Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week — and since we’re off next week, you get an extra item!
Ghoulies Plushes from Toynk
Who among us hasn’t wanted to cuddle with the Ghoulies? Your dream can come true in the end, thanks to Toynk.
Summon 14″ plush toys of Fish Ghoulie, Cat Ghoulie, and Rat Ghoulie for $30 each. They’re currently eligible for a Buy 3, Get 1 Free deal.
Creature from the Black Lagoon Figure from Super 7
Creature from the Black Lagoon is joining Super7’s Super Cyborg line of “x-ray” toys next month for $125. Shipping is free with the code WINTER79.
The 11″ action figure features three removable panels that expose the anatomy of Gillman’s head, arm, and torso. It has seven points of articulation.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week — and since we’re off next week, you get an extra item!
Ghoulies Plushes from Toynk
Who among us hasn’t wanted to cuddle with the Ghoulies? Your dream can come true in the end, thanks to Toynk.
Summon 14″ plush toys of Fish Ghoulie, Cat Ghoulie, and Rat Ghoulie for $30 each. They’re currently eligible for a Buy 3, Get 1 Free deal.
Creature from the Black Lagoon Figure from Super 7
Creature from the Black Lagoon is joining Super7’s Super Cyborg line of “x-ray” toys next month for $125. Shipping is free with the code WINTER79.
The 11″ action figure features three removable panels that expose the anatomy of Gillman’s head, arm, and torso. It has seven points of articulation.
- 12/22/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
What happens if a homeless man wins the lottery? Akihiro Takahama self-written short “Mimic” gives an entertaining answer to this fateful outline peppered with ingenious dialogue and wisdom.
Mimic is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Morimoto lives in a cardboard box, spending his time at the park with other derelicts and looking for food in trash cans. By chance, a lottery ticket grants him a financial blessing. The first thing he wants to purchase is an apartment. But, with no valid address, he is not able to finalize the deal and Morimoto is forced to join a business that sells a magazine with the ironic title “Life theme – What's your reason to live?” on the street. He gets a new suit, a nice haircut, and finds shelter in a capsule hotel. After some time, his employer sponsors him a flat but Morimoto does not want to become a...
Mimic is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Morimoto lives in a cardboard box, spending his time at the park with other derelicts and looking for food in trash cans. By chance, a lottery ticket grants him a financial blessing. The first thing he wants to purchase is an apartment. But, with no valid address, he is not able to finalize the deal and Morimoto is forced to join a business that sells a magazine with the ironic title “Life theme – What's your reason to live?” on the street. He gets a new suit, a nice haircut, and finds shelter in a capsule hotel. After some time, his employer sponsors him a flat but Morimoto does not want to become a...
- 7/20/2023
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
The legend of the 47 ronin executing their revenge on the man responsible for the suicide of their master has been told and re-told a myriad of times in Japan in various art forms so it became a genre with its own name: Chushingura. There were several movie versions, too, from the 1941 classic directed by Kenji Mizoguchi to the atrocious 2013 Hollywood version starring Keanu Reeves. The newest version, “The 47 Ronin in Debt” directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura that premiered at the last year’s Tokyo International Film Festival and is now screened at Toronto Japanese Film Festival, at least offers a new angle to the whole story – the financial one.
“The 47 Ronin in Debt” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The legend tells us that the feudal lord Naganori Asano of Ako had attacked his rival and court official Yoshinaka Kira for reasons believed to be of corruption. Kira survived,...
“The 47 Ronin in Debt” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The legend tells us that the feudal lord Naganori Asano of Ako had attacked his rival and court official Yoshinaka Kira for reasons believed to be of corruption. Kira survived,...
- 10/5/2020
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s unprecedented 9th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival will be held online from Saturday, October 3 to Thursday, October 22 and features 22 films using the SHIFT72 festival platform. For the first time, Tjff is expanding its reach beyond Toronto to audiences across all of Canada, maintaining the festival’s sense of community while promoting friendship, understanding, and exchange between the Japanese and broader Canadian community. The festival has grown into one of the largest film events of its kind in the world and is recognized by the Japanese film industry as a vital conduit for bringing Japanese film to international audiences.
Tjff 2020 also presents major award winners for their Canadian premieres: Mitsuhito Fujii’s The Journalist which won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Actor (Tori Matsuzaka) and Best Actress (Eun-kyung Shim); Hirohiko Arai’s intense erotic odyssey It Feels So Good (Kinema Junpo Awards...
Tjff 2020 also presents major award winners for their Canadian premieres: Mitsuhito Fujii’s The Journalist which won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Actor (Tori Matsuzaka) and Best Actress (Eun-kyung Shim); Hirohiko Arai’s intense erotic odyssey It Feels So Good (Kinema Junpo Awards...
- 9/14/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
When punk emerged in the mid-70s, starting its journey across the globe, its music fashion and hairstyles defined an attitude opposed to the ideals of society, especially the growing return to conformity and the politics of that time. Bands like The Stooges and Sex Pistols set out to add the soundtrack consisting of a rejection of bourgeois ideas of rhythm and harmony, basically everything which then stood for mainstream, a definite counterpart to the yuppie culture, especially in the 1980s. Even though the heart of the movement, depending on who you ask, lies in Great Britain or the USA, punk also spread to Japan where it became a lively sub-culture with bands like Friction or The Stalin being two of the most famous ones. Somewhat ironically it is this movement, its music and its attitudes which is at the heart of Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “Fish Story” and possibly the...
- 7/14/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
A popular director at the Japan Cuts festival for his offbeat dramas, director Yoshihiro Nakamura instead takes on the jidaigeki epic, based on the novel of the same name by Ryou Wada. Focusing on fictional events that take place surrounding the Tenshō Iga War, “Mumon: The Land of Stealth”, was released in Japan under the title “Shinobi no Kuni” and distributed by Toho Studios.
Set during the Sengoku period among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon (Satoshi Ohno) is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda (Yuri Chinen) struggling to step into his father’s warlord style as the group expands their rule across the country, Mumon jumps at the chance to satisfy his new bride Okuni (Satomi Ishihara), who demands that he follows through on his promises of wealth. With the help of Daiezen Heki (Yūsuke Iseya), he...
Set during the Sengoku period among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon (Satoshi Ohno) is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda (Yuri Chinen) struggling to step into his father’s warlord style as the group expands their rule across the country, Mumon jumps at the chance to satisfy his new bride Okuni (Satomi Ishihara), who demands that he follows through on his promises of wealth. With the help of Daiezen Heki (Yūsuke Iseya), he...
