An unforgiving look at 'Unbroken' in Japan
Flashback to 1983: Director Nagisa Oshima's "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence," set during World War II in a Japanese-run POW camp in Java, is opening in theaters across Japan. It starred David Bowie with two huge local stars: comedian Beat Takeshi and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. ...
'Unbroken' finally gets a break in Japan
For the better part of a year, "Unbroken" has been unwatchable in Japanese theaters. Angelina Jolie's biopic of Olympic athlete and World War II POW Louis "Louie" Zamperini was originally set for release here by distributor Toho-Towa, following its world premiere in Australia in November ...
Japan far from confronting hereditary breast cancer, but Jolie effect is helping
For years, Makiko Dazai had nagging questions about her sister's death from ovarian cancer in 2008. Dazai, a 46-year-old housewife from Kiyose, western Tokyo, said her sister had been taking great care of herself, eating healthily and undergoing regular health checkups. She was diagnosed with ...
Cancer experts laud Angelina Jolie's decision to remove ovaries
Two years after a double mastectomy, actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer, a move cancer experts described as courageous and influential. The movie director and philanthropist, who is the wife of actor Brad ...
Writer's critical take on Jolie's 'Unbroken' raises readers' hackles
Some emails and online comments in response to Nicolas Gattig's recent Foreign Agenda column, "Japan may shun 'Unbroken' because it's old hat."
A longer look at the problems of 'Unbroken'
Why can't "Unbroken" — Angelina Jolie's hit World War II drama — catch a break in Japan? There are presently no plans to release the film here in theaters, on DVD or online, even though it has a strong Japan focus as well as ...
Japan may shun 'Unbroken' just because it's old hat
If the Japanese opt to skip Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken," let's not blame wholesale refusal to face the past.
Angelina Jolie takes evil to new places in 'Maleficent'
Websites such as Buzzfeed have made an art of the "listicle," a news article that comprises a top 10 on a designated topic. Thanks to childhood nostalgia, Walt Disney characters often make their way onto such listicles, and a quick look at the Top ...
