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Jan 7, 2016

Spectre / Cinema Mediage / 2016-01-09 to 2016-01-15

until Jan. 14 17:05, 20:10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 6, 2016

'It Follows' goes after misogynist slasher film cliches

In the heyday of slasher films, the fastest way for characters to get themselves killed was by having sex. For a few bloodthirsty years following the release of John Carpenter's "Halloween" in 1978, audiences delighted in watching homicidal maniacs dispatch casts of copulating teens, before finally being...
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 30, 2015

Views from Nagoya: What did you make of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'?

Cinemagoers offer their opinions after a showing of the much-anticipated seventh installment in the 'Star Wars' saga.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 27, 2015

'Star Wars' takes Chinese social media by storm ahead of release

After a mammoth marketing campaign, the growing online chatter in China around "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" suggests that the latest installment of the hit film franchise has a shot at breaking box-office records in the world's second-largest movie market.
Dec 24, 2015

Gekijoban: Mozu / Cinema Mediage / 2015-12-26 to 2016-01-01

CULTURE / Film
Dec 16, 2015

Kiki Sugino: 'I'm always looking for myself'

Kiki Sugino has a one-of-a-kind resume in the domestic movie business. Many are the young "multi-talents" who act, sing and model, but most are recruited, molded and marketed by an agency. From the start, this 31-year-old actor, director and producer took a more independent route toward multi-dom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 16, 2015

Family comedy 'Her Father, My Lover' is dark and absurd

"Love is strange," goes the song. But aren't lovers stranger? Maybe not you, but what about your middle-aged pal, besotted with a girl young enough to be his daughter? What could he be thinking? And "strange" is no longer the descriptor many would use. How about the various synonyms for "disgusting"?...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Dec 16, 2015

Moviegoers suffering from motion sickness not enamored with CGI effects

Once upon a time, cinemas screening "The Exorcist" handed out barf bags to their patrons as a cheap gimmick. (The movie was so "sick" it would make you sick.)
Dec 10, 2015

Rain Tree no Ki / Cinema Mediage / 2015-12-12 to 2015-12-18

until Dec. 13 10:15, 15:35 / Dec. 14 to Dec. 17 10:45, 15:35, 17:00 / Dec. 18 10:45, 15:35
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 8, 2015

Once a fixture, climate skeptics say they are being stifled at Paris summit

To be a climate change skeptic in Paris this week means facing heavy odds.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 4, 2015

Secret ballerinas; remembering Setsuko Hara; CM of the week: Mercedes-Benz

Many Japanese women studied dance when they were very young, and some have gone on to careers in show business and incorporated what they learned into their work. On the two-hour special, "Geinojin ga Honki de Baree" ("Celebrities Do Real Ballet"; TBS, Wed., 7:56 p.m.), 20 female TV personalities who...
Nov 19, 2015

Grass Hoppers / Apollo Cinema 8 / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 10:30, 13:10, 15:50, 18:30, 21:05 / Nov. 27 13:10, 15:50, 18:30, 21:05
Nov 19, 2015

Love Live! The School Idol Movie / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 20:10 / Nov. 27 20:00
Nov 19, 2015

The Intern / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 23, Nov. 25, Nov. 26 12:40, 15:25, 18:10 / Nov. 24, Nov. 27 12:40, 15:25
Nov 19, 2015

The Age of Adaline / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

12:40
Nov 19, 2015

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 17:10
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 10:00, 13:10, 16:20, 20:10
Nov 19, 2015

Gekijo Rei / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

9:40, 12:00, 14:20, 16:40, 18:55, 21:05
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre (dubbed) / Namba Parks Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 15:45
Nov 19, 2015

Toshokan Senso: The Last Mission / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 14:40, 20:00 / Nov. 27 14:35
Nov 19, 2015

The Intern / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 12:00, 14:40, 17:15, 20:00 / Nov. 27 14:50, 17:40, 20:20
Nov 19, 2015

Bakuman / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

18:00
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre (dubbed) / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 11:00, 14:10, 17:20, 20:30
Nov 19, 2015

Spectre / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 27 10:20, 13:40, 16:50, 18:30, 20:00
Nov 19, 2015

The Little Prince (dubbed) [3-D] / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:30, 14:10, 18:50 / Nov. 27 11:30, 16:20
Nov 19, 2015

The Little Prince / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 11:20, 16:00, 20:45 / Nov. 27 9:10, 14:00, 18:40
Nov 19, 2015

Rain Tree no Ki / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:00, 11:50, 13:40, 16:30, 18:25, 21:10 / Nov. 27 9:20, 11:30, 16:20, 18:35, 21:00
Nov 19, 2015

Gekijo Rei / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 9:45, 12:15, 14:30, 16:45, 19:00, 21:20 / Nov. 27 8:45, 11:45, 14:00, 16:15, 21:00
Nov 19, 2015

Dumb and Dumber To / Osaka Station City Cinema / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 8:40, 13:25, 18:15, 20:40 / Nov. 27 8:50, 11:15, 16:10

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan