Exclusive: There’s been much celebratory talk here at the Tokyo Film Festival about a new dawn of internationally-minded Japanese artists led by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Makoto Shinkai, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
One of the key creative voices often mentioned amongst this new Japanese set is Genki Kawamura, known internationally by audiences as the writer of If Cats Disappeared from the World, one of Japanese literature’s most successful contemporary novels, and the filmmaker who brought that book and titles such as Suzume, Weathering with You, and, most recently, Kore-eda’s Cannes prize-winning Monster to the big screen.
Born in Yokohama in 1979, Kawamura began his career at entertainment juggernaut Toho, where he was identified early as a promising talent. He cut his teeth on pics like Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2010 feature Confessions, which was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Oscar, and Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast.
One of the key creative voices often mentioned amongst this new Japanese set is Genki Kawamura, known internationally by audiences as the writer of If Cats Disappeared from the World, one of Japanese literature’s most successful contemporary novels, and the filmmaker who brought that book and titles such as Suzume, Weathering with You, and, most recently, Kore-eda’s Cannes prize-winning Monster to the big screen.
Born in Yokohama in 1979, Kawamura began his career at entertainment juggernaut Toho, where he was identified early as a promising talent. He cut his teeth on pics like Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2010 feature Confessions, which was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Oscar, and Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast.
- 10/26/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Producer, scriptwriter, best-selling author and now award-winning director Genki Kawamura is best known for his work on Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 anime megahit Your Name. Beginning his career at Toho, his talented was spotted early and he was trusted with producer duties on major projects at Japan’s biggest studio.
In 2010, he worked on the Confessions, a box office hit that was shortlisted for a foreign language Oscar, and Lee Sang-il’s critically acclaimed Villain. That same year, he was Japan’s only representative in The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Generation Asia list of upcoming talent in the region. He wrote his first novel If Cat’s Disappeared From the World in 2012; a critical and commercial success, it sold well over a million copies in Japan, was a hit in China, Taiwan and South Korea, and was turned into a film four years later by Toho.
Producer, scriptwriter, best-selling author and now award-winning director Genki Kawamura is best known for his work on Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 anime megahit Your Name. Beginning his career at Toho, his talented was spotted early and he was trusted with producer duties on major projects at Japan’s biggest studio.
In 2010, he worked on the Confessions, a box office hit that was shortlisted for a foreign language Oscar, and Lee Sang-il’s critically acclaimed Villain. That same year, he was Japan’s only representative in The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Generation Asia list of upcoming talent in the region. He wrote his first novel If Cat’s Disappeared From the World in 2012; a critical and commercial success, it sold well over a million copies in Japan, was a hit in China, Taiwan and South Korea, and was turned into a film four years later by Toho.
- 10/28/2022
- by Gavin J Blair
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The May 2022 lineup at Mubi here in the United States has been unveiled, most notably featuring a Cannes Takeover timed with the 75th edition of the festival. At long last, Arnaud Desplechin’s Philip Roth adaptation Deception will arrive stateside alongside Karim Ainouz’s documentary Mariner of the Mountains. Reaching further back into the festival’s history, Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure and The Square, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible, and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank will also come to the service.
Their Franz Rogowski series will also continue with Great Freedom and Love Steaks, while works from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Gia Coppola, Joachim Trier, Jeff Nichols, Satyajit Ray, Takashi Miike, and more will also arrive.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
5/1/2022 | Everybody Street | Cheryl Dunn
5/2/2022 | Love Steaks | Jakob Lass
5/3/2022 | Our Lady of the Nile | Atiq Rahimi
5/4/2022 | Time Piece | Jim Henson
5/5/2022 | R100 | Hitoshi Matsumoto...
Their Franz Rogowski series will also continue with Great Freedom and Love Steaks, while works from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Gia Coppola, Joachim Trier, Jeff Nichols, Satyajit Ray, Takashi Miike, and more will also arrive.
Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.
5/1/2022 | Everybody Street | Cheryl Dunn
5/2/2022 | Love Steaks | Jakob Lass
5/3/2022 | Our Lady of the Nile | Atiq Rahimi
5/4/2022 | Time Piece | Jim Henson
5/5/2022 | R100 | Hitoshi Matsumoto...
- 4/28/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Over the course of the last couple of years, we have seen many movies and read many novels, dealing with the subject of bullying, with Tetsuya Nakashima’s “Confessions” and Lee Su-jin’s “Han Gong-ju” being two of the perhaps most prominent examples. Given the focus on the social phenomenon, its victims and the repercussions for both sides, the ability to transform yourself into someone who can fight back, physically as well as emotionally, has become a pop-cultural trope. In their 2016 webtoon “Shark” writer Woon and illustrator Kim Woo-seob took this narrative as the foundation of a story about a character going through a transformation, searching for strength and eventually finding something completely different within himself.
“Shark: The Beginning” is screening at Florence Korea Film Festival
Ever since he became a student, Cha Woo-sol (Kim Min-suk) has been the victim of bullies, and was even forced to change schools when...
“Shark: The Beginning” is screening at Florence Korea Film Festival
Ever since he became a student, Cha Woo-sol (Kim Min-suk) has been the victim of bullies, and was even forced to change schools when...
- 4/8/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Since her debut in Tetsuya Nakashima’s acclaimed feature Confessions (2010) as a schoolgirl, Ai Hashimoto, 25, has built an impressive filmography, to say nothing of her television work, modeling and singing career (she’s signed to Sony Music).
The native of Kumamoto on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has shown her versatility in appearing in everything from the horror of Sadako (2019) to the musical of Wonderful World End (2015), through to the year-long historical drama Reach Beyond the Blue Sky, currently running on public broadcaster Nhk.
While there have been ambassadors in years gone by at the Tokyo fest from the model-singer-actress ...
The native of Kumamoto on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has shown her versatility in appearing in everything from the horror of Sadako (2019) to the musical of Wonderful World End (2015), through to the year-long historical drama Reach Beyond the Blue Sky, currently running on public broadcaster Nhk.
While there have been ambassadors in years gone by at the Tokyo fest from the model-singer-actress ...
- 10/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Since her debut in Tetsuya Nakashima’s acclaimed feature Confessions (2010) as a schoolgirl, Ai Hashimoto, 25, has built an impressive filmography, to say nothing of her television work, modeling and singing career (she’s signed to Sony Music).
The native of Kumamoto on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has shown her versatility in appearing in everything from the horror of Sadako (2019) to the musical of Wonderful World End (2015), through to the year-long historical drama Reach Beyond the Blue Sky, currently running on public broadcaster Nhk.
While there have been ambassadors in years gone by at the Tokyo fest from the model-singer-actress ...
The native of Kumamoto on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has shown her versatility in appearing in everything from the horror of Sadako (2019) to the musical of Wonderful World End (2015), through to the year-long historical drama Reach Beyond the Blue Sky, currently running on public broadcaster Nhk.
While there have been ambassadors in years gone by at the Tokyo fest from the model-singer-actress ...
- 10/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Probably the most “serious” film Miike has shot lately among the raving madness of productions like “The Mole Song” and “Yakuza Apocalypse”, “Over Your Dead Body” stands apart for two other reasons. The protagonist is the famous kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI, and the script is based on the quintessential Japanese horror tale of “The Ghost Story of Yotsuya” (Yotsuya Kaidan), although Miike’s style had a definite say in the final outcome.
The film follows a theatre troupe as they rehearse a play where a samurai seduces a woman and then murders her disapproving father, in order to inherit his estate. However, when he is offered the granddaughter of another wealthy man, his true colors are disclosed to his wife, who eventually returns as a ghost to hunt him. In actual life within the movie, the female star of the film named Miyuki Goto has pulled...
The film follows a theatre troupe as they rehearse a play where a samurai seduces a woman and then murders her disapproving father, in order to inherit his estate. However, when he is offered the granddaughter of another wealthy man, his true colors are disclosed to his wife, who eventually returns as a ghost to hunt him. In actual life within the movie, the female star of the film named Miyuki Goto has pulled...
- 7/29/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Although not as frequently as the Koreans, Japanese still manage to turn up a number of crime films, mostly based on the plethora of novels of the genre that are published in the country, as much as on actual stories. The Yakuza theme, that was so common in Japanese cinema during the previous decades, is no longer at large and organized crime has given its place to the individual one; however, the quality has not deteriorated at the least, and as we are about to see in the list below, a number of masterpieces of the category are still being shot.
With a focus on diversity, here are 20 great Japanese films, in chronological order, where crime is the main element of the story.
1. Late Bloomer
Go Shibata presents a film concerning inability that keeps its distance from the common triumph stories typically shot regarding this topic. Instead, “Late Bloomer” focuses...
With a focus on diversity, here are 20 great Japanese films, in chronological order, where crime is the main element of the story.
1. Late Bloomer
Go Shibata presents a film concerning inability that keeps its distance from the common triumph stories typically shot regarding this topic. Instead, “Late Bloomer” focuses...
- 4/25/2021
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Although “Chiwawa” was the film that truly cemented the artfulness of his slightly disorienting, filled with (neon) colors and music, sexually charged style, it is interesting to examine the path Ken Ninomiya followed to reach that level, with his previous movie providing a great opportunity.
The story revolves around Aki Oria, a young girl who came to Tokyo ten years ago to become an actress, but eventually ended up staying in a circus of sorts, having a relationship with Kaito, the young man who introduced her, and acting as the magician’s assistant, with her role being pretending to be hypnotized. Eventually, she manages to land a part after a successful audition, even becoming a star, before a scandal takes a significant toll to her reputation. Is that the reality though? And who is this clown-like figure she calls Butch that seems to always be with her?...
The story revolves around Aki Oria, a young girl who came to Tokyo ten years ago to become an actress, but eventually ended up staying in a circus of sorts, having a relationship with Kaito, the young man who introduced her, and acting as the magician’s assistant, with her role being pretending to be hypnotized. Eventually, she manages to land a part after a successful audition, even becoming a star, before a scandal takes a significant toll to her reputation. Is that the reality though? And who is this clown-like figure she calls Butch that seems to always be with her?...
- 2/18/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
While U.S. distribution has been improved in the last few years when it comes to the vast, rich offerings of Japanese cinema, there are still many gems that go virtually unseen here. Thankfully, a new series by Japan Society and Agency for Cultural Affairs titled 21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020 will make a wealth of these titles available for viewing stateside.
Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll, the U.S. premieres of Sion Sono’s Red Post on Escher Street and Yukiko Mishima’s Shape of Red, Naomi Kawase’s Still the Water, Takashi Miike’s The Great Yokai War, a spotlight on and conversation with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and much more, we’re pleased to present the exclusive trailer for the series, which takes place on February 5-25. While there’s much to discover, I’d also highly recommend Tetsuya Nakashima’s Confessions and Yui Kiyohara’s Our House,...
Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll, the U.S. premieres of Sion Sono’s Red Post on Escher Street and Yukiko Mishima’s Shape of Red, Naomi Kawase’s Still the Water, Takashi Miike’s The Great Yokai War, a spotlight on and conversation with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and much more, we’re pleased to present the exclusive trailer for the series, which takes place on February 5-25. While there’s much to discover, I’d also highly recommend Tetsuya Nakashima’s Confessions and Yui Kiyohara’s Our House,...
- 1/21/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Three years after his abrasive debut Park Hwa-young, director Lee Hwan returns to Busan with Young Adult Matters, an intense and frequently engrossing follow-up set in the same world of foul-mouthed, unpredictable and violent runaway teens. While it inherits many of the same problems that plagued his first effort (at least for this reviewer), Lee has grown in leaps and bounds as a stylist and crafted something fresh and vibrant, while lead Lee Yoo-ri - reprising her supporting role from Lee's earlier film - is manic and magnetic as a character that could easily be at home in a Tetsuya Nakashima film. High schooler Se-jin (Lee Yoo-ri) lives with her younger sister and is bullied at school for being a freak who slashes her arms...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
- 10/29/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Mixing genres through a barely coherent narrative and a visual presentation that borders on the epileptic through its use of intense coloring and frequency of cuts has been one of the traits of contemporary Japanese cinema for many years. This kind of productions usually end up in seemingly silly, but also quite rich in context and entertaining films, that also seem to “loan” from other, older movies. Probably the main representative of the style is Tetsuya Nakashima, but other directors, like Mika Ninagawa, have also adopted the approach, while Obayashi’s last works also moved towards the same direction. Yoshimasha Ishibashi tries his hand in the style.
“Milocrorze: A Love Story” is screening at Fantasia Festival
The story unfolds in four different axes. The first one is set like a children’s movie and revolves around a rather colorful boy (literally) named Ovreneli Vreneligare who eventually meets Milocrorze in a...
“Milocrorze: A Love Story” is screening at Fantasia Festival
The story unfolds in four different axes. The first one is set like a children’s movie and revolves around a rather colorful boy (literally) named Ovreneli Vreneligare who eventually meets Milocrorze in a...
- 8/21/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Film buffs might be interested to know that the 2020 Boston Underground Film Festival (Buff) lineup has been announced! A number of interesting films will have screenings, including Saint Maud and Dinner in America. Also in today's Horror Highlights: release details for Infection and the Steve Wands' new novella Feareater.
Boston Underground Film Festival 2020 Lineup Revealed: "New England cinephiles, rejoice! Spring festival season kicks off in less than three weeks as the 22nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it five days of sublime cinervana to the Brattle Theatre from March 25th through the 29th. This year’s program boasts a pair of world premieres, a whole lot of unholy obsession, objectophilia, Wtf thrillers, genre-spinning slashers, familial dysfunction, queer clairvoyance, and more!
Buff is proud to host the East Coast Premiere of Adam Rehmeier’s Sundance-smash must-see punk-rock rom-com, Dinner in America, which sets the raucous...
Boston Underground Film Festival 2020 Lineup Revealed: "New England cinephiles, rejoice! Spring festival season kicks off in less than three weeks as the 22nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it five days of sublime cinervana to the Brattle Theatre from March 25th through the 29th. This year’s program boasts a pair of world premieres, a whole lot of unholy obsession, objectophilia, Wtf thrillers, genre-spinning slashers, familial dysfunction, queer clairvoyance, and more!
Buff is proud to host the East Coast Premiere of Adam Rehmeier’s Sundance-smash must-see punk-rock rom-com, Dinner in America, which sets the raucous...
- 3/11/2020
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest, one of the most important independent genre film festival in Italy, is coming back with its 20th edition in 2020! The event will take place from October 28 to November 1 at Cinema Massimo in Turin, in partnership with the Italian National Museum of Cinema. The festival, born in 1999 baptized by the master Dario Argento, is now a main event focused on fantastic and horror culture. After spreading in Italy in the last years with great movies, and hosting many amazing guests (Richard Stanley, Jean Rollin, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani,...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
- 3/9/2020
- Screen Anarchy
The Boston Underground is an institution of genre goodness in The People's Republic of Cambridge. Now in it's twenty second year Buff prepares to bring another lineup brimming with hits and delights. There are a few favorites in the mix this year. Miguel Llansó’s wonderfully odd and stupendously creative Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway will be there. Tetsuya Nakashima’s It Comes promises to be a wild ride. There is also a rep screening of one of those first films that really stretched the laguage of film for me, Philip Ridley's The Passion of Darkly Noon. I would love to see that on the screen again. Other films that have made an impression on our team are Rose Glass' Saint Maud and micro...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
- 3/5/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Pia Film Festival is one of the most interesting in Japan, particularly since its purpose, of finding and nurturing new filmmaking talents, has helped both the industry and a number of individuals immensely, kickstarting the career of directors like Sion Sono, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tetsuya Nakashima and many others. In that regard, it is always interesting to take a look at the awards their jury gives every year. “Obake” won the Grand Prize in 2019, in a very intriguing effort since Hiromichi Nakao is Diy-style director who makes films all by himself.
Expectedly, his approach is experimental, frequently breaking the fourth wall, as the main “story” revolves around a lonely filmmaker who keeps making films by himself, eventually screening them to very small crowds in various screening rooms, and a couple of stars that watch his efforts from space, frequently commenting on his tactics. Eventually, the stars also proceed on shooting a movie.
Expectedly, his approach is experimental, frequently breaking the fourth wall, as the main “story” revolves around a lonely filmmaker who keeps making films by himself, eventually screening them to very small crowds in various screening rooms, and a couple of stars that watch his efforts from space, frequently commenting on his tactics. Eventually, the stars also proceed on shooting a movie.
- 1/15/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Japan has officially named Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You” its 2020 Oscar entry in the Best International Film category, which is the new name being given to the Best Foreign Language Film prize. The selection makes “Weathering With You” the first anime movie to represent Japan in the category at the Oscars in over 20 years. The country’s last anime Oscar submission was Hayao Miyazaki’s “Princess Mononoke” in 1997, but it failed to land a nomination the following year at the 70th Academy Awards.
“Weathering With You” is Shinkai’s first directorial effort since earning newfound international acclaim and recognition after the release of the 2016 anime blockbuster “Your Name.” Shinkai’s latest centers around the romance between a high school runaway from Tokyo and a young orphan girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.
“Weathering With You” has already opened in Japan and has grossed over $100 million,...
“Weathering With You” is Shinkai’s first directorial effort since earning newfound international acclaim and recognition after the release of the 2016 anime blockbuster “Your Name.” Shinkai’s latest centers around the romance between a high school runaway from Tokyo and a young orphan girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.
“Weathering With You” has already opened in Japan and has grossed over $100 million,...
- 8/26/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
As September 2019 approaches, so does the 33rd edition of Fantasy Filmfest which will take place in the cities of Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich on specific dates during that month. Among its program including the newest film by American filmmaker Rob Zombie and a prequel to Lucky McKee’s cult classic “The Woman” titled “Darlin'”, the festival again also shows its dedication towards Asian genre cinema with many interesting titles, some of which will be screened in Germany for the first time.
Here is the list of Asian films included in this year’s program:
“Diner” by Mina Ninagawa
“Door Lock” by Lee Kwon
“First Love” by Takashi Miike
“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” by Lee Won-tae
“It Comes” by Tetsuya Nakashima
“Kingdom” by Shinsuke Sato
“Shadow” by Zhang Yimou
“White Snake” by Amp Wong and Ji Zhao
“The Witness” by Jo Kyu-jang
In case you are...
Here is the list of Asian films included in this year’s program:
“Diner” by Mina Ninagawa
“Door Lock” by Lee Kwon
“First Love” by Takashi Miike
“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” by Lee Won-tae
“It Comes” by Tetsuya Nakashima
“Kingdom” by Shinsuke Sato
“Shadow” by Zhang Yimou
“White Snake” by Amp Wong and Ji Zhao
“The Witness” by Jo Kyu-jang
In case you are...
- 8/10/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
With a final wave of programming, the 2019 edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival has now released its full lineup, featuring over 130 incredible features from across the globe.
Fantasia International Film Festival
Montreal, Quebec – July 11 to August 1
In addition, the festival is also very proud to announce a record number of repertory titles, its esteemed 2019 jury, a horror film location bus tour through Montreal, and exciting, one-of-a-kind live events with producer Edward R. Pressman, “First Blood” director Ted Kotcheff, and iconic horror host Joe Bob Briggs.
Japanese horror icon ”Sadako” will open fantasia 2019!
Sadako
Twenty years ago, Fantasia celebrated the North American Premiere of Hideo Nakata’s “Ringu” and its sequel, which led to Dreamworks acquiring the franchise and is largely seen as having been the birth of J-Horror in the West. This Summer, the festival is proud to open its 23rd edition with the series’ latest sequel, “Sadako” (North...
Fantasia International Film Festival
Montreal, Quebec – July 11 to August 1
In addition, the festival is also very proud to announce a record number of repertory titles, its esteemed 2019 jury, a horror film location bus tour through Montreal, and exciting, one-of-a-kind live events with producer Edward R. Pressman, “First Blood” director Ted Kotcheff, and iconic horror host Joe Bob Briggs.
Japanese horror icon ”Sadako” will open fantasia 2019!
Sadako
Twenty years ago, Fantasia celebrated the North American Premiere of Hideo Nakata’s “Ringu” and its sequel, which led to Dreamworks acquiring the franchise and is largely seen as having been the birth of J-Horror in the West. This Summer, the festival is proud to open its 23rd edition with the series’ latest sequel, “Sadako” (North...
- 6/28/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Nana Komatsu, Ryu Jun-yeol to receive honours.
Japan’s Nana Komatsu and Ryu Jun-yeol from South Korea will receive this year Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at the 18th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), which runs from June 28-July 14.
Komatsu will receive her honour before the festival’s opening night screening of Bernard Rose’s action epic Samurai Marathon on June 28, and Ryu will receive his award on July 6.
Komatsu is in demand not only as an actor but is known as an influencer and fashion icon. She made her feature debut five years ago as Koji Yakusho...
Japan’s Nana Komatsu and Ryu Jun-yeol from South Korea will receive this year Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at the 18th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), which runs from June 28-July 14.
Komatsu will receive her honour before the festival’s opening night screening of Bernard Rose’s action epic Samurai Marathon on June 28, and Ryu will receive his award on July 6.
Komatsu is in demand not only as an actor but is known as an influencer and fashion icon. She made her feature debut five years ago as Koji Yakusho...
- 5/20/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The issue of bullying is one of the most significant nowadays (to say the least) in Asia, and particularly in Japan, where the statistics are truly frightening. According to The Japan Times, “The number of reported cases of bullying at Japanese schools hit a record high of over 320,000 in the 2016 academic year due partly to efforts to detect early signs, according to the education ministry. A total of 323,808 bullying cases were reported at elementary, junior high and high schools, up 43.8 percent from a year before, with the figure for elementary schools jumping 1.5 times.
The problem, however, is also at large in S. Korea, where according to The Korea Times, “More than 30 percent of students in South Korean elementary, middle and high schools are victims of bullying. The data was gathered by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and found 32.2 percent of respondents said that they have experienced violence at school.
The problem, however, is also at large in S. Korea, where according to The Korea Times, “More than 30 percent of students in South Korean elementary, middle and high schools are victims of bullying. The data was gathered by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and found 32.2 percent of respondents said that they have experienced violence at school.
- 5/14/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Hiroyasu Ishida – Hiroyasu Ishida’s 2009 short, ‘Fumiko’s Confession’ won the 14th Ministry of Culture’s Media Arts Festival Animation Award, the 9th Tokyo Anime Award, the Oiaf Student Division Special Prize and more. His 2011 graduation work, ‘Rain Town’ also won many awards, including the 15th Ministry of Culture Media Arts Festival’s Rookie Award. His 2013 short ‘Hinata no Aoshigure’ was his first animation film.
‘Penguin Highway‘ – Aoyama, a fourth-grader, has a crush on the hygienist at his dentist’s office. One day penguins appear out of nowhere in the village, and just as quickly disappear. Then he sees the hygienist throw a soda can into the air, and amazingly, it transforms into a penguin. Hiroyasu Ishida makes an impressive feature debut, bringing an award-winning novel to the screen.
The interview was conducted during the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival. The author wants to express sincere gratitude to the good...
‘Penguin Highway‘ – Aoyama, a fourth-grader, has a crush on the hygienist at his dentist’s office. One day penguins appear out of nowhere in the village, and just as quickly disappear. Then he sees the hygienist throw a soda can into the air, and amazingly, it transforms into a penguin. Hiroyasu Ishida makes an impressive feature debut, bringing an award-winning novel to the screen.
The interview was conducted during the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival. The author wants to express sincere gratitude to the good...
- 1/10/2019
- by Nikodem Karolak
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese director Tetsuya Nakashima (“Confessions” “World of Kanako“) has completed production on his most recent film “It Comes”. The horror film is based off the novel “Bogiwan ga Kuru” by Ichi Sawamura. The film features a familiar cast with Satoshi Tsumabuki, Takako Matsu (Confessions) and Nana Komatsu (The World of Kanako) all returning to work with Nakashima on this latest production.
The film is set to be released on December 7th, 2018, a trailer for the film, originally titled “kuru”, has been released
Synopsis
Hideki Tahara (Satoshi Tsumabuki) and Kana Tahara (Haru Kuroki) are newlyweds. Hideki is excited about his future with Kana. One day, a mysterious person visits the company where Hideki works. Hideki’s colleague conveys the visitor’s message to Hideki “about Chisa-san case.” As soon as Hideki hears the name Chisa, he becomes stunned. His wife is pregnant and they have picked the name Chisa for their baby.
The film is set to be released on December 7th, 2018, a trailer for the film, originally titled “kuru”, has been released
Synopsis
Hideki Tahara (Satoshi Tsumabuki) and Kana Tahara (Haru Kuroki) are newlyweds. Hideki is excited about his future with Kana. One day, a mysterious person visits the company where Hideki works. Hideki’s colleague conveys the visitor’s message to Hideki “about Chisa-san case.” As soon as Hideki hears the name Chisa, he becomes stunned. His wife is pregnant and they have picked the name Chisa for their baby.
- 10/5/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
In the very first episode of the first season of BBC’s acclaimed police procedural ‘Luther’, the psychotic evil genius Alice Morgan, who is also the series’s most interesting character, refers to a black hole when she appears to share a little information about herself to her nemesis/object of obsession, the titular main character. “It consumes matter, sucks it in, and crushes it beyond existence. When I first heard that, I thought that’s evil in its most pure.” She explains with a sly grin and fascinated look, “Something that drags you in, crushes you, makes you nothing.”
I opted to quote Alice Morgan because that’s what the principal characters in the most cynical film ever made by the talented Tetsuya Nakashima are to each other: black holes. They drag each other into their own darkness, crush one another, and make all involved into nothing.
Buy This...
I opted to quote Alice Morgan because that’s what the principal characters in the most cynical film ever made by the talented Tetsuya Nakashima are to each other: black holes. They drag each other into their own darkness, crush one another, and make all involved into nothing.
Buy This...
- 9/20/2018
- by Mr. 0
- AsianMoviePulse
Kanji Furutachi is best known for playing Toshio, one of the leading roles in “Harmonium”, directed by Koji Fukada, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
He has also appeared in numerous plays in Japan, including the title role for the play “The Treasured Son”, which won Japan’s most prestigious drama award: The Kishida Drama Award.
His many film appearances include “Hospitalité” and “My Back Page” (for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Takasaki Film Festival and the Best New Comer Award at the Tama Cinema Forum). He studied acting with Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld, and many others at Hb Studio in New York City.
You also act on theater. What are the differences between acting in theater and acting in movies? Which one do you prefer doing? Why do you feel the need to act...
He has also appeared in numerous plays in Japan, including the title role for the play “The Treasured Son”, which won Japan’s most prestigious drama award: The Kishida Drama Award.
His many film appearances include “Hospitalité” and “My Back Page” (for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Takasaki Film Festival and the Best New Comer Award at the Tama Cinema Forum). He studied acting with Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld, and many others at Hb Studio in New York City.
You also act on theater. What are the differences between acting in theater and acting in movies? Which one do you prefer doing? Why do you feel the need to act...
- 7/19/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Did you expect the success of the film? The impact?
The impact was really out of our expectations. Initially, we just expected there would be some (not more than ten) private screenings. But now we can see “Ten Years” generated lots of discussion about our future in different groups of people, all over the world.
How did you manage to persuade all these directors and actors to participate voluntarily? Were they afraid for their careers after the film?
Actually, they were not all in “voluntarily,” since it is quite usual to help each others’ independent film in “voluntarily” or “underpaid” way. It means I help you this time and you help me next time.
I think the other 4 directors really understood what the concept of the project was and agreed with it, thinking that it would be interesting if we did it this way. The only thing I promised to...
The impact was really out of our expectations. Initially, we just expected there would be some (not more than ten) private screenings. But now we can see “Ten Years” generated lots of discussion about our future in different groups of people, all over the world.
How did you manage to persuade all these directors and actors to participate voluntarily? Were they afraid for their careers after the film?
Actually, they were not all in “voluntarily,” since it is quite usual to help each others’ independent film in “voluntarily” or “underpaid” way. It means I help you this time and you help me next time.
I think the other 4 directors really understood what the concept of the project was and agreed with it, thinking that it would be interesting if we did it this way. The only thing I promised to...
- 12/1/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Tetsuya Nakashima, one of the greatest contemporary Japanese filmmakers takes up, once more, the subject of bullying in the school environment, although in a much different fashion than “Confessions,” adapting Akio Fukamatsi’s novel, ” Hateshinaki Kawaki (Kawaki is the original title of the film).
When gorgeous and excellent student Kanako disappears, her mother, Kiriko, asks her ex-husband, Akikazu, to locate her. However, things take a turn for the worse since Akikazu is an ex-cop, who has actually been an irresponsible delinquent all of his life, is now determined to search relentlessly for his daughter. And the word relentlessly, to Akikazu, means that he is willing to act violently towards her classmates, her psychiatrist and the professor in charge of her classroom, all of which are women. During his, filled with alcohol and psychiatric pills, research, he discovers that his daughter has nothing to do with the angelic creature he and...
When gorgeous and excellent student Kanako disappears, her mother, Kiriko, asks her ex-husband, Akikazu, to locate her. However, things take a turn for the worse since Akikazu is an ex-cop, who has actually been an irresponsible delinquent all of his life, is now determined to search relentlessly for his daughter. And the word relentlessly, to Akikazu, means that he is willing to act violently towards her classmates, her psychiatrist and the professor in charge of her classroom, all of which are women. During his, filled with alcohol and psychiatric pills, research, he discovers that his daughter has nothing to do with the angelic creature he and...
- 9/10/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
A great year for Korean genre cinema keeps getting better with the release of Lee Kyoung-mi's long time coming sophomore feature, the riveting The Truth Beneath, a sumptuous and anarchic political thriller, kidnap drama, suspenseful whodunnit and kaleidoscopic descent into delirium. Falling between the stylistic panache of Park Chan-wook's Lady Vengeance (2005), on which she was a scripter and assistant director, and the manic paranoia of Tetsuya Nakashima's Confessions (2010), Lee's latest features a career-best performance by Son Ye-jin in a narrative that occasionally gets mired in tonal vagaries. Son plays Yeon-hong, who stands by her husband's side as he enters a highly contested election for the national assembly. With just 15 days until election day, the couple's daughter disappears and when Yeon-hong delves into...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
[Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]...
- 6/28/2016
- Screen Anarchy
To commemorate the film’s recent arrival across Amazon, iTunes, Vimeo, We Got This Covered has an exclusive clip to share for The World of Kanako, Tetsuya Nakashima’s (Confessions) visceral cinematic treat that premiered across VOD services on December 4.
Picked up for distribution by Drafthouse Films, Nakashima’s thriller made its bow in Japan back in 2014, where it was met with rave reviews for its arresting story and barnstorming sense of style, which you daren’t take your eye off. Harkening back to the more extreme cinema coming out of Asia, The World of Kanako follows the titular Kanako Fujishima (Nana Komatsu), a young teenage girl who suddenly disappears, calling her haunted father (Kōji Yakusho) out of retirement in order to search for her himself.
What follows is a spiralling descent into the grimy underbelly of the city, and Kanako’s father finds himself exposed to the lurid world of drugs,...
Picked up for distribution by Drafthouse Films, Nakashima’s thriller made its bow in Japan back in 2014, where it was met with rave reviews for its arresting story and barnstorming sense of style, which you daren’t take your eye off. Harkening back to the more extreme cinema coming out of Asia, The World of Kanako follows the titular Kanako Fujishima (Nana Komatsu), a young teenage girl who suddenly disappears, calling her haunted father (Kōji Yakusho) out of retirement in order to search for her himself.
What follows is a spiralling descent into the grimy underbelly of the city, and Kanako’s father finds himself exposed to the lurid world of drugs,...
- 12/7/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Anti-hero is too light a word for the lead of The World of Kanako. A hard-drinking, tortured, virulent ex-cop thrown into an underworld of sociopathy and systematic abuse in order to find his daughter, he evokes a long line of lead archetypes in detective stories. Director Tetsuya Nakashima’s style and narrative flourishes may draw comparisons to countrymen like Johnnie To and Sion Sono, or the South Korean revenge thriller boom anchored by directors like Kim Ji-Woon and Park Chan-Wook, but The World of Kanako differs in one singular way. Akikazu Fujishima (a completely unhinged Kôji Yakusho) hasn’t sold his soul to the devil for revenge. He never had one in the first place.
Presented in a jumbled chronological style reminiscent of Memento, and filled with hallucinogenic episodes into both the mind of the lead, and animated tangents giving context into the life of one child who is transformed...
Presented in a jumbled chronological style reminiscent of Memento, and filled with hallucinogenic episodes into both the mind of the lead, and animated tangents giving context into the life of one child who is transformed...
- 12/5/2015
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
At the end of any given year, studio after studio, distributor after distributor, every player in the film world attempts to introduce their greatest films into the broader conversation of films that were truly remarkable from the year coming to an end. Then there are films like Tetsuya Nakashima’s The World Of Kanako. A film that itself has been making the festival rounds since 2014 including an early festival run this year during series like Film Comment Selects, Kanako is just now making its way into theaters thanks to Drafthouse Films. Percussive in every sense of the word, this raucous and hyper-violent procedural is the perfect kind of year-end counterprogramming that cinephiles lost in a world of studio prestige pictures may very well be craving.
The film introduces us to former police officer Akikazu Fujishima, a man now nearly all out of luck and lost in a world of booze,...
The film introduces us to former police officer Akikazu Fujishima, a man now nearly all out of luck and lost in a world of booze,...
- 12/4/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The World of Kanako
Written by Akio Fukamachi, Tetsuya Nakashima, Miako Tadano & Nobuhiro Monma
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Japan, 2014
Tetsuya Nakashima’s The World of Kanako is a blood-soaked detective story about an unstable father’s quest to track down his missing daughter. While falling within the broad boundaries of a detective story, The World of Kanako plays out as an ultra-violent, psychotropic dive into the brittle mind of a damaged protagonist. While the squeamish will definitely want to sit this one out, those up for a hyper-kinetic, genre-bending revenge flick are in for a treat.
Akikazu Fujishima (Kôji Yakusho) is a flat out mess: he’s lost his job, lost his family, and self-medicates his mental illness with alcohol and drugs. Akikazu floats through his life without meaning until his ex-wife (Asuka Kurosawa) calls to inform him that his teenage daughter Kanako (Nana Komatsu) is missing. Whether fueled by...
Written by Akio Fukamachi, Tetsuya Nakashima, Miako Tadano & Nobuhiro Monma
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Japan, 2014
Tetsuya Nakashima’s The World of Kanako is a blood-soaked detective story about an unstable father’s quest to track down his missing daughter. While falling within the broad boundaries of a detective story, The World of Kanako plays out as an ultra-violent, psychotropic dive into the brittle mind of a damaged protagonist. While the squeamish will definitely want to sit this one out, those up for a hyper-kinetic, genre-bending revenge flick are in for a treat.
Akikazu Fujishima (Kôji Yakusho) is a flat out mess: he’s lost his job, lost his family, and self-medicates his mental illness with alcohol and drugs. Akikazu floats through his life without meaning until his ex-wife (Asuka Kurosawa) calls to inform him that his teenage daughter Kanako (Nana Komatsu) is missing. Whether fueled by...
- 12/3/2015
- by Victor Stiff
- SoundOnSight
Happy December, everyone! Hard to believe the holidays are upon us but soon enough, it’ll be 2016 and we’ll be gearing up for yet another year of horror and sci-fi fun. In the meantime, we have a few titles arriving on VOD over the final weeks of 2015, including Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, as well as several notable indie films like L.A. Slasher, Dementia, Body and The World of Kanako.
Other horror films making their VOD debut in December include Indigenious, Crying Wolf, and Anguish.
Dementia (IFC Midnight) - December 4th
A disabled war veteran is in bad hands when his family hires the live in nurse from hell in this intense psychological shocker. George (The Sacrament’s Gene Jones) is an aging ex-soldier haunted by memories of Vietnam and struggling to reconnect with his estranged son and granddaughter. But when...
Other horror films making their VOD debut in December include Indigenious, Crying Wolf, and Anguish.
Dementia (IFC Midnight) - December 4th
A disabled war veteran is in bad hands when his family hires the live in nurse from hell in this intense psychological shocker. George (The Sacrament’s Gene Jones) is an aging ex-soldier haunted by memories of Vietnam and struggling to reconnect with his estranged son and granddaughter. But when...
- 12/1/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Read More: Morality-Assaulting 'World Of Kanako' Acquired by Drafthouse Films Drafthouse Films has premiered a new clip from their ultraviolent revenge flick "The World of Kanako." The latest lesson in visual intensity from acclaimed Japanese director Tetsuya Nakashima, the movie follows the ex-detective Akikazu (Kôji Yakusho) as he goes on the hunt to find his missing teenage daughter. Our exclusive new clip above teases that Akikazu's road to revenge won't be an easy ride. We expect the rain-soaked beatdown to be one of many roadblocks he faces on his bloody journey to rescue his daughter. The film opens in select theaters December 4. Read More: Watch: Nsfw 'World of Kanako' Trailer Takes You Inside A Bloody Revenge Tale...
- 11/25/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Director Tetsuya Nakashima has a view of the world as a dark and brutally cruel place, and he’s captured it in films like Memories of Matsuko and Confessions. His preference is to present humanity’s ugliness and emotional devastation through a lens of style, color, and pure artistry, and that trend continues with his latest film, The World of Kanako. The story follows an ex-detective long ago separated from his family and demoted to traffic cop duty who discovers his daughter Kanako has gone missing. His quest to bring her home sees him traversing a trail of violence, drugs, and sex revealing the unspeakable acts people commit against others. Drafthouse Films is releasing the film in limited release on December 4th, and here’s the first trailer. Confessions was among my favorite films of 2010 as it tackled a difficult tale with dark mystery, mesmerizing style, and heavy emotion, and Nakashima’s latest looks to be attempting...
- 10/29/2015
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
"Where did you hide Kanako?" Drafthouse Films recently put out a funky full theatrical trailer for Tetsuya Nakashima's The World of Kanako, the crazy bloody, high-energy Japanese action thriller described as a "non-stop visual and emotional assault to the senses". Nana Komatsu stars as Kanako Fujishima, the daughter of an ex-detective named Akikazu, played by Kôji Yakusho. She goes missing and he goes after her, ending up in some twisted, trippy violent (under)world. I really like the music choice in this, something unique and fresh, and it goes a long way to make us ignore the extreme violence we're otherwise witnessing. If you're into ultra violent Japanese thrillers about a father looking for his missing daughter, here you go. The full theatrical trailer for Tetsuya Nakashima's The World of Kanako, from Drafthouse's YouTube: An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of Kanako is a non-stop...
- 10/28/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
While the Alamo Drafthouse has become a familiar name to film fans for their unique theatrical style as well as their amusing PSAs on not using cell phones during a movie, the chain has moved into film distribution over the past five years, working to bring films such as Mood Indigo, Four Lions, and The Congress to wider audiences. Their latest offering comes from Japan.
Titled The World of Kanako, the film is the newest feature from Kamikaze Girls filmmaker Tetsuya Nakashima, his first film since 2010. Along with directing, Nakashima co-wrote the screenplay with Miako Tadano and Nobuhiro Monma, with the trio adapting it from the novel by Akio Fukamachi. The film’s synopsis is as follows.
An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of Kanako is a non-stop visual and emotional assault to the senses as it follows troubled ex-detective Akikazu (Kôji Yakusho, 13 Assassins, Babel) on the...
Titled The World of Kanako, the film is the newest feature from Kamikaze Girls filmmaker Tetsuya Nakashima, his first film since 2010. Along with directing, Nakashima co-wrote the screenplay with Miako Tadano and Nobuhiro Monma, with the trio adapting it from the novel by Akio Fukamachi. The film’s synopsis is as follows.
An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of Kanako is a non-stop visual and emotional assault to the senses as it follows troubled ex-detective Akikazu (Kôji Yakusho, 13 Assassins, Babel) on the...
- 10/28/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
While the only film I’ve seen of Japanese director Tetsuya Nakashima was his 2010 drama Confessions, I was immediately taken by its ravishing visual style, enough to keep him on my radar when it comes to future output. The director is now back with the thriller The World of Kanako, which is finally getting a U.S. release in December.
As seen in the U.S. red band and theatrical trailer, the story follows an ex-detective who has set out track down his missing teenage daughter. With the film debuting back during last year’s fall festival circuit, we’ve heard its tough subject matter and unrelenting approach might not be for everyone, but if you’re taken with the trailers, keep it on your radar. Check them out below, along with the poster.
An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of Kanako is a non-stop visual and...
As seen in the U.S. red band and theatrical trailer, the story follows an ex-detective who has set out track down his missing teenage daughter. With the film debuting back during last year’s fall festival circuit, we’ve heard its tough subject matter and unrelenting approach might not be for everyone, but if you’re taken with the trailers, keep it on your radar. Check them out below, along with the poster.
An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope, The World of Kanako is a non-stop visual and...
- 10/28/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We’ve been talking about Tetsuya Nakashima’s acclaimed thriller The World of Kanako, heading our way in December courtesy of Drafthouse Films, for a few weeks now; and today – just in time for Halloween – the film’s new artwork and… Continue Reading →
The post Enter The World of Kanako with a New Poster and Theatrical Trailer appeared first on Dread Central.
The post Enter The World of Kanako with a New Poster and Theatrical Trailer appeared first on Dread Central.
- 10/28/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Attack on Titan Live Action Movie ReviewSTORY53%ACTING43%DIRECTING45%VISUALS67%The design of the TitansLast half hour of the filmDirectionActingInadequate adaptation2015-10-2552%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (3 Votes)48%
Based on the world-renowned franchise, the live-action edition of Attack on Titan was highly anticipated by fans all over the world and on a personal note, I was eager to watch what Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director of Tokyo Gore Police and a special effects magician could achieve with the depiction of the Titans. However, the fact that the initial director, Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions), left the project due to artistic differences seemed like a negative, although not one to ruin the movie.
Ι won’t get into much details about the general concept, since I believe it is largely known; thus, here is what happens in the movie. Eren, Armin and Mikasa, frustrated by their constraint inside the wall, decide to secretly break loose.
Based on the world-renowned franchise, the live-action edition of Attack on Titan was highly anticipated by fans all over the world and on a personal note, I was eager to watch what Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director of Tokyo Gore Police and a special effects magician could achieve with the depiction of the Titans. However, the fact that the initial director, Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions), left the project due to artistic differences seemed like a negative, although not one to ruin the movie.
Ι won’t get into much details about the general concept, since I believe it is largely known; thus, here is what happens in the movie. Eren, Armin and Mikasa, frustrated by their constraint inside the wall, decide to secretly break loose.
- 10/24/2015
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It is time to go farther afield with The World of Kanako. From Japan, this tale of revenge involves a missing student. But, Kanako (Nana Komatsu) might not want to be found. The film's first trailer will test your ear drums as a long list of minor characters are offed in bloody ways. Director Tetsuya Nakashima might be best known for his 2010 thriller Confessions. The World of Kanako is also a thriller, with elements of a mystery. The films' first trailer is hosted below. The film involves a bizarre father and daughter relationship. Akikazu (Kôji Yakusho) is tasked with finding his daughter, by his ex-wife. But, Akikazu uses violent means to track her down and he now knows very little about Kanako. On the other side of the tracks, Kanako has a reason for hiding from her family. Drafthouse Films will release this foreign title. Released over a year ago in Japan,...
- 10/21/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Shock Therapy Entertainment. Drafthouse Films has debuted a very amusing new teaser trailer for the wacky Japanese film The World of Kanako, starring Nana Komatsu as Kanako Fujishima. This electric, high-energy mystery thriller is actually about her father, an ex-detective named Akikazu, played by Kôji Yakusho, who goes looking for Kanako when she goes missing and discovers her "mysterious secret life". Kanako is described as "a non-stop visual and emotional assault to the senses," and you oh boy can you get a taste of that in this trailer. This is like Crank x100. Not everyone is going to be down for this, but a few of you may be. Warning - there's lots of crazy, crazy violence, so grab a poncho and dive right in. "I'll find her!" Here's the teaser trailer for Tetsuya Nakashima's The World of Kanako, via Drafthouse's YouTube: An uncompromising revenge thriller of operatic scope,...
- 10/20/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We told you a few days ago that Drafthouse Films is preparing the North American release of director Tetsuya Nakashima’s (Kamikaze Girls, Confessions) latest thriller, festival sensation and provocative Japanese box office hit The World of Kanako; and now we… Continue Reading →
The post New Teaser Trailer Takes You Inside The World of Kanako appeared first on Dread Central.
The post New Teaser Trailer Takes You Inside The World of Kanako appeared first on Dread Central.
- 10/20/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Drafthouse Films is preparing the North American release of director Tetsuya Nakashima’s (Kamikaze Girls, Confessions) latest thriller, festival sensation and provocative Japanese box office hit The World of Kanako, on December 4th. The film will be simultaneously released in select… Continue Reading →
The post Enter a Nightmare When The World of Kanako Arrives in December appeared first on Dread Central.
The post Enter a Nightmare When The World of Kanako Arrives in December appeared first on Dread Central.
- 10/15/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Acclaimed Japanese thriller coming to North America in December. Drafthouse Films has just announced its intent to release director Kamikaze Girls’ director Tetsuya Nakashima’s latest thriller, The World Of Kanako to select North American theaters on VOD on December 4th. A home video release on Blu-ray and DVD is slated for early 2016. From the press…
The post Drafthouse Films to Release Lurid Japanese Shocker The World Of Kanako appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
The post Drafthouse Films to Release Lurid Japanese Shocker The World Of Kanako appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 10/15/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Summer may be over, but with this year marking the 35th anniversary of Friday the 13th, it's never too late to visit the lake. Ahead of the event's November 4th start date, the folks behind the Denver Film Festival have announced the first wave of programming, including a special November 13th 35mm screening of Sean S. Cunningham's monumental slasher film.
Press Release: October 9, 2015 (Denver, Colo.) - The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), announced its first wave of programming. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, the festival will feature a focus on Polish Cinema, sidebars for CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night and Women+Film, as well as robust Shorts Packages and Music Spotlight programming.
"In keeping with our long and rich tradition of presenting the best in Eastern European cinema, we at the Denver Film Festival are proud to announce that this year's...
Press Release: October 9, 2015 (Denver, Colo.) - The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), announced its first wave of programming. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, the festival will feature a focus on Polish Cinema, sidebars for CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night and Women+Film, as well as robust Shorts Packages and Music Spotlight programming.
"In keeping with our long and rich tradition of presenting the best in Eastern European cinema, we at the Denver Film Festival are proud to announce that this year's...
- 10/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Magnolia Pictures has taken all North American rights to Rick Alverson’s Entertainment, while in a separate deal Drafthose Films will distribute The World Of Kanako in North America.
Entertainment (pictured) stars Gregg Turkington, John C Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera and Amy Seimetz and just screened as the closing night selection of New Directors/New Films.
Turkington plays an aging comedian on tour in the California desert who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Alverson, Turkington and Tim Heidecker co-wrote the screenplay and Ryan Zacarias produced with Ryan Lough, George Rush, Brooke Bernard, Alverson, Patrick Hibler and Alex Lipschultz.
The film premiered in Sundance and is a Jagjaguwar, Nomadic Independence and Made Bed Production in association with Arts + Labor, Autumn Productions, Epic Pictures Group and Complex Corporation.
Magnolia svp of acquisitions Dori Begley and vp of acquisitions John Von Thaden brokered the deal with Cinetic Media.
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to [link...
Entertainment (pictured) stars Gregg Turkington, John C Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera and Amy Seimetz and just screened as the closing night selection of New Directors/New Films.
Turkington plays an aging comedian on tour in the California desert who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Alverson, Turkington and Tim Heidecker co-wrote the screenplay and Ryan Zacarias produced with Ryan Lough, George Rush, Brooke Bernard, Alverson, Patrick Hibler and Alex Lipschultz.
The film premiered in Sundance and is a Jagjaguwar, Nomadic Independence and Made Bed Production in association with Arts + Labor, Autumn Productions, Epic Pictures Group and Complex Corporation.
Magnolia svp of acquisitions Dori Begley and vp of acquisitions John Von Thaden brokered the deal with Cinetic Media.
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to [link...
- 4/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Watch: Nothing Can Stop Jean Dujardin in 'The Connection' Trailer Described as an "ultra-violent thriller," "The World Of Kanako" is headed to North America. Drafthouse Films has acquired the distribution rights to the film, fully expecting a controversy. Said Drafthouse COO James Emanuel Shapiro, "This movie is an all out depraved and constant assault on your morality and your senses and I loved every second of it." "Kanako" is based on a 2005 novel by Akio Fukamachi that was considered unfilmable due to its bloody narrative. The story centers on a former detective as he follows his missing daughter down a trail of sex, drugs and rock and roll violence. Director Tetsuya Nakashima previously helmed "Kamikaze Girls" and "Confessions." The film will screen in select theaters across North America and will be released on a variety of VOD platforms and digital, DVD and Blu-ray formats. Read...
- 4/2/2015
- by Elizabeth Logan
- Indiewire
The 17th annual Boston Underground Film Festival is set to explode all over the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square on March 25-29.
Opening Night: The fun kicks off on the 25th at 7:30 p.m. with the exciting new flick from the always amazing Astron-6 collective, The Editor, an homage to the brutal Giallo movies of the ’70s and ’80s directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy. This will be followed by the restored version of the legendary cult classic Gone With the Pope by the notorious Duke Mitchell.
Closing Night: Goodnight Mommy the debut feature film by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, will screen at 8:30 p.m. on the 29th and is a nightmarish vision of familial dread when twin brothers believe their cosmetically altered mother is literally not the woman she used to be.
Other features include a mix of horror, like Matt O’Mahoney’s...
Opening Night: The fun kicks off on the 25th at 7:30 p.m. with the exciting new flick from the always amazing Astron-6 collective, The Editor, an homage to the brutal Giallo movies of the ’70s and ’80s directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy. This will be followed by the restored version of the legendary cult classic Gone With the Pope by the notorious Duke Mitchell.
Closing Night: Goodnight Mommy the debut feature film by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, will screen at 8:30 p.m. on the 29th and is a nightmarish vision of familial dread when twin brothers believe their cosmetically altered mother is literally not the woman she used to be.
Other features include a mix of horror, like Matt O’Mahoney’s...
- 3/12/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Tokyo International Film Festival’s ‘Seven Samurai’ directors compared the restrictive studio-controlled filmmaking environment of modern-day Japan to the golden age of Akira Kurosawa at a talk event on Sunday.
For this year’s edition, the festival has selected seven directors, who have achieved a degree of international recognition, to promote Japanese cinema to the world. Three of the seven attended the talk event: Keishi Otomo, who has directed two hit films based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series; Takashi Yamazaki, whose Parasyte is closing the festival; and Lee Sang-il, whose credits include the Japanese remake of Unforgiven.
The other four ‘Samurai’ are Takashi Miike (13 Assassins), Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions), Eiichiro Hasumi (Umizaru series) and Daihachi Yoshida, whose Pale Moon is the only Japanese film in Tiff’s competition section. The event was followed by a screening of Kurosawa’s 1954 Seven Samurai.
Asked to compare filmmaking in Japan today to the era when Seven Samurai was made, the...
For this year’s edition, the festival has selected seven directors, who have achieved a degree of international recognition, to promote Japanese cinema to the world. Three of the seven attended the talk event: Keishi Otomo, who has directed two hit films based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series; Takashi Yamazaki, whose Parasyte is closing the festival; and Lee Sang-il, whose credits include the Japanese remake of Unforgiven.
The other four ‘Samurai’ are Takashi Miike (13 Assassins), Tetsuya Nakashima (Confessions), Eiichiro Hasumi (Umizaru series) and Daihachi Yoshida, whose Pale Moon is the only Japanese film in Tiff’s competition section. The event was followed by a screening of Kurosawa’s 1954 Seven Samurai.
Asked to compare filmmaking in Japan today to the era when Seven Samurai was made, the...
- 10/26/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.