Chicago, Il – – Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 13 will present 30 films at an in-person and drive-in festival, with select titles available for online streaming. The festival opens September 15 and runs through October 12, 2021, at AMC River East 21, The Davis Theater and ChiTown Drive-In.
The programming celebrates the best Asian-centric cinema, with new work made by filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and Canada. This season will highlight women in film, stories with humanitarian themes and action thrillers, including four restored martial arts classics.
Season 13 opens with Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, a documentary observing China’s growing class divide through labor, consumerism, and wealth. Structured in three parts, the film ascends through the levels of the capitalist structure and examines how the contemporary “Chinese Dream” remains an elusive fantasy for most.
Centerpiece film The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’T Kill is Japanese director Kan Eguchi’s action/comedy follow-up to The Fable,...
The programming celebrates the best Asian-centric cinema, with new work made by filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and Canada. This season will highlight women in film, stories with humanitarian themes and action thrillers, including four restored martial arts classics.
Season 13 opens with Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, a documentary observing China’s growing class divide through labor, consumerism, and wealth. Structured in three parts, the film ascends through the levels of the capitalist structure and examines how the contemporary “Chinese Dream” remains an elusive fantasy for most.
Centerpiece film The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’T Kill is Japanese director Kan Eguchi’s action/comedy follow-up to The Fable,...
- 8/23/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Young love is often an element explored in coming-of-age stories, whether it be in novels, manga, anime or live-action features. For her latest film “Georama Boy, Panorama Girl”, Natsuki Seta adapts an 80s manga series by the same name from “Helter Skelter” writer Kyoko Okazaki to tell a sweet story of the days when love first blooms.
“Georama Boy, Panorama Girl” is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
Sixteen years old Haruka has but one wish: to fall hopelessly in love, like she sees some of her classmates do. Her days in school are spent gossiping with her best friends Kaede and Maru about their classmates in relationships and hoping for the same to happen to them. On the other hand, wilful 17-year-old Kenichi decides to just quit school one day mid-test and goes to Shibuya, where he befriends the beautiful Mayumi, a woman older than him.
Flirting leads to a coffee date,...
“Georama Boy, Panorama Girl” is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
Sixteen years old Haruka has but one wish: to fall hopelessly in love, like she sees some of her classmates do. Her days in school are spent gossiping with her best friends Kaede and Maru about their classmates in relationships and hoping for the same to happen to them. On the other hand, wilful 17-year-old Kenichi decides to just quit school one day mid-test and goes to Shibuya, where he befriends the beautiful Mayumi, a woman older than him.
Flirting leads to a coffee date,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Fantasia 2021 will run from August 5th to the 25th. A great number of films will be available to watch on-demand on the Festival’s virtual streaming platform (powered by Festival Scope and Shift72). Some virtual screenings will be scheduled at a specific date and time, check out the website to know when to tune in! Several films will be shown in person at Montreal’s Cinéma Impérial, Cinéma du Musée, or outdoors at Place de la Paix. Click here to see which ones! All panels, talks, masterclasses and special events will once again be completely free and accessible worldwide on Zoom or YouTube.
You can buy a Festival Passport Here. Please check the Official Website for more info.
Here are, in alphabetical order, all the Asian Films:
The 12 Day Tale Of The Monster That Died In 8 | Japan Dir: Shunji Iwai
North American Premiere
Shunji Iwai’s latest is a delightfully...
You can buy a Festival Passport Here. Please check the Official Website for more info.
Here are, in alphabetical order, all the Asian Films:
The 12 Day Tale Of The Monster That Died In 8 | Japan Dir: Shunji Iwai
North American Premiere
Shunji Iwai’s latest is a delightfully...
- 7/22/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival got an early 25th birthday present in the form of James Gunn’s “Suicide Squad,” which will receive a special screening on Aug. 4, the day before Fantasia officially kicks off with the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s zombie thriller “Brain Freeze.” Gunn is a long-time friend of the fest, having first attended in 1997 before later returning for the Canadian premiere of his Marvel blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.
New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Japan-us-China co-production is set among Japan’s indigenous Ainu people in Hokkaido.
Japan’s Nikkatsu Corp has picked up international rights to Ainu Mosir, directed by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Fukunaga, which was awarded with a special jury mention at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Set amongst the indigenous Ainu community in Hokkaido in northern Japan, the film follows a 14-year old Ainu boy as he searches for a spiritual connection to his recently deceased father.
The film was co-produced by New York-based Cineric and Japan’s Booster Project, with China’s Zhu Yifei as co-producer. The cast is headed by Kanto Shimokura,...
Japan’s Nikkatsu Corp has picked up international rights to Ainu Mosir, directed by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Fukunaga, which was awarded with a special jury mention at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Set amongst the indigenous Ainu community in Hokkaido in northern Japan, the film follows a 14-year old Ainu boy as he searches for a spiritual connection to his recently deceased father.
The film was co-produced by New York-based Cineric and Japan’s Booster Project, with China’s Zhu Yifei as co-producer. The cast is headed by Kanto Shimokura,...
- 6/22/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Japanese drama recently premiered at Osaka Asian Film Festival.
Japan’s Stardust Pictures (Sdp) Inc. has sold Parks, directed by Natsuki Seta(A Liar And A Broken Girl, A Letter From Elsewhere), to mainland China (Time-in-Portrait Entertainment), Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures), Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment), South Korea (Entermode), Thailand (Starlings) and worldwide in-flight (Encore Inflight Entertainment).