- 4/8/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
With the majority of filmfans and cinephiles forced to spend time at home, there are still ways to view Asian cinema in your region while still maintaining a safe distance to the world outside. Among other things Filmdoo offers a great selection of popular and lesser know Asian titles. Considering the aforementioned global situation, Filmdoo has offered free codes for those interested in their catalogue. Check out their homepage for further information and access their library.
To give you some suggestions, here is a selection of 15 titles you can enjoy on Filmdoo, all of which have been reviewed on Amp.
1. Bleak Night by Yoon Sung-hyun
““Bleak Night” is an intimate drama about friendship, about personal tragedy and the pain of growing up. It is a film not defined by the cliches of so many depictions of teenagers, but rather a story showing patience and empathy with its characters and their flaws,...
To give you some suggestions, here is a selection of 15 titles you can enjoy on Filmdoo, all of which have been reviewed on Amp.
1. Bleak Night by Yoon Sung-hyun
““Bleak Night” is an intimate drama about friendship, about personal tragedy and the pain of growing up. It is a film not defined by the cliches of so many depictions of teenagers, but rather a story showing patience and empathy with its characters and their flaws,...
- 3/29/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
By Adam Torel
Third Window Films is quite different to many distributors in the fact that it’s not just incredibly niche, but also run totally ‘in-house’. I started Third Window in 2005, so it’s been 15 years now, and the goal of the label was to release many minor Asian films which probably wouldn’t have gotten released otherwise. As a massive fan of Asian cinema, I wanted to really focus on titles which had never been released before in the West, instead of working like a normal distributor would do in focusing mainly on easily ‘sellable’ and well-known titles. In order to do this, Third Window has been run incredibly tight, with no office, no real staff and keeping as much in house (literally run out of my home) as possible. This means handling as much of the process: from buying rights, making materials, subtitling, filming and editing extras,...
Third Window Films is quite different to many distributors in the fact that it’s not just incredibly niche, but also run totally ‘in-house’. I started Third Window in 2005, so it’s been 15 years now, and the goal of the label was to release many minor Asian films which probably wouldn’t have gotten released otherwise. As a massive fan of Asian cinema, I wanted to really focus on titles which had never been released before in the West, instead of working like a normal distributor would do in focusing mainly on easily ‘sellable’ and well-known titles. In order to do this, Third Window has been run incredibly tight, with no office, no real staff and keeping as much in house (literally run out of my home) as possible. This means handling as much of the process: from buying rights, making materials, subtitling, filming and editing extras,...
- 1/10/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Waging a war is damned expensive — that’s the one-gag, oft-repeated joke of The 47 Ronin in Debt (Kessan! Chushingura), which bowed as a special screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Though samurai comedies are rare, they are also hard to pull off, and the present Edo period film by Yoshihiro Nakamura is no exception. In many ways it recalls his money-making 2016 historical comedy The Magnificent Nine, in which 18th century townies scheme to get out of poverty by running a forbidden pawn business. Ronin is another overwrought effort, though it feels like there is a film struggling to ...
- 10/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Waging a war is damned expensive — that’s the one-gag, oft-repeated joke of The 47 Ronin in Debt (Kessan! Chushingura), which bowed as a special screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Though samurai comedies are rare, they are also hard to pull off, and the present Edo period film by Yoshihiro Nakamura is no exception. In many ways it recalls his money-making 2016 historical comedy The Magnificent Nine, in which 18th century townies scheme to get out of poverty by running a forbidden pawn business. Ronin is another overwrought effort, though it feels like there is a film struggling to ...
- 10/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Japanese director Yoshihiro Nakamura has completed production on his most recent comedy “The 47 Ronin in Debt”. The film stars Shinchi Tsutsumi as a Ronin hungry for revenge, but lacking the budget to execute his plans.
The films is set for release in Japan on November 22, 2019. A trailer for the production has been made available and can be viewed below.
Synopsis
Takuminokami Asano is a handshu (lord) and he is ordered to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira.
Having no time to mourn his lord’s death, Kuranosuke Oishi (Shinichi Tsutsumi) decides to take revenge on Kozukenosuke Kira. Kuranosuke Oishi plans an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato (Takashi Okamura), but they don’t have enough in their budget. (AsianWiki)...
The films is set for release in Japan on November 22, 2019. A trailer for the production has been made available and can be viewed below.
Synopsis
Takuminokami Asano is a handshu (lord) and he is ordered to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira.
Having no time to mourn his lord’s death, Kuranosuke Oishi (Shinichi Tsutsumi) decides to take revenge on Kozukenosuke Kira. Kuranosuke Oishi plans an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato (Takashi Okamura), but they don’t have enough in their budget. (AsianWiki)...
- 10/18/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
‘The Takatsu River’ stars Masahiro Koumoto and ‘Meeting Myself’ stars Takahiro and Keiko Matsuzaka
Japan’s Free Stone Productions has picked up international rights to two dramas directed by Yoshinari Nishikori: The Takatsu River and Meeting Myself.
Starring Masahiro Koumoto and Naho Toda, The Takatsu River is set in a town that is struggling with population decline and the loss of its traditional arts, as young people move away to the big cities. Japanese release is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020.
Meeting Myself is the story of a fisherman suffering from amnesia following an accident, whose mother sees an...
Japan’s Free Stone Productions has picked up international rights to two dramas directed by Yoshinari Nishikori: The Takatsu River and Meeting Myself.
Starring Masahiro Koumoto and Naho Toda, The Takatsu River is set in a town that is struggling with population decline and the loss of its traditional arts, as young people move away to the big cities. Japanese release is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020.
Meeting Myself is the story of a fisherman suffering from amnesia following an accident, whose mother sees an...
- 10/6/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Competition to screen 14 titles including the world premieres of Japanese films Tezuka’s Barbara and A Beloved Wife.
Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) has announced the full line-up for its 32nd edition, including the 14 titles selected for its International Competition.
In addition to previously announced Japanese titles Tezuka’s Barbara from Macoto Tezka and Shin Adachi’s A Beloved Wife, the competition will screen five other world premieres including Chinese director Wang Rui’s Chaogtu With Sarula, Food For A Funeral from Turkey’s Reis Celik and Uncle from Danish director Frelle Petersen.
Asia premieres in this section include Jayro...
Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) has announced the full line-up for its 32nd edition, including the 14 titles selected for its International Competition.
