“He is guilty…he is not guilty…he is guilty…he is not guilty.” Watching Norichika Oba’s new film “Cyclops” feels like a game of “He loves me…he loves me not” – an emotional journey that puts you in a highly thrilling state of uncertainty.
Cyclops is streaming on TodoiF
After 14 years in prison for murdering his wife and her lover, Shinohara gets released. Detective Matsuo, who was in charge of the case, confesses to him that he was set up by a young yakuza boss, Zaizen. Together with the policeman and his grass Nishi, Shinohara plans his revenge. While learning how to shoot and getting ready to kill Zaizen, the main protagonist starts suffering nightmares about his wife’s murder, but at the same time, he finds peace when he meets her ghost. Besides the revenge story, “Cyclops” creates a second plot evolving around Shinohara’s feelings of guilt,...
Cyclops is streaming on TodoiF
After 14 years in prison for murdering his wife and her lover, Shinohara gets released. Detective Matsuo, who was in charge of the case, confesses to him that he was set up by a young yakuza boss, Zaizen. Together with the policeman and his grass Nishi, Shinohara plans his revenge. While learning how to shoot and getting ready to kill Zaizen, the main protagonist starts suffering nightmares about his wife’s murder, but at the same time, he finds peace when he meets her ghost. Besides the revenge story, “Cyclops” creates a second plot evolving around Shinohara’s feelings of guilt,...
- 5/6/2023
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Since opening in June 2022, todoiF audience has grown and the team behind it is grateful to everyone who has streamed films on this dedicated platform.
Although todoiF streams only carefully selected films, it already has 20 of the top Japanese Independent films in its lineup, and customers may have a difficult time deciding which ones to watch. To assist its viewers, todoiF has added a new category, “Insider’s Pick – Must Watch Japanese Indie Films.” In this category, industry professionals familiar with independent films are asked to select the films they would like movie fans around the world to see.
The following two professionals are the selectors of movies to begin streaming in December and January.
Mitsunori Demachi, president of Cinemago, a film distributor. After honing his discerning skills at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image founded by filmmaker Shohei Imamura, he launched Cinemarche, a film critique website, and...
Although todoiF streams only carefully selected films, it already has 20 of the top Japanese Independent films in its lineup, and customers may have a difficult time deciding which ones to watch. To assist its viewers, todoiF has added a new category, “Insider’s Pick – Must Watch Japanese Indie Films.” In this category, industry professionals familiar with independent films are asked to select the films they would like movie fans around the world to see.
The following two professionals are the selectors of movies to begin streaming in December and January.
Mitsunori Demachi, president of Cinemago, a film distributor. After honing his discerning skills at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image founded by filmmaker Shohei Imamura, he launched Cinemarche, a film critique website, and...
- 11/26/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Midori (Asami Mizukawa) is an artist in her 30s with anxiety and worries about her future. Takano (Kodai Asaka) is a 25-year-old bureaucrat who works for the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He is under the pump at work and becomes lethargic. One day, after inspecting a list of people who have committed suicide due to their temporary and irregular employment, he begins to investigate the background of a certain 25-year-old person on the list.
Runway is based on the Tanka Poetry Collection “Kashu Kassoro” by Shinichiro Hagihara, who died suddenly at 32 years old. The screenplay is by Sayaka Kuwamura and the film is directed by Norichika Oba, known for Cyclops which won the the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and Cinegar Award at the 2018 Yubari International Film Festival. Runway received its world premiere at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3, 2020.
Runway is based on the Tanka Poetry Collection “Kashu Kassoro” by Shinichiro Hagihara, who died suddenly at 32 years old. The screenplay is by Sayaka Kuwamura and the film is directed by Norichika Oba, known for Cyclops which won the the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and Cinegar Award at the 2018 Yubari International Film Festival. Runway received its world premiere at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival on November 3, 2020.
- 1/5/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Norichika Oba was born 1978 in Fukuoka and graduated from Japan Film School in 2003. Afterwards, he worked as assistant director for Hiroshi Nishitani (“Suspect X” and “Hirugao”), Yu Irie (“The Sun”) and Hideaki Anno (“Shin Godzilla”). His first feature film, “Nora” (2010), received awards at Tama New Wave and at Tanabe Benkei Film Festival. “Cyclops” is his second feature film.
On the occasion of the international premiere of his film “Cyclops” at the Nippon Connection – Japanese Film Festival , director Norichika Oba talks about the current state of the Japanese movie industry, his troubles shooting on a small budget and ultimately reveals the meaning of the Cyclops.
Your debut film “Nora” came out in 2010 and won several awards. “Cyclops” was released eight years after that. What happened in between that?
I had wanted to film another movie for some time. But I didn’t see the point in hurrying the creative process just to shoot a film quickly.
On the occasion of the international premiere of his film “Cyclops” at the Nippon Connection – Japanese Film Festival , director Norichika Oba talks about the current state of the Japanese movie industry, his troubles shooting on a small budget and ultimately reveals the meaning of the Cyclops.
Your debut film “Nora” came out in 2010 and won several awards. “Cyclops” was released eight years after that. What happened in between that?
I had wanted to film another movie for some time. But I didn’t see the point in hurrying the creative process just to shoot a film quickly.
- 6/17/2018
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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