From Yahoo! Japan comes the trailer for Yume Uru Futari, the latest movie by director and screenwriter Miwa Nishikawa (Sway, Dear Doctor).
Takako Matsu and Sadao Abe star as Satoko and Kanya (or maybe Nukiya?), a married couple who live a happy life together running their small Tokyo eatery until they lose everything in a fire.
When Kanya spends the night with a regular customer, Satoko immediately comes up with a plan: she’ll have her husband commit marriage fraud to earn enough money to get back on their feet financially. Together, they take advantage of lonely women and swindle each out of large sums of money, but their activities soon begin to cast a shadow on their own relationship.
“Yume Uru Futari” will be released by Asmik Ace Entertainment in Japan on September 8, 2012.
Update: Replaced with a shiny new 1080p YouTube embed...
Takako Matsu and Sadao Abe star as Satoko and Kanya (or maybe Nukiya?), a married couple who live a happy life together running their small Tokyo eatery until they lose everything in a fire.
When Kanya spends the night with a regular customer, Satoko immediately comes up with a plan: she’ll have her husband commit marriage fraud to earn enough money to get back on their feet financially. Together, they take advantage of lonely women and swindle each out of large sums of money, but their activities soon begin to cast a shadow on their own relationship.
“Yume Uru Futari” will be released by Asmik Ace Entertainment in Japan on September 8, 2012.
Update: Replaced with a shiny new 1080p YouTube embed...
- 6/5/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Today more cast members were announced for Miwa Nishikawa’s next film Yume Uru Futari. The new additions are Yusuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, and Tsurube Shofukutei.
Kagawa has previously worked with Nishikawa in both Sway and Dear Doctor, the latter of which starred Shofukutei.
Although Iseya hasn’t appeared in any of her films, they did work together on the set of Distance in 2001 when she was Hirokazu Kore-eda’s assistant director.
Today also saw the release of a new poster for the film. It features the two main stars—Sadao Abe and Takako Matsu—looking particularly shell-shocked with a small tagline under them which translates to something like “Humanity’s greatest enigma, man and woman”.
In the film, their characters are a married couple who conspire to commit marriage fraud. The targets of their scam are played by Lena Tanaka, Sawa Suzuki, Tae Kimura, Tamae Ando, and Yuka Ebara,...
Kagawa has previously worked with Nishikawa in both Sway and Dear Doctor, the latter of which starred Shofukutei.
Although Iseya hasn’t appeared in any of her films, they did work together on the set of Distance in 2001 when she was Hirokazu Kore-eda’s assistant director.
Today also saw the release of a new poster for the film. It features the two main stars—Sadao Abe and Takako Matsu—looking particularly shell-shocked with a small tagline under them which translates to something like “Humanity’s greatest enigma, man and woman”.
In the film, their characters are a married couple who conspire to commit marriage fraud. The targets of their scam are played by Lena Tanaka, Sawa Suzuki, Tae Kimura, Tamae Ando, and Yuka Ebara,...
- 4/27/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Whose Film Is It Anyway? Contemporary Japanese Auteurs, On tour
The Japanese movie scene moves faster than we can keep up with over here, so consider this a catch-up on names you might want to remember. Best known might be Yôji "Twilight Samurai" Yamada, whose family drama About Her Brother has been compared to Mike Leigh and Ozu, and Masayuki "Shall We Dance?" Suo, whose I Just Didn't Do It tackles a subway groping incident. As for the younger talents, Kenji Uchida weaves a Pulp Fictionesque web in A Stranger Of Mine; Miwa Nishikawa has scooped awards with her Dear Doctor, about a rural impostor, while Takatsugu Naitô's The Dark Harbour has been described as "a Wes Anderson social comedy set in a small Japanese fishing village." The programme tours seven cities, finishing in Nottingham on 28 Mar.
Ica, SW1, Fri to 16 Feb
Glasgow Film Festival
Think of it more as a season of festivals,...
The Japanese movie scene moves faster than we can keep up with over here, so consider this a catch-up on names you might want to remember. Best known might be Yôji "Twilight Samurai" Yamada, whose family drama About Her Brother has been compared to Mike Leigh and Ozu, and Masayuki "Shall We Dance?" Suo, whose I Just Didn't Do It tackles a subway groping incident. As for the younger talents, Kenji Uchida weaves a Pulp Fictionesque web in A Stranger Of Mine; Miwa Nishikawa has scooped awards with her Dear Doctor, about a rural impostor, while Takatsugu Naitô's The Dark Harbour has been described as "a Wes Anderson social comedy set in a small Japanese fishing village." The programme tours seven cities, finishing in Nottingham on 28 Mar.
Ica, SW1, Fri to 16 Feb
Glasgow Film Festival
Think of it more as a season of festivals,...
- 2/4/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
With Dear Doctor comes the feeling that something is always awry. It is greater than the sum of its parts and more complicated than it first seems. Coming across initially as a drama serial, the film eventually firmly places itself as a full length feature.
The majority of the film takes place in a small village, and the movie begins with most of the town searching for an elusive doctor, many disturbed and worried about him missing, particularly a young man and a pair of eager detectives.
Cut to some time in the past and that same young man intern Soma (dorama actor Eita) is travelling towards that village, ignorant and lost as he stumbles into the small town, slightly judgmental but ultimately sincere. The scene is ripe for some black comedy; funny locals ranging from the naïve elderly to the seriously selfish await Soma as he waits patiently for his boss,...
The majority of the film takes place in a small village, and the movie begins with most of the town searching for an elusive doctor, many disturbed and worried about him missing, particularly a young man and a pair of eager detectives.
Cut to some time in the past and that same young man intern Soma (dorama actor Eita) is travelling towards that village, ignorant and lost as he stumbles into the small town, slightly judgmental but ultimately sincere. The scene is ripe for some black comedy; funny locals ranging from the naïve elderly to the seriously selfish await Soma as he waits patiently for his boss,...
- 12/7/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The 2010 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival will celebrate its 14th year as Canada's longest-running and largest showcase of contemporary cinema by East Asian and Southeast Asian moviemakers from Canada and around the world. From November 9 to 15, 2010, the festival will present more than 50 films and videos from 12 countries, including Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Canada and the U.S.
The festival is starting with an advanced screening of Ip Man 2, but the big gala opener is Twitch favourite Martial Arts Feel Good Comedy Gallants starring a host of old school kung fu veterans, not the least of which is Bruce Leung (Recently seen as Kung Fu Hustle's villain) and the iconic Teddy Robbin (who is used here to magnificent effect (and pictured above) as the brusque and womanizing Martial Arts Master.)
The rest of the festivals offerings are outlined below from the festivals press release:
Galas...
The festival is starting with an advanced screening of Ip Man 2, but the big gala opener is Twitch favourite Martial Arts Feel Good Comedy Gallants starring a host of old school kung fu veterans, not the least of which is Bruce Leung (Recently seen as Kung Fu Hustle's villain) and the iconic Teddy Robbin (who is used here to magnificent effect (and pictured above) as the brusque and womanizing Martial Arts Master.)
The rest of the festivals offerings are outlined below from the festivals press release:
Galas...
- 10/13/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October.
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
[Our thanks to Chris Bourne for this review]
Yoji Yamada's About Her Brother is his first contemporary drama in a decade, following his samurai trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor) and his previous film, the WWII reminiscence Kabei: Our Mother. However, despite its modern setting, his latest film has the same feel as Kon Ichikawa's 1960 classic Ototo (Her Brother); Yamada uses the same basic story for his film, which he dedicates to Ichikawa.
