Giovanni’s Island
Written by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai
Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo
Japan, 2014
In its frequently sorrowful tale of young Japanese siblings struggling through the tail end or immediate aftermath of World War II, anime Giovanni’s Island faces seemingly inevitable comparisons to both Grave of the Fireflies and the Barefoot Gen features. Mizuho Nishikubo’s film, however, has a spirit all of its own, even if you can trace in it bits of those other films’ DNA, as well as notorious British anti-war animation When the Wind Blows, whose art style it resembles more than the likes of Studio Ghibli. It stands apart in offering a look at an aspect of Japanese history rarely explored in any art form to date, that of the Russian occupation of the island of Shikotan after Japan’s defeat in 1945, as seen through the eyes of two Japanese children among the...
Written by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai
Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo
Japan, 2014
In its frequently sorrowful tale of young Japanese siblings struggling through the tail end or immediate aftermath of World War II, anime Giovanni’s Island faces seemingly inevitable comparisons to both Grave of the Fireflies and the Barefoot Gen features. Mizuho Nishikubo’s film, however, has a spirit all of its own, even if you can trace in it bits of those other films’ DNA, as well as notorious British anti-war animation When the Wind Blows, whose art style it resembles more than the likes of Studio Ghibli. It stands apart in offering a look at an aspect of Japanese history rarely explored in any art form to date, that of the Russian occupation of the island of Shikotan after Japan’s defeat in 1945, as seen through the eyes of two Japanese children among the...
- 10/18/2014
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
Tokyo-based animation studio Production I.G. is producing a hand-drawn animated feature, Giovanni’s Island, directed by Mamoru Oshii collaborator Mizuho Nishikubo.
Scripted by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai, the film is set on an island in the aftermath of a devastating global conflict and follows the relationship between two children from different countries who are brought together by the war.
Presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises (Jame) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the film will be released in Japan by Warner Entertainment Japan in early spring 2014.
Production I.G is handling international sales.
Nishikubo has worked on most of Oshii’s films including Ghost In The Shell (1995), Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004), which played in competition at Cannes, and The Sky Crawlers, which premiered at Venice in 2008.
His own credits as director include Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (2009), which was written by Oshii and screened at Locarno, Sitges, Warsaw...
Scripted by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai, the film is set on an island in the aftermath of a devastating global conflict and follows the relationship between two children from different countries who are brought together by the war.
Presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises (Jame) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the film will be released in Japan by Warner Entertainment Japan in early spring 2014.
Production I.G is handling international sales.
Nishikubo has worked on most of Oshii’s films including Ghost In The Shell (1995), Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004), which played in competition at Cannes, and The Sky Crawlers, which premiered at Venice in 2008.
His own credits as director include Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (2009), which was written by Oshii and screened at Locarno, Sitges, Warsaw...
- 9/9/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
This week a new 2-minute trailer was released for Shigemichi Sugita‘s The Last Chushingura, a new film adaptation of Shoichiro Ikemiya’s 1994 novel which was previously made into a 2004 Nhk TV drama.
The film stars Koji Yakusho and Koicho Sato as the only two survivors of the legendary raid in which 47 ronin killed a corrupt court official named Kira Yoshinaka for the honor of their executed master knowing full well they’d be forced to commit seppuku afterward. Sato’s character, Terasaka Kichiemon, is a loyal retainer who’s secretly ordered to escape the raid by his leader, Oishi Kuranosuke, in order to relay the facts of the incident for the sake of posterity. Yakusho’s character, Senoo Magozaemon, is an “unworthy samurai” who flees the night before the raid and goes into hiding, establishing himself as a coward and a pariah. The two men cross paths 16 years later,...
