The Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced today that the Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi - and Look Back anime movies will both screen at the event in June in the non-competitive "Annecy Presents" track. The two Japanese animated films join others in the "Annecy Presents" collection including Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram , Give It All and Sand Land , among other animated works from around the world. Based on the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto ( Chainsaw Man ), Kiyotaka Oshiyama ( Flip Flappers ) directs the Look Back movie while also writing the script and providing character design. Studio Durian handles the animation production, with Kiyoshi Sameshima as the art director and haruka nakamura providing the music. Annecy describes Look Back : The overly confident Fujino and introverted Kyomoto couldn't be more different. Their love of drawing manga is the one thing connecting these contrasting girls. However, one day something happens to them that shatters everything.
- 5/10/2024
- by Paul Chapman
- Crunchyroll
Kaiju No. 8 , based on the hit manga by Naoya Matsumoto, is the story of Kafka Hibino. Hibino is a regular guy in his thirties who lives in a world where Kaiju attacks are commonplace. He once dreamt of joining Japan’s Defense Force to protect innocent people from the Kaiju’s devastating attacks, but instead, he ended up on a ground cleanup crew. One fateful day after a routine job, everything changes for Hibino… Related: Recap: Kaiju No. 8 Episode 3, “Revenge Match” Let’s talk about everything that happened in the latest episode of Kaiju No. 8 ! And catch the next episode of the blockbuster anime right here on Crunchyroll. Warning: Full spoilers for Kaiju No. 8 . Seriously, major spoilers ahead! Back Up Hibino forces himself to stand up on his broken leg. He insists that he’s fine, and Vice-Captain Hoshina allows him to stay in the exam for now.
- 5/7/2024
- by Kelly Knox
- Crunchyroll
As Reo and Nagi tear up theaters in their own movie, the official Twitter account for Blue Lock today announced that the anime's much-anticipated second season will officially commence in October 2024 ! A commemorative illustration by manga artist Yusuke Nomura was also attached. Related: Crunchyroll to Release Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi- to Theaters Worldwide in 2024 Based on the award-winning manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, Tetsuaki Watanabe ( Haikyu!! episode director) directed Blue Lock and assistant-directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa ( Sword Art Online Alicization episode director) at studio eightbit ( That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ). Ishikawa acts as director for the -Episode Nagi- movie. If you're a fan of blood-pumping sports anime, check out the first season in a range of subs and dubs, right here on Crunchyroll ! Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to...
- 5/6/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Two and half weeks into its Japanese theatrical run, Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi- today released a new trailer that centers on the trajectory of Nagi and Reo, as well as each of their 'Ego', and celebrates the film's "big hit" status. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are partnering to release the prequel anime internationally, starting with North America on June 28 . Related: Crunchyroll to Release Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi- to Theaters Worldwide in 2024 Based on the award-winning manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, Tetsuaki Watanabe ( Haikyu!! episode director) directed Blue Lock and assistant-directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa ( Sword Art Online Alicization episode director) at studio eightbit ( That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ). Ishikawa acts as director for the -Episode Nagi- movie. If you're a fan of blood-pumping sports anime, check out the first season in a range of subs and dubs, right here on Crunchyroll...
- 5/1/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Kaiju No. 8 , based on the hit manga by Naoya Matsumoto, is the story of Kafka Hibino. Hibino is a regular guy in his 30s who lives in a world where Kaiju attacks are commonplace. He once dreamt of joining Japan’s Defense Force to protect innocent people from the Kaiju’s devastating attacks, but instead, he ended up on a ground cleanup crew. One fateful day after a routine job, everything changes for Hibino… Related: Kaiju No. 8 Episode 2, “The Kaiju Who Defeats Kaiju” Recap Let’s talk about everything that happened in the latest episode of Kaiju No. 8 ! And catch the next episode of the blockbuster anime right here on Crunchyroll. Warning: Full spoilers for Kaiju No. 8 Episode 3 in our summary. Seriously, major spoilers ahead! The Name’s Kafka Kikoru Shinomiya sniffs the air and tells Hibino that he smells like a Kaiju. Ishikawa, alarmed that...
