As part of the Aca Cinema Project––”an ongoing initiative fostered by the Government of Japan to increase awareness and appreciation of Japanese films and filmmakers in the United States”––Japan Society will run “Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux” from February 15-24. A mix of American premieres and repertory showings, this series puts “bonds of the Japanese family” front and center to “both celebrate these traditions as well as call into question their reality and relevance in our quickly changing modern world.”
U.S. premieres include Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Yoko, starring Rinko Kikuchi, and Keiko Tsuruoka’s Tsugaru Lacquer Girl. A special spotlight is given to Ryota Nakano, whose A Long Goodbye and exquisitely titled Her Love Boils Bathwater will be making New York debuts; his 2020 feature The Asadas also plays.
Repertory screenings will be held for Kohei Oguri’s Muddy River, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, Kore-eda’s Still Walking,...
U.S. premieres include Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Yoko, starring Rinko Kikuchi, and Keiko Tsuruoka’s Tsugaru Lacquer Girl. A special spotlight is given to Ryota Nakano, whose A Long Goodbye and exquisitely titled Her Love Boils Bathwater will be making New York debuts; his 2020 feature The Asadas also plays.
Repertory screenings will be held for Kohei Oguri’s Muddy River, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, Kore-eda’s Still Walking,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So, we’re going to do the hard work for you.
We enter 2024 by heading to Japan, where we have spotlighted the annual taiga drama, Nhk’s all-year-round historical series that has been a mainstay on Japanese screens for more than six decades. What Will You Do, Ieyasu? has just wrapped and the next is preparing to air. While the taiga drama has a distinctly Japanese feel, there is no reason why it cannot travel way beyond the nation’s shores and expose the world to this traditional but unknown format.
Name: What Will You Do,...
We enter 2024 by heading to Japan, where we have spotlighted the annual taiga drama, Nhk’s all-year-round historical series that has been a mainstay on Japanese screens for more than six decades. What Will You Do, Ieyasu? has just wrapped and the next is preparing to air. While the taiga drama has a distinctly Japanese feel, there is no reason why it cannot travel way beyond the nation’s shores and expose the world to this traditional but unknown format.
Name: What Will You Do,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
It's not the first time that internationally acclaimed maestro Hirokazu Koreeda put his effort on a serial drama. In 2019 he directed the first episode and coordinated the collective show “A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura” and before that, in 2012, he directed the lovely (a personal favourite) “Going My Home”, starring Hiroshi Abe as a clumsy father struggling with his roles as son and as father too. However, his recent “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House” has been propelled to global audience by the intervention of giant platform Netflix. The show is co-written, co-produced and co-directed by Koreeda, alongside a handful of Japanese filmmakers and is based on a famous manga of the same title that has sold more than 1.8 million copies in Japan.
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After seeing maiko (apprentice geishas) walking the street of Kyoto on a school trip, 16-year-old inseparable best...
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After seeing maiko (apprentice geishas) walking the street of Kyoto on a school trip, 16-year-old inseparable best...
- 12/31/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The Netflix Japanese Series Vivant is an action drama that has been directed efficiently by Katsuo Fukuzawa. The brilliant cast of the series includes skilled actors like Hiroshi Abe, Masato Sakai, Tori Matsuzaka, and Fumi Nikaido. The series is full of adventures and is sure to secure the top spot on the list of action-drama thrillers this year. The plot revolves around the seemingly simple life of a sales manager, Yusuke Nogi. The adventures start lining up when he reaches the Balkans for a very serious issue, the blame of which is being shifted on him. Will he be able to resolve the problem? Is there just more than one shade to Yusuke’s personality? What are the Beppans? What’s Tent’s motive? There are many questions that may arise, but they will all be answered here!
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What Problem Arises At Yusuke’s Office?
A scam of 100 million dollars happened at Marubishi,...
Spoiler Alert
What Problem Arises At Yusuke’s Office?
A scam of 100 million dollars happened at Marubishi,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
As we have mentioned in the past, Chinese cinema has a knack of producing crime films that unfold in a distinct art house style, with titles like “Black Coal, Thin Ice”, “Mr Six”, and “Long Day's Journey into the Night” being among the first that come to mind. Cannes-favorite (all four of his movies have screened there) Wei Shujun returned in 2023 in the festival with, “Only the River Flows”, a movie that follows a similar approach.
“Only the River Flows” screened at Cannes Official poster – 76th edition © Photo © Jack Garofalo/Paris Match/Scoop – Création graphique © Hartland Villa
Adapted from the novella “Mistakes by the River” by the famous Chinese novelist Yu Hua, the almost entirely shot on 16mm film takes place in the small city of Banpo in China during the 90s. It is there that police detective Ma Zhe is tasked with finding the culprit of the murder of Granny Four,...
“Only the River Flows” screened at Cannes Official poster – 76th edition © Photo © Jack Garofalo/Paris Match/Scoop – Création graphique © Hartland Villa
Adapted from the novella “Mistakes by the River” by the famous Chinese novelist Yu Hua, the almost entirely shot on 16mm film takes place in the small city of Banpo in China during the 90s. It is there that police detective Ma Zhe is tasked with finding the culprit of the murder of Granny Four,...
- 7/4/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
‘Decision To Leave’ won three and Hirokazu Kore-eda named best director.
The Asian Film Awards (Afa) celebrated its comeback edition in Hong Kong tonight (March 12) and named Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car best film.
The Japanese film, which premiered at Cannes in 2021 and won best international feature at last year’s Oscars, won a further two awards at the AFAs: best editing for Azusa Yamazaki and best original music by Eiko Ishibashi.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave went into the night as the favourite, with a leading 10 nominations for the South Korean film,...
The Asian Film Awards (Afa) celebrated its comeback edition in Hong Kong tonight (March 12) and named Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car best film.
The Japanese film, which premiered at Cannes in 2021 and won best international feature at last year’s Oscars, won a further two awards at the AFAs: best editing for Azusa Yamazaki and best original music by Eiko Ishibashi.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave went into the night as the favourite, with a leading 10 nominations for the South Korean film,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Finecut will handle French-speaking territories.
South Korea’s Barunson E&a is set to launch sales on director Kim Jee-woon’s much-anticipated drama and black comedy Cobweb, starring Cannes best actor awardee Song Kang-ho of Broker, at the European Film Market (EFM).
The recently launched sales unit of the production company behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite will handle the film’s international sales excluding French-speaking territories, which will be handled by leading independent Korean sales agent Finecut.
The film is produced by Anthology Studios, Barunson Studio (an affiliate of Barunson E&a), and Luz y Sonidos.
