Film Review: ‘Sailor Suit and Machine Gun’ captures the evanescent state of a demure teenage orphan inheriting her father’s yakuza clan and forced into the trials...
Executive Producer Kumiko Yoshii spoke to The Natural Aristocrat® about the creative process behind Japan Parade 2023 in New York City. Yoshii also discussed the social...
Ambassador Mikio Mori spoke to The Natural Aristocrat® about Japan Parade 2023 in New York City, Grand Marshal Kristi Yamaguchi, the ‘Naruto 2.5D Live Spectacle’ performance,...
Director Chie Hayakawa spoke to The Natural Aristocrat about her powerful film ‘Plan 75’. Discussing the social isolation of Japanese seniors, age discrimination in the labor...
Director Daphne Xu’s documentary ‘Huahua’s Dazzling World and Its Myriad Temptations‘ presents a modest income, humble grandmother in China living almost entirely for her social media...
If your child died in a freak accident partially caused by your own negligent mistake… Could you ever forgive yourself? In film ‘Love Life’, a young...
J-Rock band [Alexandros] spoke to The Natural Aristocrat® about their live performance at Anime NYC 2022. THE NATURAL ARISTOCRAT (NIR REGEV): What were your impressions on...
New York City’s IFC Center will screen 5 new Japanese films this February 10 – February 16, 2023 from Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA). The...
‘Love Letter’ is a tale of two women trading honey soaked memories of a man buried under snowfall but who still melts their hearts after death....
‘April Story’ is a slice of life film engineered on subtlety and soft-spoken loneliness. Your winter sweater shimmering in the sunlight giving you away as a...