As in the earlier version, About Her Brother focuses on the relationship between Ginko (Sayuri Yoshinaga), a long-time widow and pharmacy owner who has never remarried, and her incorrigible younger brother Tetsuro (Tsurube Shofukutei), who causes much embarrassment with his casual approach to personal responsibility and his penchant for drinking and gambling. Ginko has put up with Tetsuro's antics ever since they were children, but Tetsuro severely tests the limits of her patience when he drunkenly wrecks the wedding reception...
Yoji Yamada's About Her Brother is his first contemporary drama in a decade, following his samurai trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor) and his previous film, the WWII reminiscence Kabei: Our Mother. However, despite its modern setting, his latest film has the same feel as Kon Ichikawa's 1960 classic Ototo (Her Brother); Yamada uses the same basic story for his film, which he dedicates to Ichikawa.
As in the earlier version, About Her Brother focuses on the relationship between Ginko (Sayuri Yoshinaga), a long-time widow and pharmacy owner who has never remarried, and her incorrigible younger brother Tetsuro (Tsurube Shofukutei), who causes much embarrassment with his casual approach to personal responsibility and his penchant for drinking and gambling. Ginko has put up with Tetsuro's antics ever since they were children, but Tetsuro severely tests the limits of her patience when he drunkenly wrecks the wedding reception...
- 7/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
With last night's screening of Blades Of Blood and Gallants (which tied with Castaway On The Moon for the Audience Award), the 9th annual New York Asian Film Festival has come to a close.
We at Twitch have to thank co-founder, Grady Henrix for being our ambassador to the festival, providing us with everything a growing group of writers need to cover such a whirl wind event. An extra shout out to all the staff at Subway Cinema, Lincoln Film Society, IFC Center, and Japan Society for running a smooth show. And lastly thanks to the filmmakers and actors who were so gracious enough to sit down and talk with us about what they do so well.
So, with another year down, lets take a look back at some of our favorite films and highlights from the festivities.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Ben Umstead:
Cinema - in any and...
We at Twitch have to thank co-founder, Grady Henrix for being our ambassador to the festival, providing us with everything a growing group of writers need to cover such a whirl wind event. An extra shout out to all the staff at Subway Cinema, Lincoln Film Society, IFC Center, and Japan Society for running a smooth show. And lastly thanks to the filmmakers and actors who were so gracious enough to sit down and talk with us about what they do so well.
So, with another year down, lets take a look back at some of our favorite films and highlights from the festivities.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Ben Umstead:
Cinema - in any and...
- 7/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
A man on a bicycle finds a discarded white lab coat on the road at night. Then he puts the coat on. Miwa Nishikawa's Dear Doctor makes clear from the get-go what this film is really about. It's not the looks or the credentials that makes one a doctor, it's one's heart.
Adapting from her own novel, Nishikawa, a pupil of Hirokazu Kore-eda (Maboroshi, Nobody Knows), skillfully plays out a story of an imposter. In Kamiwada, a small rural village, the sudden disappearance of their beloved doctor, Dr. Ino (Tsurube Shofukutei), who's been serving them for the last three years, leaves its mostly elderly residents in shock and disbelief. Detectives are soon frustrated with conflicting information given by the villagers with no clear picture of who Ino really is.
The film jumps back and forth between the police investigation in to the disappearance and the happier times with Dr.
Adapting from her own novel, Nishikawa, a pupil of Hirokazu Kore-eda (Maboroshi, Nobody Knows), skillfully plays out a story of an imposter. In Kamiwada, a small rural village, the sudden disappearance of their beloved doctor, Dr. Ino (Tsurube Shofukutei), who's been serving them for the last three years, leaves its mostly elderly residents in shock and disbelief. Detectives are soon frustrated with conflicting information given by the villagers with no clear picture of who Ino really is.
The film jumps back and forth between the police investigation in to the disappearance and the happier times with Dr.
- 7/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Japan Society has posted the full list of films to be screened as part of their Japan Cuts Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema which will take place in NYC from July 1-16, 2010.
Here’s the list. The films marked with an asterisk will be co-presented with the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival.