- 4/30/2024
- by Kelly Knox
- Crunchyroll
One of the most anticipated anime of 2024 was released on April 13, 2024. Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaiju No. 8 made its anime debut with a lot of expectations riding on it. The trailer was released earlier this year and painted a vivid picture for the fans of the adventure and action in the upcoming anime.
Kaiju No. 8 manga is still ongoing. The first episode was a massive hit among the fans, and everyone is eagerly waiting for the second episode. They want to know when the second episode will air and all the details regarding the timing and languages in which it will be released. With episode one having set the pace, more is set to unfold in Kaiju No. 8 season one episode two.
Kaiju No. 8 Episode 2 Release Date Revealed Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll)
The Kaiju No. 8 trailer confirmed that it was scheduled to premiere in April 2024. Likewise,...
Kaiju No. 8 manga is still ongoing. The first episode was a massive hit among the fans, and everyone is eagerly waiting for the second episode. They want to know when the second episode will air and all the details regarding the timing and languages in which it will be released. With episode one having set the pace, more is set to unfold in Kaiju No. 8 season one episode two.
Kaiju No. 8 Episode 2 Release Date Revealed Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll)
The Kaiju No. 8 trailer confirmed that it was scheduled to premiere in April 2024. Likewise,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Priyanko Chakraborty
- FandomWire
Kaiju No. 8 , based on the hit manga by Naoya Matsumoto, is one of Spring 2024’s most anticipated series – and it’s here! This is the story of Kafka Hibino, a regular guy who lives in a world where Kaiju attacks are commonplace. He once dreamt of joining Japan’s Defense Force to protect innocent people from the Kaiju’s devastating attacks, but instead, he ended up on a ground cleanup crew. One fateful day after a routine job, everything changes for Hibino… Related: Kaiju No. 8 Release Date, Where to Watch, Trailers, Cast, Plot & More Let’s talk about everything that happened in the first episode of Kaiju No. 8 ! And catch the next episode of the blockbuster anime right here on Crunchyroll. Warning: Full spoilers for Kaiju No. 8 Episode 1 in our summary. Seriously, major spoilers ahead! Emergency Alert In this modern-day Japan, attacks from gigantic monsters called...
- 4/16/2024
- by Kelly Knox
- Crunchyroll
Yoko Taro's acclaimed and immensely popular video game “NieR Automata” is reimagined by A-1 Pictures and Ryouji Masuyama into the anime “NieR:Automata Ver1.1a”. As is the case with most Yoko Taro projects, however, this was never going to be a simple adaptation. Combining several layers of the extensive lore of the game series, the production not only adapts the narrative of the game but also a stage play, making the anime just one piece of a larger multimedia project.
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Humanity has been invaded by a strange alien species that spread war through machine life forms. Sensing that they are on the verge of defeat, what is left of the human race flies to a base on the moon and leaves the fighting to androids that they have created. Our protagonists are two of the YoRHa class of androids...
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Humanity has been invaded by a strange alien species that spread war through machine life forms. Sensing that they are on the verge of defeat, what is left of the human race flies to a base on the moon and leaves the fighting to androids that they have created. Our protagonists are two of the YoRHa class of androids...
- 4/13/2024
- by Ben Warnock
- AsianMoviePulse
The battle of egos will head to the silver screen with Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi - coming to international theaters in 2024! Starting with the North American release on June 28, Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release the newest Blue Lock movie in other select international regions in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at a later date, so stay tuned for further announcements. The film will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles as well as dubbed in English. Based on the award-winning manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, Tetsuaki Watanabe ( Haikyu!! episode director) directed Blue Lock and assistant-directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa ( Sword Art Online Alicization episode director) at studio Eightbit ( That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ). Ishikawa acts as director for the -Episode Nagi- movie, with character designs by Yusuke Nomura, Screenplay/Composition by Taku Kishimoto and music by Jun Maruyama.
