As I have mentioned many times before, one of the main nucleus of the Japanese movie industry is the family drama, which is currently dominated by the style of Hirokazu Koreeda, which many consider as a continuation of Ozu‘s. The number of similar productions currently is overwhelming, and thus the main point of interest when reviewing such titles is to find if they manage to stray away from the norms. And while Toshio Lee does not succeed fully in that regard, his effort is definitely different, and not just for the title.
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead is available from Terracotta
Salary man Jun is married for the second time, and thinks that the third year in a marriage is the most crucial one, since that was when he divorced his first wife. As this exact period is upon him and his current spouse,...
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead is available from Terracotta
Salary man Jun is married for the second time, and thinks that the third year in a marriage is the most crucial one, since that was when he divorced his first wife. As this exact period is upon him and his current spouse,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The famous tune “Ito” by Miyuki Nakajima is made into a movie. Masaki Suda x Nana Komatsu starred in W, and a co-starring team of Nana Eikura, Taku Saito and others appear in this new movie, scheduled to open August 21.
Synopsis
Takahashi Ren and Sonoda Aoi, both born in 1989, will weave an 18-year tapestry of love going through each other’s lives with repeated encounters and partings.
Synopsis
Takahashi Ren and Sonoda Aoi, both born in 1989, will weave an 18-year tapestry of love going through each other’s lives with repeated encounters and partings.
- 7/1/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
From Sato Shinsuke, the director of Gantz and The Princess Blade comes yet another live action adaptation Library Wars (aka Toshokan Sensō). Based on a Japanese light novel series by Hiro Arikawa that spawned a manga and animated series & film, the social sci-fi depicts a battle between two opposing groups on the issue of book censorship laws in dystopian Japan. Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada) and Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura), work...
- 12/17/2012
- Screen Anarchy
As expected, promotion for The Floating Castle has essentially been reset and a new 32-second teaser trailer has been released, a year and a half after the original TV spot and teaser came out.
For those who haven’t been following the saga, Nobō no Shiro is a historical epic that was originally presented as a Kido Prize-winning film treatment way back in 2003, then adapted to a successful novel and manga adaptation after that. It took forever to develop as an actual movie simply due to the daunting size and scope of the project. It finally got off the ground when blockbuster-friendly directors Isshin Inudo and Shinji Higuchi were attached in 2010.
Unfortunately, a big part of the movie involves the depiction of a large-scale water attack, which is the main reason it was shelved after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Anyway, “The Floating Castle” is now on schedule for a November 2, 2012 release.
For those who haven’t been following the saga, Nobō no Shiro is a historical epic that was originally presented as a Kido Prize-winning film treatment way back in 2003, then adapted to a successful novel and manga adaptation after that. It took forever to develop as an actual movie simply due to the daunting size and scope of the project. It finally got off the ground when blockbuster-friendly directors Isshin Inudo and Shinji Higuchi were attached in 2010.
Unfortunately, a big part of the movie involves the depiction of a large-scale water attack, which is the main reason it was shelved after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Anyway, “The Floating Castle” is now on schedule for a November 2, 2012 release.
- 6/8/2012
- Nippon Cinema
A trailer for Shinji Aoyama’s Tokyo Koen (Tokyo Park) has been uploaded to the Showgate channel on Yahoo! Japan.
Based on a novel by Yukiya Shoji, the film stars Haruma Miura as a college student and aspiring photographer named Koji. One day, while Koji is taking pictures of families in a Tokyo park, a man (Hiroshi Takahashi) suddenly appears within his camera’s view and interrupts his shot. However, he’s later contacted by the man with an odd request. Without revealing the purpose of the job, he asks Koji to take photographs of a woman (Haruka Igawa) who walks through the park with her young daughter. Koji agrees, but the strange task leads to changes in the relationships he has with the women in his life.
Those women include a longtime friend that Koji can talk to about anything (Nana Eikura) and his step-sister (Manami Konishi), who offers...
Based on a novel by Yukiya Shoji, the film stars Haruma Miura as a college student and aspiring photographer named Koji. One day, while Koji is taking pictures of families in a Tokyo park, a man (Hiroshi Takahashi) suddenly appears within his camera’s view and interrupts his shot. However, he’s later contacted by the man with an odd request. Without revealing the purpose of the job, he asks Koji to take photographs of a woman (Haruka Igawa) who walks through the park with her young daughter. Koji agrees, but the strange task leads to changes in the relationships he has with the women in his life.
Those women include a longtime friend that Koji can talk to about anything (Nana Eikura) and his step-sister (Manami Konishi), who offers...
- 4/20/2011
- Nippon Cinema
Masaki Okada and Nana Eikura are set to star in a new film by Takahisa Zeze called Antoki no Inochi.
Based on a novel by singer and writer Masashi Sada, the plot revolves around a young man named Kyohei Nagashima (Okada) who has felt emotionally detached due to a traumatic incident in his high school days. However, when he takes a job sorting through the personal belongings of the deceased, he’s forced to face the concept of life and death. He eventually develops a relationship with a co-worker named Yuki Kubota (Eikura), which allows him to open up a little more, but he soon discovers she has a dark past of her own.
This marks the fourth of Sada’s works to get a film adaptation, after “Shoro Nagashi”, “Gege”, and “Bizan”, and it’s being produced by the people behind the tearjerkers April Bride and Life: Tears in...
Based on a novel by singer and writer Masashi Sada, the plot revolves around a young man named Kyohei Nagashima (Okada) who has felt emotionally detached due to a traumatic incident in his high school days. However, when he takes a job sorting through the personal belongings of the deceased, he’s forced to face the concept of life and death. He eventually develops a relationship with a co-worker named Yuki Kubota (Eikura), which allows him to open up a little more, but he soon discovers she has a dark past of her own.
This marks the fourth of Sada’s works to get a film adaptation, after “Shoro Nagashi”, “Gege”, and “Bizan”, and it’s being produced by the people behind the tearjerkers April Bride and Life: Tears in...
- 2/22/2011
- Nippon Cinema
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