As part of the Aca Cinema Project––”an ongoing initiative fostered by the Government of Japan to increase awareness and appreciation of Japanese films and filmmakers in the United States”––Japan Society will run “Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux” from February 15-24. A mix of American premieres and repertory showings, this series puts “bonds of the Japanese family” front and center to “both celebrate these traditions as well as call into question their reality and relevance in our quickly changing modern world.”
U.S. premieres include Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Yoko, starring Rinko Kikuchi, and Keiko Tsuruoka’s Tsugaru Lacquer Girl. A special spotlight is given to Ryota Nakano, whose A Long Goodbye and exquisitely titled Her Love Boils Bathwater will be making New York debuts; his 2020 feature The Asadas also plays.
Repertory screenings will be held for Kohei Oguri’s Muddy River, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, Kore-eda’s Still Walking,...
U.S. premieres include Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Yoko, starring Rinko Kikuchi, and Keiko Tsuruoka’s Tsugaru Lacquer Girl. A special spotlight is given to Ryota Nakano, whose A Long Goodbye and exquisitely titled Her Love Boils Bathwater will be making New York debuts; his 2020 feature The Asadas also plays.
Repertory screenings will be held for Kohei Oguri’s Muddy River, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, Kore-eda’s Still Walking,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Art House Films has taken distribution rights for France.
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won best director at Venice in 2020 with Wife Of A Spy, has wrapped shooting French thriller Serpent’s Path starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard.
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same name, in which a man enlists a friend to help him exact revenge upon his daughter’s murderer. The original was written by Hiroshi Takahashi, co-writer of iconic horror Ring, and starred Teruyuki Kagawa and Show Aikawa.
In the French-language remake, the main character is...
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won best director at Venice in 2020 with Wife Of A Spy, has wrapped shooting French thriller Serpent’s Path starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard.
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same name, in which a man enlists a friend to help him exact revenge upon his daughter’s murderer. The original was written by Hiroshi Takahashi, co-writer of iconic horror Ring, and starred Teruyuki Kagawa and Show Aikawa.
In the French-language remake, the main character is...
- 8/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Masahiko Sato, Yutaro Seki and Kentaro Hirase met at Tokyo University Of The Arts and have been working together since 2012. Their first short film “Happoen” (2014) was invited to the Cannes Film Festival short film competition. Since 2020, they have been active as the directors' collective gogatsu. After several more internationally successful short films, they made their first feature film “Roleless” in 2022, which was screened in competition at the 2022 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Roleless is screening at Nippon Connection
The film begins showing Miyamatsu, the protagonist of the movie, as a samurai who almost immediately gets killed. It is soon revealed though, that his death was part of a jidaigeki movie, with him, seconds later, getting up, running to an assistant on the set who redresses him, only to die once more a bit later. Miyamatsu is actually a movie extra, which is probably the only interesting aspect of his life that...
Roleless is screening at Nippon Connection
The film begins showing Miyamatsu, the protagonist of the movie, as a samurai who almost immediately gets killed. It is soon revealed though, that his death was part of a jidaigeki movie, with him, seconds later, getting up, running to an assistant on the set who redresses him, only to die once more a bit later. Miyamatsu is actually a movie extra, which is probably the only interesting aspect of his life that...
- 6/7/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Idol culture is one that has often been dissected and critiqued in both Japanese and South Korean cinema, as has the otaku culture which is closely linked to it. While a lot of them focus on much similar issues, there’s still a few productions that will take you by surprise with their handling of the subjects and Yuichi Sato’s 2007 feature “Kisaragi” does just that.
On the first death anniversary of C-list gravure idol Kisaragi Miki, five die-hard fans, who met on a dedicated online forum, get together to commemorate the occassion and to show off their collection on Kisaragi items and share memories with each other. Soon however, conversation turns to how their beloved idol died, with the official police statement declaring the untimely death as a suicide. The more these five fans talk, however, the more dubious that claim seems to get and the closer...
On the first death anniversary of C-list gravure idol Kisaragi Miki, five die-hard fans, who met on a dedicated online forum, get together to commemorate the occassion and to show off their collection on Kisaragi items and share memories with each other. Soon however, conversation turns to how their beloved idol died, with the official police statement declaring the untimely death as a suicide. The more these five fans talk, however, the more dubious that claim seems to get and the closer...
- 1/29/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese filmmaker Kenji Uchida hit the jackpot when he wrote and directed in 2012 “Key of Life”, a clever, enjoyable and very applicable story of identity-swap between a looser and a sleek professional assassin, played by the star Teruyuki Kagawa. The film in fact, beside winning a bunch of awards, had a South Korean remake in 2015, “Lucky Key” starring the uber-popular Yoo Hae-jin in the lead role, and this year, a Chinese reboot opened successfully across China on Spring Festival (Chinese New Year Holiday), one of the busiest moviegoing periods in China, grossing a record 7.8 billion yuan only in the festival days. This newest big budget version is directed by Xiaozhi Rao after his 2018’s “A Cool Fish” featuring no other than Hong Kong icon and superstar Andy Lau (also credited as executive producer ) and Xiao Yang, recently seen in “Sheep Without A Shepherd”.
Endgame is screening at Udine Far East...
Endgame is screening at Udine Far East...
- 6/25/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Based on the homonymous novel by Kanae Minato (also the author of “Confessions“) and featuring the crème de la crème of Japanese actresses along with Teruyuki Kagawa, “Penance” also served as an “experiment” for the style and aesthetics Kiyoshi Kurosawa later implemented on “Creepy“
“Penance” is screening on Mubi
15 years ago, Emiri (the Japanese rendition of Emily), an elementary school student from a rich family transferred to the small town of Ueda, and soon became close friends with four other girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuka. The girls always played together, occasionally in each other’s house, but at one point, after a series of antique dolls were stolen from each of the girl’s houses, they experienced a true tragedy. An unknown man came to their school after- hours, while they were playing at the courtyard, and posing as a ventilation technician, took Emiri away from the rest, supposedly to help him.
