At the Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu clinched the Golden Mulberry prize, the top honor at the festival’s audience awards.
Family drama Takano Tofu follows a father and daughter as they run a tofu shop in a small town, and stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso. The title also won the Purple Mulberry Award, chosen by users of Italian film fan platform MYmovies.
Feff hosted a parallel online component through the MYmovies One platform, where Takano Tofu came in as the second most-streamed film after Korean film Alienoid.
Taking second prize at the audience awards was another Japanese film, Confetti, directed by Naoya Futjita. The coming-of-age film follows Yuki (played by Matsufuji Shion), who takes on female roles for his father’s traveling theater troupe. Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages by Nick Cheuk came in third.
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Family drama Takano Tofu follows a father and daughter as they run a tofu shop in a small town, and stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso. The title also won the Purple Mulberry Award, chosen by users of Italian film fan platform MYmovies.
Feff hosted a parallel online component through the MYmovies One platform, where Takano Tofu came in as the second most-streamed film after Korean film Alienoid.
Taking second prize at the audience awards was another Japanese film, Confetti, directed by Naoya Futjita. The coming-of-age film follows Yuki (played by Matsufuji Shion), who takes on female roles for his father’s traveling theater troupe. Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages by Nick Cheuk came in third.
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- 5/3/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu won two awards including the top Golden Mulberry prize at the closing of Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy, where the honours were dominated by titles from Japan and South Korea.
The family drama centres on a father and daughter who run a tofu store, and stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso. It received its European premiere at Feff, where director Mihara accepted the award, decided by audience votes, on Thursday (May 2).
The film also won the Purple Mulberry Award, selected users of Italian film fan platform MYmovies. The online component of Feff,...
The family drama centres on a father and daughter who run a tofu store, and stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso. It received its European premiere at Feff, where director Mihara accepted the award, decided by audience votes, on Thursday (May 2).
The film also won the Purple Mulberry Award, selected users of Italian film fan platform MYmovies. The online component of Feff,...
- 5/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
On a big night for Japan, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu took home the top prize at the 26th Far East Film Festival (Feff), which concluded on Thursday night in the northern Italian city of Udine. The family drama, which stars Tatsuya Fuji and Kumiko Aso as a father and daughter who run a tofu store in a small town, won Feff’s coveted Golden Mulberry Audience Award. Takano Tofu also won the Purple Mulberry Award, which is selected by users of MYmovies, Italy’s leading film fan platform.
It was a one-two for Japan in the main audience awards, as Naoya Fujita’s youthful drama Confetti came second place. In third was the Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages, a devastating drama from Nick Cheuk who scored best director wins at the Asian Film Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards for the same film.
Feff’s Black Dragon...
It was a one-two for Japan in the main audience awards, as Naoya Fujita’s youthful drama Confetti came second place. In third was the Hong Kong film Time Still Turns the Pages, a devastating drama from Nick Cheuk who scored best director wins at the Asian Film Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards for the same film.
Feff’s Black Dragon...
- 5/3/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Mitsuhiro Mihara has outlined a few characters around the idea of the grumpy, ageing artisan, last bastion of some sort of art or tradition that is destined to vanish in the modern world and Tatsuya Fuji seems to be his default choice to flesh out those characters. He was an old-school family photographer in “Photo Album of the Village” (2004), a skilled Chinese chef in “Flavor of Happiness” (2008) and he is a committed tofu maker in his latest effort, “Takanu Tofu”.
Takano Tofu is screening at UdineFar East Film Festival 2024
Tatsuo Takano (Tatsuya Fuji) and his daughter Haru (Kumiko Aso) run a small artisanal tofu production with attached shop, in their town of Onomichi, in the Hiroshima Prefecture. To tell the truth, after many years of working together, Takano is still the craftsman and Haru the helper; the art of making his wonderful and unique tofu is a jealously kept...
Takano Tofu is screening at UdineFar East Film Festival 2024
Tatsuo Takano (Tatsuya Fuji) and his daughter Haru (Kumiko Aso) run a small artisanal tofu production with attached shop, in their town of Onomichi, in the Hiroshima Prefecture. To tell the truth, after many years of working together, Takano is still the craftsman and Haru the helper; the art of making his wonderful and unique tofu is a jealously kept...
