visual works, as well as games and manga.

Yoko Hasada

#MOVIE

Born in 1987. Writer and editor. In addition to writing interviews and columns mainly on gender and feminism, she also conducts interviews on movies, idols, books, and other culture-related topics. Her main publications include "BRUTUS," "anan," "QuickJapan," "CINRA," and "me and you." She writes a manga column for QJweb and a movie column on Sisterhood for PINTSCOPE. She is also involved in writing and editing movie pamphlets, and her major works include "21st Century Girl" and "Eien ga Tsukijikko Suru Ikuru" (Eternity is Passing By).
HP: http://yokohasada.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yoko_hasada

Ryota Bando

#MOVIE

Born on May 24, 1997 in Hokkaido, Japan, he made his acting debut in 2017, winning the “32nd Japan Film Critics Award” for Best New Actor for the film “Futari no Sekai” in 2022. His recent major film credits include the movies “Haru ni Sasaru” (2023), “Bakanuri no Musume” (2023), “Ichigatsu no Koe ni Joy o Kakume” (2024), “Wakamusha” (2024), and the dramas “Yakushi no Yakushi” (TBS), “What did you eat yesterday? season2” (TX), “RoOT / Route, 366 Days” (CX). His waiting films include “Sisa” (Sept. 13), “Fureru” (Oct. 4), and “Sisa” (Sept. 13). (released on October 4), “Kimi no Forgotten” (starring, released on January 17, 2013), and the drama “Lion's Lair” (TBS, Oct.).

Nayuta Osanai

#MOVIE

Film and foreign drama writer. An "independent theatergoer" working as a playwright, director, and actor in the small theater scene in Tokyo. He continues to watch mainly American movies and TV series.

Yuka Kinbara

#MOVIE

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics. Has interviewed more than 2,000 filmmakers and actors. Author of “Broken Girl: Beautiful Girls Who Drown” (Film Art, Inc.), which examines girls and violence in movies. He co-authored or edited “Legendary Film Art Directors x Yohei Taneda” (SPACE SHOWER BOOKS), “The Future of Shinji Somai” (Tokyo News Press), and “Shinji Somai: The Lowest Days” (Rice Press). He has also contributed to “Auteurism Rowe Yeh” and “Auteurism Shinji Somai 2023 Typhoon Club Scenario Complete Scroll” (A PEOPLE).

Rie Tsukinaga

#MOVIE

Writer and editor. He writes film reviews and columns for Asahi Shimbun, Shukan Bunshun, CREA.web, etc. He also conducts film-related interviews and edits books and pamphlets. He also interviews film-related people and edits books and pamphlets, and interviews film directors and actors as an MC for the YouTube program “Katsuben Cinema Club. His first collection of film columns, “Intoxicating Movies: Vacation Morning Begins with a Cider” (Shunyodo Shoten) is now on sale.

HINATAKA

#MOVIE

Film writer who writes for the web media "All About News", "Netorabo", "CINEMAS+", "Joshi SPA!", "Magmix", etc. Her all-time best movie is "Let Me Hear You Sing Ai".

Genjyuro Yagyu

#MOVIE #BOOK

Born on July 27, 1976. Born in Hyogo Prefecture. He started “Shabenjazu”, a talk event for fans to talk with each other in 2014, and still holds the event at the end of every month. He is also active on YouTube, where he provides commentary on the original works of American comic book characters, as well as movie predictions, impressions, and thoughts. He is also a cat lover.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@syavengers
X: https://x.com/genjyuro

Asunako

#MOVIE

毎クール必ず25本以上は視聴するドラマウォッチャー。『文春オンライン』『 Real Sound』『映画ナタリー』などでドラマに関する記事を寄稿。
X:https://x.com/asunako_9

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