“Penance” is screening on Mubi
15 years ago, Emiri (the Japanese rendition of Emily), an elementary school student from a rich family transferred to the small town of Ueda, and soon became close friends with four other girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuka. The girls always played together, occasionally in each other’s house, but at one point, after a series of antique dolls were stolen from each of the girl’s houses, they experienced a true tragedy. An unknown man came to their school after- hours, while they were playing at the courtyard, and posing as a ventilation technician, took Emiri away from the rest, supposedly to help him.
- 11/2/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
By Kyriacos Kyriacou
His mother’s funeral forces Takeru Hayakawa (Jo Odagiri) to return back to his hometown from Tokyo where he works. By the time he arrives there, he cannot avoid arguments with his father (Masato Ibu), and his older brother Minoru (Teruyuki Kagawa) quickly interferes to calm down the tension, as he always does.
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Minoru took over the family business, a gas station where he works along Takeru’s ex-girlfriend, Chieko (Yoko Maki), who’s now closer to Minoru. Later that night, Chieko and Takeru meet each other at Chieko’s place, and after some drinks they cannot avoid remembering the past, ending up to a one-night stand.
The next afternoon, the three of them join an excursion to Hasami River in the mountains. When they cross a swing bridge, Takeru distances himself to take photographs and becomes an eye witness of an incident. Rushing back to the bridge,...
His mother’s funeral forces Takeru Hayakawa (Jo Odagiri) to return back to his hometown from Tokyo where he works. By the time he arrives there, he cannot avoid arguments with his father (Masato Ibu), and his older brother Minoru (Teruyuki Kagawa) quickly interferes to calm down the tension, as he always does.
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Minoru took over the family business, a gas station where he works along Takeru’s ex-girlfriend, Chieko (Yoko Maki), who’s now closer to Minoru. Later that night, Chieko and Takeru meet each other at Chieko’s place, and after some drinks they cannot avoid remembering the past, ending up to a one-night stand.
The next afternoon, the three of them join an excursion to Hasami River in the mountains. When they cross a swing bridge, Takeru distances himself to take photographs and becomes an eye witness of an incident. Rushing back to the bridge,...
- 5/30/2020
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
After “Serpent’s Path,” Kiyoshi Kurosawa immediately shot “Eyes of the Spider” based on a script written by himself and Yoichi Nishiyama, again dealing with the theme of revenge. While cast and crew stayed largely the same, with a few notable changes, this second feature is in many ways quite different to its predecessor. Perhaps Jerry White puts it best when he says both films seem like a “film school assignment, in which students must direct the same screenplay twice but with disparate tones” (from: “The films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Master of Fear”). Essentially, whereas “Serpent’s Path” showed a man’s descent into madness ignited by his desire for revenge, “Eyes of the Spider” focuses on the question whether taking revenge may actually bring a person peace of mind or result in some kind of catharsis.
When his daughter is murdered, white-collar worker Nijima (Sho Aikawa...
When his daughter is murdered, white-collar worker Nijima (Sho Aikawa...
- 4/21/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After his 1997 blend of horror and thriller “Cure” Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa would go on to helm a project which may be the most interesting in his body of work, establishing his status as an auteur filmmaker. Based on the subject of revenge, Kurosawa was given the task of directing two features, each with a shooting schedule of two weeks and largely consisting of the same cast and crew. The outcome were two films titled “Serpent’s Path” and “Eyes of the Spider”, which, while dealing with the same subject matter, should not be regarded as sequels, even though there is a significant element beyond the thematic connecting the two stories. In the first feature, “Serpent’s Path,” the theme of revenge is explored as a never-ending cycle which eventually will consume the character of a person.
The story centers around the character of Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa...
The story centers around the character of Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa...
- 4/12/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
David Crow Feb 11, 2020
He just won the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars, so if you're a new Bong Joon-ho fan, here is a crash course of where to go next.
So you just saw history be made on Oscar night when Parasite won Best Picture, beating out the expected frontrunner 1917 and becoming the first non-English film to ever win that award. Maybe you were already a Bong fan or maybe this is your first introduction to the increasingly legendary filmmaker. Either way, you want to take a trip down memory lane and explore his previous work. So now what?
That’s where we come in! Below we have assembled the best places to stream his feature length films, Korean and English, theatrical and Netflix-produced. So get on that warm bullet train and hug your super-pig close, because we’re doing this.
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
Here is Bong’s theatrical feature-length debut.
He just won the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars, so if you're a new Bong Joon-ho fan, here is a crash course of where to go next.
So you just saw history be made on Oscar night when Parasite won Best Picture, beating out the expected frontrunner 1917 and becoming the first non-English film to ever win that award. Maybe you were already a Bong fan or maybe this is your first introduction to the increasingly legendary filmmaker. Either way, you want to take a trip down memory lane and explore his previous work. So now what?
That’s where we come in! Below we have assembled the best places to stream his feature length films, Korean and English, theatrical and Netflix-produced. So get on that warm bullet train and hug your super-pig close, because we’re doing this.
Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
Here is Bong’s theatrical feature-length debut.
- 2/11/2020
- Den of Geek
Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a break from J-Horror to direct a family drama, thus resulting in a true masterpiece of the genre that won a number of awards, including the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes.
The Sasakis are a middle class family, living a more or less regular life in Tokyo. Ryuhei, the father, is a successful senior member of a company with a more than adequate income. At some point, his company terminates his employment, thus resulting in the egress of the family’s issues. Shamed by his dismissal, he keeps it a secret by hypocritically continuing his everyday routine. He actually goes to the employment agency in the morning and spends the remainder of the day roaming the streets, until the time he usually arrives home. He meets Kurosu, another individual like him, who explains that there are many men in...
The Sasakis are a middle class family, living a more or less regular life in Tokyo. Ryuhei, the father, is a successful senior member of a company with a more than adequate income. At some point, his company terminates his employment, thus resulting in the egress of the family’s issues. Shamed by his dismissal, he keeps it a secret by hypocritically continuing his everyday routine. He actually goes to the employment agency in the morning and spends the remainder of the day roaming the streets, until the time he usually arrives home. He meets Kurosu, another individual like him, who explains that there are many men in...
- 1/19/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Kurosawa’s long-awaited return to his psychological J-horror roots, since his latest films were mostly art-house or social ones (Tokyo Sonata), finally occurred, and the result is quite similar to “Pulse” (Kairo). The story is based on Yutaka Maekawa’s novel.
