Following Monster Sakamoto told us he plans to get straight back to work. "I signed a five-year contract with Netflix, so I'm going to be their worker for the next few years," he joked. Kore-eda ...

Its gags don’t always work, but Ethan Coen’s throwback thriller Drive-Away Dolls is blessed with a trio of up-for-anything ...

CANNES--Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda hopes to repeat his success at the Cannes Film Festival, five years after winning the top prize, with "Monster," which breaks down the misunderstandings ...

The series from the great Japanese filmmaker, now streaming on Netflix, is even more immersive than his movies — a high compliment — says Moira Macdonald.

“Kaibutsu” (Monster), for which Japanese screenwriter ... The movie, directed by award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda, will be released on June 2 in Japan. “Kaibutsu” is set in a ...

Among the highlights is “Yellow,” directed by newcomer Yamaura Miyoh and produced by Kore-eda. The film follows a man living in self-punishment after a fatal car accident who finds redemption ...

Yet, when my sisters are unhappy, in the end, it’s unbearable.” Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Asura” takes its name from the demigods of Hindu mythology, whose virtuous appearance ...

I don’t know why there weren’t pronouncements from the hilltops when “Asura,” the new series from the great Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Nobody Knows,” “Our Little Sister,” “Shoplifters” and ...