In addition to previously announced Japanese titles Tezuka’s Barbara from Macoto Tezka and Shin Adachi’s A Beloved Wife, the competition will screen five other world premieres including Chinese director Wang Rui’s Chaogtu With Sarula, Food For A Funeral from Turkey’s Reis Celik and Uncle from Danish director Frelle Petersen.
Asia premieres in this section include Jayro...
- 9/26/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Yoshihiro Nakamura has emerged as one of the most interesting Japanese directors during the last two decades, highlighting his prowess in a number of genres, usually through great stories, since his directorial credits include films like “Mumon: The Land of Stealth”, “The Snow White Murder Case” and “Fish Story”. The present film was one of his first and the one that netted him the Kaneto Shindo Prize, given to the most promising new director by the Japan Film Makers’ Association.
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Based on Kotaro Isaka’s novel, the story revolves around college student Shiina, who has just moved to his apartment in Sendai, in order to study law. Almost immediately, he meets a rather strange neighbor his age, Kawasaki, who approaches him due to their common interest for Bob Dylan. Shiina is perplexed by Kawasaki’s behaviour, but takes a liking to him, despite his rather illogical talk...
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Based on Kotaro Isaka’s novel, the story revolves around college student Shiina, who has just moved to his apartment in Sendai, in order to study law. Almost immediately, he meets a rather strange neighbor his age, Kawasaki, who approaches him due to their common interest for Bob Dylan. Shiina is perplexed by Kawasaki’s behaviour, but takes a liking to him, despite his rather illogical talk...
- 5/27/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Japan Cuts 2017, NY’s annual festival celebrating the best of new Japanese cinema, is back with its 11th edition scheduled from July 13 to 23. This year’s roster includes 28 feature and 6 short films, ranging across epic blockbusters, indies, documentaries, animations and restored classics. In-person access to filmmakers and stars, Q&A sessions and parties are some extra treats on offer.
Yusuke Iseya in Mumon © 2017 Mumon Film Partners
The festival opens on Thursday, July 13th, with Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Mumon: Land of the Stealth, a playful take on the period drama genre, full of fantastical ninja moves and its own sense of eccentricity. Nakamura will be available for post-screening Q&A and Opening Night Party at Japan Society’s historic theater.
After a series of International, North America, Us, East Coast and NY Premieres, the festival will close with Sunao Katabuchi’s enchanting In This Corner of the World, a poignant coming-of-age story set during WWII.
Yusuke Iseya in Mumon © 2017 Mumon Film Partners
The festival opens on Thursday, July 13th, with Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Mumon: Land of the Stealth, a playful take on the period drama genre, full of fantastical ninja moves and its own sense of eccentricity. Nakamura will be available for post-screening Q&A and Opening Night Party at Japan Society’s historic theater.
After a series of International, North America, Us, East Coast and NY Premieres, the festival will close with Sunao Katabuchi’s enchanting In This Corner of the World, a poignant coming-of-age story set during WWII.
- 6/24/2017
- by Arnav Sinha
- AsianMoviePulse
Yoshihiro Nakamura's The Inerasable screening on Fantasia International Film FestivalSTORY73%DIRECTION70%ACTING67%VISUALS69%POSITIVESIntricate storyGreat atmosphereAccomplished editingNEGATIVESLagging in the end2016-07-2670%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)0%
Yoshihiro Nakamura has managed to adapt a novel to the point that we are not talking about adaptation any more, but rather for visualization.
The film is based on Fuyumi Ono’s horror novel Zang-e, and begins with the story of Ai, a mystery novel writer currently working for a horror magazine, who draws inspiration from the reader’s submissions of supernatural phenomena. One day, she receives a letter from Kubo, a university student who claims to hear odd sounds in her apartment. As Ai remembers of another similar letter stating the same, the two of them start investigating the occurrence, beginning with the apartment’s previous owners. As they delve deeper into the story, they go further back in the past, uncovering...
Yoshihiro Nakamura has managed to adapt a novel to the point that we are not talking about adaptation any more, but rather for visualization.
The film is based on Fuyumi Ono’s horror novel Zang-e, and begins with the story of Ai, a mystery novel writer currently working for a horror magazine, who draws inspiration from the reader’s submissions of supernatural phenomena. One day, she receives a letter from Kubo, a university student who claims to hear odd sounds in her apartment. As Ai remembers of another similar letter stating the same, the two of them start investigating the occurrence, beginning with the apartment’s previous owners. As they delve deeper into the story, they go further back in the past, uncovering...
- 7/26/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Plus several titles we already know are worth your time.
This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival starts today in the beautiful city of Montreal, and we couldn’t be more excited. (Well, I could be if I was there, but I don’t arrive until Saturday night so my peak joy will have to wait until then.) We’ve already revealed the three-part lineup announcement here, here, and here, but as the fest begins we wanted to go ahead and share the films we’re most anticipating as well as recommend some movies that we’ve already seen and loved.
As of this moment I’ve seen twenty-five of the fest’s titles, but that’s still less than one-fifth of films playing this year. Here are some of my favorites.
The director of The Chaser delivers a terrific horror/thriller hybrid from South Korea, The Wailing (full review), which pits a hapless cop against the...
This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival starts today in the beautiful city of Montreal, and we couldn’t be more excited. (Well, I could be if I was there, but I don’t arrive until Saturday night so my peak joy will have to wait until then.) We’ve already revealed the three-part lineup announcement here, here, and here, but as the fest begins we wanted to go ahead and share the films we’re most anticipating as well as recommend some movies that we’ve already seen and loved.
As of this moment I’ve seen twenty-five of the fest’s titles, but that’s still less than one-fifth of films playing this year. Here are some of my favorites.
The director of The Chaser delivers a terrific horror/thriller hybrid from South Korea, The Wailing (full review), which pits a hapless cop against the...
- 7/14/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Celebrating its 40th year, the journal Film Criticism has relaunched as an online open-access journal. Also in today's roundup: Jonathan Demme addresses the Academy's diversity problem; The Big Short, winner of the Producer's Guild award, read as a documentary; comparing and contrasting Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant; J. Hoberman on Julien Duvivier; interviews with Anna Karina, Laurie Anderson, Michael Caine, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Manny Kirchheimer, Radu Muntean and a new book on Robert Ryan. » - David Hudson...
- 1/24/2016
- Keyframe
Celebrating its 40th year, the journal Film Criticism has relaunched as an online open-access journal. Also in today's roundup: Jonathan Demme addresses the Academy's diversity problem; The Big Short, winner of the Producer's Guild award, read as a documentary; comparing and contrasting Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant; J. Hoberman on Julien Duvivier; interviews with Anna Karina, Laurie Anderson, Michael Caine, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Manny Kirchheimer, Radu Muntean and a new book on Robert Ryan. » - David Hudson...
- 1/24/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
The Snow White Murder CaseSTORY80%ACTING70%DIRECTING81%VISUALS75%POSITIVESIntelligent plotAccomplished directionSpot- on social remarksNEGATIVESSomewhat lengthy2015-11-0877%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)0%
This particular movie is based on the fourth novel of Kanae Minato that becomes adapted into a movie, after Confessions, A Chorus of Angels and Penance, making it obvious that the practice is a definite recipe for success.
The story begins with the discovery of a stabbed and burned corpse in the woods, which is subsequently identified as the beautiful Noriko Miki, an employee at a company manufacturing cosmetic products. Yuji Akahosi, who works at a TV station and has a blog writing critiques regarding restaurants, receives a phone call from a friend of his, Risako Karino, who was a co-worker of the victim.
She discloses information concerning Noriko and another co-worker, Miki Jono, who, according to her, is the prime suspect. She asks Yuji not to leak this data,...
This particular movie is based on the fourth novel of Kanae Minato that becomes adapted into a movie, after Confessions, A Chorus of Angels and Penance, making it obvious that the practice is a definite recipe for success.
The story begins with the discovery of a stabbed and burned corpse in the woods, which is subsequently identified as the beautiful Noriko Miki, an employee at a company manufacturing cosmetic products. Yuji Akahosi, who works at a TV station and has a blog writing critiques regarding restaurants, receives a phone call from a friend of his, Risako Karino, who was a co-worker of the victim.
She discloses information concerning Noriko and another co-worker, Miki Jono, who, according to her, is the prime suspect. She asks Yuji not to leak this data,...
- 11/8/2015
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Competition section features six world premieres including titles from Koji Fukada and Yoshihiro Nakamura.
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (October 22-31) has unveiled its line-up with six world premieres in the Competition section, including Turkish director Mustafa Kara’s Cold Of Kalandar, Hao Jie’s My Original Dream and Thai film-maker Kongdej Jaturanrasmee’s Snap.
Also world-premiering in Competition are three Japanese titles: Kohei Oguri’s Foujita, Yoshihiro Nakamura’s The Inerasable and Koji Fukada’s Sayonara – the most local films in the main section since 2004.
The other selections are either Asian or international premieres. The topics of war or refugeeism are a common thread among some films, echoing current day headlines. “We were not conscious about choosing those types, it just happened that way and we noticed afterwards,” said Competition programming director Yoshi Yatabe.
“As much as possible we’d like to cover a wide range of geographical areas and genres,” he said of...
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (October 22-31) has unveiled its line-up with six world premieres in the Competition section, including Turkish director Mustafa Kara’s Cold Of Kalandar, Hao Jie’s My Original Dream and Thai film-maker Kongdej Jaturanrasmee’s Snap.
Also world-premiering in Competition are three Japanese titles: Kohei Oguri’s Foujita, Yoshihiro Nakamura’s The Inerasable and Koji Fukada’s Sayonara – the most local films in the main section since 2004.
The other selections are either Asian or international premieres. The topics of war or refugeeism are a common thread among some films, echoing current day headlines. “We were not conscious about choosing those types, it just happened that way and we noticed afterwards,” said Competition programming director Yoshi Yatabe.
“As much as possible we’d like to cover a wide range of geographical areas and genres,” he said of...
- 9/29/2015
- ScreenDaily
Competition section features six world premieres including titles from Koji Fukada and Yoshihiro Nakamura.
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (October 22-31) has unveiled its line-up with six world premieres in the Competition section, including Turkish director Mustafa Kara’s Cold Of Kalandar, Hao Jie’s My Original Dream and Thai film-maker Kongdej Jaturanrasmee’s Snap.
Also world-premiering in Competition are three Japanese titles: Kohei Oguri’s Foujita, Yoshihiro Nakamura’s The Inerasable and Koji Fukada’s Sayonara – the most local films in the main section since 2004.
The other selections are either Asian or international premieres. The topics of war or refugeeism are a common thread among some films, echoing current day headlines. “We were not conscious about choosing those types, it just happened that way and we noticed afterwards,” said Competition programming director Yoshi Yatabe.
“As much as possible we’d like to cover a wide range of geographical areas and genres,” he said of...
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (October 22-31) has unveiled its line-up with six world premieres in the Competition section, including Turkish director Mustafa Kara’s Cold Of Kalandar, Hao Jie’s My Original Dream and Thai film-maker Kongdej Jaturanrasmee’s Snap.
Also world-premiering in Competition are three Japanese titles: Kohei Oguri’s Foujita, Yoshihiro Nakamura’s The Inerasable and Koji Fukada’s Sayonara – the most local films in the main section since 2004.
The other selections are either Asian or international premieres. The topics of war or refugeeism are a common thread among some films, echoing current day headlines. “We were not conscious about choosing those types, it just happened that way and we noticed afterwards,” said Competition programming director Yoshi Yatabe.
“As much as possible we’d like to cover a wide range of geographical areas and genres,” he said of...
- 9/29/2015
- ScreenDaily
Selection represents highest number of Japanese films in more than a decade.
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct. 22-31) has chosen three Japanese titles for its main competition, the highest number of local films it has selected for its top section for 11 years.
Veteran helmer Kohei Oguri’s Foujita portrays Japanese artist Tsuguhara Foujita’s life in Paris in the 1920s; Koji Fukada’s Sayonara centres on an ill woman and her android caretaker; and Yoshihiro Nakamura’s The Inerasable follows a novelist and her investigation of a series of eerie deaths.
“I feel that the quality seen in recent Japanese films is extremely rich and on par with those seen in international cinema,” said Yoshi Yatabe, Tiff’s competition programming director.
“By mixing three different types of directors, we wanted to showcase the strength and diversity we see in today’s Japanese cinema.”
This year, 1,409 titles from 86 territories were submitted for consideration. The rest of...
The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct. 22-31) has chosen three Japanese titles for its main competition, the highest number of local films it has selected for its top section for 11 years.
Veteran helmer Kohei Oguri’s Foujita portrays Japanese artist Tsuguhara Foujita’s life in Paris in the 1920s; Koji Fukada’s Sayonara centres on an ill woman and her android caretaker; and Yoshihiro Nakamura’s The Inerasable follows a novelist and her investigation of a series of eerie deaths.
“I feel that the quality seen in recent Japanese films is extremely rich and on par with those seen in international cinema,” said Yoshi Yatabe, Tiff’s competition programming director.
“By mixing three different types of directors, we wanted to showcase the strength and diversity we see in today’s Japanese cinema.”
This year, 1,409 titles from 86 territories were submitted for consideration. The rest of...
- 9/16/2015
- ScreenDaily
When we asked our staff to vote on the best comic book movie adaptations, we were afraid the results would consist only of superhero films. While there are many superhero movies listed below, it is great to see a bulk of non-Hollywood films appearing on the list as well. We set out to compile a list of 50 movies but as it were, we ended up with 5 ties, and so the list consists 55 films instead. Let us know if you think we missed something. Enjoy!
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55. The Adventures of Tintin
Spielberg’s first venture into animation is one of his best. Taking notes from the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark playbook, Spielberg crafted another spirited, thrilling, and always entertaining adventure. The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most pleasurable, family-friendly experiences, that boils down to one grand treasure hunt. There’s much to admire on-screen, but it is the spectacular...
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55. The Adventures of Tintin
Spielberg’s first venture into animation is one of his best. Taking notes from the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark playbook, Spielberg crafted another spirited, thrilling, and always entertaining adventure. The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most pleasurable, family-friendly experiences, that boils down to one grand treasure hunt. There’s much to admire on-screen, but it is the spectacular...
- 9/2/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Nyaff 2014 runs June 27-July 14 in New York City. Follow all of our coverage here. If there’s one takeaway from Yoshihiro Nakamura‘s (Fish Story, Golden Slumber) latest film it’s that people are the same the world over. More specifically, people are horrible the world over. The Snow White Murder Case explores this phenomenon by way of a vicious murder and the equally brutal savaging of the prime suspect in the court of public opinion via social media and TV “news.” A woman’s dead body is discovered in a park after being stabbed multiple times and set on fire. Akahoshi Yuji (Ayano Gô), a low-level assistant on a true crime news show, is approached by an old school friend who was the victim’s co-worker at a big cosmetic company and is in the mood to reluctantly share gossip. Seeing it as a possible career-maker, Yuji begins teasing the revelations on Twitter as a lead-up...
- 7/12/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Following previous announcements of their film lineup, the Fantasia International Film Festival has released their full lineup of movies to be shown at the 18th Annual festival, starting July 17.
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The Toronto Japanese Film Festival wrapped up at the end of June. 18 films from Japanese contemporary cinema had their North American and/or Canadian premieres during the festival. Awards were handed out during the fest. The winners are noted in the press release below.The festival will also host and encore screening of Kobayashi Audience Choice Award winner, Yamazak' Takashi s The Eternal Zero, on Thursday July 17th at 7pm. We have three double passes to give away for the event. We'll do a random draw on Thursday, July 10th. E-mail me by midnight next Wednesday. Toronto Japanese Film Festival Announces 2014 Award Winners"Pecoross' Mother and Her Days" and "The Eternal Zero" Take Major Awards at 2014 Toronto Japanese Film Festival.Latest by Yoshihiro Nakamura and Takashi Miike also HonouredAzuma Morisaki's...
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- 7/6/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. See You Tomorrow Everyone (UK) Satoru Watarai (Gaku Hamada) graduates from primary school with only one certainty. He plans on never leaving the “projects” where he lives. The gated community of apartment complexes also features stores, restaurants, recreation areas and more, and Satoru sees no reason to leave. As the years pass by he watches as his friends move away, he loses the love of his life, and he begins to question his physical inability to set foot outside the projects. Director Yoshihiro Nakamura is no stranger to ridiculously good cinema, and anyone who’s seen Fish Story, Golden Slumber, or A Boy & His Samurai knows that he mixes entertainment and emotion in wonderfully rare ways. His latest lacks a fantastical element or song-related hook, and instead focuses on the presumably stunted life of one...
- 10/15/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
★★★★☆ In the interview included on Third Window's release of See You Tomorrow, Everyone (2013) director Yoshihiro Nakamura acknowledges how his film makes certain demands of the audience. Specifically, he notes the sharp turn in tone that occurs midway through. Though some viewers may indeed be troubled by this abrupt shift, or understandably resent that key narrative information has been withheld, that's also where much of the artistry lies. You omit this shift, and you're left with a disarming coming-of-age story that would certainly deserve its own fans, but not the kind of ambitious work that one expects from Nakamura.
Based on a novel by Takehiko Kubodera, See You Tomorrow, Everyone stars the hard-to-dislike Gaku Hamada as Satoru, a middle-schooler who finds himself unable to leave his housing project even when he begins to push 30. At first we ascribe Satoru's avoidance of high school or even the streets beyond his neighbourhood as...
Based on a novel by Takehiko Kubodera, See You Tomorrow, Everyone stars the hard-to-dislike Gaku Hamada as Satoru, a middle-schooler who finds himself unable to leave his housing project even when he begins to push 30. At first we ascribe Satoru's avoidance of high school or even the streets beyond his neighbourhood as...
- 10/15/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The team behind the hugely entertaining Fish Story are set to unleash a multi-layered look into life on a Japanese council estate. Yoshihiro Nakamura is one of the rare examples of directors that can make entertaining films from very complex and intelligent stories. See You Tomorrow, Everyone is another great example of multi-layered stories mixed with interesting characters in a very entertaining setting. Starring Gaku Hamada (Sake Bomb, Fish Story), Kento Nagayama (Shield of Straw, Crime or Punishment?!?) & Nene Ohtsuka (I Wish, The Foreign Duck The Native Duck & God in a Coin Locker), See You Tomorrow, Everyone is yours to own on U.K. DVD from October 14th, 2013, courtesy of Third Window Films. Synopsis: Gaku Hamada is Satoru, a simple boy who lives in a government-built estate where he is told that life is so perfect that he never wants to leave. The estate has everything one needs for a happy life; schools,...
- 9/5/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
The full Fantasia 2013 lineup has now been revealed, and we have here the third and final wave of titles to share. Prepare to drool!