The action in the film starts immediately, as a tragedy occurs when a serial killer detective Takakura was questioning, escapes. The result of the incident is for Takakura to resign, and to follow an academic career in criminal psychology. The script then moves in two axes. The first one takes place in the new neighborhood Takakura and his wife, Yasuko move in. While Yasuko wants to become friends with the rest of the neighbors, they treat her with suspicion except for Nishino, who seems to be the most peculiar of all, until, at least, he is proven to be utterly creepy. The second axis occurs when...
The action in the film starts immediately, as a tragedy occurs when a serial killer detective Takakura was questioning, escapes. The result of the incident is for Takakura to resign, and to follow an academic career in criminal psychology. The script then moves in two axes. The first one takes place in the new neighborhood Takakura and his wife, Yasuko move in. While Yasuko wants to become friends with the rest of the neighbors, they treat her with suspicion except for Nishino, who seems to be the most peculiar of all, until, at least, he is proven to be utterly creepy. The second axis occurs when...
- 11/6/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
According to a lecture given early in “Creepy,” serial killers are broken down into three categories: organized, disorganized, and mixed characteristic. The first two are relatively easy to define, and thus simpler to track down. Mixed-characteristic killers, meanwhile, exhibit no discernible patterns. They’re puzzles, anomalies. You can probably guess which class of killer this detective story from Kiyoshi Kurosawa follows.
The director, whose genre mastery is most evident in the likes of “Pulse” and “Cure,” more recently delved into this territory in “Daguerreotype.” That old-fashioned haunt took him outside Japan with the help of Tahar Rahim, Olivier Gourmet, and Mathieu Amalric; “Creepy” is both a return home and a return to form. Here he’s woven a procedural yarn from a novel by Yutaka Maekawa that was either loosely adapted or strikingly aligned with the director’s long-established sensibilities.
Read MoreNew Films By Terence Davies & Kiyoshi Kurosawa Set Berlin Premieres,...
The director, whose genre mastery is most evident in the likes of “Pulse” and “Cure,” more recently delved into this territory in “Daguerreotype.” That old-fashioned haunt took him outside Japan with the help of Tahar Rahim, Olivier Gourmet, and Mathieu Amalric; “Creepy” is both a return home and a return to form. Here he’s woven a procedural yarn from a novel by Yutaka Maekawa that was either loosely adapted or strikingly aligned with the director’s long-established sensibilities.
Read MoreNew Films By Terence Davies & Kiyoshi Kurosawa Set Berlin Premieres,...
- 8/3/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Nick Aldwinckle Mar 2, 2017
Vampires, Ghosts Of Mars and the super-tense Creepy lead our latest round-up of horror DVDs and Blu-rays...
Any regular readers (there must be a few of you; there must be) will be more than aware of this writer’s borderline obsessive love for the movies of one John Carpenter. You’ve got your Halloween, The Thing, They Live or The Fog, but everyone knows the real quality comes in the form of the later films in this cult film-maker, lord of the synth and accomplished ‘tache-wearer’s career and the classics that are Escape From L.A and his TV-movie take on Village Of The Damned. No? Ok, those are both more than a little iffy, but with the latest Blu-ray release of two other generally maligned late efforts in Carpenter’s body of work, we ask the age-old question 'Was Vampires really that bad?'
Yes,...
Vampires, Ghosts Of Mars and the super-tense Creepy lead our latest round-up of horror DVDs and Blu-rays...
Any regular readers (there must be a few of you; there must be) will be more than aware of this writer’s borderline obsessive love for the movies of one John Carpenter. You’ve got your Halloween, The Thing, They Live or The Fog, but everyone knows the real quality comes in the form of the later films in this cult film-maker, lord of the synth and accomplished ‘tache-wearer’s career and the classics that are Escape From L.A and his TV-movie take on Village Of The Damned. No? Ok, those are both more than a little iffy, but with the latest Blu-ray release of two other generally maligned late efforts in Carpenter’s body of work, we ask the age-old question 'Was Vampires really that bad?'
Yes,...
- 1/28/2017
- Den of Geek
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s unnerving, virtuosic horror movie is amazingly attuned to ambience and emotional textures
In any normal week, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s almost self-deprecatingly titled film would be a shoo-in for most unnerving watch. But what he concedes to Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing in sheer unrelenting devilry, Kurosawa almost makes up for in virtuosic technique. After a few relatively benign years with the likes of Tokyo Sonata and Journey to the Shore, he makes a return to the goosepimpled values of classic J-horror. Traumatised former homicide detective Hidetoshi Nishijima looks to wipe the slate clean with a new job as a criminology professor and a new home, but when his wife delivers homemade chocolates to the neighbours, there’s something off about Mr Nishino next door. Amazingly attuned to ambience and liminal emotional textures, Kurosawa conveys them with immense subtlety: the soundless crowds, for instance, present behind floor-to-ceiling windows...
In any normal week, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s almost self-deprecatingly titled film would be a shoo-in for most unnerving watch. But what he concedes to Na Hong-jin’s The Wailing in sheer unrelenting devilry, Kurosawa almost makes up for in virtuosic technique. After a few relatively benign years with the likes of Tokyo Sonata and Journey to the Shore, he makes a return to the goosepimpled values of classic J-horror. Traumatised former homicide detective Hidetoshi Nishijima looks to wipe the slate clean with a new job as a criminology professor and a new home, but when his wife delivers homemade chocolates to the neighbours, there’s something off about Mr Nishino next door. Amazingly attuned to ambience and liminal emotional textures, Kurosawa conveys them with immense subtlety: the soundless crowds, for instance, present behind floor-to-ceiling windows...
- 11/24/2016
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Premiering earlier this year the Berlin International Film Festival, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy is a detective tale freely adapted from an award-winning novel by Yukata Maekawa. Like his second film shown at film festivals this year, Daguerrotype, it may not be the masterpiece on the level of Cure or Charisma that some of the filmmaker's fans are continually looking for, just like some acolytes of Johnnie To forever want him to make another The Mission. But then again, Kurosawa has always been a B-movie director at his core, with a love for pulp material that he slows down and draws out, mining the schlock and cliché of horror films and thrillers for their deep metaphysical unease. He films a world broken and disturbed at its core, so how can we expect perfection from such a vision?After the ghost romance Journey to the Shore, which debuted last year at Cannes,...
