Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Gift of Fire,” a major new film about Japan’s attempt to build an atomic bomb in the waning days of World War II, has completed ...

Gannibal, streaming on Hulu, is a horror/thriller series starring Yuya Yagira as Daigo Agawa, a police officer who is transferred to a sleepy village inhabited by murderous cannibals. The series was ...

The early days of comedian and filmmaker “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s career are chronicled in Gekidan Hitori’s affectionate drama Asakusa Kid, which is adapted for the screen from Kitano’s own 1988 memoir ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the fact-based drama, Yagira plays a nuclear scientist who struggles with his conscience while working Japan’s own nuclear ...

TOKYO (AP) — A new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors. Yuya Yagira, who won a Cannes Best Actor award for his role ...

Starring Yuya Yagira, the first season of the hit mystery horror show became Disney's most-watched local original ever in Japan. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief More is in store for fans of ...

Top Japanese star Yagira Yuga (“Nobody Knows,” “Asakusa Kid”) was front and center of streamer Disney+’s plans when it gave a green light to a second season of drama-horror series “Gannibal.” The ...

EXCLUSIVE: Blockbuster animated feature The First Slam Dunk will open Japan Cuts, a festival of Japanese cinema in New York, which will also feature a special tribute to late Oscar-winning composer ...

Yuya Yagira, the winner of the best actor award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, has been cast in Toei's film adaptation of best-selling Japanese novel The Bandage Club. The film, which started ...

TOKYO (AP) — A new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors. Yuya Yagira, who won a Cannes Best Actor award for his role ...