About Her Brother (2010, North American Premiere, Dir. Yoji Yamada)
Accidental Kidnapper (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Hideo Sakaki)
Alien vs. Ninja* (2010, World Premiere, Dir. Seiji Chiba)
Bare Essence of Life, aka Ultra Miracle Love Story (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Satoko Yokohama)
The Blood of Rebirth* (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Toshiaki Toyoda)
Boys on the Run* (2010, North American Premiere, Dir. Daisuke Miura)
Confessions* (2010, U.S. Premiere, Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima)
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004, New York Premiere, Dir. Isao Yukisada)
Dear Doctor* (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Miwa Nishikawa)
Electric Button, aka Moon & Cherry (2004, U.S. Premiere,...
Here’s the list. The films marked with an asterisk will be co-presented with the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival.
About Her Brother (2010, North American Premiere, Dir. Yoji Yamada)
Accidental Kidnapper (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Hideo Sakaki)
Alien vs. Ninja* (2010, World Premiere, Dir. Seiji Chiba)
Bare Essence of Life, aka Ultra Miracle Love Story (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Satoko Yokohama)
The Blood of Rebirth* (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Toshiaki Toyoda)
Boys on the Run* (2010, North American Premiere, Dir. Daisuke Miura)
Confessions* (2010, U.S. Premiere, Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima)
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004, New York Premiere, Dir. Isao Yukisada)
Dear Doctor* (2009, New York Premiere, Dir. Miwa Nishikawa)
Electric Button, aka Moon & Cherry (2004, U.S. Premiere,...
- 5/28/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Subway Cinemas has updated their New York Asian Film Festival 2010 blog with details on their Friday and Saturday midnight screenings at the IFC. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check out some of the trailers, and keep an eye out for further announcements about the complete times and dates.
IFC @Midnight Lineup
Death Kappa (Japan, 2010, World Premiere)
L.A. Streetfighters (U.S.A., 1985)
Pink Power Strikes Back: Japanese Wife Next Door, 2, Groper Train: School Uniform Hunter
Power Kids (2009)
Hong Kong Films
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, New York Premiere)
Development Hell (2010, North American Premiere)
Eastern Condors (1987)
Echoes of the Rainbow (2010, North American Premiere)
Gallants (2010, North American Premiere)
Ip Man (2008)
Ip Man 2 (2010, North American Premiere)
Kung Fu Chefs (2009, North American Premiere)
Little Big Soldier (2010, New York Premiere)
Red Cliff Uncut (2008/2009)
The Storm Warriors (2009, Us Premiere)
Mainland Chinese Films
Cow (2009, North American Premiere)
Crazy Racer...
IFC @Midnight Lineup
Death Kappa (Japan, 2010, World Premiere)
L.A. Streetfighters (U.S.A., 1985)
Pink Power Strikes Back: Japanese Wife Next Door, 2, Groper Train: School Uniform Hunter
Power Kids (2009)
Hong Kong Films
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, New York Premiere)
Development Hell (2010, North American Premiere)
Eastern Condors (1987)
Echoes of the Rainbow (2010, North American Premiere)
Gallants (2010, North American Premiere)
Ip Man (2008)
Ip Man 2 (2010, North American Premiere)
Kung Fu Chefs (2009, North American Premiere)
Little Big Soldier (2010, New York Premiere)
Red Cliff Uncut (2008/2009)
The Storm Warriors (2009, Us Premiere)
Mainland Chinese Films
Cow (2009, North American Premiere)
Crazy Racer...
- 5/25/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Subway Cinemas has updated their New York Asian Film Festival 2010 blog with details on the full roster from Hong Kong and mainland China. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check out some of the trailers, and keep an eye out for further announcements about the complete times and dates as well as special screenings and events.