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
- 7/9/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Fantasia Film Festival is taking place from July 18th to August 6th in Montreal and will feature over 100 films from around the world. We gave you a look at the initial lineup last month and now have an additional list of Fantasia 2013 films that will be screening, including Curse of Chucky, You’re Next, and Frankenstein’s Army:
Horror Is Child’S Play – Don Mancini’S Curse Of Chucky (World Premiere)
A rarity among genre franchises, the Child’S Play series (begun in 1988) has retained the sure-handed guidance of original screenwriter/creator Don Mancini throughout killer doll Chucky’s decades’-long reign of horror. Mancini, who will be hosting our “scar-studded” world premiere, graduated to the director’s chair with 2004’s Seed Of Chucky, after having co-written or written every entry in the series. His longevity with the project is, of course, matched by the fiendish voiceover work by...
Horror Is Child’S Play – Don Mancini’S Curse Of Chucky (World Premiere)
A rarity among genre franchises, the Child’S Play series (begun in 1988) has retained the sure-handed guidance of original screenwriter/creator Don Mancini throughout killer doll Chucky’s decades’-long reign of horror. Mancini, who will be hosting our “scar-studded” world premiere, graduated to the director’s chair with 2004’s Seed Of Chucky, after having co-written or written every entry in the series. His longevity with the project is, of course, matched by the fiendish voiceover work by...
- 7/9/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck & The God In A Coin Locker
Stars: Gaku Hamada, Eita, Megumi Seki, Kei Tamura, Nene Ohtsuka | Written by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Ken’ichi Suzuki | Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
There are some film titles that just make you think, they aim to confuse you and offer no explanation as to what they mean. A prime example is The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck & God in a Coin Locker. It’s not until you get to the end of the film and take in the full story that you truly understand the concept and realise what a good film this is.
Shiina (Gaku Hamada) is moving into the city to be a student and moves into an apartment building. Upon meeting his neighbour Kawasaki (Eita) they soon find friendship through their mutual love of Bob Dylan. Feeling like an outside in the city Shiina is taken under...
Stars: Gaku Hamada, Eita, Megumi Seki, Kei Tamura, Nene Ohtsuka | Written by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Ken’ichi Suzuki | Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
There are some film titles that just make you think, they aim to confuse you and offer no explanation as to what they mean. A prime example is The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck & God in a Coin Locker. It’s not until you get to the end of the film and take in the full story that you truly understand the concept and realise what a good film this is.
Shiina (Gaku Hamada) is moving into the city to be a student and moves into an apartment building. Upon meeting his neighbour Kawasaki (Eita) they soon find friendship through their mutual love of Bob Dylan. Feeling like an outside in the city Shiina is taken under...
- 1/18/2013
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
★★★☆☆ Having been released in its home country of Japan all the way back in 2007, The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker has finally reached British shores thanks to its DVD release courtesy of Third Window Films. Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura (best known in the UK for penning 2002 chiller, Dark Water), the film is an adaptation of author Kotaro Isaka's award-winning novel of the same name. Opening as something of a quirky teen comedy, the unravelling of the central mystery leads to a touching portrayal of guilt and regret that will certainly capture the attention of its target audience.
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- 1/14/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Yoshihiro Nakamura isn’t as high a profile Japanese director as folks like Takashi Miike or Kiyoshi Kurosawa, but he truly deserves to be. His early career focused on horror, but the last few years have seen him deliver powerfully affecting entertainment in the form of films that explore friendships and relationships through fresh, thrilling and often fascinating stories. Fish Story, Golden Slumber and A Boy and His Samurai are fantastic movies, each charming and supremely entertaining in their own ways., and any one of those films would mark Nakamura as a director to watch. But all three on his resume means anything he directs deserves at least a cursory glance. Thanks to Third Window Films those of us who don’t speak Japanese finally have the opportunity to view one that preceded the three above but retains some of the same themes and much of the quality. “And you have been dragged into a story that...
- 1/13/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck & God in a Coin Locker
A film by Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, Golden Slumber)
Starring: Eita (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Memories of Matsuko)
Gaku Hamada (Fish Story, Space Brothers)
Ryuhei Matsuda (Nightmare Detective, Blue Spring, Gohatto)
Japan / 2007 / 110 Mins / In Japanese with English subtitles / Colour / 35mm
Out on DVD January 11th, 2013
DVD Special Features:
35 minute ‘Making Of’, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer
College student Shiina (Gaku Hamada from Fish Story) has just moved into his new flat in Sendai. Meets his new neighbour Kawasaki (Eita from Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai) Excluding both the tremendous physical and psychological differences between both characters, an unexpected friendships grows up out of a mutual interest in Bob Dylan.
The rigid and predictable Shiina is dragged by the magnetism of Kawasaki’s looney world of anarchy and creativity. Kawasaki’s crazy ideas, like his paranoia about pet...
A film by Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, Golden Slumber)
Starring: Eita (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Memories of Matsuko)
Gaku Hamada (Fish Story, Space Brothers)
Ryuhei Matsuda (Nightmare Detective, Blue Spring, Gohatto)
Japan / 2007 / 110 Mins / In Japanese with English subtitles / Colour / 35mm
Out on DVD January 11th, 2013
DVD Special Features:
35 minute ‘Making Of’, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer
College student Shiina (Gaku Hamada from Fish Story) has just moved into his new flat in Sendai. Meets his new neighbour Kawasaki (Eita from Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai) Excluding both the tremendous physical and psychological differences between both characters, an unexpected friendships grows up out of a mutual interest in Bob Dylan.
The rigid and predictable Shiina is dragged by the magnetism of Kawasaki’s looney world of anarchy and creativity. Kawasaki’s crazy ideas, like his paranoia about pet...
- 12/23/2012
- by tealgranate
- AsianMoviePulse
A Boy And His Samurai (Chonmage purin)
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Screenplay by Yoshihiro Nakamura
2010, Japan
Director Yoshihiro Nakamura really caught the attention of the Sound On Sight staff with his 2009 end-of-the-world punk rock film Fish Story. Last year, he made the equally impressive conspiracy thriller, Golden Slumber. Now he’s back, only this time he takes a radical turn and brings us a quiet, character-driven family film. This is a film about the interconnectedness of all aspects of our existence and finding splendour in the smallest but most rewarding tasks. Nakamura sees the connections that make this world so absurd and so beautiful, and finds equally beautiful ways to dramatize those moments into something more meaningful, in its juxtaposition of the fantastic and the everyday. Samurai may be predictable and formulaic, but in a like-ably off-kilter way.
Based on a popular manga by Gen Araki and scripted by Nakamura,...
