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YUKATA COWBOY & SPIN-OFFS
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!
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)
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)
(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)
Playing it for laughs the understated way
New director forges a fresh direction in Japanese comedy. Playing it for laughs the understated way.
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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