Hong Kong Films
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, New York Premiere)
Development Hell (2010, North American Premiere)
Eastern Condors (1987)
Echoes of the Rainbow (2010, North American Premiere)
Gallants (2010, North American Premiere)
Ip Man (2008)
Ip Man 2 (2010, North American Premiere)
Kung Fu Chefs (2009, North American Premiere)
Little Big Soldier (2010, New York Premiere)
Red Cliff Uncut (2008/2009)
The Storm Warriors (2009, Us Premiere)
Mainland Chinese Films
Cow (2009, North American Premiere)
Crazy Racer (2009, North American Premiere)
Sophie's Revenge (2009, New York Premiere)
Tian An Men (2009, International Premiere)
Japanese Films
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere)
8000 Miles 2: Girl...
Hong Kong Films
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, New York Premiere)
Development Hell (2010, North American Premiere)
Eastern Condors (1987)
Echoes of the Rainbow (2010, North American Premiere)
Gallants (2010, North American Premiere)
Ip Man (2008)
Ip Man 2 (2010, North American Premiere)
Kung Fu Chefs (2009, North American Premiere)
Little Big Soldier (2010, New York Premiere)
Red Cliff Uncut (2008/2009)
The Storm Warriors (2009, Us Premiere)
Mainland Chinese Films
Cow (2009, North American Premiere)
Crazy Racer (2009, North American Premiere)
Sophie's Revenge (2009, New York Premiere)
Tian An Men (2009, International Premiere)
Japanese Films
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere)
8000 Miles 2: Girl...
- 5/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
And the winner for film I most want to see is Gô Shibata's Doman Senman which I hear is incredibly weird. This is the same guy who did the serial killer with cerebral palsy flick Late Bloomer (Osoi Hito).
Other notable films include Merantau, the world premier of Alien vs Ninja, Mutant Girls Squad and Hitoshi Matsumoto's Symbol which I'm also dying to see.
The festival runs from June 25th to July 8th, and you can hit the Nyaff website right here.
Full lineup after the break.
Official Opening Night Film
IP Man 2 (Hong Kong, 2010, North American Premiere) - Sammo Hung and Donnie
Yen throw down in this lavish martial arts flick that blew the Hong Kong box
office wide open and beat Iron Man 2 like a redheaded stepchild.
***The movie's star and action choreographer, Sammo Hung, will be present.
Centerpiece Presentation
Confessions (Japan, 2010, International Premiere) -...
Other notable films include Merantau, the world premier of Alien vs Ninja, Mutant Girls Squad and Hitoshi Matsumoto's Symbol which I'm also dying to see.
The festival runs from June 25th to July 8th, and you can hit the Nyaff website right here.
Full lineup after the break.
Official Opening Night Film
IP Man 2 (Hong Kong, 2010, North American Premiere) - Sammo Hung and Donnie
Yen throw down in this lavish martial arts flick that blew the Hong Kong box
office wide open and beat Iron Man 2 like a redheaded stepchild.
***The movie's star and action choreographer, Sammo Hung, will be present.
Centerpiece Presentation
Confessions (Japan, 2010, International Premiere) -...
- 5/21/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Subway Cinemas has updated their New York Asian Film Festival 2010 blog with details on the full roster from Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check out some of the trailers, and keep an eye out for further announcements about the Chinese and Hong Kong lineup, as well as complete times and dates and special screenings and events.
Japanese Films
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere)
8000 Miles 2: Girl Rapper (2010, North American Premiere)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010, World Premiere)
Annyong Yumika (2009, North American Premiere)
The Blood of Rebirth (2009, New York Premiere)
Boys on the Run (2010, North American Premiere)
Confessions (2010, International Premiere)
Dear Doctor (2009, New York Premiere)
Doman Seman (2010, World Premiere)
Golden Slumber (2009, New York Premiere)
Live Tape (2010, North American Premiere)
Mutant Girls Squad (2010, International Premiere)
Sawako Decides (2010, New York Premiere)
Symbol (2009, New York Premiere)
Yatterman (2009)
Korean Films:
Actresses (2009, New York...