- 11/8/2016
- MUBI
Ryan Lambie Published Date Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 06:39
Can you really trust your neighbours, as respectable as they might seem? Isn’t there something a little strange about the guy who lives two doors down - the unblinking one who walks without swinging his arms? There’s a hint of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window to the Japanese suspense thriller Creepy, mixed with a dash of Joe Dante’s under-appreciated comedy horror, The ‘Burbs: Joe Dante’s a pointed satire of suburban life where a poorly maintained front lawn becomes an early sign of psychopathy.
“Serial killing is a modern sort of crime,” observes Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a university professor and former detective who’s retired from the force following a grim incident involving a captured murder suspect and a fork. A year after that prickly trauma, Takakura moves with his demure wife, Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi) to a quiet Japanese...
Can you really trust your neighbours, as respectable as they might seem? Isn’t there something a little strange about the guy who lives two doors down - the unblinking one who walks without swinging his arms? There’s a hint of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window to the Japanese suspense thriller Creepy, mixed with a dash of Joe Dante’s under-appreciated comedy horror, The ‘Burbs: Joe Dante’s a pointed satire of suburban life where a poorly maintained front lawn becomes an early sign of psychopathy.
“Serial killing is a modern sort of crime,” observes Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a university professor and former detective who’s retired from the force following a grim incident involving a captured murder suspect and a fork. A year after that prickly trauma, Takakura moves with his demure wife, Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi) to a quiet Japanese...
- 10/11/2016
- Den of Geek
"When the two connect, the true terror begins." Eureka Entertainment has debuted an official (subtitled) trailer for the Japanese horror-thriller Creepy, which has been playing the film festival circuit all year so far. The latest from filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the film is about an ex-detective and criminal psychologist who discovers that his new neighbor isn't quite who he says he is. The cast includes Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yüko Takeuchi, Haruna Kawaguchi, and Masahiro Higashide. Not only has it played at numerous fests, but the film has received some great reviews so far. One review on ScreenAnarchy says "it's an example of a master attempting a new direction -- in the form of a good, old-fashioned, bloody, spirited thriller." This definitely does look creepy. That guy's smile is the freakiest part about it. Have a look. Here's the official UK trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy, direct from Eureka's YouTube: Takakura is a former detective.
- 8/30/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After an initial trailer with no English subtitles, a new preview has arrived for Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s thriller Creepy, making things obviously clearer for audiences here due to the addition. The story concerns an ex-detective and criminal psychologist (Hidetoshi Nishijima) with a happy, quiet life who has his tranquility disturbed when he begins to suspect his new neighbor (Teruyuki Kagawa) isn’t quite who he says he is. Featuring one of the creepiest smiles I’ve seen in quite some time from Kagawa, Creepy looks to be a dark and twisted thriller.
We said in our review: “Though the middle stretch does go on for longer than is strictly necessary – a good 20 minutes could easily have been shaved off without forsaking anything crucial – the eventual pay-off doesn’t disappoint. Featuring an industrial vacuum cleaner-cum-sealer, a mysterious mind-control drug — both spooky and narratively convenient, considering the characters’ screamingly preposterous behavior — and...
We said in our review: “Though the middle stretch does go on for longer than is strictly necessary – a good 20 minutes could easily have been shaved off without forsaking anything crucial – the eventual pay-off doesn’t disappoint. Featuring an industrial vacuum cleaner-cum-sealer, a mysterious mind-control drug — both spooky and narratively convenient, considering the characters’ screamingly preposterous behavior — and...
- 8/30/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Sony Pictures Classics have announced they have acquired the rest of Pedro Almodóvar’s full library of films, including “Pepi, Luci, Bom”; “Labyrinth of Passion”; “Dark Habits”; “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”; “High Heels” and “Kika.” Spc will release his latest, “Julieta,” in theaters on December 21.
Based on short stories by Nobel laureate Alice Munro, “Julieta” is “about a mother’s struggle to survive uncertainty. It is also about fate, guilt complexes and that unfathomable mystery that leads us to abandon the people we love, erasing them from our lives as if they had never meant anything, as if they had never existed. The cast includes Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez and Rossy de Palma. It...
– Sony Pictures Classics have announced they have acquired the rest of Pedro Almodóvar’s full library of films, including “Pepi, Luci, Bom”; “Labyrinth of Passion”; “Dark Habits”; “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”; “High Heels” and “Kika.” Spc will release his latest, “Julieta,” in theaters on December 21.
Based on short stories by Nobel laureate Alice Munro, “Julieta” is “about a mother’s struggle to survive uncertainty. It is also about fate, guilt complexes and that unfathomable mystery that leads us to abandon the people we love, erasing them from our lives as if they had never meant anything, as if they had never existed. The cast includes Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez and Rossy de Palma. It...
- 8/12/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy screening on Fantasia International Film FestivalSTORY75%DIRECTION70%ACTING75%VISUALS72%POSITIVESImposing, horrific atmosphereAll the cast, but particularly Teruyuki Kagawa are greatInteresting storyNEGATIVESSomewhat lagging2016-07-2773%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)0%
Kurosawa’s long-awaited return to his psychological J-horror roots, since his latest films were mostly art-house (Journey to the Shore, Real) or social ones (Tokyo Sonata), finally occurred, and the result is quite similar to “Pulse” (Kairo).
The action in the film starts immediately, as a tragedy occurs when a serial killer detective Takakura was questioning escaped. The result of the incident was for Takakura to resign, and to follow an academic career in criminal psychology. The script then moves in two axes. The first one takes place in the new neighborhood Takakura and his wife, Yasuko move in. While Yasuko wants to become friends with the rest of the neighbors, they treat her with suspicions except for Nishino,...
Kurosawa’s long-awaited return to his psychological J-horror roots, since his latest films were mostly art-house (Journey to the Shore, Real) or social ones (Tokyo Sonata), finally occurred, and the result is quite similar to “Pulse” (Kairo).
