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The Critics Choice Association's Annual Celebration Of AAPI - LA

BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - NOVEMBER 14: Japanese filmmaker and former actress Hikari (Mitsuyo Miyazaki) arrives at The Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual Celebration Of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Cinema And Television held at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills on November 14, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Critics Choice Association's Annual Celebration Of AAPI - LA

BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - NOVEMBER 14: Japanese filmmaker and former actress Hikari (Mitsuyo Miyazaki) arrives at The Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual Celebration Of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Cinema And Television held at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills on November 14, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Critics Choice Association's Annual Celebration Of AAPI - LA

BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - NOVEMBER 14: Japanese filmmaker and former actress Hikari (Mitsuyo Miyazaki) arrives at The Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual Celebration Of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Cinema And Television held at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills on November 14, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Critics Choice Association's Annual Celebration Of AAPI - LA

BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - NOVEMBER 14: Japanese filmmaker and former actress Hikari (Mitsuyo Miyazaki) arrives at The Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual Celebration Of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Cinema And Television held at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills on November 14, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Animator Miyazaki

keyword: "Princess Mononoke", STUDIO GHIBLI INC., Hayao Miyazaki, Yuriko Ishida, Yōji Matsuda=March 10, 1997,Tokyo (Kyodo)

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Ramon Magsaysay Award

Kenichi Yoda (C), director of Studio Ghibli, co-founded by Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, attends a ceremony of the Ramon Magsaysay Award on behalf of Miyazaki, one of the five recipients in 2024, in Manila on Nov. 16, 2024. The organization behind the award -- named after the Philippines' seventh president and known as "Asia's Nobel Prize" -- said in August that the 83-year-old makes complex issues like environmental destruction and conflict understandable to children in his works, including the Oscar-winning films "The Boy and the Heron" and "Spirited Away."

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77th Cannes Film Festival opens

The 77th Cannes Film Festival opens on May 14, 2024, with the official poster paying tribute to Japanese master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and his late-career film "Rhapsody in August" on the facade of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

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Fans flock to anime director Makoto Shinkai's Los Angeles artwork pop-up

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 Kyodo - A pop-up installation featuring materials from the complete works of Japanese animation filmmaker Makoto Shinkai drew fans to Los Angeles on Sunday Nov. 19, 2023.The event "Makoto Shinkai: A Journey from Voices of a Distant Star through Suzume" was the first exhibition featuring his films in the United States.(Kyodo)

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Japanese director wins Cannes award

CANNES, France - Photo shows Japanese film director Atsuko Hirayanagi (L) and Japanese actress Kaori Momoi in Cannes, France, in May 2014. "Oh Lucy!," Hirayanagi's graduation movie from the Singapore branch of a New York school, featuring Momoi, was selected for the second prize in the Cinefondation student film division of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2014. It was the first award given to a Japanese filmmaker in the category, first created in 1998.

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Japanese director wins Cannes award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese film director Atsuko Hirayanagi. Hirayanagi's graduation movie from the Singapore branch of a New York school was selected for the second prize in the Cinefondation student film division of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2014. It was the first award given to a Japanese filmmaker in the category, first created in 1998.

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Israeli filmmaker locates Japanese woman featured in '50s picture book

TOKYO, Japan - Dvorit Shargal (R), an Israeli filmmaker, and Eva Crafoord from Sweden, hold a picture book titled "Eva visits Noriko-san" in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013. Shargal, after a three-year search, has located and met with Noriko-san, a Japanese woman who as a girl was featured in the book that has remained popular in Israel for more than half a century. Crafoord, who was the other heroine in the book and accompanied the filmmaker in her search for Noriko in Japan, also met with the woman. Shargal came to Tokyo on Aug. 12 to look for Noriko and feature her in a documentary film.

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Documentary filmmaker Himeda

TOKYO, Japan - An April 1986 file photo shows Tadayoshi Himeda, a Japanese documentary filmmaker considered a pioneer in recording disappearing cultures. Himeda died on July 29, 2013, of chronic lung illness at a hospital in Yokohama city near Tokyo. He was 84 years old.

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Filmmaker Kurosawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998). Kurosawa and three of his collaborators were honored by the Writers Guild of America, West at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2013, for their outstanding contributions to screenwriting.

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98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, a 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker, waves after winning the special jury prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie ''Post Card'' in the Roppongi district on Oct. 31, 2010. ''This is my last piece,'' Shindo said.