Japanese Films
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere)
8000 Miles 2: Girl Rapper (2010, North American Premiere)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010, World Premiere)
Annyong Yumika (2009, North American Premiere)
The Blood of Rebirth (2009, New York Premiere)
Boys on the Run (2010, North American Premiere)
Confessions (2010, International Premiere)
Dear Doctor (2009, New York Premiere)
Doman Seman (2010, World Premiere)
Golden Slumber (2009, New York Premiere)
Live Tape (2010, North American Premiere)
Mutant Girls Squad (2010, International Premiere)
Sawako Decides (2010, New York Premiere)
Symbol (2009, New York Premiere)
Yatterman (2009)
Korean Films:
Actresses (2009, New York...
- 5/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
This year Subway Cinema is announcing the lineup for the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival split up by country of origin; and conveniently for us, Japan is first up. The list includes two world premieres, two international premieres, five North American premieres, and an impressive list of guests.
The festival will be held at Lincoln Center from June 25 - July 8 with some co-presented screenings at Japan Society from July 1 - 4.
A few of the films listed are being presented with the overlapping Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 1 - July 16) which will feature 20 Japanese titles including Isshin Inudo’s “Zero Focus” remake.
Here’s the list of Japanese movies at Nyaff:
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere, Dir. Yu Irie in attendance)
8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers (2010, North American Premiere, Dir. Yu Irie in attendance)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010, World Premiere, Dir. Seiji Chiba, actor Masanori Mimoto in attendence)
Annyong Yumika (2009, North American Premiere,...
The festival will be held at Lincoln Center from June 25 - July 8 with some co-presented screenings at Japan Society from July 1 - 4.
A few of the films listed are being presented with the overlapping Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 1 - July 16) which will feature 20 Japanese titles including Isshin Inudo’s “Zero Focus” remake.
Here’s the list of Japanese movies at Nyaff:
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere, Dir. Yu Irie in attendance)
8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers (2010, North American Premiere, Dir. Yu Irie in attendance)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010, World Premiere, Dir. Seiji Chiba, actor Masanori Mimoto in attendence)
Annyong Yumika (2009, North American Premiere,...
- 5/20/2010
- Nippon Cinema
The Nyaff has updated their blog with details on the full roster of films from each territory. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check out some of the trailers. Keep an eye out for further announcements about complete times and dates as well as special screenings and events.
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Japanese Films
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere)
8000 Miles 2: Girl Rapper (2010, North American Premiere)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010, World Premiere)
Annyong Yumika (2009, North American Premiere)
The Blood of Rebirth (2009, New York Premiere)
Boys on the Run (2010, North American Premiere)
Confessions (2010, International Premiere)
Dear Doctor (2009, New York Premiere)
Doman Seman (2010, World Premiere)
Golden Slumber (2009, New York Premiere)
Live Tape (2010, North American Premiere)
Mutant Girls Squad (2010, International Premiere)
Sawako Decides (2010, New York Premiere)
Symbol (2009, New York Premiere)
Yatterman (2009)
Korean Films:
Actresses...
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Japanese Films
8000 Miles (2009, North American Premiere)
8000 Miles 2: Girl Rapper (2010, North American Premiere)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010, World Premiere)
Annyong Yumika (2009, North American Premiere)
The Blood of Rebirth (2009, New York Premiere)
Boys on the Run (2010, North American Premiere)
Confessions (2010, International Premiere)
Dear Doctor (2009, New York Premiere)
Doman Seman (2010, World Premiere)
Golden Slumber (2009, New York Premiere)
Live Tape (2010, North American Premiere)
Mutant Girls Squad (2010, International Premiere)
Sawako Decides (2010, New York Premiere)
Symbol (2009, New York Premiere)
Yatterman (2009)
Korean Films:
Actresses...
- 5/20/2010
- Screen Anarchy
[Our thanks go out to Chris MaGee and Marc Saint-Cyr at the Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow for sharing their coverage of the 2010 Nippon Connection Film Festival.]
