Mastodawn

"The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland” was created with an international tour in mind to capture rising interest in Japanese storytelling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/07/stage/japanese-theater-haruki-murakami-play/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #harukimurakami #tatsuyafujiwara #deathnote #theater #musical

Can Japanese theater travel? A Murakami adaptation tries.

'The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland” adaptation is part of a rising wave of contemporary Japanese theater productions that tour internationally with original casts.

The Japan Times

japanesemoviesme May 20, 2025

Just made this review of #The8YearEngagement with #TakeruSatoh #KazukiKitamura #TettaSugimoto #MahoYamada #HirokoYakushimaru #KentaHamano and #YuriNakamura

Last week, #TaoTsuchiya premiered #Macbeth by #WilliamShakespeare with #TatsuyaFujiwara

https://japanesemoviesme.com/the-8-year-engagement-review/

The 8-Year Engagement review

Higashi and Mai are scheduled to get married. But, before the long-awaited date, she has a sudden illness and falls into a coma. Years later, she wakes up with no memory of him.

Japanese movies me

japanesemoviesme May 19, 2025

Just made this review of #Kasane - Beauty and Fate - with #KyokoYoshine #TadanobuAsano #ReiDan #MarikoTsuTsui #KunioMurai #YouYokoyama #TomokoIkuta
and #YutaInoue

Last week, #TaoTsuchiya premiered #Macbeth by #WilliamShakespeare with #TatsuyaFujiwara

https://japanesemoviesme.com/kasane-review/

Kasane review

If you want to read my review of Kasane, read this post. In 累 ―かさね―, Kasane Fuchi is an excellent actress who had her face disfigured. Nina Tanzawa is a terrible actress with a wonderful face. They decide to make a pact and switch faces to achieve their goals.

Japanese movies me

Tally Michelle Feb 12, 2025

#AsianMoviesAndSeries #WorthAWatch #FilmMastodon
#BattleRoyal (2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
#TatsuyaFujiwara #AkiMaeda #TarôYamamoto

Tally Michelle Apr 14, 2023

#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmMastodon
@bales1181

Day1️⃣5️⃣

Something is erased in movie

#Erased (2016)
#TatsuyaFujiwara #KasumiArimura

18 years ago, a serial murder case took place with the victims being children. Satoru Fujinuma goes back to that time to catch the killer.