The director of Gu Shi talks memory, isolation, and storytelling... After premiering her short film Three at the 77th Cannes ...

Lund Fantastic presents a Japanese genre retrospective in collaboration with TOEI... Lund Fantastic Film Festival returns for ...

Revelry and renunciation of the samurai spirit swirl into a yin yang of intrigue in the latest hit jidaigeki epic... 16th of January 1810, Kobiki-chō district — modern-day Ginza — Edo. Fresh off of a ...

easternKicks began very much as a hobby, a place to throw all my enthusiasm for Asian film outside of my day job as a graphic designer and share it with the world… The site launched in mid-2002. The ...

We speak to Stockport-born, now Vancouver-based, Darren Shahlavi about working with his all time heroes Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung on Ip Man 2, and the joys of being a bad guy… ...

A roundup of East and South East Asian films from the 2026 programme… Singapore’s first wuxia is a stunning but narratively fractured reimagining of the myth of Chang Er, the fairy maiden on the ...

The auteur on Philippines tragic history, his fascination for vaudeville and the need for artists to compromise… Lav Diaz is one of the most fascinating figures in contemporary cinema. He’s been able ...

鳳飛飛. Hong Kong 1971. Directed by Kao Pao-Shu. Starring Lily Ho, James Nam Seok-Hoon, Meng Yuen-Man, Wang Hsieh, Chai No, Lin Jing. 89 mins. In Mandarin with English subtitles ...

死の棘. Japan 1990. Directed by Kohei Ohguri. Starring Ittoku Kishibe, Keiko Matsuzaka, Takenori Matsumura, Yuri Chikamori, Midori Kiuchi, Akira Yamanouci. 115 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.

水滸伝, Suikoden. Japan 1973-4. Directed by Sokichi Tomimoto, Daisuke Yamazaki, Toshio Masuda, Shigeo Takahasi, Keiichi Ozawa, Sentaro Murano, Yasuo Furihata ...

夜がまた来る [lit. “The Night Comes Again.”] Japan 1994. Directed by Takashi Ishii. Starring Yui Natsukawa, Kippei Shiina, Jinpachi Nezu, Minori Terada, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kimiko Yo. 108 mins. In Japanese ...

陸軍中野学校 [lit. “Nakano School of the Army”] aka The School of Spies. Japan 1966. Directed by Yasuzo Masumura. Starring Raizo Ichikawa, Mayumi Ogawa, Daisuke Kato, Kyosuke Machida, E.H. Eric, Yuzo ...