Action-focused animation is usually the purview of Japanese anime, and rarely is it the subject of feature films at all in the West, but Disney upped its game in 2021 with Raya and the Last Dragon.

Indonesian director Edwin's homage to and deconstruction of Asian 1980s action movies wins the Golden Leopard at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival. Dario Argento takes the lifetime achievement award.

On top of Western adaptations of Japanese anime like the live-action ‘Detective Pikachu’ movie starring Ryan Reynolds (coming November 20) and the Netflix original series ‘Cowboy Bebop ...

Speed and the use of the environment also play a major role in the way these films update Japanese action movies, ... In America, Rurouni Kenshin: The Final launches on Netflix on June 18, 2021.

Shinsuke Sato, the director behind the Japanese hit movie Kingdom and it upcoming sequel, is set to make his English-language film debut with My Hero Academia, Legendary‘s live-action adaptation ...

Sonny Chiba, a Japanese action star who was known for ultraviolent martial arts movies and then, in 2003, was elevated to a whole new level of cinematic trendiness when one of his superfans, the ...