Cobweb has been...
South Korea’s Barunson E&a is set to launch sales on director Kim Jee-woon’s much-anticipated drama and black comedy Cobweb, starring Cannes best actor awardee Song Kang-ho of Broker, at the European Film Market (EFM).
The recently launched sales unit of the production company behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite will handle the film’s international sales excluding French-speaking territories, which will be handled by leading independent Korean sales agent Finecut.
The film is produced by Anthology Studios, Barunson Studio (an affiliate of Barunson E&a), and Luz y Sonidos.
Cobweb has been...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The actor is known for roles in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Still Walking’ and ‘After the Storm’ among others.
Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe is to be honoured with the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award at the 16th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong next month.
The actor is known internationally for roles in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking and After The Storm, and Hideki Takeuchi’s Thermæ Romæ, for which he won his first Japan Academy Film Prize in 2013.
Abe will accept the award at the awards ceremony, which is set to be held in Hong Kong on March 12. The nominations were announced last month.
Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe is to be honoured with the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award at the 16th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong next month.
The actor is known internationally for roles in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking and After The Storm, and Hideki Takeuchi’s Thermæ Romæ, for which he won his first Japan Academy Film Prize in 2013.
Abe will accept the award at the awards ceremony, which is set to be held in Hong Kong on March 12. The nominations were announced last month.
- 2/6/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Following the unexpected and quite significant success of “Midnight Swan”, which took home the Best Film and Best Actor Awards for Tsuyoshi Kusanagi by the Japanese Academy, it was expected that Eiji Uchida would find access to the highest echelons of the local movie industry, as the presence of Hiroshi Abe and the overall production quality of “Offbeat Cops” highlights.
Offbeat Cops is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
Tsukasa Naruse is a workaholic detective working on homicide cases, who, as the movie begins, is researching a group of conmen who rob old people after giving them a call posing as the police to discover if they hide money in their houses. His methods, however, are not exactly by the book, as his new partner, young Shota Sakamoto soon discovers. At the same time, his obsession with his job has led him to a divorce and a daughter, Noriko,...
Offbeat Cops is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
Tsukasa Naruse is a workaholic detective working on homicide cases, who, as the movie begins, is researching a group of conmen who rob old people after giving them a call posing as the police to discover if they hide money in their houses. His methods, however, are not exactly by the book, as his new partner, young Shota Sakamoto soon discovers. At the same time, his obsession with his job has led him to a divorce and a daughter, Noriko,...
- 7/23/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
translation by Lukasz Mankowski
Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director and screenwriter first known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Sato, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the “Four Heavenly Kings of Pink”. Eventually, he moves away from the particular industry, directing movies such as “Heaven Story” which took the Fipresci and Netpac award in Berlin, and “The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine”.
On the occasion of “In the Wake” screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival, we speak with him about adapting Shichiri Nakayama’s novel, the Fukushima disaster and its connection with social welfare, the main characters and the casting, his past and present in cinema, and his latest project
“In the Wake” screened at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Why did you decide to adapt Shichiri Nakayama’s novel “Mamorarenakatta Monotachi e”?
It all starts with...
Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director and screenwriter first known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Sato, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the “Four Heavenly Kings of Pink”. Eventually, he moves away from the particular industry, directing movies such as “Heaven Story” which took the Fipresci and Netpac award in Berlin, and “The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine”.
On the occasion of “In the Wake” screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival, we speak with him about adapting Shichiri Nakayama’s novel, the Fukushima disaster and its connection with social welfare, the main characters and the casting, his past and present in cinema, and his latest project
“In the Wake” screened at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Why did you decide to adapt Shichiri Nakayama’s novel “Mamorarenakatta Monotachi e”?
It all starts with...
- 7/17/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Tickets go on sale July 1 for the fully in-theater 20th anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), presented by the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center (Flc), running from July 15–28, 2022 at Flc, as well as on July 23 and July 28–31 at Asia Society, which will be co-presenting a selection of key films and a Hong Kong marathon day. International stars and acclaimed filmmakers will return in-person to grace the Nyaff red carpet at Flc, receive awards, speak at Q&a sessions, and impart wisdom during masterclasses and special talks.
Hong Kong cultural icon Josie Ho will headline Nyaff 2022 with her latest project as producer of the inspiring musical documentary Finding Bliss: Fire and Ice—The Director’s Cut, in which she travels with musicians and students from Hong Kong to Iceland for a transcendent collaboration. As a tribute to the acting superstar, the festival...
Hong Kong cultural icon Josie Ho will headline Nyaff 2022 with her latest project as producer of the inspiring musical documentary Finding Bliss: Fire and Ice—The Director’s Cut, in which she travels with musicians and students from Hong Kong to Iceland for a transcendent collaboration. As a tribute to the acting superstar, the festival...
- 7/1/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The 20th edition of the festival will return as a full in-person event in July.
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the full line-up for its 20th edition, which will include honorary awards for Japanese horror director Takashi Shimizu, acclaimed Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe and South Korean rising star Kim Hye-yoon.
This year will mark Nyaff’s fully-fledged return to the big screen, following a virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid event in 2021. More than 60 new and classic titles from Asia, including six world premieres, will be presented as in-person screenings at Film at Lincoln Center (Flc) and the Asia Society,...
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the full line-up for its 20th edition, which will include honorary awards for Japanese horror director Takashi Shimizu, acclaimed Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe and South Korean rising star Kim Hye-yoon.
This year will mark Nyaff’s fully-fledged return to the big screen, following a virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid event in 2021. More than 60 new and classic titles from Asia, including six world premieres, will be presented as in-person screenings at Film at Lincoln Center (Flc) and the Asia Society,...
- 6/30/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The line-up includes Korean thriller ‘Confession’ and Hong Kong comedy ‘Table For Six’.
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the first films for its 20th edition, including Yoon Jong-seok’s Korean mystery thriller Confession, Sunny Chan’s Hong Kong comedy Table For Six, Arvin Chen’s Taiwanese romantic drama Mama Boy and Kazuya Shiraishi’s Japanese serial-killer thriller Lesson In Murder, all of which are North American premieres.
This year will mark Nyaff’s full return to the big screen, following a virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition. More than 60 new and classic titles from Asia will...
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the first films for its 20th edition, including Yoon Jong-seok’s Korean mystery thriller Confession, Sunny Chan’s Hong Kong comedy Table For Six, Arvin Chen’s Taiwanese romantic drama Mama Boy and Kazuya Shiraishi’s Japanese serial-killer thriller Lesson In Murder, all of which are North American premieres.
