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2024.5.17
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Japan Premiere of ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Scheduled for May 10
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June Premiere Set for Academy Award-Nominated “The Holdovers,” Reuniting Team from “Sideways”
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2024.2.1
Special Project Starts in Tribute to “Ghost in the Shell” Laughing Man Incident
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Japanese Trailer and Poster for ‘Oppenheimer’ Released
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2024.2.2
Psycho Killer Performance Unveiled from “Stop Making Sense”
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Guin Poon Chaw, Shota Sometani, an More to Join Cast of “Worlds Apart” Movie
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2024.3.2
LP Release Confirmed for Miran’s Latest Album “WATASHIBOSHI”
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2024.2.2
Demon Slayer Announces New Season and Sneak Peak of First Episode During World Premiere Tour
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“Chime” and “August My Heaven” Selected for Berlin International Film Festival
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GEZAN Mahito’s First Directorial Venture ‘i ai’ Releases Official Trailer
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2024.4.26
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Latest film “Evil Does Not Exist” Unveils the Official Poster
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2024.3.10
Academy Award Nominations: “Godzilla Minus One” Secures First-Ever Visual Effects Award Nomination as Asian Film
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2024.2.9
Chinese Animation Director and Artist Xi Chen Mark his First Solo Japan Exhibition in Roppongi
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2024.2.1
Nakameguro’s N&A Art SITEE to Host Exhibition of Wim Wenders, the Director of Academy-nominated “PERFECT DAYS”
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A24 Unveils Trailer for “The Iron Claw,” based on the Real Story of Von Erich Family
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2024.2.2
Oscar Peterson’s Musical Documentary will be Released in February
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Live-Action Version of “Oshi no Ko” Gets the Green Light with Kaito Sakurai, Asuka Saito, Nagisa Saito, and Ano
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