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Firefighters near the building that was burned, near Omori Station in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2024
Fire near train station in Tokyo halts key transportation corridor
According to JR East, services on the Keihin Tohoku and Tokaido lines were suspended for about three hours after the fire broke out shortly past 10 a.m.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 7, 2020
‘Under the Stars’: Parents have stars in their eyes
In Tatsushi Omori's coming-of-age drama, Mana Ashida plays a teenager who is conflicted about her loving parents who are members of a cult.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2018
'Every Day a Good Day': The wonder of tea with Kirin Kiki
I attended my first tea ceremony decades ago, as part of a company orientation. Kneeling on the floor, I sat in the formal seiza position, stumbled through the motions and sipped the thick green tea. Just as the pain in my legs was reaching a crescendo, I bowed to my host and hobbled out. I had next to no idea what it all meant. A box ticked off in the Japanese cultural experiences list?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 6, 2017
'Vigilante': Brotherly love takes a beating in an intense family drama
Saitama doesn't get a lot of respect. This prefecture has a reputation, especially among those who live in the posher precincts of Tokyo, as the land of boring bed towns, populated by the tragically unhip.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 29, 2017
'And Then There Was Light': Moments of beauty engulfed in miserabilism
Tatsushi Omori's films have been pushing boundaries since his 2005 debut "The Whispering of the Gods," with its story of a young murderer's return to a Christian community presided over by the priest who abused him as a child.
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Feb 22, 2017
Omori to fight for WBO bantamweight title
Japanese seventh-ranked challenger Shohei Omori will get a crack at Filipino champion Marlon Tapales for the WBO bantamweight title at Osaka's Edion Arena on April 23, his WOZ gym announced on Wednesday.
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Nov 16, 2016
Omori set for first world title fight
Shohei Omori will get his first shot at a world boxing title on New Year's Eve, his WOZ gym announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 13, 2014
Night train to Shimane's land of the gods
The 10th month of the lunar calendar is known throughout most of Japan as Kannazuki, or the "month of no gods." During this time, Okuninushi, the kami (Shinto god) enshrined at the renowned Izumo Taisha shrine, summons myriad deities to decide the fate of all people for the year ahead. For this reason, the 10th lunar month in Shimane Prefecture alone is known as Kamiarizuki — the "month of the gods."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 15, 2014
Two men and a tot make a half-decent film
When indie directors take a more commercial turn, the usual explanation is the bigger paycheck, but it's not always so simple. Yuya Ishii's shift from the raucous films of his early career to the more genteel, mainstream 2013 film "Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage)" raised not only his standard of living but also his status with more traditionally minded domestic critics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 26, 2013
Mark Schilling's 2013 Top 10: Farewell to Ghibli's anime masters
Japanese films did quite well both commercially and critically in 2013, with Hayao Miyazaki's final feature animation, "Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises)," thumping the Hollywood competition at the local box office. But the industry's over-reliance on sure-thing manga, TV shows and novels for source material has put a damper on its creativity, while abroad the demand for quirky, violent films from Japan is still strong. Often lost in the cracks are good indie films that try to tell original stories about actual human beings.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 1, 2013
Japanese film picks up prize at Moscow festival
"The Ravine of Goodbye," a Japanese film by director Tatsushi Omori, won the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival that ended Saturday, while "The Particle," a drama by Turkish director and writer Erdem Tepegoz, won the best film prize.

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