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ISAO YUKISADA

Sota Fukushi (left) and Haruka Fukuhara find romance in the aftermath of tragedy in Isao Yukisada¡¯s ¡°Kaede,¡± the latest in a succession of Japanese movies based on popular songs.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 25, 2025
Can a pop song carry a movie? Japan thinks so.
Hollywood rarely tries it, but Japan keeps going back for more. Isao Yukisada¡¯s drama ¡°Kaede¡± is the latest reminder that hit songs make potent movie fuel.
A retired assassin (Haruka Ayase) fights off military imperialists in Isao Yukisada¡¯s ¡°Revolver Lily.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Aug 10, 2023
¡®Revolver Lily.¡¯: Lavish anti-war actioner racks up body count
Haruka Ayase plays the titular assassin intent on thwarting an imperialist plot to start a war with stylish confidence.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2020
¡®The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese¡¯: Looking for love in the wrong places
Isao Yukisada¡¯s gay romance offers refreshing scenes of domestic intimacy, but can¡¯t resolve the underlying problems of its manga source material.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2020
¡®Theatre: A Love Story¡¯: No sparks in this tortured romance
Based on a novel by comedian-turned-author Naoki Matayoshi, ¡°Theatre: A Love Story¡± centers on a narcissistic playwright and his long-suffering girlfriend.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 15, 2018
Isao Yukisada swaps feel-good teen drama tropes for brutal honesty in ¡®River¡¯s Edge¡¯
In a two-decade directing career that began with the 1997 relationship drama ¡°Open House,¡± Isao Yukisada has made everything from the critically acclaimed ¡°Go¡± (2001), with its rebellious Zainichi Korean hero battling his way through a Japanese high school, to the smash hit ¡°Crying Out Love in the Center...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 25, 2016
Stars come out for Tokyo film festival opening
The 29th Tokyo International Film Festival marked its opening Tuesday afternoon with a traditional red carpet ceremony that was heavy on Asian stars and filmmakers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 13, 2016
Pink and Gray not just an idol film
No one likes spoilers, right? But in some films a major plot twist comes so early that the choice is to either mention it or write an entire review consisting of little more than winks and nods. For example, in Nobuhiko Obayashi¡¯s ¡°Exchange Students¡± (¡°Tenkosei,¡± 1982) a teenage boy and girl ¡ª spoiler...
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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