- 4/29/2024
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Director Mitsuhiro Mihara has outlined a few characters around the idea of the grumpy, ageing artisan, last bastion of some sort of art or tradition that is destined to vanish in the modern world, and Tatsuya Fuji seems to be his default choice to flesh out those characters. He was an old-school family photographer in “Photo Album of the Village” (2004), a skilled Chinese chef in “Flavor of Happiness” (2008) and he is a committed tofu maker in his latest effort, “Takano Tofu”.
Takano Tofu is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Tatsuo Takano (Tatsuya Fuji) and his daughter Haru (Kumiko Aso) run a small artisanal tofu production with attached shop, in their town of Onomichi, in the Hiroshima Prefecture. To tell the truth, after many years of working together, Takano is still the craftsman and Haru the helper; the art of making his wonderful and unique tofu is a jealously kept...
Takano Tofu is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Tatsuo Takano (Tatsuya Fuji) and his daughter Haru (Kumiko Aso) run a small artisanal tofu production with attached shop, in their town of Onomichi, in the Hiroshima Prefecture. To tell the truth, after many years of working together, Takano is still the craftsman and Haru the helper; the art of making his wonderful and unique tofu is a jealously kept...
- 4/2/2024
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Quite a different romantic movie than the usual style of the category, “The Tale of Nishino” essentially begins with the death of the protagonist, after hanging out with ex-girlfriend Natsumi and her daughter Minami, and then makes a flash forward ten years later when Nishino returns as a ghost to Minami, with the two attending his funeral. There the girl talks to a friend of his, who shares a rather extensive story about his past, and particularly his relationship with a number of women, all of which, though, ended up dumping him.
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The unusual story is based on the homonymous novel by Hiromi Kawakami, and for the most part, focuses on the everyday life of Nishino, the fact that many women found themselves attracted to him, and his effort to not say no to anyone, which actually is the...
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The unusual story is based on the homonymous novel by Hiromi Kawakami, and for the most part, focuses on the everyday life of Nishino, the fact that many women found themselves attracted to him, and his effort to not say no to anyone, which actually is the...
- 9/18/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The combination of family drama and quirky comedy has always been dominant in the Japanese movie industry, with a plethora of titles following the rules of the category. Thus, it is always interesting to find movies that manage to truly stand out. “Good Morning Everyone” (aka G’mor evian!) is definitely one of those titles, although not for the inclusion of punk music as the promotion of the title insisted, but for the comments it makes and its rather likable characters.
Hatsuki is a fifteen year old student who lives with her mother, Aki, who had her when she was seventeen with a man the former has never met. Aki used to be in a punk band and is the type of mother that is more a friend with her daughter, than a parent, with the switching in roles frequently taking place. Yagu is a young man who was the lead singer of the band,...
Hatsuki is a fifteen year old student who lives with her mother, Aki, who had her when she was seventeen with a man the former has never met. Aki used to be in a punk band and is the type of mother that is more a friend with her daughter, than a parent, with the switching in roles frequently taking place. Yagu is a young man who was the lead singer of the band,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Features the voices of: Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe, Kumiko Asô, Nao Tôyama, Keiji Fujiwara, Akiko Yajima, Masachika Ichimura | Written by Miho Maruo | Directed by Keiichi Hara
Outside of literally three or four movies, my viewing of Japanese animated movies is completely reliant on Studio Ghibili. That said, I adore the studio and every one of its movies, with Spirited Away being one of my all time favourites. So it was about time I checked out the output from other animation filmmakers in Japan.
As the title would suggest, The Wonderland does have a few influences from Alice in Wonderland. But to be honest, there’s nothing too obvious and it definitely does not feel like a retread of that story. The day before her birthday, a young girl, Akane, meets an alchemist named Hippocrates and his student Pipo. Along with an antique shop owner, Chii, who she is kind of friends with,...
Outside of literally three or four movies, my viewing of Japanese animated movies is completely reliant on Studio Ghibili. That said, I adore the studio and every one of its movies, with Spirited Away being one of my all time favourites. So it was about time I checked out the output from other animation filmmakers in Japan.