- 4/9/2024
- by Kyle Cardine
- Crunchyroll
Studio Mappa, which has brought us such hits as Terror in Resonance, Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World, Kakegurui, Banana Fish, Zombie Land Saga, Dorohedoro, The God of High School, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan: The Final Season, Vinland Saga Season 2, Chainsaw Man, and Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, has announced a completely new, original anime series titled Zenshu, which is going to be released at an undisclosed date in the future.
Mappa has decided to tackle the rom-com genre but from a meta-perspective: namely, the main character, Natsuko Hirose, is a genius anime creator, but she now has to tackle a project that will prove to be a challenge for her. Namely, she has to create a rom-com anime herself, but the problem is that she herself has never been in love before, which makes her job all the more difficult. The first poster for the film was also released,...
Mappa has decided to tackle the rom-com genre but from a meta-perspective: namely, the main character, Natsuko Hirose, is a genius anime creator, but she now has to tackle a project that will prove to be a challenge for her. Namely, she has to create a rom-com anime herself, but the problem is that she herself has never been in love before, which makes her job all the more difficult. The first poster for the film was also released,...
- 3/23/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
In a shocking turn of events, a 25-year-old man from Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, has been arrested and charged with making threats against a voice actress from the anime Attack on Titan. The suspect, identified as Fukuta Kishimoto, faces allegations of posting murder threats on an internet bulletin board directed at the voice actress.
According to a law enforcement official, Kishimoto, whose occupation is unknown, admitted to the charges. The arrest occurred in November 2023, and was taken into custody by the Akasaka Police Station.
The threatening posts specifically targeted voice actress Yui Ishikawa, with messages such as “I will randomly stab her with a knife and kill her“. The agency representing Ishikawa discovered the alarming posts and promptly reported them to the police, leading to the investigation that resulted in Kishimoto’s arrest.
This incident is not the first time Kishimoto has faced legal consequences for such behaviour. In 2020, he...
According to a law enforcement official, Kishimoto, whose occupation is unknown, admitted to the charges. The arrest occurred in November 2023, and was taken into custody by the Akasaka Police Station.
The threatening posts specifically targeted voice actress Yui Ishikawa, with messages such as “I will randomly stab her with a knife and kill her“. The agency representing Ishikawa discovered the alarming posts and promptly reported them to the police, leading to the investigation that resulted in Kishimoto’s arrest.
This incident is not the first time Kishimoto has faced legal consequences for such behaviour. In 2020, he...
- 12/26/2023
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
Originally announced back in 2021, the all-new “Terminator: The Anime Series” is coming soon to Netflix, and a first-look teaser was debuted out of “Geeked Week” this afternoon.
Check it out below and read on for everything you need to know.
The anime hails from Japanese animation studio Production Ig (Ghost in the Shell). The eight-episode series is part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters.
Here’s the official synopsis…
“2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity.
Check it out below and read on for everything you need to know.
The anime hails from Japanese animation studio Production Ig (Ghost in the Shell). The eight-episode series is part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters.
Here’s the official synopsis…
“2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity.
- 11/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
On his recent promotional tour for “Pinocchio,” Guillermo del Toro went on more than one tirade about how “animation is a medium, not a genre,” and more than children’s entertainment. That’s a message that documentaries could have used at the 2023 edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which provided a stark reminder that the non-fiction community needs to start talking about its work in broader terms than the so-called “genre” that limits its appeal.
Blockbuster documentaries about treasured icons, thrilling subjects, and complicated pop-culture figures were everywhere at Sundance. For the most part, they came with distribution: Apple had “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” and “Steph Curry: Underrated,” Amazon premiered “Judy Blume Forever,” and Netflix brought diving survival saga “The Deepest Breath.”
Then there was… well, pretty much, everything else. No disrespect to any of the aforementioned titles (I haven’t seen them all), but it was disheartening...
Blockbuster documentaries about treasured icons, thrilling subjects, and complicated pop-culture figures were everywhere at Sundance. For the most part, they came with distribution: Apple had “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” and “Steph Curry: Underrated,” Amazon premiered “Judy Blume Forever,” and Netflix brought diving survival saga “The Deepest Breath.”
Then there was… well, pretty much, everything else. No disrespect to any of the aforementioned titles (I haven’t seen them all), but it was disheartening...
- 2/4/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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The 27th edition of Busan International Film Festival will open with Scent of Wind by the Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh and close with A Man by Japan’s Kei Ishikawa.
Launched in 1996, Busan has long been considered Asia’s premiere film festival, famous both for launching the careers of exciting new Korean and Asian auteurs, as well as its festive beachfront vibe, with tented restaurants serving soju and Korean seafood specialities into the wee hours.
This year, Busan festival director Heo Moon-young has promised an edition that represents “a full recovery” from the pandemic, restoring various programs and forums that were interrupted over the past two years due to the Seoul government’s social distancing measures. In 2022, the festival will screen 354 films from 71 countries, with various satellite events happening across town.
Scent of Wind is the fourth film by Mohaghegh, whose feature film...
The 27th edition of Busan International Film Festival will open with Scent of Wind by the Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh and close with A Man by Japan’s Kei Ishikawa.
Launched in 1996, Busan has long been considered Asia’s premiere film festival, famous both for launching the careers of exciting new Korean and Asian auteurs, as well as its festive beachfront vibe, with tented restaurants serving soju and Korean seafood specialities into the wee hours.
This year, Busan festival director Heo Moon-young has promised an edition that represents “a full recovery” from the pandemic, restoring various programs and forums that were interrupted over the past two years due to the Seoul government’s social distancing measures. In 2022, the festival will screen 354 films from 71 countries, with various satellite events happening across town.
Scent of Wind is the fourth film by Mohaghegh, whose feature film...
- 9/12/2022
- by Soomee Park
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A question we all sometimes ask ourselves is if we truly know the people we are surrounded with, especially those we are intimately connected to. Occasionally, a secret of greater magnitude shakes our confidence in those we love, but what is the limit? Is there a betrayal of greater proportions we can forgive and continue loving the person, once we are given a palpable reason for it? Is there a reason good enough? Kei Ishikawa gives us such a scenario in his slow-burning, but nevertheless attention-grabbing adaptation of the eponymous novel by Japanese writer Keiichiro Hirano, in his third feature film that has just had its world premiere in Venice film festival’s Orizzonti program.
A Man is screening at Venice International Film Festival
If there is an initial excitement about an almost obvious crime element, it is soon replaced by the realization that there is something much more...
A Man is screening at Venice International Film Festival
If there is an initial excitement about an almost obvious crime element, it is soon replaced by the realization that there is something much more...
- 9/5/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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The existential drift of Japan’s post-bubble “lost generation” gets the mystery thriller treatment in Kei Ishikawa’s Venice Horizons entry, A Man.
Based on the novel of the same name by Japanese author Keiichiro Hirano, A Man follows a troubled lawyer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is drawn into a web of mystery when a former client (played by a soulful Sakura Ando, star of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters) asks him to investigate the mysterious past of her deceased husband (a beguiling Masataka Kubota). The attorney encounters an array of colorful characters in his pursuit of the identify of this man who lived his life as a different person — but as he comes closer to the shocking truth, mixed feelings about the nature of his own place in the world steadily creep up on him.
“Shochiku came to me with...
The existential drift of Japan’s post-bubble “lost generation” gets the mystery thriller treatment in Kei Ishikawa’s Venice Horizons entry, A Man.