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98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, a 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker, comments on his winning the special jury prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie ''Post Card'' in the Roppongi district on Oct. 31, 2010. ''This is my last piece,'' Shindo said.

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Hatoyama meets with filmmaker Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and prizewinning filmmaker Yoji Yamada shake hands at the premier's office on April 19, 2010. Yamada, who was awarded a prize at the Berlin film festival in February, called on the government to boost support for the movie industry.

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Moore meets Japan labor union leader

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore (L) and Nobuaki Koga, leader of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the country's largest labor union confederation, speak during a discussion session at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 2, 2009. Moore was on his first trip to Japan to promote his latest work ''Capitalism.''

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Filmmaker Yoshida receives prize from France

PARIS, France - Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida (file photo), 70, has been granted France's prestigious Order of Arts and Literature award for contributing to bilateral cultural exchanges through his work. He received the award on Feb. 25.

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Director of 'Battle Royale' has cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Kinji Fukasaku (C), a 72-year-old Japanese filmmaker, is suffering from cancer, the filmmaker's son Kenta Fukasaku (L) said Sept. 25. Fukasaku's film ''Battle Royale'' about school kids who kill each other to survive on a deserted island sparked an outcry over its graphically violent scenes. Despite cancer, the filmmaker is determined to proceed with ''Battle Royale II.''

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Polish director Wajda meets Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko

KRAKOW, Poland - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) receives a book from Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda at the Center of Japanese Art and Technology in Poland's ancient capital of Krakow on July 11. At left is Empress Michiko. The meeting was held at the request of the emperor and empress.

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Japanese filmmaker to make movie based in Egypt

Japanese filmmaker Toei Co. conducts Dec. 11 an audition at a Cairo hotel for the film ''Nile'' ,based on a novel by archaeologist Sakuji Yoshimura, to choose the film's heroine. Shooting will begin in March next year, with 80 percent of the scenes to be shot in the suburbs of Cairo.

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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home after amnesty

Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota meets the press at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2022, after returning to Japan following his release from a Myanmar prison under an amnesty by the junta the previous day.

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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home after amnesty

Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota walks in Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2022, after returning to Japan following his release from a Myanmar prison under an amnesty by the junta the previous day.

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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home after amnesty

Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota speaks to reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2022, after returning to Japan following his release from a Myanmar prison under an amnesty by the junta the previous day.

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Japanese filmmaker detained in Myanmar returns home after amnesty

Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota meets the press at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2022, after returning to Japan following his release from a Myanmar prison under an amnesty by the junta the previous day.

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Director of 'Battle Royale' has cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Kinji Fukasaku (C), a 72-year-old Japanese filmmaker, is suffering from cancer, the filmmaker's son Kenta Fukasaku (L) said Sept. 25. Fukasaku's film ''Battle Royale'' about school kids who kill each other to survive on a deserted island sparked an outcry over its graphically violent scenes. Despite cancer, the filmmaker is determined to proceed with ''Battle Royale II.'' (Kyodo)

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Filmmaker Yoshida receives prize from France

PARIS, France - Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida (file photo), 70, has been granted France's prestigious Order of Arts and Literature award for contributing to bilateral cultural exchanges through his work. He received the award on Feb. 25. (Kyodo)

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Japanese filmmaker's documentary on whaling shown in Montreal

Japanese filmmaker, Keiko Yagi, fields questions after her documentary "Behind 'THE COVE'" was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival in Canada on Sept. 7, 2015. She filmed her documentary on whaling in western Japan with hopes that it will shed light on stories not shown in the Oscar-winning 2009 film "The Cove" that criticized dolphin hunts in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto to return to work

Undated photo shows Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has undergone cancer treatment. Sakamoto will return to work by directing music for a movie by filmmaker Yoji Yamada to be released in December 2015, according to sources familiar with the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ozawa, Eagles, 4 others honored by Kennedy Center

Undated photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said on July 15, 2015, that Ozawa, American rock band the Eagles, filmmaker George Lucas, singer-songwriter Carole King, actress and singer Rita Moreno and Broadway star Cicely Tyson will receive the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contributions to American culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. documentary filmmaker sheds light on Okinawa's modern history

John Junkerman, a U.S. documentary filmmaker living in Tokyo, talks about his work depicting the history of Okinawa, southwestern Japan, from the 1945 Battle of Okinawa to the present day in an interview in the Japanese capital on April 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Movie replicating Hiroshima townscape before A-bombing screened