This year will mark Nyaff’s full return to the big screen, following a virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition. More than 60 new and classic titles from Asia will...
- 6/16/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
As we mentioned many times before, Takahisa Zeze has moved as far away from his pinku film past as possible during the last years, with his latest works essentially being mainstream, at least in Japanese movie industry terms. As such, a film about the aftermath of the 2011, which have been releasing aplenty after a “healing” decade has passed, was bound to come from the veteran filmmaker, who, once more, does not disappoint.
“In the Wake” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The story is based on Shichiri Narayama’s novel “Mamorarenakatta Monotachi e”, begins in 2011, nine years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and focuses on two brutal murders of men working for Social Welfare, who were found tied up and starved to death. Prefectural investigator Tomashino, who has lost his family in the tsunami and carries the burden in the most evident way possible, works with young detective Hasuda to investigate the murders,...
“In the Wake” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The story is based on Shichiri Narayama’s novel “Mamorarenakatta Monotachi e”, begins in 2011, nine years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and focuses on two brutal murders of men working for Social Welfare, who were found tied up and starved to death. Prefectural investigator Tomashino, who has lost his family in the tsunami and carries the burden in the most evident way possible, works with young detective Hasuda to investigate the murders,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
9 years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, two murder cases take place in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The two victims are assumed to have been murdered by the same person. Both of the victims were tied all over their body and starved to death. Yasuhisa Tone (Takeru Satoh) emerges as a suspect in the murders. Yasuhisa Tone was just recently released from prison. In his past, he committed arson and injured someone to protect his acquaintance. Detective Seiichiro Tomashino (Hiroshi Abe) discovers a common link between the two victims and chases after Yasuhisa Tone.
- 4/14/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Kazuhiko Yukawasa is mostly known for his script-writing work in various TV series, but he has also managed to shoot a rather interesting movie in 2016, “Koisaika Miyamoto”, based on a novel by Kiyoshi Shigematsu and starring Hiroshi Abe. This time, he had full control of the film, since he directed based on a script of his own, and ended up with a romantic feature that shares many similarities with the Hollywood productions of the category.
The story unfolds over a period of 30 years, starting in 1986, when Yayoi Yuki, an overachiever in school and a genuinely decent person is bound to Taro, a soccer ace that dreams of playing in the World Cup, by a common friend, Sakura, who has contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. Despite the latter’s promise to graduate together with her two friends, the young girl perishes before that. However, the seed of love has already...
The story unfolds over a period of 30 years, starting in 1986, when Yayoi Yuki, an overachiever in school and a genuinely decent person is bound to Taro, a soccer ace that dreams of playing in the World Cup, by a common friend, Sakura, who has contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. Despite the latter’s promise to graduate together with her two friends, the young girl perishes before that. However, the seed of love has already...
- 7/4/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Almost all martial arts movies are dominated by males, therefore it’s refreshing to see a female kicking ass for a change. Enter the Thai girl, Yanin Vismitananda in her debut, “Chocolate”. This is a movie made purely for fans of action movies and a celebration of the beauty of the fight form.
The story of “Chocolate” takes place in Thailand, in which a local gangster, No. 8, finds out that his girlfriend Zin is in love with Masashi, a Yakuza boss. In order to stop them from seeing each other again, he cuts off his own toe as a symbolic gesture. To prevent further bloodshed, Masashi has no choice but to go back to Japan. In the meantime, Zin discovers that she’s pregnant and relocates herself so she can have the baby away from No.8.
While on the run, Zin gives birth to a daughter, Zen.
The story of “Chocolate” takes place in Thailand, in which a local gangster, No. 8, finds out that his girlfriend Zin is in love with Masashi, a Yakuza boss. In order to stop them from seeing each other again, he cuts off his own toe as a symbolic gesture. To prevent further bloodshed, Masashi has no choice but to go back to Japan. In the meantime, Zin discovers that she’s pregnant and relocates herself so she can have the baby away from No.8.
While on the run, Zin gives birth to a daughter, Zen.
- 4/22/2020
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Films from mainland China are completely absent from the list of nominees announced Tuesday for the annual Golden Horse Awards. And with only a handful of titles from Hong Kong on the list, the competition has devolved into a mostly Taiwanese affair.
The awards, based in Taiwan and chaired by Oscar-winner Ang Lee, have traditionally been considered the most prestigious prizes for films in the Chinese language. But a political spat at last year’s ceremony, where a Taiwanese award-winner infuriated mainland Chinese attendees and the Beijing regime by giving a speech in favor of Taiwanese independence, sparked a pullout by mainland films from this year’s contest. China considers self-governing, democratic Taiwan as part of its rightful territory, to be retaken by force if necessary.
Hong Kong titles in the running for Golden Horse Awards include Ray Yeung’s “Suk Suk,” best song nominee “My Prince Edward,” and documentary “Bamboo Theatre.
The awards, based in Taiwan and chaired by Oscar-winner Ang Lee, have traditionally been considered the most prestigious prizes for films in the Chinese language. But a political spat at last year’s ceremony, where a Taiwanese award-winner infuriated mainland Chinese attendees and the Beijing regime by giving a speech in favor of Taiwanese independence, sparked a pullout by mainland films from this year’s contest. China considers self-governing, democratic Taiwan as part of its rightful territory, to be retaken by force if necessary.
Hong Kong titles in the running for Golden Horse Awards include Ray Yeung’s “Suk Suk,” best song nominee “My Prince Edward,” and documentary “Bamboo Theatre.
- 10/1/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Synapses,” a Taiwanese family drama directed by Chang Tso-chi, has been set as the opening film of the 2019 edition of the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan. “The Garden of Evening Mists,” a Malaysia-set reconciliation drama directed by Taiwan’s Tom Lin Shu-yu, will close the event.
The festival, which runs Nov. 7-24, has not yet revealed its complete lineup, so it is too early to assess the full impact of the mainland Chinese boycott of the festival and its prestigious Golden Horse Film Awards. But the selection of two Taiwanese films may be indicative.
China’s National Film Administration has banned mainland Chinese talent and film from participating in the festival and awards as a result of last year’s prize ceremony, at which one of the winners called for Taiwanese independence. China regards Taiwan as a rebel province with which it will ultimately be reunited, by force if necessary.
The festival, which runs Nov. 7-24, has not yet revealed its complete lineup, so it is too early to assess the full impact of the mainland Chinese boycott of the festival and its prestigious Golden Horse Film Awards. But the selection of two Taiwanese films may be indicative.
China’s National Film Administration has banned mainland Chinese talent and film from participating in the festival and awards as a result of last year’s prize ceremony, at which one of the winners called for Taiwanese independence. China regards Taiwan as a rebel province with which it will ultimately be reunited, by force if necessary.