The action in the film starts immediately, as a tragedy occurs when a serial killer detective Takakura was questioning escaped. The result of the incident was for Takakura to resign, and to follow an academic career in criminal psychology. The script then moves in two axes. The first one takes place in the new neighborhood Takakura and his wife, Yasuko move in. While Yasuko wants to become friends with the rest of the neighbors, they treat her with suspicions except for Nishino,...
- 7/27/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
If it’s late June in Manhattan, it must be time for the city’s annual dose of martial-arts madness, indescribably twisted revenge stories, and go-for-broke dramas about sexually liberated high school girls. A collaboration between Subway Cinema and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Asian Film Festival has established itself as one of the summer’s most vital (and occasionally traumatizing) annual events, a celebration of the best and most bonkers in classic and contemporary Asian cinema. Even in an age of VOD and streaming, many — or most — of these gems never receive American distribution, making the fest that much more valuable to local cinephiles.
Running from June 22 thru July 9, the 2016 edition promises to live up to the Nyaff legend, as iconic films like “All About Lily Chou-Chou” and “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” will be screened alongside a smorgasbord of new stuff that’s just waiting to be discovered.
Running from June 22 thru July 9, the 2016 edition promises to live up to the Nyaff legend, as iconic films like “All About Lily Chou-Chou” and “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” will be screened alongside a smorgasbord of new stuff that’s just waiting to be discovered.
- 6/21/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The first programming has been revealed for the 20th annual Fantasia International Film Festival. Taking place from July 14th–August 2nd in Montreal, this year’s Fantasia will honor Guillermo del Toro with the Cheval Noir Award, and the newly revealed first wave of programming includes screenings of Lights Out, Abattoir, In a Valley of Violence, Under the Shadow, Trash Fire, Teenage Cocktail, and more:
Press Release: Montreal, May 26, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced July 5th. In the meantime, the festival is excited to announce a selected first wave of titles, along with several special happenings.
For Fantasia’s 2016 poster, the festival has once again turned to award-winning Quebec visual artist Donald Caron.
Press Release: Montreal, May 26, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced July 5th. In the meantime, the festival is excited to announce a selected first wave of titles, along with several special happenings.
For Fantasia’s 2016 poster, the festival has once again turned to award-winning Quebec visual artist Donald Caron.
- 5/26/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Fans of Kiyoshi Kurosawa will rejoice since his latest film, “Creepy” will signal his return to the thriller genre, which was the one that made him an international sensation.
The film is based on the homonymous novel by Yutaka Maekawa and the story goes like this: After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case. Six years ago, a family disappeared under mysterious circumstances and to this day no body has been found. Takakura follows Saki’s memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. While Takakura immerses himself in the old files,...
The film is based on the homonymous novel by Yutaka Maekawa and the story goes like this: After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case. Six years ago, a family disappeared under mysterious circumstances and to this day no body has been found. Takakura follows Saki’s memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. While Takakura immerses himself in the old files,...
- 3/23/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Kurosawa Kiyoshi does the marketers a favor with the title of his upcoming Creepy, a film that is, indeed, exactly what it promises on the tin. Nishijima Hidetoshi stars as criminal psychologist Takakura who is investigating a family's disappearance from six years earlier. At the same time Takakura and his wife Yasuko (Takeuchi Yuko) have moved into a new house next door to friendly neighbor Nishino (Teruyuki Kagawa), his sick wife (Misaki Saisho) and teenage daughter (Ryoko Fujino). Things take a turn for the strange when the daughter, Mio, one day jumps into Takaura's house and states that the man she is living with is not her father but a complete stranger. Following a previous teaser the full trailer has now arrived and while it's...
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- 3/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
One has to appreciate Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s winking self-awareness in calling his new feature Creepy. It’s as if the Coen brothers released a film entitled Snarky, or Eli Roth named his next stomach-churner Gory. Kurosawa, who’s still best known for Cure (1997) and Pulse (2001), two rare outstanding examples of the highly variable J-Horror genre, instills a sense of creepiness into virtually anything he does, regardless of subject matter. His latest, which sees him return to the realm of horror after excursions into more arthouse territory, certainly lives up to its name and has a lot of fun doing so.
In the excellent, mood-setting opening, we’re introduced to Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a brilliant detective with an ill-fated fascination for psychopaths. As he interrogates a young and cheerfully remorseless serial killer, he can barely contain his excitement at being able to probe such a compelling subject. His smug over-confidence results...
In the excellent, mood-setting opening, we’re introduced to Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a brilliant detective with an ill-fated fascination for psychopaths. As he interrogates a young and cheerfully remorseless serial killer, he can barely contain his excitement at being able to probe such a compelling subject. His smug over-confidence results...
- 2/16/2016
- by Giovanni Marchini Camia
- The Film Stage
In the third Berlinale Diary entry, I offer first impressions of Terence Davies's Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Catherine Bailey, Jodhi May, Emma Bell and Duncan Duff; Mia Hansen-Løve's outstanding Things to Come with Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob and Sarah Le Picard; and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's serial killer thriller (and comedy) Creepy with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi and Masahiro Higashide. Plus: Trailers and a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 2/14/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
In the third Berlinale Diary entry, I offer first impressions of Terence Davies's Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Catherine Bailey, Jodhi May, Emma Bell and Duncan Duff; Mia Hansen-Løve's outstanding Things to Come with Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob and Sarah Le Picard; and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's serial killer thriller (and comedy) Creepy with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi and Masahiro Higashide. Plus: Trailers and a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 2/14/2016
- Keyframe
Today's list of films added to the lineup for this year's Berlinale (February 11 through 21) is short but big: World premieres of Terence Davies's A Quiet Passion with Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Jodhi May, Catherine Bailey, Emma Bell and Duncan Duff; Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi and Masahiro Higashide; Pernilla August's Den allvarsamma leken (A Serious Game) with Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes, Michael Nyqvist and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard; and Sonia Kennebeck's documentary National Bird. Plus the international premiere of Don Cheadle's Miles Ahead. » - David Hudson...