Based on the novel of the same name by Japanese author Keiichiro Hirano, A Man follows a troubled lawyer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is drawn into a web of mystery when a former client (played by a soulful Sakura Ando, star of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters) asks him to investigate the mysterious past of her deceased husband (a beguiling Masataka Kubota). The attorney encounters an array of colorful characters in his pursuit of the identify of this man who lived his life as a different person — but as he comes closer to the shocking truth, mixed feelings about the nature of his own place in the world steadily creep up on him.
“Shochiku came to me with...
- 9/4/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alpha Violet founding co-heads Virginie Devesa and Keiko Funato are at the Venice Film Festival this year with Indonesian filmmaker Makbul Mubarak’s first film Autobiography, which plays in Horizons ahead of trips to Toronto and London among other festivals.
The coming-of-age drama, exploring the legacy of Indonesia’s 30-year military dictatorship, revolves around a young boy working as a housekeeper in the empty mansion of a retired general.
Venice Film Festival: Memorable Moments 1945-1984 Gallery
Devesa and Funato, who fete the 10th anniversary of their Paris-based sales boutique Alpha Violet in October, have a strong record of launching debut features on the Lido having previously handled Japanese filmmaker Kei Ishikawa’s 2016 feature Gukoroku, Traces of Sin and Greek director Christos Nikou’s 2020 breakout Apples, which both played in Horizons.
Neither title won the top prize, but both works put the directors on the international festival and industry map. Ishikawa...
The coming-of-age drama, exploring the legacy of Indonesia’s 30-year military dictatorship, revolves around a young boy working as a housekeeper in the empty mansion of a retired general.
Venice Film Festival: Memorable Moments 1945-1984 Gallery
Devesa and Funato, who fete the 10th anniversary of their Paris-based sales boutique Alpha Violet in October, have a strong record of launching debut features on the Lido having previously handled Japanese filmmaker Kei Ishikawa’s 2016 feature Gukoroku, Traces of Sin and Greek director Christos Nikou’s 2020 breakout Apples, which both played in Horizons.
Neither title won the top prize, but both works put the directors on the international festival and industry map. Ishikawa...
- 9/2/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
With over 50+ films, Camera Japan Festival is proud to announce their full and diverse programme, combining films ranging from de newest and best Japanese arthouse, animation, documentaries, short films and classic cinema.
The 17th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 22nd with the international premiere of Koumei’s Spotlight,
with the director and leading actor Morimoto Nobuhiro present. From 29 Sept. – 2 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam’s LAB111.
With four international and twelve European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as Spotlight, Nagi’s Island, Prior Convictions and Thanc You, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at Camera Japan Festival. Among the many Dutch premieres titles from directors such as Miike Takashi (The Great Yokai War: Guardians) and Odagiri Joe (They Say Nothing Stays the Same) will be shown.
As usual, animation films will be present at Camera Japan Festival.
The 17th edition of the festival will be opened at LantarenVenster on September 22nd with the international premiere of Koumei’s Spotlight,
with the director and leading actor Morimoto Nobuhiro present. From 29 Sept. – 2 October, the festival moves to Amsterdam’s LAB111.
With four international and twelve European premieres, the festival consists of a special and exclusive programme. Films such as Spotlight, Nagi’s Island, Prior Convictions and Thanc You, will have their first screenings outside of Japan here at Camera Japan Festival. Among the many Dutch premieres titles from directors such as Miike Takashi (The Great Yokai War: Guardians) and Odagiri Joe (They Say Nothing Stays the Same) will be shown.
As usual, animation films will be present at Camera Japan Festival.
- 9/2/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The Good Thief: Ishikawa Explores the Tenuous Reality of Identity
As its elemental title suggests, Kei Ishikawa’s fourth film, A Man, asserts we can only ever really know for certain the most basic information about someone else, based almost solely on the superficial presentation of their person. The rest is subject to interpretation and, well, we usually have to take someone’s word for it when they disclose more private details about who they are.