As the title would suggest, The Wonderland does have a few influences from Alice in Wonderland. But to be honest, there’s nothing too obvious and it definitely does not feel like a retread of that story. The day before her birthday, a young girl, Akane, meets an alchemist named Hippocrates and his student Pipo. Along with an antique shop owner, Chii, who she is kind of friends with,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
"She's your sister. You have to protect her." GKids has unveiled a new official trailer for the animated film Mirai, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Directors' Fortnight earlier this year. The latest film by master Japanese animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, the film is a delightful adventure following a young Japanese boy living with his parents. His life is disrupted by the arrival of a newborn baby girl, named Mirai, which his parents bring home one day. He soon after discovers a magical garden in his home which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras. He's guided by his younger sister from the future. The voice cast includes Haru Kuroki, Moka Kamishiraishi, Gen Hoshino, Kôji Yakusho, Kumiko Asô, and Yoshiko Miyazaki. It's an adorable, whimsical, fun little animated film. Give it a whirl. Here's the official Us trailer ...
- 9/27/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Thus begins the little big brother's fantasy-filled adventure." An official trailer has arrived for animated film Mirai from Japan, the latest work from filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda. Mirai is a sort of fairy tale about a young boy who encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras. He is guided by his younger sister, Mirai, from the future. The film's voice cast includes Haru Kuroki, Moka Kamishiraishi, Gen Hoshino, Kôji Yakusho, Kumiko Asô, and Yoshiko Miyazaki. This is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, and I'm looking forward to seeing it there. The footage in this trailer looks quite lovely, could be something special. Enjoy the first look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai, direct from YouTube: Kun, a spoiled 4-year-old boy, comes across a magical garden where he ...
- 4/18/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Features the voices of: Randy E. Aguebor, Bryn Apprill, Kumiko Asô, Morgan Berry, Jessica Cavanagh, Luci Christian, Lily Franky, Josh Grelle, Sean Hennigan, Suzu Hirose, Chuck Huber, Ivan Jasso, Brittney Karbowski, Haru Kuroki, Mamoru Miyano | Written and Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
If you’ve ever been told to stop watching cartoons because they are for kids, this is something to be ignored. Hell, the fact that many anime is use themes not suitable for kids is proof of this. Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and The Beast is a good example of just why animation should never be ignored, and also unforgettably good.
The Boy and the Beast is the story of a young boy living on the streets. One day he stumbles into a magical world of beasts, and meets Kumatetsu, a warrior who is looking to become the leader of the animals. The only problem is, he needs...
If you’ve ever been told to stop watching cartoons because they are for kids, this is something to be ignored. Hell, the fact that many anime is use themes not suitable for kids is proof of this. Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and The Beast is a good example of just why animation should never be ignored, and also unforgettably good.
The Boy and the Beast is the story of a young boy living on the streets. One day he stumbles into a magical world of beasts, and meets Kumatetsu, a warrior who is looking to become the leader of the animals. The only problem is, he needs...
- 9/6/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
"That nutty old man is my father." GKids has debuted a trailer for the animated film called Miss Hokusai, which opened in Japan in 2015 and played at numerous film festivals last year. The film is about the life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, also known as Tetsuzo, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei. You all know his work because Hokusai painted the very famous piece known as "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". The voice cast includes Anne Watanabe as O-Ei, Yutaka Matsushige as Hokusai, plus Kumiko Asô, Gaku Hamada and Kengo Kôra. Not only is it cool to see a story about Hokusai, but it's lovely to see it told from the perspective of his daughter, who was dedicated to making sure her father could produce this art. I love catching up with animated films like this. Take a look. Here's...
- 8/27/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There’s this nutty old man who painted a huge Dharma on a huge sheet of paper and draws sparrows on tiny rice grains. Some may know him as Hokusai the painter, but his daughter, O-Ei, knows him as Tetsuzo.
A new trailer for Keiichi Hara’s animated coming-of-age tale, “Miss Hokusai,” has just been released, courtesy of Gkids and Japanese powerhouse Production I.G. The film follows the remarkable story of the daughter behind one of history’s most famous artists.
As all of Edo flocks to see the work of the revered painter Hokusai (voiced by Yutaka Matsushige), his daughter O-Ei (Anne Watanabe) toils diligently inside his studio. The latest trailer shows her as she begins to work on her own masterful portraits – sold under the name of her father – which are coveted by upper crust Lords and journeyman print makers alike.
