Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese animated feature “Our Sound” (aka “On-Gaku”) is finding favor with buyers at the European Film Market. Directed by Kenji ...

A late addition to the Nikkatsu lineup for FilMart is “First Gentleman,” a local co-production between Nikkatsu and Toei. Directed by Kawai Hayato (“Prince of Legend”) from a novel by Harada Maha, ...

Nikkatsu may not have Godzilla, but this 100-year-old Japanese studio has made everything from world-class masterpieces to erotica, all while nurturing some of the country’s biggest stars and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Other directors for the “Roman Porno Reboot Project” are Akihiko Shiota, Kazuya Shiraishi and Isao Yukisada. All will be given the ...

The big Japanese studios sell their pics abroad the way McDonalds sells salads: as a side business. For Nikkatsu, though, making — and remaking — pics for the international market is a key strategy.

Index Holdings has sold a 7.11% share in group company Nikkatsu to Amusement Media Entertainment Group (AMG). Nikkatsu is here at the EFM selling Takashi Miike's Yatterman which had its world premiere ...

Japanese studio Nikkatsu has acquired the buying and selling operations of Japan’s AMG Entertainment in a move designed to strengthen its own acquisitions activities. The deal also includes a library ...

Worldwide rights to Indonesian action thriller Headshot have been jointly acquired by Nikkatsu, Vertical Entertainment, and XYZ Films. The three companies are partnering on day and date releases on ...

The corporate history of the Japanese studio giant Nikkatsu is decidedly chequered with both extremes of the ethos of profit and loss, but its creative output holds a very special place in ...

Nikkatsu has added “Hiruko the Goblin,” a 1991 adventure-horror film by cult director Tsukamoto Shinya, to its sales slate at the Cannes Market, an adjunct to the Cannes Film Festival. To mark the ...

Nikkatsu, the oldest major movie studio in Japan, is stepping up its animation operation. The company has set up an anime department within its video business division. The new department will be ...

What with your Ozus and your Kurosawas and your Mizoguchis, discovering Japanese cinema during the 60s could be a fairly dry affair. Back home in Tokyo, however, people were flocking to more ...