Osamu Ino (Tsurube Shôfukutei), a small town doctor in rural Japan, has gone missing. Except for a white lab coat found in a nearby field there is no sign of the much loved physician. Police begin to investigate his disappearance, but very quickly they discover that the details of Dr. Ino's life just doesn't add up. First off the locals, mostly senior citizens, people who normally know everyone's business in town, can't agree on what exactly Dr. Ino's background is. Some are certain that his father was a factory owner from Osaka, others say Ino comes from a family of woodworkers in Kyoto. There's also the sense that his colleagues at the local medical clinic, nurse Akemi Otake (Kimiko Yo), young medical intern Keiskue Soma (Eita), as well as phramaceutical rep Saimon (Teruyuki Kagawa), weren't entirely convinced of Dr Ino's skills despite their deep admiration of him. They aren't the...
Osamu Ino (Tsurube Shôfukutei), a small town doctor in rural Japan, has gone missing. Except for a white lab coat found in a nearby field there is no sign of the much loved physician. Police begin to investigate his disappearance, but very quickly they discover that the details of Dr. Ino's life just doesn't add up. First off the locals, mostly senior citizens, people who normally know everyone's business in town, can't agree on what exactly Dr. Ino's background is. Some are certain that his father was a factory owner from Osaka, others say Ino comes from a family of woodworkers in Kyoto. There's also the sense that his colleagues at the local medical clinic, nurse Akemi Otake (Kimiko Yo), young medical intern Keiskue Soma (Eita), as well as phramaceutical rep Saimon (Teruyuki Kagawa), weren't entirely convinced of Dr Ino's skills despite their deep admiration of him. They aren't the...
- 4/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Korea’s Mother won the top honor at the 4th Asian Film Awards, picking up Best Picture, while Chinese and Hong Kong films sweeped the other major award categories. After the grand opening of Hkiff on Sunday night, the ceremony has been held on the following day, adding an extra kick to the film festival. Bong Joon-ho’s murder mystery predictably won in a category that has previously been dominated by Korean films. - Korea’s Mother won the top honor at the 4th Asian Film Awards, picking up Best Picture, while Chinese and Hong Kong films sweeped the other major award categories. After the grand opening of Hkiff on Sunday night, the ceremony has been held on the following day, adding an extra kick to the film festival. Bong Joon-ho’s murder mystery predictably won in a category that has previously been dominated by Korean films. Not surprisingly,...
- 3/23/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Partial list of nominees & winners Picture of the Year: Villon’s Wife (Kichitaro Negishi) * The Unbroken (Setsuro Wakamatsu) Zero Focus (Isshin Inudo) The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (Daisaku Kimura) Dear Doctor (Miwa Nishikawa) Outstanding Foreign Language Film * Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood) Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle) The Changeling (Clint Eastwood) The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky) Red Cliff – Part 2 (John Woo) Animation of the Year Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (Khara) * Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda) Doraemon (Shigeo Koshi) Yona Yona Penguin (Rintaro) [...]...
- 3/18/2010
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
Ken Watanabe in The Sun That Doesn’t Set (Shizumanu Taiyo) Setsurô Wakamatsu’s The Sun That Doesn’t Set, inspired by the 1985 airplane crash that killed 520 people in what remains Japan’s worst airline disaster, is one of five films in the running for the Japanese Academy’s Best Picture award. (See partial list of nominees below.) The film’s star, Ken Watanabe, received a best actor nomination. The other four Best Picture nominees are: Isshin Inudou’s Zero Focus, a murder mystery set in postwar Japan Daisaku Kimura’s Mt. Tsurugidake, about a group of men who set out to climb the unconquered peak in the early 1900s Miwa Nishikawa’s Dear Doctor, in which a village doctor (best actor nominee Tsurube Shofukutei) is exposed as a con artist [...]...
- 12/24/2009
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
- 10/23/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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