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A new trailer for Keiichi Hara’s animated coming-of-age tale, “Miss Hokusai,” has just been released, courtesy of Gkids and Japanese powerhouse Production I.G. The film follows the remarkable story of the daughter behind one of history’s most famous artists.
As all of Edo flocks to see the work of the revered painter Hokusai (voiced by Yutaka Matsushige), his daughter O-Ei (Anne Watanabe) toils diligently inside his studio. The latest trailer shows her as she begins to work on her own masterful portraits – sold under the name of her father – which are coveted by upper crust Lords and journeyman print makers alike.
Read More: ‘Kubo and the Two Strings...
- 8/26/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Cast: Anne Watanabe, Michitaka Tsutsui, Yutaka Matsushige, Kumiko Asô, Shion Shimizu, Gaku Hamada, Kengo Kôra | Written by Miho Maruo | Based on the manga by Hinako Sugiura | Directed by Keiichi Hara
Choosing to depict an artist’s life in a form close to their own can be a tightrope walk. Miss Hokusai dares to examine the work and lives of two Japanese artists in the form of anime, but this turns out to be a natural fit: the broad brushstrokes of its principals stand in harmonious contrast to the considerably less stylised but no less lovely animation of the film. It’s a shame that this is the only aspect of the film that really strikes a chord.
Set in 19th-century Edo (later known as Tokyo), Miss Hokusai centers on talented young artist O-Ei and her father, the Hokusai of the film’s title, also a painter but with far greater success.
Choosing to depict an artist’s life in a form close to their own can be a tightrope walk. Miss Hokusai dares to examine the work and lives of two Japanese artists in the form of anime, but this turns out to be a natural fit: the broad brushstrokes of its principals stand in harmonious contrast to the considerably less stylised but no less lovely animation of the film. It’s a shame that this is the only aspect of the film that really strikes a chord.
Set in 19th-century Edo (later known as Tokyo), Miss Hokusai centers on talented young artist O-Ei and her father, the Hokusai of the film’s title, also a painter but with far greater success.
- 2/4/2016
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Considered the world’s largest genre film festival and running over three weeks long, Fantasia is celebrating its 19th edition this year and the lineup is pretty incredible. This year’s fest runs July 14 through August 4 and will see over 130 feature films including more than 20 world premieres. Legendary filmmaker Sion Sono is delivering three new movies with Tag, Love & Peace, and Shinjuku Swan, meanwhile Tales of Halloween and A Christmas Horror Story are bringing horror anthologies back to the big screen. In addition, the festival will offer up the Montreal premiere of Marvel’s highly anticipated Ant-Man, the world premiere of Israeli horror flick Jeruzalem, the world premiere of Assassination Classroom and the first Canadian screening of the Canadian/Kiwi festival hit Turbo Kid. The festival is rounded out with screenings of Big Match, Crumbs, Deathgasm, The Demolisher, Experimenter, Cooties, We Are Still Here, The Editor, Cub, He Never Died,...
- 7/26/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono has been steadily gathering both critical and commercial acclaim around the world for his work since his feature film debut in 1986. Recent years have seen the filmmaker become more prolific, with multiple features coming out every year, and fans not knowing what to expect from each film, other than an entertaining ride.
2015 is no different for Sono, as he is poised to release up to six films this year. Among them will be Shinjuku Suwan, aka Shinjuku Swan, as well as Love & Peace. The latter sees Sono direct from an original screenplay of his own, a rarity among the filmmaker’s 2015 releases, and stars Kumiko Asô, Hiromi Hasegawa, and Suidôbashi Hakase. The synopsis for the film, from Twitch, is as follows.
In the summer of 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Ryoichi dreamed of becoming a punk rocker when he was younger, but became a timid salaryman at a musical instrument parts company.
2015 is no different for Sono, as he is poised to release up to six films this year. Among them will be Shinjuku Suwan, aka Shinjuku Swan, as well as Love & Peace. The latter sees Sono direct from an original screenplay of his own, a rarity among the filmmaker’s 2015 releases, and stars Kumiko Asô, Hiromi Hasegawa, and Suidôbashi Hakase. The synopsis for the film, from Twitch, is as follows.