In keeping with his past films, such as Gukoroku (2016) and Listen to the Universe (2019), Ishikawa combines elements of individuals searching for themselves with a thriller procedural constantly shifting when new information comes to light.…...
As its elemental title suggests, Kei Ishikawa’s fourth film, A Man, asserts we can only ever really know for certain the most basic information about someone else, based almost solely on the superficial presentation of their person. The rest is subject to interpretation and, well, we usually have to take someone’s word for it when they disclose more private details about who they are.
In keeping with his past films, such as Gukoroku (2016) and Listen to the Universe (2019), Ishikawa combines elements of individuals searching for themselves with a thriller procedural constantly shifting when new information comes to light.…...
- 9/1/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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Japanese mystery drama A Man, the second feature of rising Japanese director Kei Ishikawa, inked a batch of sales heading into its world premiere in Venice’s Horizons section.
Art House Films picked up the film for France, Pigeon Co. took it for Taiwan and Golden Scene snatched Hong Kong and Macau rights.
Based on the novel of the same name by Japanese author Keiichiro Hirano, A Man follows a troubled lawyer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is drawn into a web of mystery when a former client asks him to investigate the mysterious past of her deceased husband (a beguiling Masataka Kubota). The attorney encounters an array of people in his pursuit of the identify of a man who lived his life as a different person — but as he comes closer to the shocking truth, mixed feelings about the nature of his own place...
Japanese mystery drama A Man, the second feature of rising Japanese director Kei Ishikawa, inked a batch of sales heading into its world premiere in Venice’s Horizons section.
Art House Films picked up the film for France, Pigeon Co. took it for Taiwan and Golden Scene snatched Hong Kong and Macau rights.
Based on the novel of the same name by Japanese author Keiichiro Hirano, A Man follows a troubled lawyer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who is drawn into a web of mystery when a former client asks him to investigate the mysterious past of her deceased husband (a beguiling Masataka Kubota). The attorney encounters an array of people in his pursuit of the identify of a man who lived his life as a different person — but as he comes closer to the shocking truth, mixed feelings about the nature of his own place...
- 9/1/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Two of the most anticipated Japanese films showing at the Venice Film Festival this year — Kei Ishikawa’s mystery drama A Man (2022) and a digitally remastered version of Yasujirō Ozu’s timeless classic A Hen in the Wind (1948) — share a uniquely curious distinction. The two Japanese films, separated by 74 years, were both written in the exact same room.
Ozu, one of the great masters of cinema history, famously spent long stretches of the 1940s and 1950s — his most productive period — residing and working at Chigasaki-kan, a small ryokan, or traditional Japanese inn, located on a quiet stretch of coast to the southwest of Tokyo. Ozu’s hideaway within the inn was its “niban no oheya,” or “room 2.” A modest space befitting an Ozu drama, the room was designed in Japan’s traditional washitsu style: tatami mats, a simple floor-level table and sliding shoji...
Two of the most anticipated Japanese films showing at the Venice Film Festival this year — Kei Ishikawa’s mystery drama A Man (2022) and a digitally remastered version of Yasujirō Ozu’s timeless classic A Hen in the Wind (1948) — share a uniquely curious distinction. The two Japanese films, separated by 74 years, were both written in the exact same room.
Ozu, one of the great masters of cinema history, famously spent long stretches of the 1940s and 1950s — his most productive period — residing and working at Chigasaki-kan, a small ryokan, or traditional Japanese inn, located on a quiet stretch of coast to the southwest of Tokyo. Ozu’s hideaway within the inn was its “niban no oheya,” or “room 2.” A modest space befitting an Ozu drama, the room was designed in Japan’s traditional washitsu style: tatami mats, a simple floor-level table and sliding shoji...
- 9/1/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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For the 79th Venice Film Festival, artistic director Alberto Barbera has put together one of the most well-curated lineups of his career. Both studios and streamers are well represented.
