Sergei Bodrov is a familiar name in these parts having been the man behind epic Genghis Khan bio-pic Mongol a couple years back. And he's looking to make a splash again, albeit with something completely different. Co-directed by Guka Omarova - another director best known for serious arthouse fare - the two are stepping into the world of the international action comedy with Yakuza's Daughter with the help of action director and guest star Tak Sakaguchi.
We ran the first trailer for this one a while back, one that was already quite impressive, and now a second has hit the web featuring some more polished, flashier elements from the film. Check it below.
We ran the first trailer for this one a while back, one that was already quite impressive, and now a second has hit the web featuring some more polished, flashier elements from the film. Check it below.
- 8/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Here's an odd one for you. Word broke several months ago that Sergei Bodrov (Mongol) and Guka Omarova (Native Dancer) had joined forces to co-direct, of all things, an action comedy in the Ukraine. A gangster comedy, in fact, and if you want to get really specific a yakuza comedy, and they recruited Tak Sakaguchi - the star of Versus and director of Be A Man Samurai School and Mutant Girls Squad - to help them do it. Sakaguchi would fill a minor on-screen role while also serving as the film's action coordinator.
We had some images a while back but things have been quiet since, for the most part, other than a TV interview reel that showed the first bits of footage.
But now you get the real thing. Russian film site Film.ru tracked down the first proper trailer for the film and we've got it below. Sakaguchi...
We had some images a while back but things have been quiet since, for the most part, other than a TV interview reel that showed the first bits of footage.
But now you get the real thing. Russian film site Film.ru tracked down the first proper trailer for the film and we've got it below. Sakaguchi...
- 8/6/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Earlier this month Twitch brought you word that Japanese action star Tak Sakaguchi had flown off to the Ukraine where he was hard at work as both an actor and action choreographer in a new film by Sergei Bodrov and Guka Omarova - a duo whose last foray into Japanese casting led to the impeccable Mongol, with Tadanobu Asano cast as Genghis Khan.
At the time we had very little to tell you other than that the film was happening but, hot on the heels of a press conference in Russia earlier today, we've got more now. Produced by Russian production giant Ctb, the film is titled Yakuza's Daughter. Bodrov and Omorova are co-directing, Bodrov and Sergei Selyanov (Bimmer, The Sword Bearer, Morphia) producing,and Night Watch / Day Watch DoP Sergey Trofimov manning the camera.
But beyond the names we've also got the first ten images from the film in the gallery below.
At the time we had very little to tell you other than that the film was happening but, hot on the heels of a press conference in Russia earlier today, we've got more now. Produced by Russian production giant Ctb, the film is titled Yakuza's Daughter. Bodrov and Omorova are co-directing, Bodrov and Sergei Selyanov (Bimmer, The Sword Bearer, Morphia) producing,and Night Watch / Day Watch DoP Sergey Trofimov manning the camera.
But beyond the names we've also got the first ten images from the film in the gallery below.
- 11/19/2009
- Screen Anarchy
I am newly returned from the Rome Film Festival, where at times street theater was more exciting than anything on the big screen.
One night, thousands of students staged a noisy but peaceful red-carpet sit-in to protest planned cutbacks in funds for education by Italy's ultra-right prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.
As for movies, here are two that especially impressed me:
"Baksy" (the English title is "Native Dancer") is a heart-pounding thriller set in Kazakhstan, where greedy developers kick people out of their homes to make way for tacky casinos and gas stations. When...
One night, thousands of students staged a noisy but peaceful red-carpet sit-in to protest planned cutbacks in funds for education by Italy's ultra-right prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.
As for movies, here are two that especially impressed me:
"Baksy" (the English title is "Native Dancer") is a heart-pounding thriller set in Kazakhstan, where greedy developers kick people out of their homes to make way for tacky casinos and gas stations. When...
- 11/2/2008
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
- In the same spirit as the Sundance labs, Cannes has for the past couple of years made an effort to develop developing talent by putting the filmmakers in the spotlight. This year 15 lucky such folks from around the world will be on hand during the 60th festival to promote their projects in development. Here are the lucky few.Argentina - Salamandra by Pablo Aguero (1st feature)Austria - Serviam by Ruth Mader (2nd feature)China - Blown By The Typhoon by Ying Liang (3rd feature)Colombia - The Wind Journeys by Ciro Guerra (2nd feature)France – De La Guerre by Bertrand Bonello (4th feature)Italy - Le Quattro Volte by Michelangelo Frammartino (2nd feature)Kazakhstan - Native Dancer by Guka Omarova (2nd feature)Lebanon - I Can't Go Home by Khalil Joreige & Joana Hadjithomas (3rd feature)Morocco - Entre Parentheses by Hicham Falah & Chrif Tribak (1st feature)Portugal -
- 3/20/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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