Your Doorway to Japan

Inagaki Takatoshi

Writer and editor. Writes articles and interviews, particularly concerning non-Japanese films, in a wide variety of media. Also works as a research consultant for films set in Japan, and participated in the theater program Pandora no kane (Pandora’s Bell) and works by Kinoshita-Kabuki.

LATEST
“Sheep in the Box”: Koreeda’s AI Fable About Bringing Back the DeadINSIGHT | Jun 28, 2026
Perfume Packs It In: Documentary Explores the Japanese Group’s 25 Years in “Cold Sleep”CULTURE | Jun 12, 2026
A Certain Spooky Place: Chilling Japanese Horror with an Online FeelCULTURE | Oct 15, 2025
Self-Destruction in Kitano Takeshi’s “Broken Rage”CULTURE | Mar 21, 2025
“Mononoke” Movie Brings Anime to Theaters 17 Years After TV HitCULTURE | Sep 5, 2024
“Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman”: Animating the World of Murakami HarukiCULTURE | Aug 15, 2024
“Look Back”: Anime Adaptation Captures the Joy and Agony of Artistic CreativityCULTURE | Jul 29, 2024
“18×2 Beyond Youthful Days” Bridges the Cinemas of Japan and TaiwanCULTURE | Jul 16, 2024
“Missing”: A Story of Loss and Media Sensationalism Run AmokINSIGHT | Jul 10, 2024
Director Hamaguchi Ryūsuke on Film Ethics, Creativity, and “Evil Does Not Exist”INSIGHT | Jun 25, 2024
Jake and Katagiri: Behind the Scenes of “Tokyo Vice” with Stars Ansel Elgort and Watanabe KenCULTURE | May 30, 2024
“April, Come She Will”: A Tale of Lost Love for the Post-Romance AgeCULTURE | May 9, 2024
“Kubi”: A Historical Drama with Kitano Takeshi FlairCULTURE | Feb 2, 2024
Rewriting the King of Monsters’ History in “Godzilla Minus One”CULTURE | Dec 5, 2023
Way Too Scary: Japan’s Unique “Kowasugi” Horror SeriesCULTURE | Oct 24, 2023
“The Inspection” Star Jeremy Pope on Bringing Black and Queer Stories to the WorldCULTURE | Oct 6, 2023
“The Boy and the Heron”: Miyazaki Hayao Carries Viewers into a World of StoriesCULTURE | Jul 27, 2023