- 9/11/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Even on one of the quietest weekends of the year, new U.S. animated release “Wonder Park” failed to inspire Chinese audiences as much as Hong Kong and Indian movies already in their third weekend in theaters.
Starring the voice talents of Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Garner, Mila Kunis, and Ken Jeong, among many others, the film tells the story of a young girl who has adventures when the amusement park she thought only existed in her imagination comes to life. It is the directorial debut of Dylan Brown, an animator who had worked on films like “Monsters Inc.,” but who was fired by Paramount in January 2018 due to allegations of inappropriate conduct with women and is thus uncredited.
“Wonder Park” came in third with just a $3.3 million debut weekend, according to figures from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The film opened March 15 in the U.S.
With movie choices made up of holdovers and weak new releases,...
Starring the voice talents of Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Garner, Mila Kunis, and Ken Jeong, among many others, the film tells the story of a young girl who has adventures when the amusement park she thought only existed in her imagination comes to life. It is the directorial debut of Dylan Brown, an animator who had worked on films like “Monsters Inc.,” but who was fired by Paramount in January 2018 due to allegations of inappropriate conduct with women and is thus uncredited.
“Wonder Park” came in third with just a $3.3 million debut weekend, according to figures from consultancy Artisan Gateway. The film opened March 15 in the U.S.
With movie choices made up of holdovers and weak new releases,...
- 4/22/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Korean entertainment powerhouse Cj Entertainment has amped up its overseas filmmaking efforts to the point that it is now producing more movies outside Korea than at home.
At FilMart in Hong Kong, Cj unveiled a slate of 13 new titles hailing from the U.S., Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.
“Our aim is to find hidden gem-like creators in local industries, and support them … by producing quality local films together,” said Jerry Ko, Cj’s head of international.
“We are not just passive investors. In Thailand and Vietnam we are working with partners but are also fully involved in packaging, casting, distributing and selling,” said Choi Yeonu, chief producer within Cj’s international production team. “And we have strong IP.”
The company’s “Miss Granny” has been remade in seven countries, while its “Sunny” has been made in Korea, Vietnam and Japan. A fourth, in Indonesia, was unveiled earlier this month.
At FilMart in Hong Kong, Cj unveiled a slate of 13 new titles hailing from the U.S., Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.
“Our aim is to find hidden gem-like creators in local industries, and support them … by producing quality local films together,” said Jerry Ko, Cj’s head of international.
“We are not just passive investors. In Thailand and Vietnam we are working with partners but are also fully involved in packaging, casting, distributing and selling,” said Choi Yeonu, chief producer within Cj’s international production team. “And we have strong IP.”
The company’s “Miss Granny” has been remade in seven countries, while its “Sunny” has been made in Korea, Vietnam and Japan. A fourth, in Indonesia, was unveiled earlier this month.
- 3/19/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
South Korea’s Cj Entertainment has picked up international sales rights to ambitious Malaysian drama “The Garden of Evening Mists.” The film’s cast mixes high profile Asian and Western stars.
The picture is an adaptation of a novel of the same title by Tan Twan Eng, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012. It tells a tale of cultural complexity shortly after World War II in British-controlled Malaya. The story features a female law graduate who seeks a quiet life in the idyllic Cameron Highlands, but finds love and a common interest in gardening in the arms of a mysterious Japanese man.
Production is by Astro Shaw, part of the Astro part of pay-tv giant, and HBO, with financial support from the National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (Finas). Shooting wrapped in August, and delivery is set for 2019.
“Garden” is directed by Taiwan’s Tom Lin and...
The picture is an adaptation of a novel of the same title by Tan Twan Eng, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012. It tells a tale of cultural complexity shortly after World War II in British-controlled Malaya. The story features a female law graduate who seeks a quiet life in the idyllic Cameron Highlands, but finds love and a common interest in gardening in the arms of a mysterious Japanese man.
Production is by Astro Shaw, part of the Astro part of pay-tv giant, and HBO, with financial support from the National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (Finas). Shooting wrapped in August, and delivery is set for 2019.
“Garden” is directed by Taiwan’s Tom Lin and...
- 11/14/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Cj sells North America rights to Neon; the Korean company has also boarded The Garden Of Evening Mists for international sales.
South Korea’s Cj Entertainment has locked multiple pre-sales deals on Okja director Bong Joon Ho’s latest project Parasite and has picked up international sales rights on Starry Starry Night director Tom Lin’s The Garden Of Evening Mists, adapted from the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same title.
Parasite is Bong’s return to Korean-language filmmaking after Okja and Snowpiercer, and stars Song Kang Ho in his fourth collaboration with the director. The film has sold...
South Korea’s Cj Entertainment has locked multiple pre-sales deals on Okja director Bong Joon Ho’s latest project Parasite and has picked up international sales rights on Starry Starry Night director Tom Lin’s The Garden Of Evening Mists, adapted from the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same title.
Parasite is Bong’s return to Korean-language filmmaking after Okja and Snowpiercer, and stars Song Kang Ho in his fourth collaboration with the director. The film has sold...
- 10/31/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
“Still Walking” is an important film in the career of now Palme d’Or winning director Hirokazu Koreeda. One of his strongest films to date and something of a tribute to the works of Yasujiro Ozu, his attention to detail is most evident here, finding the pace that he would find comfort with for his now established brand of cinema.
But, as important, it was also the first collaboration between him and the late Kirin Kiki, whom he would work with on a total of six films over the next decade, helping establish her as Japan’s cinematic grandmother.
On the anniversary of his death, Junpei’s family gather for their annual memorial. The eldest son, an aspiring doctor following in his father’s footsteps, coupled with the fact that he died saving a young boy’s life, paint the image of the ideal man. Fifteen years on,...
But, as important, it was also the first collaboration between him and the late Kirin Kiki, whom he would work with on a total of six films over the next decade, helping establish her as Japan’s cinematic grandmother.
On the anniversary of his death, Junpei’s family gather for their annual memorial. The eldest son, an aspiring doctor following in his father’s footsteps, coupled with the fact that he died saving a young boy’s life, paint the image of the ideal man. Fifteen years on,...
- 10/2/2018
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
The company has taken rights for North America and the UK and Ireland.
AMC Networks’ Shudder platform has pounced on South Korean creature feature Monstrum, which Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has also pre-sold to a slew of other territories.
AMC Networks has picked up rights for North America and the UK, including Ireland, to the film, directed by Huh Jong-ho and starring Kim Myung-min (Pandora), Choi Woo-shik (Train To Busan) and K-pop star Lee Hye-ri.
