Ryohei Suzuki stars as playboy detective Ryo Saeba in new Netflix movie City Hunter, the latest adaptation of the manga of the same name by artist Tsukasa Hojo.

If Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver holds little appeal to you, try these five related movies instead - they’re all amazing.

Journalist Shiori Ito’s documentary Black Box Diaries is a soul-baring examination of her sexual assault by a high-profile journalist and her fight for justice that pushed the #MeToo movement in Japan.

Michihito Fujii’s 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days simple tale of a young Taiwanese man exploring his first love’s homeland, Japan, proves surprisingly effective – despite its needlessly clumsy title.

From Martin Scorsese as Vincent van Gogh in Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, to Kenji Sawada-led Yumeji and The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway, 10 of the best films made in Asia about artists and their art.

Korean filmmakers often turn to Japanese movies, manga and fiction for inspiration. From Oldboy to Josée and Little Forest, we pick our top 10 Korean film adaptations of Japanese originals.

Independent filmmaker Hirobumi Watanabe stars as a version of himself in Your Lovely Smile, a Lim Kah-wai-directed film that celebrates venues with unique personalities and long, storied histories.

Masuda, a town of 43,500 near Hiroshima, had seen its cinema close in 2008. Hiroaki Wada moved there determined to renovate and reopen the 200-seat theatre, and is celebrating two years of success.

Our pick of the 200 films being shown at the festival includes Korean mega hit Exhuma, 2024 Berlin best film winner Dahomey, and all the movies of The Banshees of Inisherin director Martin McDonagh.

In this episode of Cultured, we explore the animation, manga, magazines, toy kits and novels established by Sunrise and Bandai, and how they have morphed into the Gundam world, widely considered the most successful robot anime on Earth.

From Bruce Lee’s golden get-up in Game of Death to the nightmarish long hair and white nightdress worn by antagonist Sadako in Japanese horror Ring, we look at 10 iconic looks from Asian cinema.

Christopher Nolan picked up best director and Cillian Murphy best actor, their first Oscars, for the blockbuster about the race to build the atomic bomb. Emma Stone and Hayao Miyazaki were among other winners.

Hayao Miyazaki won the Oscar for best animated feature for his ‘last’ film The Boy and the Heron. We look back at the life and work of the 83-year-old Studio Ghibli co-founder.

Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the father of the atomic bomb dominates the Oscars, winning the top prize, plus best director for Nolan, best actor and four technical awards. Hayao Miyazaki also wins.

The movie prequel to the popular Japanese anime series, The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe is extremely violent and dark, but is a profound and rewarding watch for more mature viewers.

Our 2024 Academy Awards predictions, from why Oppenheimer should and will win best picture, to how Ryan Gosling may be pipped at the post for best supporting actor.

From a bombastic Japanese thriller about a gang of ageing thieves to an uproarious John Woo action comedy starring Chow Yun-fat, here are five of our favourite Asian heist films.

A woman discovers she has died. As she searches for her son she begins a bizarre existence with a group of fellow lost souls yet to find peace, who parade through the streets seeking loved ones.

Actor, writer and director Jia Ling is drawing attention for dramatic 50kg weight loss as netizens discuss beauty standards in China.

The Japanese remake of Taiwanese romantic fantasy My Missing Valentine attempts to address some of the original film’s deeply problematic issues in its story about consent – but fails.

Expats was shot in Hong Kong but is not being shown there. This has happened before with films, such as The Kite Runner, set in and partly filmed in Afghanistan, and A Clockwork Orange, shot in the UK.

Written and directed by prolific manga artist Mari Okada, Netflix’s Maboroshi is a Japanese fantasy anime in which an environmental disaster traps a small-town community in a bizarre time freeze.

The actor won The Push! Man competition in 2009, then nabbed roles in live-action adaptations of Gintama and Kamen Rider … now, is he about to break onto the international stage?

Perfect Days director Wim Wenders talks about the film’s Oscar entry, Japan’s ‘common good’, envying his lead character, and why he knew Koji Yakusho would win the best actor prize at Cannes.

Drive My Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film, and a Korean historical epic, lead the field in the 17th Asian Film Awards. Two Hong Kong films each have nominations in three categories.

Netflix Japanese drama Bad Lands, with Sakura Ando as a small-time grifter, recalls Hirokazu Koreeda’s Shoplifters with its social commentary on Japan’s underclass, but falls back on genre thrills.

China’s obsession with the Ultraman superhero franchise from Japan has seen the opening of themed attractions and a hotel – and there’s more to come.

Our 12 best Asian films from 2023 include a cyberpunk detective story, the 37th Godzilla feature film, a Korean disaster movie, a Tony Leung Chiu-wai-led spy thriller and basketball anime Slam Dunk.

Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, has topped the box office in the US and Canada, beating out the latest Hunger Games and Godzilla movies.