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Screenplay by Yoshihiro Nakamura
2010, Japan
Director Yoshihiro Nakamura really caught the attention of the Sound On Sight staff with his 2009 end-of-the-world punk rock film Fish Story. Last year, he made the equally impressive conspiracy thriller, Golden Slumber. Now he’s back, only this time he takes a radical turn and brings us a quiet, character-driven family film. This is a film about the interconnectedness of all aspects of our existence and finding splendour in the smallest but most rewarding tasks. Nakamura sees the connections that make this world so absurd and so beautiful, and finds equally beautiful ways to dramatize those moments into something more meaningful, in its juxtaposition of the fantastic and the everyday. Samurai may be predictable and formulaic, but in a like-ably off-kilter way.
Based on a popular manga by Gen Araki and scripted by Nakamura,...
- 8/2/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
A Boy And His Samurai (Chonmage purin)
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Screenplay by Yoshihiro Nakamura
2010, Japan
Director Yoshihiro Nakamura really caught the attention of the Sound On Sight staff with his 2009 end-of-the-world punk rock film Fish Story. Last year, he made the equally impressive conspiracy thriller, Golden Slumber. Now he’s back, only this time he takes a radical turn and brings us a quiet, character-driven family film. This is a film about the interconnectedness of all aspects of our existence and finding splendour in the smallest but most rewarding tasks. Nakamura sees the connections that make this world so absurd and so beautiful, and finds equally beautiful ways to dramatize those moments into something more meaningful, in its juxtaposition of the fantastic and the everyday. Samurai may be predictable and formulaic, but in a like-ably off-kilter way.
Based on a popular manga by Gen Araki and scripted by Nakamura,...
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Screenplay by Yoshihiro Nakamura
2010, Japan
Director Yoshihiro Nakamura really caught the attention of the Sound On Sight staff with his 2009 end-of-the-world punk rock film Fish Story. Last year, he made the equally impressive conspiracy thriller, Golden Slumber. Now he’s back, only this time he takes a radical turn and brings us a quiet, character-driven family film. This is a film about the interconnectedness of all aspects of our existence and finding splendour in the smallest but most rewarding tasks. Nakamura sees the connections that make this world so absurd and so beautiful, and finds equally beautiful ways to dramatize those moments into something more meaningful, in its juxtaposition of the fantastic and the everyday. Samurai may be predictable and formulaic, but in a like-ably off-kilter way.
Based on a popular manga by Gen Araki and scripted by Nakamura,...
- 7/29/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Nyaff and Japan Cuts favorite Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, Golden Slumber, A Boy and His Samurai) returns with his latest film Potechi (Chips), in which he once again adapts a novel by Fish Story and Golden Slumber author Kotaro Isaka. Like those previous works, Potechi features numerous characters brought together in an intricate plot involving fate, coincidence, and surprising connections that are gradually revealed in the course of the narrative. This time, however, Nakamura jettisons the sprawling, lengthy structures of Fish Story and Golden Slumber for the much leaner and concise style of Potechi, which clocks in at a mere 68 minutes. Amazingly, this brevity sacrifices not a bit of the narrative intricacies Nakamura has been known for, and in fact has a greater emotional...
- 7/15/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The 11th annual New York Asian Film Festival (June 29 through July 15) has announced its full schedule, which will showcase over 50 feature films and three programs of short films from Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the USA, and Vietnam.
Presented in partnership between Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center with programming support from Japan Society, America’s biggest festival of popular Asian film is opening with Vulgaria: Described as “astonishingly filthy,” “outrageous,” and “displaying a reckless abandon in mentioning genitals” Pang Ho-cheung’s show business satire pushes good taste as far as it can go, and then it keeps on going. What’s most astonishing about this lewd, crude, and hilariously dirty film is that it achieves all its shocking effects with nothing more than dialogue.
In addition, Doomsday Book and Guns And Roses make their North American premieres as the Centerpiece Selections.
Presented in partnership between Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center with programming support from Japan Society, America’s biggest festival of popular Asian film is opening with Vulgaria: Described as “astonishingly filthy,” “outrageous,” and “displaying a reckless abandon in mentioning genitals” Pang Ho-cheung’s show business satire pushes good taste as far as it can go, and then it keeps on going. What’s most astonishing about this lewd, crude, and hilariously dirty film is that it achieves all its shocking effects with nothing more than dialogue.
In addition, Doomsday Book and Guns And Roses make their North American premieres as the Centerpiece Selections.
- 6/2/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Title: Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog Music Box Films Director: Yôichi Sai Screenwriter: Shoichi Maruyama, Yoshihiro Nakamura from Ryohei Akimoto’s novel Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shina, Kazu Matsuda, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda, Rafie, Chibichibiku, Yuma Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 5/10/12 Opens: May 18, 2012 While “Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog” tells us about the way a guide dog for the blind is selected, trained, and lives with his human companion, the film is targeted to kids and to adults who are known to themselves and others as “dog people.” Directed by Yôichi Sai in a documentary style—so much so that viewers unfamiliar with the production [ Read More ]...
- 5/11/2012
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Check out the heart-melting official movie poster for the documentary-like drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog. The Music Box Films release in Japanese with English subtitles, which was made way back in 2004, finds release in U.S. venues on May 18th and, judging by these other sweet photos, looks like a great escape from box office mayhem. Shoichi Maruyama and Yoshihiro Nakamura write based on the novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro. The film is directed by Sai Yoichi. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (also known merely as Quill) is the story of a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog for the blind named - yep - Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is then paired with a blind...
- 4/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the heart-melting official movie poster for the documentary-like drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog. The Music Box Films release in Japanese with English subtitles, which was made way back in 2004, finds release in U.S. venues on May 18th and, judging by these other sweet photos, looks like a great escape from box office mayhem. Shoichi Maruyama and Yoshihiro Nakamura write based on the novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro. The film is directed by Sai Yoichi. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (also known merely as Quill) is the story of a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog for the blind named - yep - Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is then paired with...
- 4/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the heart-melting official movie poster for the documentary-like drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog. The Music Box Films release in Japanese with English subtitles, which was made way back in 2004, finds release in U.S. venues on May 18th and, judging by these other sweet photos, looks like a great escape from box office mayhem. Shoichi Maruyama and Yoshihiro Nakamura write based on the novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro. The film is directed by Sai Yoichi. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (also known merely as Quill) is the story of a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog for the blind named - yep - Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is then paired with...
