Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko. But after an unexpected turn of events, Kiyo starts working as the live-in cook at the Maiko House. Their story ...

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is no stranger to international acclaim as the country’s most prominent auteur. Two of his works earned awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival: a Jury Prize ...

“Shoplifters” director Kore-eda Hirokazu has set “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House,” as his first series production for global streamer Netflix. The show is a live action adaptation of an ...

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House is a new series Oscar-winning filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda as showrunner, producer Genki Kawamura and a star-studded cast including Nana Mori and Natsuki ...

"The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House" has the director's trademark sense of finding magic in the everyday, this time through the eyes of a teen chef. It’s hard to make food look unappetizing on ...

Set in the rarefied world of the Japanese geisha, the show marks the Palme d'Or winner's first series project for a global streaming platform. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Internationally ...

Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-eda is to adapt popular comic Maiko in Kyoto: From the Maiko House into an eight-part Netflix TV series, his first for the streamer. The prolific Kore-eda teased a ...