Filmmaker Masaaki Tanabe, who has reproduced the streetscape of Hiroshima before it was destroyed by an atomic bomb in his movie with computer graphics, speaks at a premiere of "Shirarezaru Hiroshima no shinjitsu to genbaku no jittai," meaning unknown truth of Hiroshima and reality of atomic bombing, in the western Japanese city on June 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-Bomb Dome image before bombing reproduced with CG

This is an image of the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall, now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, before it was damaged by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, reproduced with computer graphics. The image appears in a new movie by filmmaker Masaaki Tanabe in which the scenery of the western Japanese city before the bombing is replicated. The movie was screened in Hiroshima in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima streetscape before A-bombing replicated with CG

This is a still frame taken from a new movie by filmmaker Masaaki Tanabe, replicating the streetscape of Hiroshima around the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall (front R), now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, before it was destroyed by the 1945 atomic bombing, using computer graphics. The movie was screened in the western Japanese city in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai

Photo taken in October 2019 shows Japanese film director Makoto Shinkai speaking at an event in Los Angeles. His animation film "Weathering With You" has been nominated in four categories for the 47th Annie Awards. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker devoted to capturing peace for postwar generation

Japanese veteran film director Nobuhiko Obayashi talks about the role of film in conveying peace, during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker devoted to capturing peace for postwar generation

Japanese veteran film director Nobuhiko Obayashi talks about the role of film in conveying peace, during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker devoted to capturing peace for postwar generation

Japanese veteran film director Nobuhiko Obayashi talks about the role of film in conveying peace, during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese film wins special jury prize at Locarno film fest

LOCARNO, Switzerland - Japanese filmmaker Nobuhiro Suwa holds his trophy after winning a Special Jury Prize for his ''Un Couple Parfait (A Perfect Couple)'' at the 58th Locarno International Film Festival on Aug. 13. The film, which was made in France starring Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Bruno Todeschini, tells the story of a couple who return to Paris to attend the wedding of one of their friends and upon arriving announce their divorce. The photo was provided by organizers of the film festival. (Kyodo)

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Filmmaker Yamada vows to covey hope through movies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 11, 2010. The veteran filmmaker who was given the Berlinale Camera award at the 2010 Berlin film festival pledged to continue to convey a message of hope through his works. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meets with filmmaker Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and prizewinning filmmaker Yoji Yamada shake hands at the premier's office on April 19, 2010. Yamada, who was awarded a prize at the Berlin film festival in February, called on the government to boost support for the movie industry. (Kyodo)

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98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, a 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker, waves after winning the special jury prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie ''Post Card'' in the Roppongi district on Oct. 31, 2010. ''This is my last piece,'' Shindo said. (Kyodo)

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98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, a 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker, comments on his winning the special jury prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie ''Post Card'' in the Roppongi district on Oct. 31, 2010. ''This is my last piece,'' Shindo said. (Kyodo)

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77th Venice International Film Festival

Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa holds an online press conference from Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2020, after winning the best director award for "Wife of a Spy" at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. He was unable to attend the award ceremony for the film festival due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Undated file photo shows Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won the best director award for "Wife of a Spy" at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 12, 2020.

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77th Venice International Film Festival

Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa speaks in a video message from Japan after winning the best director award for "Wife of a Spy" at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 12, 2020. He was unable to attend the award ceremony for the film festival due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Japanese filmmaker Koreeda at Venice film festival

Japanese film director Hirokazu Koreeda meets the media in Venice on Aug. 28, 2019, after his "La Verite" (The Truth), filmed entirely in France, opened the 76th Venice International Film Festival earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker Koreeda at Venice film festival

Japanese film director Hirokazu Koreeda (C), alongside French actresses Catherine Deneuve (R) and Juliette Binoche, attends a press conference in Venice, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2019. Koreeda's "La Verite" (The Truth) starring the two actresses and American actor Ethan Hawke opened the 76th Venice International Film Festival the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker Yasuo Furuhata

File photo taken in December 1998 in Tokyo shows Japanese film director Yasuo Furuhata (far L) posing with the cast of his film "Poppoya" (Railroad Man), including actor Ken Takakura (2nd from R). Furuhata died of pneumonia on May 20, 2019, in Tokyo at age 84. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese filmmaker Yasuo Furuhata

File photo taken in June 2015 in Shanghai shows Japanese film director Yasuo Furuhata autographing a poster for his film "Poppoya" (Railroad Man). Furuhata died of pneumonia on May 20, 2019, in Tokyo at age 84. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo