The opening film of the 16th Osaka Asian Film Festival will be “Keep Rolling”, an intimate documentary dedicated to Ann Hui, one of Hong Kong’s most iconic and idiosyncratic filmmakers. An informative, and fascinating work, this is the directorial debut of Man Lim-chung, a veteran art director and costume designer and one of Ann Hui’s frequent collaborators. It will have its Japanese Premiere on March 5 at Umeda Burg 7.
“Keep Rolling” (Japan Premiere)
2020 / Hong Kong / 111 min. / Director: Man Lim-chung / Starring: Ann Hui
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“Keep Rolling” is a deeply personal portrait of the celebrated filmmaker Ann Hui. It spans seven decades of her life and features a wealth of archive footage, photos, and interviews with friends, family, and major players in the international film industry. Acting as our guide is Ann Hui herself, an effervescent presence who delivers humorous and honest looks at her background, career, and private life as...
“Keep Rolling” (Japan Premiere)
2020 / Hong Kong / 111 min. / Director: Man Lim-chung / Starring: Ann Hui
Story
“Keep Rolling” is a deeply personal portrait of the celebrated filmmaker Ann Hui. It spans seven decades of her life and features a wealth of archive footage, photos, and interviews with friends, family, and major players in the international film industry. Acting as our guide is Ann Hui herself, an effervescent presence who delivers humorous and honest looks at her background, career, and private life as...
- 2/5/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Next month’s Osaka Asian Film Festival will open with a screening of documentary feature “Keep Rolling.” The festival, which runs in front of live audiences March 5-14, 2021, will close with the world premiere of Ishii Yuya’s “The Asian Angel.”
“Keep Rolling” is a touching portrait of the long, up and down career of Ann Hui, the Hong Kong film maker who was this year awarded an honorary Golden Lion at the Venice film festival. Hui, who has consistently worked without the backing of a large studio, and has often made idiosyncratic films about everyday nobodies, was born to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father, educated in the U.K., before establishing herself as a fore-runner of the ‘Hong Kong New Wave.’
“Hui herself (is) an effervescent presence (in the film) who delivers humorous and honest looks at her background, career, and private life as she takes in...
“Keep Rolling” is a touching portrait of the long, up and down career of Ann Hui, the Hong Kong film maker who was this year awarded an honorary Golden Lion at the Venice film festival. Hui, who has consistently worked without the backing of a large studio, and has often made idiosyncratic films about everyday nobodies, was born to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father, educated in the U.K., before establishing herself as a fore-runner of the ‘Hong Kong New Wave.’
“Hui herself (is) an effervescent presence (in the film) who delivers humorous and honest looks at her background, career, and private life as she takes in...
- 2/5/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Hwang Jun-Min, Lee Jung-Jae, Jung-Min Park, Moon Choi | Written and Directed by Won-Chan Hong
Signature Entertainment are looking to kick off 2021 in the same way they ended 2020… In lockdown! I’m joking of course, however Signature did drop a smorgasbord of delectable treats in the last month of 2020 with flicks like Chronical 2067 and Jiu Jitsu; and they are kicking off the new year with an absolute banger in South Korean flick Deliver Us From Evil. Equal parts Man on Fire and Leon with a smattering of Hard Boiled and grimy kinetic action sequences audiences have come to love since the likes of The Raid.
In-Nam (Hwang Jun-Min) is an ex black ops agent with a particular set of skills. Since leaving that life he has become a Hitman for hire and he is extremely proficient at what he does. After being contracted to find the Daughter of his murdered ex,...
Signature Entertainment are looking to kick off 2021 in the same way they ended 2020… In lockdown! I’m joking of course, however Signature did drop a smorgasbord of delectable treats in the last month of 2020 with flicks like Chronical 2067 and Jiu Jitsu; and they are kicking off the new year with an absolute banger in South Korean flick Deliver Us From Evil. Equal parts Man on Fire and Leon with a smattering of Hard Boiled and grimy kinetic action sequences audiences have come to love since the likes of The Raid.
In-Nam (Hwang Jun-Min) is an ex black ops agent with a particular set of skills. Since leaving that life he has become a Hitman for hire and he is extremely proficient at what he does. After being contracted to find the Daughter of his murdered ex,...
- 12/23/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Following two deep years of strong Korean efforts, the country seems to have a number of tricks up its sleeve to cement itself as one of the more prominent movie-making countries in the world. First-time writer/director Han Ga-ram is up-to-task with her impressive debut effort, now available to stream on the Us-based streaming service TubiTV, by Echelon Studios
Desperate to get her life in focus, Ja-yeong (Moon Choi) grows increasingly frustrated with her inability to pass the civil servant exams. While struggling to find a place in life, she gets a job at a friends’ accounting firm to pay the bills, but finds herself completely disconnected from the rest of her younger, more vibrant coworkers. While out one night, she spots Hyeon-joo (Ahn Ji-hye) running through the streets and tries to catch up to her but can’t as their different skill sets keep them apart. Determined to meet up with her,...
Desperate to get her life in focus, Ja-yeong (Moon Choi) grows increasingly frustrated with her inability to pass the civil servant exams. While struggling to find a place in life, she gets a job at a friends’ accounting firm to pay the bills, but finds herself completely disconnected from the rest of her younger, more vibrant coworkers. While out one night, she spots Hyeon-joo (Ahn Ji-hye) running through the streets and tries to catch up to her but can’t as their different skill sets keep them apart. Determined to meet up with her,...
- 11/24/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
The health of the Korean film industry, to an outsider’s eye, can hardly be in doubt, as it’s one of the rare national cinemas that finds international acclaim for a broad spectrum of offerings that range from festival darling Hong Sang-soo to genre auteurs Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. The trickle-down effect has recently seen the more lo-fi end of that spectrum yield some promising titles, such as Kim Dae-hwan’s delightful quasi-mumblecore “The First Lap.” And now, with “Our Body,” first-time director Han Ka-ram goes even lower-key, so much so she almost slides off the keyboard altogether, examining contemporary Korean social issues with committed but also frustrating fidelity to the unpatterned, episodic langor of real life. Her drama about the revitalizing effects of running is infected with the lethargy of the couch potato.
“You get on top,” Ja-young (Moon Choi), the film’s disaffected early-30s protagonist,...
“You get on top,” Ja-young (Moon Choi), the film’s disaffected early-30s protagonist,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
If Korean cinema will be remembered for anything in 2018, it may well be for a batch of films that have found surprising ways to shine a spotlight on the country's youth. Specifically, the enduring image of the year may be that of youths running on screen, panting and glistening as they rush towards unknown destinations. Yoo Ah-in burned out his lungs in search of elusive answers in Lee Chang-dong's Burning, and now its Moon Choi's turn to wear out her running shoes in Han Ga-ram's limpid and powerful debut Our Body, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its selection in Busan. Ja-young has been preparing for the civil service exam for eight years, but after a quarrel with her mother...
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- 10/5/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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