The film, which is in post-production, has also gone to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia (Clover Films), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Thailand (Mono Film), Vietnam (Blue Lantern...
AMC Networks’ Shudder platform has pounced on South Korean creature feature Monstrum, which Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has also pre-sold to a slew of other territories.
AMC Networks has picked up rights for North America and the UK, including Ireland, to the film, directed by Huh Jong-ho and starring Kim Myung-min (Pandora), Choi Woo-shik (Train To Busan) and K-pop star Lee Hye-ri.
The film, which is in post-production, has also gone to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia (Clover Films), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Thailand (Mono Film), Vietnam (Blue Lantern...
- 5/11/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
British actors David Oakes and John Hannah (pictured) join a starry cast of Asian performers in upcoming movie “The Garden of Evening Mists.” The film is jointly produced by HBO Asia and Malaysia’s Astro Shaw, part of pay-tv giant Astro.
Theatrical releases are being planned, ahead of digital, linear and on-demand releases handled by HBO Asia across the 23 territories in its footprint. HBO sources told Variety that the company is negotiating to appoint an international sales agent.
Malaysian actress Lee Sin-je Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe and veteran actress-director-producer Sylvia Chang are set as the leads in the adaptation of Tan Twan Eng’s novel of the same title. The novel was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012.
It tells a tale of cultural complexity shortly after World War II in British-controlled Malaya. The story features a female law graduate who seeks a quiet life in the idyllic Cameron Highlands,...
Theatrical releases are being planned, ahead of digital, linear and on-demand releases handled by HBO Asia across the 23 territories in its footprint. HBO sources told Variety that the company is negotiating to appoint an international sales agent.
Malaysian actress Lee Sin-je Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe and veteran actress-director-producer Sylvia Chang are set as the leads in the adaptation of Tan Twan Eng’s novel of the same title. The novel was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012.
It tells a tale of cultural complexity shortly after World War II in British-controlled Malaya. The story features a female law graduate who seeks a quiet life in the idyllic Cameron Highlands,...
- 5/10/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Adaptation of award-winning Malaysian novel ’The Garden Of Evening Mists’ will also star UK actors David Oakes and John Hannah.
Malaysian actress Lee Sin je, Japan’s Hiroshi Abe and Taiwan’s Sylvia Chang will star in Astro Shaw and HBO Asia’s adaptation of award-winning Malaysian novel The Garden Of Evening Mists.
The cast will also include UK actors David Oakes (Victoria) and John Hannah (The Mummy trilogy).
Taiwanese filmmaker Tom Lin (Starry Starry Night) will direct the film, from a screenplay by BAFTA-winning Scottish screenwriter, Richard Smith. HBO Asia and Malaysian media giant Astro Shaw are co-producing with...
Malaysian actress Lee Sin je, Japan’s Hiroshi Abe and Taiwan’s Sylvia Chang will star in Astro Shaw and HBO Asia’s adaptation of award-winning Malaysian novel The Garden Of Evening Mists.
The cast will also include UK actors David Oakes (Victoria) and John Hannah (The Mummy trilogy).
Taiwanese filmmaker Tom Lin (Starry Starry Night) will direct the film, from a screenplay by BAFTA-winning Scottish screenwriter, Richard Smith. HBO Asia and Malaysian media giant Astro Shaw are co-producing with...
- 5/10/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Sales also set for suspense drama The Crimes That Bind.
Japan’s TBS has announced recent deals on anime Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me and suspense drama The Crimes That Bind.
The former sold to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan) while the latter sold to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Taiwan (Movie Cloud).
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me is the latest in the Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! animation series about high-school romance and drama.
Directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa (I’d Rather Be A Shellfish), police drama The...
Japan’s TBS has announced recent deals on anime Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me and suspense drama The Crimes That Bind.
The former sold to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan) while the latter sold to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Taiwan (Movie Cloud).
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me is the latest in the Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! animation series about high-school romance and drama.
Directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa (I’d Rather Be A Shellfish), police drama The...
- 3/20/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Sales also set for suspense drama The Crimes That Bind.
Japan’s TBS has announced recent deals on anime Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me and suspense drama The Crimes That Bind.
The former sold to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan) while the latter sold to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Taiwan (Movie Cloud).
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me is the latest in the Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! animation series about high-school romance and drama.
Directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa (I’d Rather Be A Shellfish), police drama The...
Japan’s TBS has announced recent deals on anime Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me and suspense drama The Crimes That Bind.
The former sold to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan) while the latter sold to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Taiwan (Movie Cloud).
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! – Take On Me is the latest in the Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions! animation series about high-school romance and drama.
Directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa (I’d Rather Be A Shellfish), police drama The...
- 3/20/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Around this time of year we usually post our breakthrough performances of the past twelve months, but looking at a preliminary list, we realized just about every selection could also contend for being one of the best performances of 2017, period. So, we expanded our usual count and today we present the 35 best performances in what is more strictly defined as cinema (sorry in advance, Kyle MacLachlan and the rest of the Twin Peaks cast.). Check out our selections below and let us know your favorites in the comments.
35. Ahn Seo-Hyun (Okja)
A contender for the best ensemble of the year, Bong Joon-ho’s Okja features a can’t-believe-what-i’m-seeing hilarious Jake Gyllenhaal, another twintastic turn by Tilda Swinton, the cheekily liberal activist group made up of Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, and Lily Collins, and more. The buoyant, beating heart that ties them all together is newcomer Ahn Seo-hyun, who plays Mija,...
35. Ahn Seo-Hyun (Okja)
A contender for the best ensemble of the year, Bong Joon-ho’s Okja features a can’t-believe-what-i’m-seeing hilarious Jake Gyllenhaal, another twintastic turn by Tilda Swinton, the cheekily liberal activist group made up of Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, and Lily Collins, and more. The buoyant, beating heart that ties them all together is newcomer Ahn Seo-hyun, who plays Mija,...
- 12/29/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
La La Land and The Love Witch wove magic, Moonlight and Lion wrung out tears, while Get Out and Lady Macbeth got nasty. Plus, there were striking debuts, returns to form by seasoned directors and reunions for the Trainspotting rogues
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Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest is part family drama, part hardboiled noir, as a novelist-turned-private-investigator (Hiroshi Abe) tries to reconnect with his family.
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Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest is part family drama, part hardboiled noir, as a novelist-turned-private-investigator (Hiroshi Abe) tries to reconnect with his family.