In the summer of 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Ryoichi dreamed of becoming a punk rocker when he was younger, but became a timid salaryman at a musical instrument parts company.
- 4/23/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Not that I want to put pressure on the guy or anything but with his previous film - Adrift In Tokyo - all of the promise that lay latent in Miki Satoshi’s earlier works finally came together just perfectly, then end result being what is, in my very vocal opinion, a true masterpiece. So what does the guy do next? How to follow Adrift? With Instant Numa, another gently absurd comedy about a downsized office worker taking over an antique / junk shop with the help of a young punk rocker. The cast in this is stellar - Kumiko Aso and Ryo Kase play the leads - and the stroy seems like vintage Miki. How will it all come together? Check the trailer below the break for your first indication.
- 4/2/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Kenichi Matsuyama is by far one of my favorite young Japanese actors today. After successful runs in both Death Note films and the seemingly obligatory L: Change the World he continued with the very popular Detroit Metal City. This time around he’s toning thing down a bit. No more diets of candy. No more face paint.
A quirky farmer from Aomori (Ken’ichi Matsuyama) falls in love with a teacher who moved from Tokyo (Kumiko Aso). All of Ken’ichi Matsuyama’s lines are in his native tongue from Aomori, the Tsugaru dialect.AsianMediaWiki
What that means to a gaijin like me I have no idea; perhaps like the Ontario twang against the hearty accent of someone from the prairies? Regardless, give this young man’s enormous talent I would like to see this one. It gets a full release in Japan on June 6th. Find the trailer after the break!
A quirky farmer from Aomori (Ken’ichi Matsuyama) falls in love with a teacher who moved from Tokyo (Kumiko Aso). All of Ken’ichi Matsuyama’s lines are in his native tongue from Aomori, the Tsugaru dialect.AsianMediaWiki
What that means to a gaijin like me I have no idea; perhaps like the Ontario twang against the hearty accent of someone from the prairies? Regardless, give this young man’s enormous talent I would like to see this one. It gets a full release in Japan on June 6th. Find the trailer after the break!
- 4/1/2009
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
Ah, this is so typical in all the right ways ...
We’re totally in love with Miki Satoshi’s Adrift In Tokyo around these parts - I consider it one of the five best films I saw in 2008 and there’s plenty of coverage of the picture in our archive - the biggest draws being his observational sense of humor, close attention to character and a sly sense of humor that delights in quiet absurdity and messing with expectations. Well, Miki has been hard at work on his latest picture - Instant Numa, starring Ryo Kase and Kumiko Aso - for a good while now and with the theatrical release just around the corner you’d be expecting a trailer soon, right? Well ... no. Miki’s delivered some video, sure, but it’s not what you’d expect. Instead of a trailer he’s been scattering videos around the web...
We’re totally in love with Miki Satoshi’s Adrift In Tokyo around these parts - I consider it one of the five best films I saw in 2008 and there’s plenty of coverage of the picture in our archive - the biggest draws being his observational sense of humor, close attention to character and a sly sense of humor that delights in quiet absurdity and messing with expectations. Well, Miki has been hard at work on his latest picture - Instant Numa, starring Ryo Kase and Kumiko Aso - for a good while now and with the theatrical release just around the corner you’d be expecting a trailer soon, right? Well ... no. Miki’s delivered some video, sure, but it’s not what you’d expect. Instead of a trailer he’s been scattering videos around the web...
- 3/18/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
To say that this year’s retrospective of his films at the Udine Far East Film Festival left me a fan of Japan’s Miki Satoshi is something of an understatement. Moving from film to film over the course of the program - wisely laid out in chronological order - you got the undeniable sense of a director figuring himself out as he moved from film to film, gradually discovering his unique voice until he finally arrived at Adrift in Tokyo - my review here - which is, in my opinion, one of the absolute best films of the year.
And so I am very happy to see that not only is Satoshi hard at work on a new film project but also has one stellar cast lined up. Ryo Kase - you know him from Funky Forest, Letters From Iwo Jima and a host of others - and Kumiko Aso...
And so I am very happy to see that not only is Satoshi hard at work on a new film project but also has one stellar cast lined up. Ryo Kase - you know him from Funky Forest, Letters From Iwo Jima and a host of others - and Kumiko Aso...
- 7/21/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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