- 1/18/2016
- Keyframe
Today's list of films added to the lineup for this year's Berlinale (February 11 through 21) is short but big: World premieres of Terence Davies's A Quiet Passion with Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Jodhi May, Catherine Bailey, Emma Bell and Duncan Duff; Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi and Masahiro Higashide; Pernilla August's Den allvarsamma leken (A Serious Game) with Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes, Michael Nyqvist and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard; and Sonia Kennebeck's documentary National Bird. Plus the international premiere of Don Cheadle's Miles Ahead. » - David Hudson...
- 1/18/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Don Cheadle’s Miles Davies’ biopic to get international premiere.
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) has unveiled the eight-strong line-up for its Berlinale Special strand, which includes recent works by contemporary filmmakers and biopics of renowned personalities.
The programme includes the world premiere of Terence Davies’ drama biopic A Quiet Passion, which stars Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon as the celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson, charting her life from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive artist. Jennifer Ehle (Fifty Shades Of Grey) and Keith Carradine (Nashville) co-star.
The line-up also includes the international premiere of Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle’s directorial debut in which he also stars as jazz pioneer Miles Davis in late 1970s Manhattan, dealing with sycophants, industry executives, career highs and lows and memories of the love of his life, Frances Taylor.
Pernilla August’s A Serious Game will also world premiere...
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) has unveiled the eight-strong line-up for its Berlinale Special strand, which includes recent works by contemporary filmmakers and biopics of renowned personalities.
The programme includes the world premiere of Terence Davies’ drama biopic A Quiet Passion, which stars Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon as the celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson, charting her life from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive artist. Jennifer Ehle (Fifty Shades Of Grey) and Keith Carradine (Nashville) co-star.
The line-up also includes the international premiere of Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle’s directorial debut in which he also stars as jazz pioneer Miles Davis in late 1970s Manhattan, dealing with sycophants, industry executives, career highs and lows and memories of the love of his life, Frances Taylor.
Pernilla August’s A Serious Game will also world premiere...
- 1/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Creepy
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Chihiro Ikeda
Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa is set to unveil two films in 2016 (the other snagged our #80 slot on this list). One of these is Creepy, an adaptation of a celebrated novel by Yukata Maekawa. What’s most exciting is the film marks Kurosaw’s return to genre filmmaking, where he made his indelible mark with such items as the genuinely eerie Cure (1997) and Pulse (2001). Kurosawa often blend existential ennui into supernatural or sci-fi narratives, which don’t always seem to spellbind. This latest is a mystery thriller about an ex-detective asked by an old colleague to look into a six year old missing person’s case. Meanwhile, he also moves into a new residence with his wife, and their next door neighbor consists of a man, his ailing wife, and their teenage daughter. One day, the daughter jumps into the detective’s...
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Chihiro Ikeda
Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa is set to unveil two films in 2016 (the other snagged our #80 slot on this list). One of these is Creepy, an adaptation of a celebrated novel by Yukata Maekawa. What’s most exciting is the film marks Kurosaw’s return to genre filmmaking, where he made his indelible mark with such items as the genuinely eerie Cure (1997) and Pulse (2001). Kurosawa often blend existential ennui into supernatural or sci-fi narratives, which don’t always seem to spellbind. This latest is a mystery thriller about an ex-detective asked by an old colleague to look into a six year old missing person’s case. Meanwhile, he also moves into a new residence with his wife, and their next door neighbor consists of a man, his ailing wife, and their teenage daughter. One day, the daughter jumps into the detective’s...
- 1/6/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Fans of Kurosawa Kiyoshi do not have to wait for long for his next film: even though Journey to the Shore is still on its finishing lap worldwide, Kurosawa returns in 2016 with his latest thriller, Creepy. The film stars Nishijima Hidetoshi as criminal psychologist Takakura who is investigating a family's disappearance from six years earlier. At the same time Takakura and his wife Yasuko (Takeuchi Yuko) have moved into a new house next door to friendly neighbor Nishino (Teruyuki Kagawa), his sick wife (Misaki Saisho) and teenage daughter (Ryoko Fujino). Things take a turn for the strange when the daughter, Mio, one day jumps into Takaura's house and states that the man she is living with is not her father but a complete stranger....
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- 12/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The Mozu (aka Gekijoban Mozu ) film is a continuation of the Mozu TV series.
Set six months after Naotake (Hidetoshi Nishijima) learned the truth behind his wife’s death. Naotake works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau, but feels worn out. Ryota (Teruyuki Kagawa) quit the police force due to his distrust of the department and now runs a private detective office.
An occupation and explosion case takes place simultaneously with an embassy attack. The attacks are orchestrated by crime planner Takayanagi (Yusuke Iseya) and assassin Gondo (Tori Matsuzaka) under the name of mysterious figure Daruma (Takeshi Kitano).
(Source : asianwiki)
Release Date: 7 November 2015 (Japan)
Unfortunately Takeshi does not feature much in the trailer but the trailer looks pretty damn good! (Now i need to check out the TV series)
Check out the trailer below (sorry no english subtitles yet )
Anyone watched the TV Series ? Opinions?...
Set six months after Naotake (Hidetoshi Nishijima) learned the truth behind his wife’s death. Naotake works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau, but feels worn out. Ryota (Teruyuki Kagawa) quit the police force due to his distrust of the department and now runs a private detective office.
An occupation and explosion case takes place simultaneously with an embassy attack. The attacks are orchestrated by crime planner Takayanagi (Yusuke Iseya) and assassin Gondo (Tori Matsuzaka) under the name of mysterious figure Daruma (Takeshi Kitano).
(Source : asianwiki)
Release Date: 7 November 2015 (Japan)
Unfortunately Takeshi does not feature much in the trailer but the trailer looks pretty damn good! (Now i need to check out the TV series)
Check out the trailer below (sorry no english subtitles yet )
Anyone watched the TV Series ? Opinions?...
- 9/20/2015
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
We recently profiled 15 Filmmakers At The Forefront Of The TV Revolution, and a filmmaker headed to the small screen before many of the directors on that list is Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Back in 2012, he brought the five-part "Penance" to Japanese television, and later it screened internationally at the Venice Film Festival, Tiff and more. It's taken a couple of years, but now you'll be able to experience the drama on the big screen, and today we have an exclusive clip from the series. Starring Kyoko Koizumi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yu Aoi, Eiko Koike, Sakura Ando, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mirai Moriyama, Kenji Mizuhashi, Ryo Kase, Tomoharu Hasegawa, Ayumi Ito, Hirofumi Arai and Tetsushi Tanaka, and based on the novel by Kanae Minato, the story centers around the kidnapping and killing of a young girl named Emili. Her grief-stricken mother Asako, frustrated at the crime going unsolved, lays the burden on the four girls who...
- 11/10/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Filth | Sunshine On Leith | The Perverts Guide To Ideology | For Those In Peril | How I Live Now | The Crash Reel | Thanks For Sharing | Camp 14 | The To Do List | Emperor
Filth (18)
(Jon S Baird, 2013, UK) James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. 97 mins
Drugs, sleaze, sex, Scots, Irvine Welsh – is it 1996 again? This is just as energetic as Trainspotting, but less hip and more theatrically grim, wallowing in the debauchery and mania of a copper bent way out of shape. The only subtlety to be found is on the face of McAvoy, whose committed performance holds it all together.
Sunshine On Leith (PG)
(Dexter Fletcher, 2013, UK) George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie. 100 mins
It worked for Abba, so why not the Proclaimers? Basing an Edinburgh love story around their music turns out to be a fine idea.
The Pervert's Guide To Ideology (15)
(Sophie Fiennes, 2013, UK) 133 mins
Slavoj Žižek gives an absorbing, annotated...
Filth (18)
(Jon S Baird, 2013, UK) James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. 97 mins
Drugs, sleaze, sex, Scots, Irvine Welsh – is it 1996 again? This is just as energetic as Trainspotting, but less hip and more theatrically grim, wallowing in the debauchery and mania of a copper bent way out of shape. The only subtlety to be found is on the face of McAvoy, whose committed performance holds it all together.
Sunshine On Leith (PG)
(Dexter Fletcher, 2013, UK) George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie. 100 mins
It worked for Abba, so why not the Proclaimers? Basing an Edinburgh love story around their music turns out to be a fine idea.
The Pervert's Guide To Ideology (15)
(Sophie Fiennes, 2013, UK) 133 mins
Slavoj Žižek gives an absorbing, annotated...
- 10/5/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
From a collection of graphic novels, to an animated television series, to Playstation video games – it seems that the natural progression of the Rurouni Kenshin franchise is a move into cinema, and this popular Japanese manga has finally made its way to the big screen. Though it may not be particularly well known outside of East Asia, with a theatrical release in over 60 nations worldwide, perhaps it’s about time we got to know what Rurouni Kenshin is all about.
Directed by Keishi Ohtomo, we set foot into 1868, in the aftermath of the brutal Bakumatsu war. We delve into the life of Kenshin (Takeru Satô), a former assassin who, in a bid to repent for past sins, has decided to protect the locals, living by an oath to never kill again, One of those in need is Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei), a fearsome yet vulnerable woman who seeks in defending...
Directed by Keishi Ohtomo, we set foot into 1868, in the aftermath of the brutal Bakumatsu war. We delve into the life of Kenshin (Takeru Satô), a former assassin who, in a bid to repent for past sins, has decided to protect the locals, living by an oath to never kill again, One of those in need is Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei), a fearsome yet vulnerable woman who seeks in defending...
- 10/2/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
You can’t keep a wandering Samurai down. Take a look at the latest UK trailer for Keishi Ohtomo’s latest actioner “Rurouni Kenshin”, based on the popular manga. Apparently back in feudal Japan Samurais started really young, because the main character here, who is supposed to be a badass swordsman who has been active for the last 10 years or so, looks barely 17. Must be the good wandering Samurai food. And the pop music soundtrack never hurts, I suppose. Ex-assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satô) has made a vow never to kill again. Now a wandering samurai, Kenshin protects those in hope of reparation. Finding a home at a failing dojo run by Miss Kaoru (Emi Takei), he becomes entangled in a string of murders related to a drug ring run by the ruthless Kanryuu (Teruyuki Kagawa). Rurouni Kenshin follows the story of a man avoiding violence — but will his vow...
- 10/1/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Review Ryan Lambie 30 Sep 2013 - 06:07
A successful balance of swords and romance, Japanese samurai epic Rurouni Kenshin is well worth your time, Ryan writes...
Japanese cinema has a grand tradition of samurai movies, from Akira Kurosawa’s lauded classics like Rashomon to more recent entries like Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins. Rurouni Kenshin is a little different, however, in that it’s an action romance clearly aimed at a slightly younger audience. First published in 1994, Nobuhiro Watsuki’s original Manga was a hit among both male and female readers, resulting in successful anime adaptations, videogames, and now a live-action movie. Director Keishi Otomo adapts the story with flair, offering up a lavish period piece that’s as full of swooning romantic drama as it is katana-swinging violence.
A beautifully-staged opening battle in the mountains of Kyoto sets the scene: it’s 1868, and the forces of the Meiji government have defeated the military shogunate,...
A successful balance of swords and romance, Japanese samurai epic Rurouni Kenshin is well worth your time, Ryan writes...
Japanese cinema has a grand tradition of samurai movies, from Akira Kurosawa’s lauded classics like Rashomon to more recent entries like Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins. Rurouni Kenshin is a little different, however, in that it’s an action romance clearly aimed at a slightly younger audience. First published in 1994, Nobuhiro Watsuki’s original Manga was a hit among both male and female readers, resulting in successful anime adaptations, videogames, and now a live-action movie. Director Keishi Otomo adapts the story with flair, offering up a lavish period piece that’s as full of swooning romantic drama as it is katana-swinging violence.
A beautifully-staged opening battle in the mountains of Kyoto sets the scene: it’s 1868, and the forces of the Meiji government have defeated the military shogunate,...
- 9/27/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Keishi Ōtomo’s live-action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin hit cinemas in Japan last summer, and is now finally about to arrive on our screens here in the UK.
Takeru Satō (Kamen Rider Den-o) stars as the eponymous lead, Himura Kenshin, with Emi Takei (Ai to Makoto) starring opposite as Kamiya Kaoru. The film has already racked up north of $60m. around the world, so things are definitely looking good ahead of its release here next month. And with just a few weeks left before it hits our shores, the new UK quad poster has been released, with Satō front and centre.