- 4/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sadao Abe and Miho Kanno will be playing a married couple in an upcoming movie called Kiseki no Ringo (literally “Miracle Apples”), directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, Golden Slumber).
The movie is based on a true story. Abe will play Akinori Kimura, an apple farmer who faces poverty and extreme pressure from those around him, causing him to contemplate suicide. Kanno plays his wife, Mieko.
The real Kimura first told his story on the Nhk program “Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi” and it was later adapted to a book titled “Kiseki no Ringo: Zettai Fukanō wo Kutsugaeshita Nōka - Kimura Akinori no Kiroku” which has sold over 600,000 copies. (And oddly enough, Yoko Ono has painstakingly translated the entire thing on her website.)
After Kimura’s wife experiences an extreme allergic reaction to agricultural chemicals, he’s faced with the seemingly impossible challenge of growing apples without the use of any pesticides.
The movie is based on a true story. Abe will play Akinori Kimura, an apple farmer who faces poverty and extreme pressure from those around him, causing him to contemplate suicide. Kanno plays his wife, Mieko.
The real Kimura first told his story on the Nhk program “Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi” and it was later adapted to a book titled “Kiseki no Ringo: Zettai Fukanō wo Kutsugaeshita Nōka - Kimura Akinori no Kiroku” which has sold over 600,000 copies. (And oddly enough, Yoko Ono has painstakingly translated the entire thing on her website.)
After Kimura’s wife experiences an extreme allergic reaction to agricultural chemicals, he’s faced with the seemingly impossible challenge of growing apples without the use of any pesticides.
- 4/6/2012
- Nippon Cinema
A Boy and His Samurai
Written and directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Japan, 2010
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s fish-out-of-water comedy, based on a manga, concerns an Edo period samurai thrust forward in time to contemporary Tokyo and befriended by a single mother and her young son. Instead of a narrative rooted in the action film genre like one may expect from the man’s profession, the film’s concern is with the subversion of the samurai mindset and cutesy familial development. The samurai, Kajima, ends up stepping into a modern domestic role as a surrogate father and housekeeper, becoming a master of domestic duties. Discovering and developing a fondness for sweet food, he begins to hone skills in the art of pastry-making through the application of the same principles and dedication related to samurai training. This development alternately brings this new family dynamic closer together but also threatens to tear it apart.
As...
Written and directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Japan, 2010
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s fish-out-of-water comedy, based on a manga, concerns an Edo period samurai thrust forward in time to contemporary Tokyo and befriended by a single mother and her young son. Instead of a narrative rooted in the action film genre like one may expect from the man’s profession, the film’s concern is with the subversion of the samurai mindset and cutesy familial development. The samurai, Kajima, ends up stepping into a modern domestic role as a surrogate father and housekeeper, becoming a master of domestic duties. Discovering and developing a fondness for sweet food, he begins to hone skills in the art of pastry-making through the application of the same principles and dedication related to samurai training. This development alternately brings this new family dynamic closer together but also threatens to tear it apart.
As...
- 2/13/2012
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
The difficult life of a boy and his single mother looks set to change when they take in an Edo-era samurai warrior who has been magically transported to their time.
A Boy And His Samurai by Yoshihiro Nakamura is a charming little film perfect for a quiet afternoon. Single mother Hiroko and her son Tomoya find a time-travelling samurai from 1826 outside their local supermarket and take him in. The time-travelling element is only lightly touched upon after the initial confusion and the film concerns itself more with finding your true purpose in life. Samurai Yasube tries his hand at...
A Boy And His Samurai by Yoshihiro Nakamura is a charming little film perfect for a quiet afternoon. Single mother Hiroko and her son Tomoya find a time-travelling samurai from 1826 outside their local supermarket and take him in. The time-travelling element is only lightly touched upon after the initial confusion and the film concerns itself more with finding your true purpose in life. Samurai Yasube tries his hand at...
- 1/29/2012
- by Lindis Kipp
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Welcome to the last DVD column of 2011! There’s been quite a bit of chatter about how dismal of a year it was for film, but while there’s no doubt the box office haul is lower than the year before the same can’t be said for film quality. This week’s releases include the dirty fun of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, the cool deaths (but little else) of Final Destination 5, two found footage films of varying quality (The Tunnel, Apollo 18) and two future cult classics (Kill List, The Skin I Live In) possibly worth an import for folks who don’t want to wait several more months for Us releases. As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Fish Story A comet heads toward Earth, but as the planet awaits destruction a few strangers sit in a record shop discussing how a mysterious song from...
- 12/28/2011
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In our second Fantasic Fest ‘cast, Rick, Justine and SImon talk up three of the more ballyhooed Japanese flicks kicking around the fest: Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s depressive technicolor dream Milorcrorze: A Love Story; A Boy and His Samurai, the new family-oriented flick from Yoshihiro Nakamura, who also brought us Fish Story and Golden Slumbers; and the “pink musical” Underwater Love, from director Shinji Imaoka and Dp Christopher Doyle.
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Josh Homme – “Stoned”
Dum Dum Girls – “Only In Dreams”
Ok Go! – “White Knuckles”
Stereo Total – “I Love You, Ono”...
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Josh Homme – “Stoned”
Dum Dum Girls – “Only In Dreams”
Ok Go! – “White Knuckles”
Stereo Total – “I Love You, Ono”...
- 10/8/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
In 2009, one of the biggest buzzed-about movies at Fantastic Fest was the Japanese Fish Story. In 2010, everyone scrambled to get a ticket for Golden Slumber. In 2011, before the movie even played, Fantastic Fest-goers went wild over A Boy and His Samurai (Chonmage purin) ... why? All three of these movies are directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. Many attendees were worried A Boy and His Samurai would not live up to the hype or to Nakamura's previous efforts, but it turns out the movie is one of the sweet delights of the fest.
A Boy and His Samurai is set in contemporary Tokyo, where single mom Hiroko (Rie Tomosaka) is trying to raise her son Tomoya (Fuku Suzuki) and keep her demanding yet fulfilling office job. The pair encounter a young man dressed in 19th century samurai garb, and at first dismiss him as a grocery promotion. But it turns out that Yasubei...
A Boy and His Samurai is set in contemporary Tokyo, where single mom Hiroko (Rie Tomosaka) is trying to raise her son Tomoya (Fuku Suzuki) and keep her demanding yet fulfilling office job. The pair encounter a young man dressed in 19th century samurai garb, and at first dismiss him as a grocery promotion. But it turns out that Yasubei...
- 10/4/2011
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
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