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Short Film “Ai wo Tateru” Starring Actress Matsuda Ruka with English Subtitles
Speaking of director Taira Kazuhiro, his short film, “Ai wo Tateru”, starring breakthrough actress Matsuda Ruka had its screening at this year’s Okinawa International Movie Festival and it’s now being shown on Okinawa Film Office’s YouTube channel with English subs! Be sure to watch it and give it your thumbs up for support! Synopsis: Chica…
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Ryukyu Shimpo’s Web Drama Series “Your Story”
Ryukyu Shimpo has a web drama?! Yup! Episode 1, “From Sacramento”, was just released on their YouTube channel with 3 more episodes to follow that based on true stories featured on their newspaper from its 130-year history. Auditions were held for the actors and they get to work with director Taira Kazuhiro of “Miracle City…
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HY’s Hit Song “366 Days” Becomes a J-Drama & Spawns Several Collaborations
Who would’ve thought? On the J-pop side, we’ve see Utada Hikaru’s hit song “First Love” become a J-drama and now, it’s HY‘s “366 Days” turn! The drama is currently airing on Fuji TV’s coveted 21:00 time slot and although it doesn’t have any Okinawan actors in it, it does have Maeda Gouki from “Chimudondon” and…
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We’re in Love with Kizuki Minami’s “Ranman”
The song “Ranman” from Amami-Oshima’s Kizuki Minami has been on our heavy rotation playlist for days now and it’s so awesome. The song is the title track from an album she released this year and while it treads more on the J-pop wave, there are a couple of shimauta tracks. Overall it’s an amazing release…
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Be Back Soon
Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts for the last couple of weeks. There’s a ton of content out there but not enough time 🥺 That said, we hope to be back soon so please take care everyone!
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Awich’s Playlist of My Life
GQ Japan’s YouTube channel has been amazing at showcasing artists from Okinawa. It’s featured OZworld and now we have Awich presenting her ‘playlist of my life’. We think it’s so awesome that she included songs from Okinawan artists SPEED and Cocco and super cute that she included her own songs too in a way to…
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OZworld’s Playlist of My Life
If it seems you’re seeing a lot of OZworld lately let’s just say that it’s a good thing as we’re seeing the rise of a very talented artist from Okinawa. He’s been featured on GQ Japan’s YouTube channel before and this time it’s to share the “Playlist of His Life”. The last song mentioned on…
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Kuroshima Yuina in Netflix’s “The Parades”
Actress Kuroshima Yuina (NHK’s “Chimudondon”) is part of the cast of an upcoming Netflix film “The Parades“. It’s set to be released on 2/29 — we can’t wait to watch it!
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Nakama Yukie’s Dream Comes True
Actress Nakama Yukie’s dream comes true as her upcoming film “Step” is set for a 2025 release. Her dream was to star in a movie that was entirely filmed in Okinawa and it has come true. The theme of the film is dance and what better way to showcase it then having two young actors…
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MAX & Gori YouTube Collaboration is the Fun We Need Right Now
MAX’s MAX THE BOMB channel (featuring NANA who was in Okinawa) recently collaborated with Gori’s Gori Okinawa channel and as expected, it’s a lot of fun. The story about NANA not being popular with the boys during middle school is worth a listen since it ties to an Okinawan tale. It’s great to see veteran…
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