For all the live-action manga/anime adaptations of popular properties, it is nice to see filmmakers give lesser-known works the cinematic treatment. Yama Wayama's manga series “Let's Go Karaoke!” while not on the same level of popularity as other comedic illustrated works, has garnered a positive reception in Japan and internationally. Surely, the strange yet humorous concept of the head of a high school choir giving singing lessons to a pitiful yakuza lieutenant could be solidly translated to film, especially in the hands of a talented filmmaker like Nobuhiro Yamashita, best known for his critically acclaimed feature “Linda Linda Linda.” Sadly, “Let's Go Karaoke!” is a movie that accomplishes the unfortunate feat of being both a lackluster comedy and a poorly conceived drama.
Let's Go Karaoke! is screening at Nippon Connection
One day, yakuza member Kyoji Narita is strolling through the rainy streets when he is drawn to the...
Let's Go Karaoke! is screening at Nippon Connection
One day, yakuza member Kyoji Narita is strolling through the rainy streets when he is drawn to the...
- 6/4/2024
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Mit 19.000 Besucherinnen und Besuchern meldet das Nippon Connection Filmfestival für seine 24. Ausgabe einen neuen Rekord. Der Nippon Cinema Award, über den das Publikum abstimmt, ging an die Musikkomödie „Let’s Go Karaoke!“ von Nobuhiro Yamashita.
Publikumsliebling beim 24. Nippon Connection Filmfestival: „Let’s Go Karaoke“ (Credit: Nippon Connection)
Die 24. Ausgabe des auf japanische Filme spezialisierten Nippon Connection Filmfestivals ging mit einem Publikumsrekord zu Ende. Gesamt strömten laut Festival 19.000 Besucherinnen und Besucher zu den Screenings – so viele wie nie zuvor. Die meisten Film- und Kulturveranstaltungen an den acht Locations in Frankfurt am Main waren laut Veranstalter ausverkauft. Über 150 japanische und internationale Filmschaffende waren vor Ort und tauschten sich mit dem Publikum aus. Der älteste Preis des Festivals, der Nippon Cinema Award, über den das Publikum abstimmt, ging an die Musikkomödie „Let’s Go Karaoke!“ von Nobuhiro Yamashita. Auch bei zwei weiteren Preisen war die Meinung des Publikums gefragt: Gewinner des Nippon Docs Award...
Publikumsliebling beim 24. Nippon Connection Filmfestival: „Let’s Go Karaoke“ (Credit: Nippon Connection)
Die 24. Ausgabe des auf japanische Filme spezialisierten Nippon Connection Filmfestivals ging mit einem Publikumsrekord zu Ende. Gesamt strömten laut Festival 19.000 Besucherinnen und Besucher zu den Screenings – so viele wie nie zuvor. Die meisten Film- und Kulturveranstaltungen an den acht Locations in Frankfurt am Main waren laut Veranstalter ausverkauft. Über 150 japanische und internationale Filmschaffende waren vor Ort und tauschten sich mit dem Publikum aus. Der älteste Preis des Festivals, der Nippon Cinema Award, über den das Publikum abstimmt, ging an die Musikkomödie „Let’s Go Karaoke!“ von Nobuhiro Yamashita. Auch bei zwei weiteren Preisen war die Meinung des Publikums gefragt: Gewinner des Nippon Docs Award...
- 6/4/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
The official website for the upcoming anime feature film adaptation of Takashi Imashiro's Ghost Cat Anzu ( Bakeneko Anzu-chan in Japan) manga confirmed today that the film will screen at the Directors’ Fortnight program in the 77th Cannes International Film Festival , set to be held from May 14 to 25, 2024. The "Directors' Fortnight" is a high-profile competition in which films that emphasize auteurism are selected, and is known as a gateway to success for world-class filmmakers, and it will be the film's world premiere screening ahead of its theatrical release in Japan on July 19, 2024. The film is co-produced by Japanese animation studio Shin-Ei Animation ( Doraemon ) and French studio Miyu Production, and is co-directed by Atsuhiro Yamashita — whose recent work is a live-action film adaptation of Yama Wayama's Karaoke Iko! comedy manga — and Yoko Kuno — who worked on the 2015 film The Case of Hana & Alice as rotoscope director. Yamashita posted his...
- 4/17/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
An anime feature film adaptation of Takashi Imashiro's Ghost Cat Anzu ( Bakeneko Anzu-chan in Japan) manga is set to release in Japan in July 2024. Japanese animation studio Shin-Ei Animation ( Doraemon ) and French studio Miyu Production co-work on anime production. The film's Japanese official website has opened, releasing a 30-second teaser trailer and two teaser visuals featuring its two main characters — 11-year-old human girl, Karin, and 37-year-old ghost cat, Anzu. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's children manga magazine Comic BomBom from its August 2006 to November 2007 issues, then compiled in one tankobon volume. The film's official website describes its story as: During a thunderous downpour. A monk at a temple finds a kitten mewling in a cardboard box. The kitten was named Anzu and was carefully brought up. Strangely, however, it did not die even after 10 or 20 years. After 30 years, it somehow became a 'ghost cat' that speaks human language and lives like a human.
- 2/22/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
In its first weekend of January 19-21, the live-action film adaptation of Golden Kamuy , based on Satoru Noda's adventure manga, earned 533,848,690 yen (3.6 million Usd) on 356,186 admissions, according to the film's official website , making its No.1 debut in Japan's weekend box office ranking. Golden Kamuy 's first-weekend gross was about 50.8 percent of Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny ( Kingdom: Unmei no Honoo in Japan), released in July 2023, the latest live-action film adaptation of a popular Japanese manga series also starring Kento Yamazaki. The film opened in 393 theaters (343 regular and 50 IMAX theaters) across Japan on January 19, 2024. 60 4Dx theaters are also scheduled to start screening the film on February 16. The website also reported the audience satisfaction rate was 96 percent, according to the first-day survey conducted by Toho — the film's distributor. The movie ranked #1 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 4.07/5.0 based on 2,629 reviews, almost equal to Kingdom: The Flame of...
- 1/23/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Spy x Family Code: White , the first feature film from the Spy x Family anime franchise, earned 317 million yen (2.17 million Usd) on 227,000 admissions in its fourth weekend of January 12-14, according to Kyodo Tsushinsha . While down another 42.4 percent from last week's 550 million , the film has stayed at #1 for four consecutive weekends since its release. The anime's official Twitter also confirmed the film's cumulative domestic gross reached 4.85 billion yen (33.26 million Usd) on 3.61 million admissions in 24 days. It has now become the fifth top-grossing Japanese film of 2023, surpassing the live-action film adaptation of Yumi Tamura's Don't Call It Mystery manga, which made 4.7 billion yen (32.24 million Usd) in its total domestic run. To commemorate the box office success, a new key visual was released and a special clip to reveal the visual has also been streamed on YouTube. Even in its ninth weekend, Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo was in sixth place,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
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