Kyoshi Sugita is a name the international festival-going audience became aware of since his debut “A Song I Remember” (2011), but the true break-through came with his much anticipated ” Haruhara-san's Recorder” (2021). In his contemplative, gentle drama “Following The Sound” about three people's different ways of dealing with grief, there is a lot of following in its most literal sense, and the sound may just be a part of it all, but it still leads the way. As a proper introduction, the film kicks off with a scene in which the main character Haru (An Ogawa) gets emotionally transported to her past by listening to the recording of burbling water, and that particular tape will remain a key to maintain her connection with the past, and making her ready ready to connect other dots.
“Following the Sound” in Venice International Film Festival
With his fourth feature that premiered in Venice Film Festival's Giornate Degli Autori competiton programme,...
“Following the Sound” in Venice International Film Festival
With his fourth feature that premiered in Venice Film Festival's Giornate Degli Autori competiton programme,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Third adaptation of Toson Shimazaki’s classic novel “Hakai”, after the ones by Keisuke Kinoshita in 1948 and Kon Ichikawa in 1962, Kazuo Maeda’s edition marks the centenary of Japan’s first-ever human rights declaration, which argued that Burakumin (aka Eta and untouchables), Zainichi Koreans, Ainu and other “disadvantaged minorities” deserve the same respect and freedoms accorded to others, and is set during the Russo-Japanese War.
Broken Commandment is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
Ushimatsu Segawa is a respected teacher in an elementary school, cherished by both his colleagues and his students. However, he harbors a dark secret, as he is actually a burakumin whose father sent him away when he was a child, insisting he never reveals his origin, in an effort to have him avoid the fate of the lower classes. The initial scene, where an older man is kicked from a hotel upon the discovery that he is an Eta,...
Broken Commandment is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
Ushimatsu Segawa is a respected teacher in an elementary school, cherished by both his colleagues and his students. However, he harbors a dark secret, as he is actually a burakumin whose father sent him away when he was a child, insisting he never reveals his origin, in an effort to have him avoid the fate of the lower classes. The initial scene, where an older man is kicked from a hotel upon the discovery that he is an Eta,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Sneak Peek the new TV series "Followers", focusing on stories of people working, living and playing in Tokyo, Japan, influenced by social media networks, starring Miki Nakatani and Elaiza Ikeda, streaming February 27, 2020 on Netflix:
"...'Rimi Nara' (Nakatani) is a popular photographer.
"'Natsume Hyakuta' (Ikeda) came to Tokyo to achieve her dream of becoming an actress. But it's not so easy for Natsume to achieve her dream..."
Cast also includes Mari Natsuki as 'Eriko', Yuka Itaya as 'Akane', Kom I as 'Sani', Shuhei Uesugi as 'Hiraku', Nobuaki Kaneko as 'Yuruko', Yutaro as 'Nori', Mika Nakashima, Tadanobu Asano, Hidekazu Mashima, Show Kasamatsu, Naomi Watanabe and Tina Tamashiro.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Followers"...
"...'Rimi Nara' (Nakatani) is a popular photographer.
"'Natsume Hyakuta' (Ikeda) came to Tokyo to achieve her dream of becoming an actress. But it's not so easy for Natsume to achieve her dream..."
Cast also includes Mari Natsuki as 'Eriko', Yuka Itaya as 'Akane', Kom I as 'Sani', Shuhei Uesugi as 'Hiraku', Nobuaki Kaneko as 'Yuruko', Yutaro as 'Nori', Mika Nakashima, Tadanobu Asano, Hidekazu Mashima, Show Kasamatsu, Naomi Watanabe and Tina Tamashiro.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Followers"...
- 2/5/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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