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- 6/29/2017
- by Gwilym Mumford and Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Three generations clash in Hirokazu Koreeda’s gentle, witty film
Failed writer turned private detective Ryôta (Hiroshi Abe) rifles through his late father’s possessions, hoping to find something to sell. But it soon becomes clear that his only inheritance is a ruinous gambling habit that threatens his relationship with his own son. Hirokazu Koreeda’s bittersweet comedy about three generations of a Japanese family is a gentle delight. It’s a film that makes eloquent use of the architecture, emotional and physical, of the family home. Lanky Ryôta is permanently hunched in his mother’s (the incomparable Kirin Kiki) cluttered, cramped apartment – a reminder both of his failure to provide for her and of his discomfort with the way his life turned out. For her part, Kiki is wonderful – her performance as the wisecracking granny is almost too broad for the laconic naturalism of the rest of the film,...
Failed writer turned private detective Ryôta (Hiroshi Abe) rifles through his late father’s possessions, hoping to find something to sell. But it soon becomes clear that his only inheritance is a ruinous gambling habit that threatens his relationship with his own son. Hirokazu Koreeda’s bittersweet comedy about three generations of a Japanese family is a gentle delight. It’s a film that makes eloquent use of the architecture, emotional and physical, of the family home. Lanky Ryôta is permanently hunched in his mother’s (the incomparable Kirin Kiki) cluttered, cramped apartment – a reminder both of his failure to provide for her and of his discomfort with the way his life turned out. For her part, Kiki is wonderful – her performance as the wisecracking granny is almost too broad for the laconic naturalism of the rest of the film,...
- 6/4/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Stefan Pape
There’s a gratifying appeal to the work of Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda, whose distinctive sensibilities as a filmmaker ensure every passing endeavour is one to cherish, as he so often blends kitchen sink realism with a subtle injection of enchantment – and his latest, After the Storm, is no different.
Following the death of his father, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) – a private detective who once garnered success as an author, has often neglected his own offspring and so makes an attempt to reconnect, starting with his ex-wife Kyoko (Yoko Maki), who is reluctant to give him a second chance. But Ryota is determined to prove his worth, and not only as a father but as a son too, as he heads back home to spend some time with his ageing mother (Kirin Kiki). All he needs is the opportunity to spend some time with them – and so he...
There’s a gratifying appeal to the work of Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda, whose distinctive sensibilities as a filmmaker ensure every passing endeavour is one to cherish, as he so often blends kitchen sink realism with a subtle injection of enchantment – and his latest, After the Storm, is no different.
Following the death of his father, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) – a private detective who once garnered success as an author, has often neglected his own offspring and so makes an attempt to reconnect, starting with his ex-wife Kyoko (Yoko Maki), who is reluctant to give him a second chance. But Ryota is determined to prove his worth, and not only as a father but as a son too, as he heads back home to spend some time with his ageing mother (Kirin Kiki). All he needs is the opportunity to spend some time with them – and so he...
- 5/31/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Since the early 1990’s, director Hirokazu Kore-eda has churned out films at not only a shockingly consistent pace but also of a shockingly consistent quality. Going from documentarian to one of world cinema’s modern juggernauts, Kore-eda’s unassuming and yet emotionally poignant style has helped fill his filmography with masterpiece after masterpiece after masterpiece.
And yet his newest may very well be a new high water mark for the Japanese master.
Entitled After The Storm, Kore-eda’s newest film is deeply rooted in his quiet, humane aesthetic, and tells the story of a bumbling loser trying to make the most of his lot in life. The picture stars Hiroshi Abe as Ryota, a gambling addict who moonlights as a private detective. Following the death of his father, Ryota spends time tending to his mother Yoshiko (played by the iconic Kirin Kiki) and trying to do as right by his...
And yet his newest may very well be a new high water mark for the Japanese master.
Entitled After The Storm, Kore-eda’s newest film is deeply rooted in his quiet, humane aesthetic, and tells the story of a bumbling loser trying to make the most of his lot in life. The picture stars Hiroshi Abe as Ryota, a gambling addict who moonlights as a private detective. Following the death of his father, Ryota spends time tending to his mother Yoshiko (played by the iconic Kirin Kiki) and trying to do as right by his...
- 3/20/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Hirokazu Kore-eda first established himself as a major filmmaker with a string of audacious dramas that included a harrowing portrait of modern poverty (“Nobody Knows”) and a transcendent vision of the great beyond (“After Life”). In recent years, however — at least since 2009’s “Air Doll,” a contemporary fairy tale in which Bae Doo-na plays an inflatable sex doll who comes to life — the great Japanese humanist has downshifted towards more openly sentimental slice-of-life stories, churning out low-key masterpieces with such regularity and deceptive effortlessness that it can be easy to take them for granted.
So when Kore-eda unloads another gently brilliant film full of characters so real and full of life that it feels as though could fly to Japan and visit them, it may not seem like much cause for celebration. But when one of those films is just the tiniest bit above his batting average, it’s enough...
So when Kore-eda unloads another gently brilliant film full of characters so real and full of life that it feels as though could fly to Japan and visit them, it may not seem like much cause for celebration. But when one of those films is just the tiniest bit above his batting average, it’s enough...
- 3/17/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Many critics accuse directors like Terrence Malick, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and Asghar Farhadi of making the same movie each time out. The inherent laziness of this argument says more about the writer than the artist, but it also easily disregards stylistic and thematic motifs that are still evolving within a body of work. Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda regularly experiences such reductive forms of analysis. Quietly patient and wise, his films are breezy dramatic miniatures that examine the nuances of everyday life. Most impressively, they challenge preconceptions about dramatic redemption, giving conflicted characters the opportunity to grieve, learn, rejoice, and evolve at their own pace. Kore-eda’s After the Storm follows a similarly measured trajectory. It appreciates the present moment even as its lead protagonist continues to dwell on the past. Once a successful novelist, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) moonlights as a private detective using the job’s free-ranging latitude to...
- 3/16/2017
- MUBI
There is no filmmaker in the world more attuned to the complexities of family life than Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda. Consider the emotional upheaval that faces the parents and children of 2013’s Like Father, Like Son, or the relationship between the sisters of 2015’s Our Little Sister. Koreeda’s latest film following those two gems, After the Storm, continues his warm but ever-truthful gaze at what bonds people together. (Film Movement opens Storm on March 17 in New York and Los Angeles.)
Set against the backdrop of an approaching typhoon, Storm is the story of a failing author (Hiroshi Abe) struggling to pay his child support, and his attempts at rebuilding relationships with his son (Taiyo Yoshizawa) and ex-wife (Yoko Maki). As sweet and funny as the last two great Kore-eda films, Storm also has the sharp insight of earlier masterpieces like Nobody Knows and Still Walking.
