“To the Ends of the Earth,” directed by Japan’s Kiyoshi Kurosawa has added a handful of international distribution deals. The Uzbekistan-set drama had festival premieres in recent weeks in Locarno and Toronto.
Rights were licensed by sales agent Free Stone Productions to mainland China’s Hugoeast, and by Av Jet for Taiwan. For Brazil, rights were acquired by Zeta Film. Trigon Films took the rights for Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein.
The license deals are in addition to the sale of French rights to Eurozoom that was announced in May. Eurozoom, which previously handled other Kurosawa titles including “Before We Vanish,” and “Creepy,” is set to release the film on Oct. 23.
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, and Shota Sometani, the film is a rare example of a Japanese-Uzbekistan co-production. Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s...
Rights were licensed by sales agent Free Stone Productions to mainland China’s Hugoeast, and by Av Jet for Taiwan. For Brazil, rights were acquired by Zeta Film. Trigon Films took the rights for Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein.
The license deals are in addition to the sale of French rights to Eurozoom that was announced in May. Eurozoom, which previously handled other Kurosawa titles including “Before We Vanish,” and “Creepy,” is set to release the film on Oct. 23.
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, and Shota Sometani, the film is a rare example of a Japanese-Uzbekistan co-production. Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s...
- 9/12/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
French distributor Eurozoom has acquired local rights for “To The Ends Of The Earth,” the new film by Japanese directing icon Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Following a deal struck on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, international sales duties were picked up by Japanese indie sales firm Free Stone Productions.
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, and Shota Sometani, the film is a rare example of a Japanese-Uzbekistan co-production. Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s national cinema agency Uzbekkino serves as co-producer, with backing from the Ministry of Tourism, through the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.
The story involves the host of a popular travel show who is in fact insular and shy on a trip to Central Asia, where her assignment calls for the filming of a mythical fish. As things go wrong,...
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, and Shota Sometani, the film is a rare example of a Japanese-Uzbekistan co-production. Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s national cinema agency Uzbekkino serves as co-producer, with backing from the Ministry of Tourism, through the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.
The story involves the host of a popular travel show who is in fact insular and shy on a trip to Central Asia, where her assignment calls for the filming of a mythical fish. As things go wrong,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Indie sales house, Free Stone Productions has picked up sales rights on “To The Ends Of The Earth,” the new film by Japanese directing icon Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, and Shota Sometani, the film is a rare example of a Japanese-Uzbekistan co-production. Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s national cinema agency Uzbekkino serves as co-producer, with backing from the Ministry of Tourism, through the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.
The story involves the host of a popular travel show who is in fact insular and shy on a trip to Central Asia, where her assignment calls for the filming of a mythical fish. As things go wrong, and team members return to Tokyo, she discovers a new freedom in the mountains.
“The once-great Timurid Empire has fascinated me for decades.
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, and Shota Sometani, the film is a rare example of a Japanese-Uzbekistan co-production. Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s national cinema agency Uzbekkino serves as co-producer, with backing from the Ministry of Tourism, through the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.
The story involves the host of a popular travel show who is in fact insular and shy on a trip to Central Asia, where her assignment calls for the filming of a mythical fish. As things go wrong, and team members return to Tokyo, she discovers a new freedom in the mountains.
“The once-great Timurid Empire has fascinated me for decades.
- 5/9/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Titles include a new film from Bong Joon Ho.
Asia Bombay Rose (Ind)
Dir: Gitanjali Rao
Nurtured by Cannes Critics’ Week’s Next Step programme and produced by Cinestaan International with France’s Les Films d’ici, Rao’s Bollywood-set animation interweaves various romantic stories. After five years in production, it is coming to fruition and could debut in Cannes or Annecy.
Contact: Cinestaan International
Idol (S Kor)
Dir: Lee Su-jin
Rotterdam Tiger Award-winner Lee (for Han Gong-ju) is now in post-production on his second film Idol. The thriller stars Han Seok-kyu and Seol Kyung-gu as two fathers on...
Asia Bombay Rose (Ind)
Dir: Gitanjali Rao
Nurtured by Cannes Critics’ Week’s Next Step programme and produced by Cinestaan International with France’s Les Films d’ici, Rao’s Bollywood-set animation interweaves various romantic stories. After five years in production, it is coming to fruition and could debut in Cannes or Annecy.
Contact: Cinestaan International
Idol (S Kor)
Dir: Lee Su-jin
Rotterdam Tiger Award-winner Lee (for Han Gong-ju) is now in post-production on his second film Idol. The thriller stars Han Seok-kyu and Seol Kyung-gu as two fathers on...
- 1/10/2019
- by Jean Noh & Melanie Goodfellow & Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
Cult Japanese director, Kiyoshi Kurosawa will shoot his new drama “To the Ends of the Earth” in Uzbekistan and Japan. The film will be his next effort after “Foreboding” which played recently in the Berlin film festival’s Panorama section.
With an original screenplay by Kurosawa, “To the Ends of the Earth” is a journey of enlightenment that follows an inward-looking and cautious TV host as she visits Uzbekistan, which is both far away and utterly foreign. The cast, which features both Japanese and Uzbek actors, will be announced in May once filming is under way.
Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s national cinema agency Uzbekkino serves as co-producer, with backing from the Ministry of Tourism, through the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.
“To the Ends of the Earth” is aiming...
With an original screenplay by Kurosawa, “To the Ends of the Earth” is a journey of enlightenment that follows an inward-looking and cautious TV host as she visits Uzbekistan, which is both far away and utterly foreign. The cast, which features both Japanese and Uzbek actors, will be announced in May once filming is under way.
Production is by Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray of Tokyo-based Loaded Films and Toshikazu Nishigaya of Tokyo Theatres. Uzbekistan’s national cinema agency Uzbekkino serves as co-producer, with backing from the Ministry of Tourism, through the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.
“To the Ends of the Earth” is aiming...
- 4/3/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Japan-Uzbek co-pro will announce cast in May once production has started.
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa is gearing up to shoot Japan-Uzbek co-production To The Ends Of The Earth (working title) in Uzbekistan.
The award-winning director is currently scouting locations for the film, which will shoot entirely in the Central Asian country in April and May. It will feature a Japanese and Uzbek cast to be announced in May when production has already started.
Based on an original screenplay by Kurosawa, the film tells the story of a young Japanese woman who finds her cautious and inward-looking nature tested when she...
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa is gearing up to shoot Japan-Uzbek co-production To The Ends Of The Earth (working title) in Uzbekistan.
The award-winning director is currently scouting locations for the film, which will shoot entirely in the Central Asian country in April and May. It will feature a Japanese and Uzbek cast to be announced in May when production has already started.
Based on an original screenplay by Kurosawa, the film tells the story of a young Japanese woman who finds her cautious and inward-looking nature tested when she...
- 4/3/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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