Netflix scored an opening-night coup with Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, with buzz promising that it’ll wow the Lido, alongside Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, with Ana de Armas; Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Mexican epic Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths; and Romain Gavras’ French action thriller Athena.
Studio fare is well represented by Warner Bros.’ Don’t Worry Darling from director Olivia Wilde; Focus has Todd Field’s Tár with Cate Blanchett and Mark Strong; MGM will debut Luca Guadagnino’s Timothée Chalamet-Taylor Russell starrer Bones and All; Searchlight presents The Banshees of Inisherin from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri director Martin McDonagh; and Sony Pictures Classics will be...
For the 79th Venice Film Festival, artistic director Alberto Barbera has put together one of the most well-curated lineups of his career. Both studios and streamers are well represented.
Netflix scored an opening-night coup with Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, with buzz promising that it’ll wow the Lido, alongside Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, with Ana de Armas; Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Mexican epic Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths; and Romain Gavras’ French action thriller Athena.
Studio fare is well represented by Warner Bros.’ Don’t Worry Darling from director Olivia Wilde; Focus has Todd Field’s Tár with Cate Blanchett and Mark Strong; MGM will debut Luca Guadagnino’s Timothée Chalamet-Taylor Russell starrer Bones and All; Searchlight presents The Banshees of Inisherin from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri director Martin McDonagh; and Sony Pictures Classics will be...
- 8/30/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy” and Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” are among 11 documentaries making their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival this year, with Poitras’ competition title vying for a Golden Lion — a rare feat for a doc at a major international film festival.
The growing number of high-profile non-fiction films in and out of competition at Venice suggests that major European film festivals have finally accepted documentaries as viable, cinematic art.
While docs at the Toronto International Film Festival and major U.S. fests, including Sundance, Telluride and South by Southwest, have long been the belles of the ball, the most prominent international festivals, including Venice, Cannes and Berlin, have been slow to embrace non-fiction content, especially in competition.
“There had been what I would only characterize as an illogical resistance to thinking...
The growing number of high-profile non-fiction films in and out of competition at Venice suggests that major European film festivals have finally accepted documentaries as viable, cinematic art.
While docs at the Toronto International Film Festival and major U.S. fests, including Sundance, Telluride and South by Southwest, have long been the belles of the ball, the most prominent international festivals, including Venice, Cannes and Berlin, have been slow to embrace non-fiction content, especially in competition.
“There had been what I would only characterize as an illogical resistance to thinking...
- 8/30/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Fresh off of the cult hit “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” (1983), Nobuhiko Obayashi leapt into his fifth project with Kadokawa Productions, “The Island Closest to Heaven”. Based on the novel of the same name by Katsura Morimura, the film is a soul-searching affair that’s a far cry from the director’s earlier, more frantic pictures. However, despite moving away from his outlandish visuals, Obayashi manages to deliver a tender tale of love, childhood, and coming of age.
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After the death of her father, Mari Katsuragi (Tomoyo Harada) decides to venture to New Caledonia, an island in the Southwest Pacific where her dad once said she’d find ‘the island closest to heaven’. While looking for this fabled spot to fulfil a childhood promise, Mari explores new, exciting, and occasionally dangerous places, aided by expats, islanders, and other Japanese tourists who have travelled to this tropical paradise.
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After the death of her father, Mari Katsuragi (Tomoyo Harada) decides to venture to New Caledonia, an island in the Southwest Pacific where her dad once said she’d find ‘the island closest to heaven’. While looking for this fabled spot to fulfil a childhood promise, Mari explores new, exciting, and occasionally dangerous places, aided by expats, islanders, and other Japanese tourists who have travelled to this tropical paradise.
- 8/25/2022
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
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A warmhearted widower discovers the man she loved had a hidden past in Japanese mystery thriller A Man, directed by Kei Ishikawa and world premiering at the Venice Film Festival next week.