Currently working on his next film,...
Set against the backdrop of an approaching typhoon, Storm is the story of a failing author (Hiroshi Abe) struggling to pay his child support, and his attempts at rebuilding relationships with his son (Taiyo Yoshizawa) and ex-wife (Yoko Maki). As sweet and funny as the last two great Kore-eda films, Storm also has the sharp insight of earlier masterpieces like Nobody Knows and Still Walking.
Currently working on his next film,...
- 3/16/2017
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Beloved Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Our Little Sister,” “Still Walking,” and “Like Father, Like Son”) is back in theaters with another poignant film, “After The Storm.”
Read More: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘After the Storm’ Set for Winter Release Through Film Movement
The film centers around Ryota (Hiroshi Abe), an award-winning author with a gambling addiction, as he attempts to reconnect with his (perhaps understandably) distrustful family. One stormy summer night after the death of his father, Ryota, his mother Yoshiko (Kirin Kiki), his ex-wife Kyoto (Yoko Maki), and his son Shingo (Taiyo Yoshizawa) find themselves all stuck at Yoshiko’s house.
“After the Storm” draws inspiration from Kore-eda’s own life experiences and memories, making for an incredibly raw narrative. It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, before bowing in Japan in May of last year.
Read More: Hirokazu Kore-eda Wraps New Film ‘After The Storm,...
Read More: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘After the Storm’ Set for Winter Release Through Film Movement
The film centers around Ryota (Hiroshi Abe), an award-winning author with a gambling addiction, as he attempts to reconnect with his (perhaps understandably) distrustful family. One stormy summer night after the death of his father, Ryota, his mother Yoshiko (Kirin Kiki), his ex-wife Kyoto (Yoko Maki), and his son Shingo (Taiyo Yoshizawa) find themselves all stuck at Yoshiko’s house.
“After the Storm” draws inspiration from Kore-eda’s own life experiences and memories, making for an incredibly raw narrative. It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, before bowing in Japan in May of last year.
Read More: Hirokazu Kore-eda Wraps New Film ‘After The Storm,...
- 3/15/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
What’s worse than a failed novelist and deadbeat dad? How about a failed novelist and deadbeat dad who has been reduced to working for a sleazy detective agency, and blows every payday because he’s miserably addicted to betting on bicycle races? The Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda has set out to create something like the ultimate inveterate failure with Ryôta Shinoda (Hiroshi Abe), the central character of After The Storm. He is too vain to admit that his day job isn’t Method “research” for a book. When he isn’t rummaging around the home of his elderly mom, Yoshiko (Kirin Kiki), for knickknacks to pawn, he spies on his son’s Little League games through binoculars. Every night, he stumbles into a crappy apartment of a uniquely Japanese variety—the kind so small that it (and, by extension, a character’s entire pathetic life) can fit into a...
- 3/15/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
After The Storm (Umi yori mada fukaku = Even deeper than the sea) Film Movement Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Written by: Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Yoko Maki, Kirin Kiki, Taiyo Yoshizawa, Kirin Kiki Screened at: Critics’ DVD, NYC, 3/10/17 Opens: March 17, 2017 You may recall that when […]
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The post After The Storm Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 3/11/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
One of the most affecting films I’ve seen in the last year is Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s After the Storm, a deeply humane tale of family dynamics and rebuilding relationships. Ahead of a release later this month by Film Movement, we’re pleased to premiere an exclusive clip from the tender drama, which finds Yoshiko (Kirin Kiki) talking to her grandson Shingo (Taiyo Yoshizawa) about his mother and father.
We said in our review from Cannes last year, “This is Kore-eda at his very best, facing up to the hardest truths with honesty and a nervous laugh — uncomfortable, invigorating, and ultimately cleansing, like the cinema’s equivalent of a cold shower. And I mean that in the best way possible.”
Check out our exclusive clip below.
A family rebuilds in our exclusive clip from Hirokazu Kore-eda's beautifully tender drama #AfterTheStorm: https://t.co/l7X2MSpnlM pic.twitter.com...
We said in our review from Cannes last year, “This is Kore-eda at his very best, facing up to the hardest truths with honesty and a nervous laugh — uncomfortable, invigorating, and ultimately cleansing, like the cinema’s equivalent of a cold shower. And I mean that in the best way possible.”
Check out our exclusive clip below.
A family rebuilds in our exclusive clip from Hirokazu Kore-eda's beautifully tender drama #AfterTheStorm: https://t.co/l7X2MSpnlM pic.twitter.com...
- 3/8/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We may be only a few days in 2017, but one of the best films of the year thus far is Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s latest drama After the Storm. Premiering at Cannes Film Festival last year, the heartfelt, complicated character study (as it relates to Hiroshi Abe’s Ryota, who is attempting to heal familial connection with his son and ex-wife) will get a release this March from Film Movement and a new trailer has arrived.
We said in our review, “Can our children pick and choose the personality traits they inherit, or are they doomed to obtain our lesser qualities? These are the hard questions being meditated on in After the Storm, a sobering, transcendent tale of a divorced man’s efforts to nudge back into his son’s life. Beautifully shot by regular cinematographer Yutaka Yamasaki, it marks a welcome and quite brilliant return to serious fare for writer-editor-director...
We said in our review, “Can our children pick and choose the personality traits they inherit, or are they doomed to obtain our lesser qualities? These are the hard questions being meditated on in After the Storm, a sobering, transcendent tale of a divorced man’s efforts to nudge back into his son’s life. Beautifully shot by regular cinematographer Yutaka Yamasaki, it marks a welcome and quite brilliant return to serious fare for writer-editor-director...
- 1/5/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"If you're that interested in being a good father, why didn't you try harder before?" Film Movement has debuted an official Us trailer for the latest film by acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, which first premiered at the Cannes, Toronto and London Film Festivals last year. Titled After the Storm, the familial drama is about an estranged father who attempts to reenter the life of his young son, with the moment to reconnect arriving with a typhoon. The cast includes Hiroshi Abe as Ryota, as well as Taiyo Yoshizawa, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Make, and Lily Frankie. One review from Cannes last year says that even fans of Kore-eda "might be taken aback by the supreme subtlety of his latest, achingly beautiful ode to the quiet complexities of family life." It looks like another honest, heartfelt Kore-eda film about being a parent. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Hirokazu Kore-eda's After the Storm,...
- 1/3/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
During the last two decades, Hirokazu Koreeda has emerged as the contemporary master of Japanese family drama, with films like “Nobody Knows”, “Still Walking”, “Like Father, Like Son” and many more. “After the Storm” continues his legacy in the genre.
