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映画祭 · What's on the festival calendar — Asia first, then the world — the films each region is talking about, and what its press is covering

On view

On screens this week the newest stills from the region's press

The wire the region's press, translated

How Asia watches in 2026 from the industry's own reports

Sources

Fetched every three hours, linked to the original

About

Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku — the silver screen, and the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

Cinepuuulse follows Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — across about a hundred and twenty sources. A good number of them are Spanish, French and Portuguese, because those countries programme this work seriously and write about it better than most of the English-language trade. Genre and art-house get the same seat here. I am not ranking them, and nothing is scored out of ten.

Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

— Daren Wise, Tokyo

公開 · Opening

In cinemas

What opens where, from the studios’ and the trade press’s own announcements. A date appears only once someone has published it.

NowIn cinemas

Always Lalisa · In Thai cinemas · until 18 Oct
The documentary follows Lisa for a year of her solo career; it premiered at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
ThailandBangkok Post (source, opens in a new tab)

16 OctFriday

mentor · Nationwide
Keisuke Yoshida directs; Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa star, with Go Ayano. World premiere in competition at the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival.
JapanCinema Today (source, opens in a new tab)
ストリートファイター／ザ・ムービー · Nationwide
Hollywood's live-action film of the fighting game born in Japan.
JapanCinema Today (source, opens in a new tab)

19 OctMonday

Godzilla Minus Zero · Japan premiere
Carpet arrival event and Japan premiere screening in Tokyo, ahead of the release.
JapanTOHO (source, opens in a new tab)

23 OctFriday

5 Centimeters per Second · In theatres
Directed by Yoshiyuki Okuyama, based on Makoto Shinkai's animated feature.
North AmericaGKIDS (source, opens in a new tab)

3 NovTuesday

Godzilla Minus Zero · In cinemas
Takashi Yamazaki's sequel to Godzilla Minus One.
JapanAnime News Network (source, opens in a new tab)
Godzilla Minus Zero · IMAX early access
Godzilla Day screenings, only in IMAX: the first Japanese production filmed for IMAX.
North AmericaGKIDS (source, opens in a new tab)

6 NovFriday

Godzilla Minus Zero · Nationwide
The nationwide release follows the IMAX early access.
North AmericaGKIDS (source, opens in a new tab)

20 NovFriday

サッカー日本代表 FIFAワールドカップ 2026 「最高の景色」への挑戦 ONE CREATURE 2nd Leg · Nationwide
A documentary on Japan's national team at the 2026 World Cup; Tomoya Nakamura narrates.
JapanCinema Today (source, opens in a new tab)

11 DecFriday

羊の皮を着たケモノ · TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and nationwide
Nobuyuki Suzuki and Yu Kashiwagi star; from Kyugo's BL comic, directed by Yang Liping.
JapanCinemacafe (source, opens in a new tab)

22 JanFriday

アングリーバード／大奮闘！ファミリー・ミッション · Japan release
The third Angry Birds film, under its Japanese title.
JapanCinema Today (source, opens in a new tab)

11 openings, each linked to the announcement it comes from; checked by hand on the date in our records.