Set in and around Tokyo’s Inokashira Park, the drama stars Ai Hashimoto (Little Forest), Mei Nagano (Peach Girl) and Shota Sometani (Himizu) in a story about a girl who sets out to find a woman mentioned in a love letter written by her late father. Clues lead her to two other millennial friends and a damaged tape of a love song which they try to recreate.
Entermode CEO Bruce D. Lee says Parks is “a good and heartwarming movie, like a Japanese version of La La Land”, while Encore CEO Jovita Toh says, “Parks is a beautiful...
Japan’s Stardust Pictures (Sdp) Inc. has sold Parks, directed by Natsuki Seta(A Liar And A Broken Girl, A Letter From Elsewhere), to mainland China (Time-in-Portrait Entertainment), Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures), Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment), South Korea (Entermode), Thailand (Starlings) and worldwide in-flight (Encore Inflight Entertainment).
Set in and around Tokyo’s Inokashira Park, the drama stars Ai Hashimoto (Little Forest), Mei Nagano (Peach Girl) and Shota Sometani (Himizu) in a story about a girl who sets out to find a woman mentioned in a love letter written by her late father. Clues lead her to two other millennial friends and a damaged tape of a love song which they try to recreate.
Entermode CEO Bruce D. Lee says Parks is “a good and heartwarming movie, like a Japanese version of La La Land”, while Encore CEO Jovita Toh says, “Parks is a beautiful...
- 3/12/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The Japanese film site Cinema Today has uploaded a trailer for Natsuki Seta’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Hitoma Iruma’s popular and controversial light novel “Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan”, which is now going by the international English title A Liar and a Broken Girl.
Plot: 10 years ago, Maa-chan (Aya Omasa) and Mii-kun (Shota Sometani) were kidnapped and forced to endure tremendous trauma. They both survived the ordeal, but were left with mental scars that haven’t exactly healed with time; Mii-kun is a habitual liar and Maa-chan routinely flies into violent rages. One day, Mii-kun hears about another kidnapping of a young brother and sister on the radio. Instinctively, he decides to track down Maa-chan again after years apart. When he finds her, his suspicions are confirmed and he begins living with his childhood friend… as well as the two kidnapped kids. With Mii-kun around, Maa-chan is able...
Plot: 10 years ago, Maa-chan (Aya Omasa) and Mii-kun (Shota Sometani) were kidnapped and forced to endure tremendous trauma. They both survived the ordeal, but were left with mental scars that haven’t exactly healed with time; Mii-kun is a habitual liar and Maa-chan routinely flies into violent rages. One day, Mii-kun hears about another kidnapping of a young brother and sister on the radio. Instinctively, he decides to track down Maa-chan again after years apart. When he finds her, his suspicions are confirmed and he begins living with his childhood friend… as well as the two kidnapped kids. With Mii-kun around, Maa-chan is able...
- 10/14/2010
- Nippon Cinema
The Japanese film site Cinema Today has uploaded a trailer for Natsuki Seta’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Hitoma Iruma’s popular and controversial light novel “Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan”, which is now going by the international English title A Liar and a Broken Girl.
Plot: 10 years ago, Maa-chan (Aya Omasa) and Mii-kun (Shota Sometani) were kidnapped and forced to endure tremendous trauma. They both survived the ordeal, but were left with mental scars that haven’t exactly healed with time; Mii-kun is a habitual liar and Maa-chan routinely flies into violent rages. One day, Mii-kun hears about another kidnapping of a young brother and sister on the radio. Instinctively, he decides to track down Maa-chan again after years apart. When he finds her, his suspicions are confirmed and he begins living with his childhood friend… as well as the two kidnapped kids. With Mii-kun around, Maa-chan is able...
Plot: 10 years ago, Maa-chan (Aya Omasa) and Mii-kun (Shota Sometani) were kidnapped and forced to endure tremendous trauma. They both survived the ordeal, but were left with mental scars that haven’t exactly healed with time; Mii-kun is a habitual liar and Maa-chan routinely flies into violent rages. One day, Mii-kun hears about another kidnapping of a young brother and sister on the radio. Instinctively, he decides to track down Maa-chan again after years apart. When he finds her, his suspicions are confirmed and he begins living with his childhood friend… as well as the two kidnapped kids. With Mii-kun around, Maa-chan is able...
- 10/14/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Hitoma Iruma’s popular light novel Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan is being turned into a live-action adaptation starring former fashion model Aya Oomasa. The original work has sold over 900,000 copies while pushing the boundaries of content usually found in light novels, which are usually read by young teens.
Oomasa, an up-and-coming young actress who recently garnered attention for her memorable starring role in the TBS drama “Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge”, will play Mayu Misono, aka Maa-chan. The challenging role will require her to drastically shift from grief to cheerfulness to extreme anger. Maa-chan was involved in an incredibly traumatic incident as a child which left her mentally scarred. Because of this, she’s capable of unpredictable cruelty, but also sometimes reverts to a child-like personality when she’s around Mii-kun (Shota Sometani), a childhood acquaintance.
The story takes place in a countryside town where two young siblings have recently disappeared.
Oomasa, an up-and-coming young actress who recently garnered attention for her memorable starring role in the TBS drama “Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge”, will play Mayu Misono, aka Maa-chan. The challenging role will require her to drastically shift from grief to cheerfulness to extreme anger. Maa-chan was involved in an incredibly traumatic incident as a child which left her mentally scarred. Because of this, she’s capable of unpredictable cruelty, but also sometimes reverts to a child-like personality when she’s around Mii-kun (Shota Sometani), a childhood acquaintance.
The story takes place in a countryside town where two young siblings have recently disappeared.
- 5/26/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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