Paris, France, May 13, 2026 (AFP) - Japan rides box office boom into Cannes

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2026-05-13

The Japanese film industry, fresh from a record box office year in 2025, is carrying its domestic momentum into the Cannes Film Festival where it made its debut Wednesday with Koji Fukada's latest movie. Fukada's quiet portrait of solitude and thwarted love in rural Japan with his "Nagi Notes" is one of three Japanese movies in the 22-strong main competition in Cannes, the world's biggest film festival. "All of a Sudden", the first French-languag......

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