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YUKATA COWBOY & SPIN-OFFS

 

 

 

 


"LOST & FOUND COWBOY SEASON 2: No Matter What Separates Us, Laughter And Friendship Still Know No Boundaries"

 

by Chris Hadley (Snobby Robot)  May 19, 2021

 

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"LOST & FOUND COWBOY - Uplifting Cross-Cultural Online Comedy in the Time of Pandemic (Part 2)"

 

(Japan SPOTLIGHT Jan/Feb 2021 issue)  (4 pages)


Lost & Found Cowboy Season 2 launched!

 

(Articles in NY-based Japanese Publications)  May 15th, 2021

 



"LOST & FOUND COWBOY - Uplifting Cross-Cultural Online Comedy in the Time of Pandemic (Part 1)"

 

(Japan SPOTLIGHT Nov/Dec 2020 issue) (4 pages)


 

 

 

LOST & FOUND COWBOY launched world-wide (except for Asia) via  Twisted Mirror TV from July 27, 2020

 

Thank you “Shukan New York Seikatsu” - a weekly Japanese New York paper with 20,000 circulation - for including reference to popular comedic Japanese film character Tora-san, describing our cross-cultural storyline and our motivation to promote cross-cultural exchange and celebrate diversity especially in these times of discrimination and closing borders! Congrats to all our cast, crew, sponsors and supporters!

 


 

 

 

 

 

INSIDE LOST & FOUND COWBOY - ACTOR/FILMMAKER ATSUSHI OGATA'S NEWEST SERIES OF CROSS-CULTURAL ADVENTURES -

 

by Chris Hadley (Snobby Robot)  April 22nd, 2020

 

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Interview with Atsushi Ogata & Xin Wang for "Mona Lisa Cowboy" at Bilbao Seriesland by Susan E. Clarke for Webvee Guide

 

(Spain , 2016)


"Atsushi Ogata - Lasso-swinging filmmaker Ogata has been capturing attention with his cross-cultural sketch comedy series, Yukata Cowboy."

 

(Bentobox, September 2016, Toronto, Canada)


Yukata Cowboy' filmmaker Atsushi Ogata goes his own way! 

 

(Asahi Weekly July 17th, 2016)


Interview with Atsushi Ogata for "Yukata Cowboy" at Bilbao Seriesland by Susan E. Clarke for Webvee Guide

 

(Spain , October 2015)


"Filmmaker with European Appeal" by Lucy Birmingham

 

Eurobiz Japan (February 2016)

 


Yukata Cowboy - Adventures in New Online Cinema!

 

Japan Spotlight (May/June 2016)  (4 pages)


Sketch Comedy Yukata Comedy to be Released Online

 

Chopstick New York (October, 2015)


"This Lonesome Japanese Cowboy Shoots Faster Than His Shadow"

 

 (by Joel Bassaget, Liberation, France)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snobby Robot Magazine

(September 2nd, 2015)

 

YUKATA COWBOY: A LITTLE SLICE OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD

by Chris Hadley

"I want to show them slices of other people's lives in other countries, beyond the cliches"

 

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Inside K Web Fest Part 3 - Producing for a Global Audience 

 

Snobby Robot Magazine    (August 31st, 2015) 


TRICK OR TREAT: I LOVE AMERICA!


CAST ME IF YOU CAN

 

CNN: 'Cast me if you can' : A comedy of oddballs

 

 

A pantie thief, a poker-faced jailer and a dwarf-like agent are just three of the strange characters that clash in Japanese director Atsushi Ogata's new film. (by Melinda Joe)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 Metropolis Featured Article

 

Globetrotting director Atsushi Ogata tries his hand at a romantic comedy... in a country where there are no romantic comedies (by Sarah Cortina)



Japan Times

 

Playing it for laughs the understated way

New director forges a fresh direction in Japanese comedy. Playing it for laughs the understated way.

 

BY YUNG-HSIANG KAO


Twitch DVD Review

CAST ME IF YOU CAN, Romantic Comedy From Atsushi Ogata

(by Christopher Bourne)


Crossing borders with Comedies

 

Japan Spotlight (March/April 2014)  (4 pages)



"Cast me if you can" Romantic Comedy Bridging Generations

 

Japan Spotlight (March/April 2011)   (3 pages)


NHK Japanese National TV


TV Tokyo "100 people who change Japan"


Nihon TV "Zoom in!  SUPER"


UTB Marudashi (Los Angeles)


Eternally Yours

New Directors New Films: Atsushi Ogata On The Well-Shot Comedy and Change in Japan

 

In "Eternally Yours," when a crook attempts to take advantage of a forgetful elderly woman, surprises are in store.  -Interview by Jon Robbins


Eternally Yours - Japanese Comedy with an International Appeal

 

Japan Spotlight (January/February 2008)


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