Haruma Miura News

The highly anticipated Gift of Fire, tells of Japan's little-known attempt to build an atomic bomb in the waning days of WWII and screened in theaters across Japan in August. Gift of Fire will run in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Glendale from November 19th - 26th, with 2 special screenings on November 18th at the Laemmle Playhouse and the Royal. The film will also screen at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland on November 26th. Most recently the film the Grand Jury Prize for the Best Narrative Feature at the Awareness Festival in Los Angeles.

Gift of Fire will screen at the 12th Annual Awareness Film Festival on Friday, October 22nd, 9:00PM, at Regal Cinema at LA Live, 1000 Olympic Blvd. A Q&A will follow with the film's producer, Ko Mori.

The film was written and directed by Hiroshi Kurosaki (Goldfish (aka Hi No Sakana) and 2011’s Second Virgin).

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Haruma Miura, a Japanese singer and actor who has appeared on stage and screen, has died at 30.

Kinky Boots Lyrics in the Japanese Language? Japanese Actors Playing British Characters? How this American Musical is clashing cultures with its Spring Revival!

On the high-heels of last season's wildly-successful L.A. Premiere, KINKY BOOTS, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for Kinky Boots), returns to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre for a limited two-week engagement, April 13 - 24, 2016. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!

FUNimation Entertainment is proud to announce today its distribution of the theatrical, home entertainment, video on demand and broadcast rights to the upcoming Japanese live-action feature film'Attack on Titan' across the Americas

North America's largest showcase of Japanese film and “One of the loopiest… and least predictable of New York's film festivals” (New York Magazine), JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema returns for its eighth annual installment.