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Director Yoshitoshi Shinomiya (left) and cast members Riku Hagiwara and Miyu Irino attend a press conference to promote the movie "A New Dawn" at the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 18.

CULTURE / Film

Feb 24, 2026

Yoshitoshi Shinomiya emerges as anime’s new auteur with ‘A New Dawn’ in Berlin

A handcrafted debut blends tradition, reinvention and ecological urgency on the international stage.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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