Oscar nominated Invictus opens in Hiroshima this weekend
Morgan Freeman in his role as Nelson Mandela, and Matt Damon as captain of the South African rugby team, Francois Pienaar, have received Os....
5 Feb 2:24 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Lovely Bones
I happened to hear about Alice Sebold's debut novel The Lovely Bones (Amazon US, Japan) on a BBC Radio 4 podcast yesterday. It was the audio....
29 Jan 8:56 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
3D movies and television in Japan
With Avatar in 3D in the cinemas and doing rather well, and a big push from television makers towards getting 3D into the living room, I’m....
18 Jan 11:58 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Otoshidama – see any movie for 1000 yen
If you’ve got a heap of New Year postcards, don’t throw them away - there’s not just the lottery with the results due to be announced ....
3 Jan 1:20 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kosai Sekine short films
Thanks to WasabiNoise I discovered Kosai Sekine, a Japanese short film director with quite a few refreshing ideas. This is his last short fi....
8 Dec 9:30 am  from  Kirainet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Going to the cinema alone
A recent survey from iShare into going to the cinema by oneself is a bit difficult for me to interpret, especially as I feel there should ha....
2 Dec 11:28 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Converting comics into live-action movies not favoured in Japan
With one live-action version of a manga comic in cinemas right now (Kaiji) and another soon to come out (Nodame Cantabile), this recent surv....
30 Nov 11:50 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hiroshima Peace Film Festival
The annual Hiroshima Peace Film Festival starts today at venues all over the city. Although there are many interesting-looking films that a....
20 Nov 9:50 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Miyoko Asagaya Kibun: Yokogawa Cinema 10 Year Anniversary Part II
After last weekend's noise-fest, Yokogawa Cinema holds the second part of it 10th anniversary celebrations on Saturday, November 14 with a....
9 Nov 4:38 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Noisy birthday at Yokogawa Cinema
This week, Yokogawa Cinema is celebrating 10 years of showing many films that would never get shown anywhere else in Hiroshima to, it must....
9 Nov 10:54 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Whiteout, Cadillac Records, Satoyama, Mother and more at the cinema this week
Click on the cinema links below each trailer to go to show times. Whiteout (English with Japanese subtitles) 109 Cinemas Sunshine Clea....
7 Nov 12:30 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Drag Me To Hell, The Burning Plain & The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Movie picks this week are Sam Raimi's very well received Drag Me To Hell (unfortunately, opening here a week after Halloween), heavy kids'....
7 Nov 12:29 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Stunning NHK Documentary: Satoyama
Satoyama is a highly acclaimed documentary film made by NHK that focuses on the life and surrounding environment of an 83 year old fisherm....
29 Oct 4:57 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
This Is It: Michael Jackson film opens in Hiroshima Oct 28
Read the review in the UK Guardian. Click the links below for show times. Wald 11, Warner Mycal, TOHO Midorii, 109 Cinemas ....
29 Oct 3:33 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wallace & Grommit, The Proposal and 3D horror at the movies this week
 The Proposal (English with Japanese subtitles) http://wald11.com/schedule/index.php">Wald 11, http://cinema.warnermycal.com/wm/h....
17 Oct 7:00 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Female Convict #701: Scorpion (Joshuu 701 Go – Sasori)
  This week Salon Cinema is screening the first in a series of films made by Toei in the 1970s which Wikipedia describes as "a film i....
16 Oct 4:40 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Yakusa Papers Part 4
Following on from last week, Salon Cinema is showing the penultimate installment of Kinji Fukusaku's 5 part Hiroshima yakusa series Jingi Na....
16 Oct 12:00 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Another cinema bites the dust
The hollowing out of Hiroshima's city center continues with the closure of another long running movie theater. Following the closure of th....
16 Oct 9:24 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Ugly Truth, Fast & Furious 4, The Orphan, My Sister’s Keeper, Listen To My Heart in cinemas this week
The Ugly Truth English with Japanese subtitles Cine Twin Shintenchi 10/10-10/23 at 13:15, 15:15, 17:15, 19:15 and 10/24-11/16 at 13:10, ....
10 Oct 8:51 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tha Yakusa Papers Part 3
Jingi naki no tatakai: Dairi senso (Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War) is the third in Kinji Fukusaku's series of five films f....
9 Oct 3:19 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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