In the first international trailer for the film (see below), a troubled lawyer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is drawn into a web of mystery and a search for identity when a former client (played by Shoplifters star Sakura Ando) asks him to investigate the shady past of her deceased husband (a beguiling Masataka Kubota). The attorney encounters an array of people in his pursuit of the identify of a man who had lived his life as a different person — but as he comes closer to the shocking truth, mixed feelings about the nature of love and his own place in the world steadily creep up on him.
A Man is based on a...
A warmhearted widower discovers the man she loved had a hidden past in Japanese mystery thriller A Man, directed by Kei Ishikawa and world premiering at the Venice Film Festival next week.
In the first international trailer for the film (see below), a troubled lawyer (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is drawn into a web of mystery and a search for identity when a former client (played by Shoplifters star Sakura Ando) asks him to investigate the shady past of her deceased husband (a beguiling Masataka Kubota). The attorney encounters an array of people in his pursuit of the identify of a man who had lived his life as a different person — but as he comes closer to the shocking truth, mixed feelings about the nature of love and his own place in the world steadily creep up on him.
A Man is based on a...
- 8/25/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Heather Graham shows off her incredible figure in a bikini. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Mayuka Ishikawa/HollywoodNewswire
Heather Graham has been having the time of her life and she’s even been kind enough to share a snippet of it with her fans.
On Saturday, the 52-year-old actress took to Instagram to dazzle her 443,000 followers with photos of her recent vacation.
The Boogie Nights star shared a series of four photos and a video, with the first being a picture of herself in a black bikini that she accessorized with a pair of black shades.
The incredible blue water behind her made for a gorgeous backdrop as she took a selfie with one hand, holding her long blonde hair back from her face with the other.
The second photo featured the rocky beach with a side view of the old pier against the crystal blue water. The third was another bikini selfie,...
Heather Graham has been having the time of her life and she’s even been kind enough to share a snippet of it with her fans.
On Saturday, the 52-year-old actress took to Instagram to dazzle her 443,000 followers with photos of her recent vacation.
The Boogie Nights star shared a series of four photos and a video, with the first being a picture of herself in a black bikini that she accessorized with a pair of black shades.
The incredible blue water behind her made for a gorgeous backdrop as she took a selfie with one hand, holding her long blonde hair back from her face with the other.
The second photo featured the rocky beach with a side view of the old pier against the crystal blue water. The third was another bikini selfie,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Shaunee Flowers
- Monsters and Critics
Exclusive: Jake McLaughlin (Quantico), Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy), Miki Ishikawa (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Arielle Kebbel (9-1-1) will lead the cast of the sci-fi thriller Site, which Jason Eric Perlman (Threshold) is directing for the newly-formed shingle Entelekey Media, from his original script.
The film currently in production in North Carolina centers on Neil Bardo (McLaughlin), a commercial real estate inspector and committed family man who accidentally injures his only son. To keep his marriage to Elena (Kebbel) intact while facing crushing medical costs, Neil begs for additional shifts from his mercenary boss, Garrison (Rossi). While inspecting an abandoned government facility, he’s confronted by nightmarish visions that now begin infiltrating his waking life. Desperate for answers, Neil enlists the help of ex-girlfriend turned journalist Naomi (Ishikawa). And together they unravel the mystery of the covert government site and its soul-bending experiments.
Site‘s producers...
The film currently in production in North Carolina centers on Neil Bardo (McLaughlin), a commercial real estate inspector and committed family man who accidentally injures his only son. To keep his marriage to Elena (Kebbel) intact while facing crushing medical costs, Neil begs for additional shifts from his mercenary boss, Garrison (Rossi). While inspecting an abandoned government facility, he’s confronted by nightmarish visions that now begin infiltrating his waking life. Desperate for answers, Neil enlists the help of ex-girlfriend turned journalist Naomi (Ishikawa). And together they unravel the mystery of the covert government site and its soul-bending experiments.
Site‘s producers...
- 7/19/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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