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Ain’t no mountain high enough: An interview with Lu Chuan

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

A young director with high aspirations, we talk to Lu Chuan exclusively about his second film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, set in the Tibetan Plateau… (more…)

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Exclusive interview: Chris Nahon

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

We talk exclusively to Chris Nahon, director of Kiss Of The Dragon and the new live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released Friday… (more…)

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Exclusive interview: Gianna Jun

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

We chat to Gianna Jun, who plays the lead Saya in the new version of Blood: The Last Vampire, released this Friday… (more…)

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Exclusive interview: Yuri Lowenthal (Jinno – Afro Samurai)

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We talk to Yuri Lowenthal, star of Jinno in Afro Samurai and Afro Samurai: Resurrection, about life as an Anime voice actor… (more…)

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Journey to the East: an interview with Mark Duffield

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Mark Duffield, director of Ghost Of Mae Nak, talks to easternKicks about how he came to be a British director on a Thai produced horror film, and what inspired him to make it… (more…)

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Learning to see again: an interview with Tsai Ming-liang

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

easternKicks talks Tsai Ming-liang about the retrospective of his work at the BFI Southbank, London and the release of his two most recent films around the UK… (more…)

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Lust, Caution: a preview and Q & A with Ang Lee

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

A special preview of Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution, followed by a conversation with the director himself… (more…)

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The Good, The Bad, The Weird interviews, pt 1: Lee Byung-hun

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

No more mister nice guy. How Korean star Lee Byung-hun is ditching the romantic leads to play the bad guy… (more…)

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The Good, The Bad, The Weird interviews, pt 2: Kim Jee-woon

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The director of A Bittersweet Life and A Tale Of Two Sisters talks about his latest movie, a homage to Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad & The Ugly… (more…)

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Whispers on the wind: an exclusive interview with Jun Ichikawa

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Jun Ichikawa speaks exclusively to easternKicks about directing Tony Takitani, and just how he managed to get permission from the story’s author, Haruki Murakami, to make the film in the first place… (more…)

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