Five Totoro puppets, a 1.9 metre Catbus smile and 600 toffees eaten on stage. The team behind the London production told us how it was built.
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Five Totoro puppets, a 1.9 metre Catbus smile and 600 toffees eaten on stage. The team behind the London production told us how it was built....
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Her only UK show this year, a song she may sing with no microphone at all, and a live album plan she has told nobody else about. Nao Yoshioka in her o...
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The blind masseur who became the longest running action hero in Japanese cinema. What his name means, why he fights backwards, and which film to start...
Across misty battlefields and quiet villages time bends as stories of honour violence and survival reshape how the past is remembered...
A ten year old, a travelling scam and a country getting richer by the day. Ōshima's 1969 film watches Japan's new prosperity from the roadside....
Understand why this movement still shapes modern filmmaking and leave with the context to watch its greatest films with fresh eyes....
Why did Kokuho become Japan's highest-grossing live-action film? We explore this cinematic masterpiece's connection to kabuki to find out....
The West End run now has a closing date, and a fixed number of performances left. Here is what the staging actually does, and what a ticket gets you.
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