Star of the Taken franchise, Liam Neeson, could be about to sign on to portray another man with a very particular skill-set – this time as U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, in the upcoming movie, Operation Chromite. Set in 1950 during the Korean War, the film will centre on a group of Korean soldiers participating in MacArthur’s planned military operation, which represented a significant turning point in the conflict.
The Korean War was fought from 1950-1953, though the consequences of the clash are still playing out today. The United Nations stepped in with military force when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, and General MacArthur was tasked with leading the United Nations Command in the country, in addition to the job he was already doing – overseeing the occupation of Japan. The five-star General planned the amphibious attack – which would become known as the Battle Of Incheon, but was codenamed Operation...
The Korean War was fought from 1950-1953, though the consequences of the clash are still playing out today. The United Nations stepped in with military force when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, and General MacArthur was tasked with leading the United Nations Command in the country, in addition to the job he was already doing – overseeing the occupation of Japan. The five-star General planned the amphibious attack – which would become known as the Battle Of Incheon, but was codenamed Operation...
- 8/12/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Continuing its commitment to contemporary Japanese fare, Viz Cinema has been busy throughout the month of October with the San Francisco premiere of John H. Lee's Sayonara Itsuka: Goodbye, Someday (2010); encore screenings of Junichi Suzuki's documentary 442--Live with Honor, Die with Dignity (2010); the U.S. premiere of Takeshi Koike's anime Redline; while likewise hosting the San Francisco Film Society's Taiwan Film Days.
But Viz Cinema has granted equal time to honor classic Japanese cinema, most recently with four Yasujirō Ozu films profiling the performances of Setsuko Hara--Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1954), Late Autumn (1960) and Tokyo Twilight (1957)--and currently with four films by Kenji Mizoguchi: Women of the Night (1948), Miss Oyu (1951), Life of Oharu (1952), and Sansho the Bailiff (1952) (running through early November).
But Viz Cinema has granted equal time to honor classic Japanese cinema, most recently with four Yasujirō Ozu films profiling the performances of Setsuko Hara--Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1954), Late Autumn (1960) and Tokyo Twilight (1957)--and currently with four films by Kenji Mizoguchi: Women of the Night (1948), Miss Oyu (1951), Life of Oharu (1952), and Sansho the Bailiff (1952) (running through early November).
- 10/30/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Continuing its commitment to contemporary Japanese fare, Viz Cinema has been busy throughout the month of October with the San Francisco premiere of John H. Lee's Sayonara Itsuka: Goodbye, Someday (2010); encore screenings of Junichi Suzuki's documentary 442--Live with Honor, Die with Dignity (2010); the U.S. premiere of Takeshi Koike's anime Redline; while likewise hosting the San Francisco Film Society's Taiwan Film Days.
But Viz Cinema has granted equal time to honor classic Japanese cinema, most recently with four Yasujirō Ozu films profiling the performances of Setsuko Hara--Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1954), Late Autumn (1960) and Tokyo Twilight (1957)--and currently with four films by Kenji Mizoguchi: Women of the Night (1948), Miss Oyu (1951), Life of Oharu (1952), and Sansho the Bailiff (1952) (running through early November).
But Viz Cinema has granted equal time to honor classic Japanese cinema, most recently with four Yasujirō Ozu films profiling the performances of Setsuko Hara--Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1954), Late Autumn (1960) and Tokyo Twilight (1957)--and currently with four films by Kenji Mizoguchi: Women of the Night (1948), Miss Oyu (1951), Life of Oharu (1952), and Sansho the Bailiff (1952) (running through early November).
- 10/30/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Back in February, Ioncinema.com reported on the completion of an upcoming Canada-France production starring Déborah François, Hiroshi Abe, and Hidetoshi Nishijima called Memories Corner. Apparently news travels slow, because the project is just now beginning to get some coverage in Japan.
François plays a reporter who travels to Kobe in order to cover the memorial ceremonies being held for the 10th anniversary of the Great Hanshin earthquake. While interviewing the locals, she discovers that although the passage of time has healed the city, the traumatic events of that day still cast a large shadow. Full plot details are still yet to be revealed, but Abe is said to play a man who falls in love with François’s character. Nishijima, who recently had to study Thai for his role in “Sayonara Itsuka”, once again had to go multilingual to play her interpreter.
The film was directed by Audrey Fouché...
François plays a reporter who travels to Kobe in order to cover the memorial ceremonies being held for the 10th anniversary of the Great Hanshin earthquake. While interviewing the locals, she discovers that although the passage of time has healed the city, the traumatic events of that day still cast a large shadow. Full plot details are still yet to be revealed, but Abe is said to play a man who falls in love with François’s character. Nishijima, who recently had to study Thai for his role in “Sayonara Itsuka”, once again had to go multilingual to play her interpreter.
The film was directed by Audrey Fouché...
- 10/21/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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