Shogen modeled in Paris, Milan and London while backpacking in the world after graduating from college. He returned to Japan in 2004 and started his career as an actor. The debut film was “Bloody Snake under the Sun (2005)” which described the life in Okinawa in the postwar period. Shogen played the leading part as a sanshin player and the film itself was nominated for the Competition at the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival. The encounter with “method acting” in Us in 2008 impressed him very much. He flew back to New York for further lessons and was trained by Susan Baston (the private coach of Nicole Kidman) and Roberta Wallch. In 2010, CNN chose Shogen for “The Tokyo Hot List : 20 People to watch 2010” due to his outstanding roles in the cinema clip “Seven Samurai” as well as in the advertisement of Jt “Seven Stars”. He is now actively taking part in various...
- 6/10/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
I have to admit that romantic films are not exactly my cup of tea. Occasionally though, a film arises that manages to be easy to watch and entertaining enough to prove that the category can also have some merit. Let us see if “Stay” belongs to this category.
Ryuu works hard at a little fish shop in Tokyo, trying to get his life back on track after a career in business ended in shambles due to drug addiction. Getting over his past, however, does not prove so easy and Ryuu is eventually fired due to customer’s complaints and on the same day stumbles upon his ex-dealer and his ex-girlfriend, ending up with a free “sample” in his pocket. The same night, he decides to go to an underground night club he used to frequent, where he ends up having sex in the bathroom with Hope, a girl he had never met before.
Ryuu works hard at a little fish shop in Tokyo, trying to get his life back on track after a career in business ended in shambles due to drug addiction. Getting over his past, however, does not prove so easy and Ryuu is eventually fired due to customer’s complaints and on the same day stumbles upon his ex-dealer and his ex-girlfriend, ending up with a free “sample” in his pocket. The same night, he decides to go to an underground night club he used to frequent, where he ends up having sex in the bathroom with Hope, a girl he had never met before.
- 6/2/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In today’s film news roundup, Mel Gibson and Charlie Hunnam are starring in “Waldo,” romantic drama “Stay” gets picked up and the Academy is partnering with the African American Film Critics Association.
Castings
Mel Gibson, Charlie Hunnam and Eiza González are attached to star in Tim Kirkby’s action-thriller “Waldo.”
Andrew Lazar, Christina Weiss Lurie and Steve Shainberg will produce. Imr International is handling foreign sales, which will launch at the American Film Market, which opens Oct. 31 in Santa Monica, Calif. CAA Media Finance is handling the Us rights.
The movie will be shot in the first quarter and center on a disgraced former Lapd detective, played by Hunnam, living the life of a minimalist in the woods. His quiet life comes to a startling halt when he is roped back into working as a private eye to investigate the murder of an eccentric television star’s wife.
Gibson...
Castings
Mel Gibson, Charlie Hunnam and Eiza González are attached to star in Tim Kirkby’s action-thriller “Waldo.”
Andrew Lazar, Christina Weiss Lurie and Steve Shainberg will produce. Imr International is handling foreign sales, which will launch at the American Film Market, which opens Oct. 31 in Santa Monica, Calif. CAA Media Finance is handling the Us rights.
The movie will be shot in the first quarter and center on a disgraced former Lapd detective, played by Hunnam, living the life of a minimalist in the woods. His quiet life comes to a startling halt when he is roped back into working as a private eye to investigate the murder of an eccentric television star’s wife.
Gibson...
- 10/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Filmsnoir Motion Pictures and Fusion For Peace Productions are proud of the progress of their rewards-based crowdfunding campaign for the independent motion picture “Stay”, shot in Tokyo by award-winning filmmaker, Darryl Wharton-Rigby. The campaign seeks to raise $5000 to help complete final post-production in preparation for distribution and to raise awareness of their collective efforts to change the landscape of the Japanese Film Industry. Wharton-Rigby is the second African American to write and direct a feature film in Japan, in its 100+ years history. The campaign launched on IndieGoGo has raised 53% of its goal in the first six days.
“It’s exciting to be so close to the finish line on “Stay”,” said Wharton-Rigby. “When I started filmmaking, I never imagined I would make a film in Japan. From Bmore to Tokyo – What an incredible journey.”
The campaign seeks to build a community committed to diversity and offers a variety of rewards including chopsticks,...
“It’s exciting to be so close to the finish line on “Stay”,” said Wharton-Rigby. “When I started filmmaking, I never imagined I would make a film in Japan. From Bmore to Tokyo – What an incredible journey.”
The campaign seeks to build a community committed to diversity and offers a variety of rewards including chopsticks,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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