The film stars Koji Yakusho and Koicho Sato as the only two survivors of the legendary raid in which 47 ronin killed a corrupt court official named Kira Yoshinaka for the honor of their executed master knowing full well they’d be forced to commit seppuku afterward. Sato’s character, Terasaka Kichiemon, is a loyal retainer who’s secretly ordered to escape the raid by his leader, Oishi Kuranosuke, in order to relay the facts of the incident for the sake of posterity. Yakusho’s character, Senoo Magozaemon, is an “unworthy samurai” who flees the night before the raid and goes into hiding, establishing himself as a coward and a pariah. The two men cross paths 16 years later,...
- 9/26/2010
- Nippon Cinema
This week a new 2-minute trailer was released for Shigemichi Sugita‘s The Last Chushingura, a new film adaptation of Shoichiro Ikemiya’s 1994 novel which was previously made into a 2004 Nhk TV drama.
The film stars Koji Yakusho and Koicho Sato as the only two survivors of the legendary raid in which 47 ronin killed a corrupt court official named Kira Yoshinaka for the honor of their executed master knowing full well they’d be forced to commit seppuku afterward. Sato’s character, Terasaka Kichiemon, is a loyal retainer who’s secretly ordered to escape the raid by his leader, Oishi Kuranosuke, in order to relay the facts of the incident for the sake of posterity. Yakusho’s character, Senoo Magozaemon, is an “unworthy samurai” who flees the night before the raid and goes into hiding, establishing himself as a coward and a pariah. The two men cross paths 16 years later,...
The film stars Koji Yakusho and Koicho Sato as the only two survivors of the legendary raid in which 47 ronin killed a corrupt court official named Kira Yoshinaka for the honor of their executed master knowing full well they’d be forced to commit seppuku afterward. Sato’s character, Terasaka Kichiemon, is a loyal retainer who’s secretly ordered to escape the raid by his leader, Oishi Kuranosuke, in order to relay the facts of the incident for the sake of posterity. Yakusho’s character, Senoo Magozaemon, is an “unworthy samurai” who flees the night before the raid and goes into hiding, establishing himself as a coward and a pariah. The two men cross paths 16 years later,...
- 9/26/2010
- Nippon Cinema
A teaser trailer has been released for Shigemichi Sugita‘s Saigo no Chushingura, a new film adaptation of Shoichiro Ikemiya’s 1994 novel which was previously made into a 2004 Nhk TV drama.
The film stars Koji Yakusho and Koicho Sato as the only two survivors of the legendary raid in which 47 ronin killed a corrupt court official named Kira Yoshinaka for the honor of their executed master knowing full well they’d be forced to commit seppuku afterward. Sato’s character, Terasaka Kichiemon, is a loyal retainer who’s secretly ordered to escape the raid by his leader, Oishi Kuranosuke, in order to relay the facts of the incident for the sake of posterity. Yakusho’s character, Senoo Magozaemon, is an “unworthy samurai” who flees the night before the raid and goes into hiding, establishing himself as a coward and a pariah. The two men cross paths 16 years later, and Magozaemon...
The film stars Koji Yakusho and Koicho Sato as the only two survivors of the legendary raid in which 47 ronin killed a corrupt court official named Kira Yoshinaka for the honor of their executed master knowing full well they’d be forced to commit seppuku afterward. Sato’s character, Terasaka Kichiemon, is a loyal retainer who’s secretly ordered to escape the raid by his leader, Oishi Kuranosuke, in order to relay the facts of the incident for the sake of posterity. Yakusho’s character, Senoo Magozaemon, is an “unworthy samurai” who flees the night before the raid and goes into hiding, establishing himself as a coward and a pariah. The two men cross paths 16 years later, and Magozaemon...
- 4/22/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Word came out last November that there would be a new Chushingura film, Saigo no Chushingura [The Last Chushingura] directed by Shigemichi Sugita. This is the first retelling of the Japanese 'national legend' since Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin back in 1994. The first pics started to surface back in February actually and with some current ones surfacing we have a quartet of images in a new gallery. Left, obviously, is Koji Yakusho. After the break you will also find Koichi Sato and I believe that is Nanami Sakuraba in the second image. She plays Kane, the secret daughter of Yakusho's Seo Magojaemon. ...
- 4/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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