A lowlife and his family
Ryota, an ex prize-winning novelist has fallen on hard times. He has stopped writing and currently works in a Pi agency. However, he spends the money he earns (with shady tactics) on gambling, and is constantly broke. His wife, Kyoko has divorced him, and since he does not pay his alimony, she does not let him see his son. In order to cope, he tries to earn money by pawning stuff from his parents’ house, although his mother, Yoshiko, is on to him, as is everybody else.
Furthermore, when he discovers that his wife is meeting someone, he starts stalking her, since he does not...
A lowlife and his family
Ryota, an ex prize-winning novelist has fallen on hard times. He has stopped writing and currently works in a Pi agency. However, he spends the money he earns (with shady tactics) on gambling, and is constantly broke. His wife, Kyoko has divorced him, and since he does not pay his alimony, she does not let him see his son. In order to cope, he tries to earn money by pawning stuff from his parents’ house, although his mother, Yoshiko, is on to him, as is everybody else.
Furthermore, when he discovers that his wife is meeting someone, he starts stalking her, since he does not...
- 10/22/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Arrow Films strikes deal with Wild Bunch for Un Certain Regard title.
Arrow Films has struck for all UK/Ire rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s well-received Cannes Un Certain Regard title After the Storm in a deal with Wild Bunch.
The latest family drama from the Croisette regular follows Ryota, a man (Hiroshi Abe) dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author who wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support.
After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son (Taiyo Yoshizawa) — until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again.
Arrow have released...
Arrow Films has struck for all UK/Ire rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s well-received Cannes Un Certain Regard title After the Storm in a deal with Wild Bunch.
The latest family drama from the Croisette regular follows Ryota, a man (Hiroshi Abe) dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author who wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support.
After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son (Taiyo Yoshizawa) — until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again.
Arrow have released...
- 6/9/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
★★★★☆ From Still Walking to his latest offering After the Storm, premièring in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, Hirokazu Kore-eda has proven himself a master at delineating the changing dynamics of Japanese family life. Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) is something of a failure. But it hasn't always been so. He had high hopes, a young family and even wrote a prize-winning novel called - somewhat prophetically - The Empty Table. But he's frittered away his good luck on a gambling addiction and now works part-time as a detective, snooping on adulterous couples in order to make his child support. His ex-wife Kyoko (Yoko Maki) is losing patience and believes their 11-year-old son Shingo (Toyota Yoshizawa) might be better off without him in their life.
- 5/18/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Nine films from Se Asia will feature this year in the biggest European film festival, while Naomi Kawase (Still the Water, An) will be President of The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury.
The Handmaiden. Park Chan-wook returns to Cannes after 2009 and “Thirst.” For more information about the film, take a look here.
Ma’Rosa. Directed from festival’s regular, Philippino Brillante Mendoza. Not much is known regarding the film.
Gokseong. Na Hong-jin’s third time in the festival, after “The Chaser” and “The Yellow Sea.” Set in a remote village set into turmoil by a series of deaths, his ultra-stylish new film is told from the perspective of a police detective who comes to suspect that the crimes have something to do with his own daughter.
After the Storm. Hirokazu Koreeda has been a regular of the festival for many years. This year he presents a drama with Hiroshi Abe...
The Handmaiden. Park Chan-wook returns to Cannes after 2009 and “Thirst.” For more information about the film, take a look here.
Ma’Rosa. Directed from festival’s regular, Philippino Brillante Mendoza. Not much is known regarding the film.
Gokseong. Na Hong-jin’s third time in the festival, after “The Chaser” and “The Yellow Sea.” Set in a remote village set into turmoil by a series of deaths, his ultra-stylish new film is told from the perspective of a police detective who comes to suspect that the crimes have something to do with his own daughter.
After the Storm. Hirokazu Koreeda has been a regular of the festival for many years. This year he presents a drama with Hiroshi Abe...
- 4/16/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The films of Hirokazu Kore-eda aren't flashy, but what they lack in pizazz, they make up for in deep wells of emotion. Fatherhood and family are the resonating themes in his movies of late, in pictures such as the excellent "Like Father, Like Son" and "Our Little Sister," which debuted at Cannes last year, and opens in limited release in the U.S. soon. The busy filmmaker has already wrapped his next effort, and once again, fathers, sons, and family take center stage. Starring Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki, Taiyo Yoshizawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Lily Franky, Satomi Kobayashi, and Isao Hashizume, the story follows a divorced man, a former writer and current private detective, who tries to reconnect with his ex-wife and son. Here's the official synopsis: Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay.
- 4/1/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While we’re still waiting Sony Pictures Classics to give a U.S. release to Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s last film, Our Little Sister (review here), he’s already finished work on his follow-up, the highly-anticipated After the Storm (Umi yori mo Mada Fukaku, which literally translates to Still Deeper Than the Sea).
Written and directed by Kore-eda, with a release in Japan in late May, it makes it an all-but-confirmed premiere at Cannes, but before that we’ve got the first trailer for the “offbeat family drama.” Check it out below (no subtitles yet), following a synopsis.
Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives.
Written and directed by Kore-eda, with a release in Japan in late May, it makes it an all-but-confirmed premiere at Cannes, but before that we’ve got the first trailer for the “offbeat family drama.” Check it out below (no subtitles yet), following a synopsis.
Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex-wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives.
- 2/13/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
After the Storm
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda wasted little time between premiering his 2015 title Our Little Sister at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival before moving onto his next feature, After the Storm. Like many of his other films, including the recent 2013 Like Father, Like Son (which has an English remake on the way from Chris and Paul Weitz), this latest seems to revolve around strained familial bonds and inevitable reunion. Hiroshi Abe stars as a once notable author who wastes his money earned as a private detective on gambling. While his mother and ex-wife seem to have moved on in their own directions following his death of his father, he attempts to reconnect with them and build a relationship with his son. The film is currently in post-production.
Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki
Production Co./Producers: Na
U.S. Distributor: Rights available. Tbd...
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda wasted little time between premiering his 2015 title Our Little Sister at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival before moving onto his next feature, After the Storm. Like many of his other films, including the recent 2013 Like Father, Like Son (which has an English remake on the way from Chris and Paul Weitz), this latest seems to revolve around strained familial bonds and inevitable reunion. Hiroshi Abe stars as a once notable author who wastes his money earned as a private detective on gambling. While his mother and ex-wife seem to have moved on in their own directions following his death of his father, he attempts to reconnect with them and build a relationship with his son. The film is currently in post-production.
Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki
Production Co./Producers: Na
U.S. Distributor: Rights available. Tbd...
- 1/8/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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