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Names matter, and titles are just as important in popular entertainment. A title has to be instantly recognizable, memorable and true to the work if it is going to stick with audiences. Yet some series have ended up with two names.

Lee Kang-in's close friend's second act: Sports and entertainment stars create Japan's newest power couple Japan national team midfielder 'Kubo Takefusa' (25, 'Real Sociedad') sent Japan into a frenzy by announcing his surprise marriage to 'Fukuhara Haruka' (28), one of the country's most beloved...

Casting that turns a crisis into an opportunity: Jeong Ye-in takes on her first major dramatic lead The main cast of Netflix's original series 'The Trauma Code' is changing. Jeong Ye-in, a former member of the group 'Lovelyz', will fill the role vacated by actress Hayoung, who left the series amid...

Box-office titan of his era leaves behind a genre-spanning legacy Toshio Masuda, a director who helped lead Japan’s film industry through its golden age and worked across action, romance and animation, has died.

Wavve, an online video streaming service , is exclusively releasing 〈Strange: Junji Ito's Sleepless, Bizarre Tales〉 (hereafter 〈Strange〉), an anthology horror series adapted from the works of Japanese horror manga master Junji Ito.

Director Ahn Jae-hoon says he turned to the skies and water in master paintings to shape the visual world of 〈Gills〉, his new animated adaptation of Gu Byeong-mo's novel 『Gills』. Ahn Jae-hoon, known for lyrical animation such as 〈Dream of a Precious Day〉 (2011), 〈Buckwheat Flowers, A Lucky Day, and...

I had to meet Noh Jae-won. Trying to understand the landscape of today’s screen, OTT and television productions without meeting this actor would have felt like cheating. Just looking back over the past three years, his striking performances in the series 〈D. P.

A master returns, offering a new milestone for Asian cinema Zhang Yimou, a living legend of Chinese cinema, has been appointed to chair the competition jury, one of the Busan International Film Festival's central sections.

Techno sound takes Japan by storm, fueling an unfading phenomenon The global success of girl group ‘ILLIT’ shows no sign of slowing. The group’s hit song ‘It’s Me’ has comfortably surpassed 100 million streams in Japan, reaching another major milestone.

Kaho begins the second act of her life, grounded in an artistic connection Kaho (35), one of Japan’s leading actresses known for her range, has married film director Sora Hokimoto (34), who is one year younger. Major Japanese media outlets, including Kyodo News, reported the marriage on the 15th,...