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After Life, known in Japan as Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda and Susumu Terajima. [ 1] Premiered on 11 September 1998 at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries, the film ...
Departures ( Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi —a ...
Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝 裕和, Koreeda Hirokazu, born 6 June 1962)[ 1] is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016). He won the Jury Prize at the 2013 ...
Yūrei ( 幽霊) are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts. The name consists of two kanji, 幽 ( yū ), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 ( rei ), meaning "soul" or "spirit". Alternative names include Bōrei (亡霊), meaning ruined or departed spirit, Shiryō (死霊), meaning dead spirit, or the more ...
After.Life premiered at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles on November 7, 2009. [7] Anchor Bay Entertainment, a division of Overture Films, has acquired theatrical rights for the U.S. and the U.K. [8] The film received an R-rating for the multiple nude scenes with Christina Ricci and was released on 9 April 2010 in a limited release. [9]
Pulse (回路, Kairo; "Circuit") is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. [ 4] The movie was well-received critically and has a cult following. [ 5] An English-language remake, also titled Pulse, debuted in 2006 and ...
Sanzu River. A depiction of the Sanzu River in Tosa Mitsunobu 's Jūō-zu (十王図). The good can cross the river by a bridge while the evil are cast into the dragon-infested rapids. The Sanzu-no-Kawa ( 三途の川, lit. "River of Three Crossings", or the "Sanzu River") is a mythological river in Japanese Buddhist tradition similar to the ...
Broly – Second Coming. Bio-Broly. 1995. Fusion Reborn. Wrath of the Dragon. 1996. The Path to Power. During the franchise's original broadcast run (1986-1996), Toei produced Dragon Ball films rapidly, in some cases twice per year, to match the Japanese spring and summer vacations. Seventeen films were produced during this period—three ...