Bemani / To Stay Alive Dariush Mehrjui, whose 1969 "The Cow" opened up a new era in Iranian filmmaking, puts aside the sophisticated city narratives of his recent films to examine the tragedy of ...

Has it really been a decade since Konami made the rhythm-action genre a cultural phenomenon? Apparently so. And to celebrate BeMani's 10th anniversary, Konami is holding a 'Pop'N Music Culture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are a lot of BEMANI fans in Indonesia…it’s just that the games are poorly maintained and rarely upgraded, and people get ...

Konami's 'Bemani' line of music games are usually something you either get or you don't. Seeing that twelve-year-old at the mall flailing about on a Dance Dance Revolution pad will most likely foster ...

Exciting news popped up at Bemanistyle over the holiday weekend about a brand new Bemani game, Jubeat. Unlike Guitar Freaks and Beatmania, Jubeat does not mimic an instrument. Instead players listen ...

The plight of Iranian women is detailed in this harrowing drama from Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Attempting to escape an arranged marriage with a much older man, a desperate young woman follows ...

Before I stepped on the Wii DDR mat to try out Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party, I spoke to Jason Enos from Konami. You may not recognize his name, but he’s behind many of the Bemani titles that ...

As usual, Konami's booth was packed with lots of new, and old, Bemani games for a variety of platforms including the arcade, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2. For the PlayStation 2, the company had ...

In the final and longest story, the beautiful Bemani is given in marriage to her family’s rich but repulsive landlord. Mehrjui’s camera slowly but surely builds up in damning, sometimes comic detail ...