Keiko Takeshita – MRQE

Hiroshima no pika (V)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Video version of the picture book ‘Hiroshima no pika’, based on the art pieces known as The Hiroshima Panels by Iri and Maruki Toshi

“Friends”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the first coproduction of a TV drama between Japan and South Korea, a Japanese tourist and a South Korean film student become good friends after a chance meeting in Hong Kong.

Satoshi no seishun

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feverishly pursuing the highest title, at risk to his life. Director Yoshitaka Mori (Hyakuhachi (2008), Space Brothers (2012)) depicts Murayama’s true struggling life, full of love from his parents and teacher, based on the non-fiction novel written by Yoshio Osaki. Kenichi Matsuyama intensely portrays Satoshi and physically embodies the character.

From Up on Poppy Hill

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two high schoolers find hope as they fight to save an old wartime era clubhouse from destruction during the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Leonie

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as he grows into the world renown artist, Isamu Noguchi.

The Secret World of Arrietty

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items “borrowed” from the house’s human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojô

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.

Sekai meisaku dôwa: Hakuchô no mizûmi

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a crown on its head, the familiar Princess …

Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”