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After tasting the sweets at Tokyo’s oldest department store, there was one famous brand of Japanese biscuits that went home with the Hollywood movie star.

Japan
(celebrities • department stores • hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • Mitsukoshi • Morozoff • shopping • SNO • sweets)

Hayao Miyazaki says Studio Ghibli once stood up to Harvey Weinstein with a Japanese samurai sword

Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2018

According to Hayao Miyazaki, the act meant “I defeated him”.

Japan, USA
(anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • hollywood • Japanese sword • Katana • movies • samurai • samurai sword • Studio Ghibli • swords • Toshio Suzuki)

Creator of anime Your Name says he’s “not really that interested” in Hollywood live-action remake

Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2017

Makoto Shinkai’s anime is unabashedly emotional, but the director sounds like a detached dad when discussing his mega-hit baby’s next step.

Japan, USA
(anime • hollywood • J.J. Abrams • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • your name.)

Anime Your Name to be remade as Hollywood live-action movie produced by J.J. Abrams

Casey Baseel
Sep 28, 2017

Hollywood rolls the anime remake dice again, this time with Makoto Shinkai’s mega-hit.

Japan, USA
(anime • hollywood • J.J. Abrams • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • your name.)

We sit down and make a fool of ourselves with Keanu Reeves in Japan

Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2017

Our Japanese reporter refrained from saying “excellent” when he met the Hollywood star, but what he said instead was equally embarrassing.

Japan
(celebrities • hollywood • interviews • john wick • Keanu Reeves • movies • Tokyo)

Producer Masi Oka announces first Japanese actor in Netflix Death Note movie

Master Blaster
Dec 2, 2016

Well, you’ve got to start somewhere…

Japan, USA
(cast • Death Note • hollywood • Masi Oka • Netflix)

Studio in Osaka lets you get photos taken as legendary samurai warlord Audrey Hepburn

Master Blaster
Sep 29, 2016

Because geisha and warriors are passé, we went to a photo shoot to look like figures of Hollywood’s golden age.

Europe, Japan, USA
(Audrey Hepburn • hollywood • make-up • makeover • Osaka • photo shoot • Tokyo)

We talk to Matt Damon in Tokyo about films, Tommy Lee Jones and how to be cool like Jason Bourne

Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2016

On 7 October, Japan finally gets to enjoy Jason Bourne, the latest instalment in the Bourne movie series, and ahead of the movie’s release our Japanese reporters were lucky enough to enjoy some time with Matt Damon.

Japan
(films • hollywood • Hollywood movies • interview • Jason Bourne • Matt Damon • movies)

Tom Hanks visits Japan, blends in with oyaji at restaurant in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Sep 20, 2016

Find out where the Hollywood movie star took this silly selfie after the break!

Japan, USA
(cute • funny • hollywood • Japanese cuisine • LOL • movies • oyaji • restaurants • selfie • selfies • soba • Tokyo • Tom Hanks • tourism • tourist spots • travel • twitter)

Critics of Hollywood Asian “whitewashing” come up with a John Cho-based solution

KK Miller
May 12, 2016

How many of these “actor-swapped” movies would you watch?

Internet
(Asians • hollywood • John Cho • movies • whitewashing)

Here’s what Japanese people think of Hollywood’s recent “whitewashing”【Video】

Evie Nyan
Apr 26, 2016

What do Japanese people think of Caucasian—not Asian—actors being cast in Hollywood adaptations of Japanese anime?

Entertainment, Japan
(anime • Asia • Death Note • Ghost in the Shell • hollywood • movies • race • Scarlett Johansson • whitewashing)

Gene Kelly inspires short anime from Japan, captures hearts around the world

Oona McGee
Aug 25, 2014

If you’re feeling under the weather or just wanting to relax after a hard day, there are two things that can certainly pick you up and remind you of the bright side of life again: a Hollywood musical from the golden era, and a good animated cartoon from Japan. It’s amazing how warm, animated tones and catchy tunes can capture your senses and hug you like an old friend just when you need it the most.

Now, a Japanese animator has melded the two feel-good genres with a short, two and a half-minute animation that pays homage to a Gene Kelly tap dance routine from the 1952 american musical Singin’ in the Rain. It’s proving to be so cute that it’s attracting attention from around the world. We take a look at the video and see why this cute girl is gathering so many admirers.

Japan
(anime • art • Gene Kelly • hollywood • manga • musicals • Singing in the Rain)

Stalled Akira live-action movie comes back to life

Cara Clegg
Aug 4, 2013

After being completely suspended in 2012, it seems like plans for the Akira live action movie are finally moving forward again. The Warner Brothers movie will be a Hollywood retelling of the 1988 cult anime classic, with original writer and director Katsuhiro Ohtomo acting as executive producer. This will perhaps assuage some fans’ fears that Hollywood will turn the dark, complex narrative into just another generic guns-and-explosions blockbuster.

Japan, USA
(AKIRA • anime • hollywood • movies)

Japanese Internet baffled by culturally confused Hollywood adaptation of 47 Ronin legend

Mike
Jul 25, 2013

Hollywood is carrying on its tradition of making white people the lead protagonists in movies about samurai with the 2013 47 Ronin, headed by Keanu Reeves.

But while the Japanese didn’t seem to bat an eyelid when it was revealed (spoiler) that Tom Cruise was literally the last samurai, the 47 Ronin trailer is raising eyebrows in Japan for its weird comic book treatment of the famous national legend that is said to be the most revered example of the samurai code of bushido.

Global, Japan, USA
(culture • entertainment • hollywood • movies • ronin)

Pocket Money for Leo: Django Unchained Star finds Extra Work Pimping Whiskey in Japan

Philip Kendall
Feb 26, 2013

Commercials: a lot of celebrities in the west won’t touch them with a borrowed pole. After working hard to build up their portfolio and making themselves a household name, for many professional actors the mere thought of putting their face on an advertisement is completely abhorrent.

In Japan, however, it’s a very different story. TV celebrities, singers and sports stars are a common feature on commercials, whether they be on television, magazines or even hanging over our heads as we take the train to work each morning. Watches, skin cream, beer, anti-hair loss, cars, language courses; you name it, someone famous is smiling and pretending they love it in exchange for a few extra yen.

This time it’s the turn of hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio to take the cash and smile for the camera. Because, as we all know, DiCaprio never shuts up about how much he loves Jim Beam whiskey usually…