Ex-assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satō) has made a vow never to kill again. Now a wandering samurai, Kenshin protects those in hope of reparation. Finding a home at a failing dojo run by Miss Kaoru (Emi Takei), he becomes entangled in a string of murders related...
Takeru Satō (Kamen Rider Den-o) stars as the eponymous lead, Himura Kenshin, with Emi Takei (Ai to Makoto) starring opposite as Kamiya Kaoru. The film has already racked up north of $60m. around the world, so things are definitely looking good ahead of its release here next month. And with just a few weeks left before it hits our shores, the new UK quad poster has been released, with Satō front and centre.
Ex-assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satō) has made a vow never to kill again. Now a wandering samurai, Kenshin protects those in hope of reparation. Finding a home at a failing dojo run by Miss Kaoru (Emi Takei), he becomes entangled in a string of murders related...
- 9/13/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Directed by Keishi Ohtomo, Rurouni Kenshin is a live-action adaptation of the well-regarded manga written by Nobuhiro Watsuki and stars Takeru Satô as the titular character alongside Emi Takei, Yû Aoi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yôsuke Eguchi, Munetaka Aoki and Kôji Kikkawa.
Ex-assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satô) has made a vow never to kill again. Now a wandering samurai, Kenshin protects those in hope of reparation. Finding a home at a failing dojo run by Miss Kaoru (Emi Takei), he becomes entangled in a string of murders related to a drug ring run by the ruthless Kanryuu (Teruyuki Kagawa).
Rurouni Kenshin follows the story of a man avoiding violence – but will his vow be put to the test when those he loves are threatened by his troubled past?
Rurouni Kenshin is released in UK cinemas on October 4th.
Ex-assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satô) has made a vow never to kill again. Now a wandering samurai, Kenshin protects those in hope of reparation. Finding a home at a failing dojo run by Miss Kaoru (Emi Takei), he becomes entangled in a string of murders related to a drug ring run by the ruthless Kanryuu (Teruyuki Kagawa).
Rurouni Kenshin follows the story of a man avoiding violence – but will his vow be put to the test when those he loves are threatened by his troubled past?
Rurouni Kenshin is released in UK cinemas on October 4th.
- 9/12/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Available for the first time ever outside of Japan, two rare and unseen films from Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Japan's master of suspense. When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an offer to make two films in two weeks - on a low budget and using the same cast - the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both Eyes of the Spider and Serpent's Path are gangster films about the desire for revenge, and both films feature a protagonist named Nijima, played convincingly by Sho Aikawa, the two films are completely different in tone and plot. They are released together in the U.K. on DVD on September 9th, 2013 courtesy of Third Window Films. Eyes of the Spider concerns Nijima (Sho Aikawa), a white-collar worker who one day finds the man responsible for his young daughter's brutal rape and murder. He interrogates and tortures the man, before killing and burying him.
- 8/21/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
It has been announced that director Takashi Shimizu’s Tormented will be released in the Us on Blu-ray and DVD this April:
Plano, Texas. (February 22, 2013) – From the legendary director of The Grudge, Takashi Shimizu takes an unflinching look into childhood fears, the ties that hold a family together, and bloody secrets that won’t stay dead when Tormented debuts on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital April 2nd from Well Go USA Entertainment. Filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, Shimizu ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life…
The film stars Hikari Mitsushima (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai), Takeru Shibuya, Tamaki Ogawa...
Plano, Texas. (February 22, 2013) – From the legendary director of The Grudge, Takashi Shimizu takes an unflinching look into childhood fears, the ties that hold a family together, and bloody secrets that won’t stay dead when Tormented debuts on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital April 2nd from Well Go USA Entertainment. Filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, Shimizu ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life…
The film stars Hikari Mitsushima (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai), Takeru Shibuya, Tamaki Ogawa...
- 2/22/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Takashi Shimizu takes an unflinching look into childhood fears, the ties that hold a family together, and bloody secrets that won't stay dead when Tormented debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital April 2nd from Well Go USA Entertainment.
The film stars Hikari Mitsushima, Takeru Shibuya, Tamaki Ogawa, Nao Omori, Teruyuki Kagawa and Momoko Tanabe.
Takashi Shimizu took home the Silver Raven for the film’s originality and unique view of childhood through a child’s eyes at the 2012 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.
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The film stars Hikari Mitsushima, Takeru Shibuya, Tamaki Ogawa, Nao Omori, Teruyuki Kagawa and Momoko Tanabe.
Takashi Shimizu took home the Silver Raven for the film’s originality and unique view of childhood through a child’s eyes at the 2012 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.
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- 2/22/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Given how sucky 3D movies have been lately (I'm looking at You, Silent Hill: Revelation), we need something fresh to liven up the three-dimensional scene, and this new flick from the man behind The Grudge could do the trick!
From the Press Release
The legendary director of The Grudge, Takashi Shimizu, takes an unflinching look into childhood fears, the ties that hold a family together, and bloody secrets that won't stay dead when Tormented debuts on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital April 2nd from Well Go USA Entertainment. Filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, Tormented ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life.
From the Press Release
The legendary director of The Grudge, Takashi Shimizu, takes an unflinching look into childhood fears, the ties that hold a family together, and bloody secrets that won't stay dead when Tormented debuts on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital April 2nd from Well Go USA Entertainment. Filled with his trademark atmospherics and spine-chilling, brain-bending sequences, Tormented ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind where the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in this terrifying tale of a young boy whose family seems to be unraveling around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life.
- 2/22/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Uchida Kenji follows his previous film, After School (2008), with another hilarious, entertaining story, this time about switching identities and the surprises that come with it.
In Key of Life (Kagi-Dorobo no Method), one of the Dragons & Tigers selections at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, Sakurai (Masato Sakai), is a 35-year-old failed actor, unlucky in love, who can’t even hang himself successfully.
His luck changes when he has the opportunity to steal the identity of older, more mature Kondo (Teruyuki Kagawa), a famous ruthless fixer for the underworld, after the real Kondo has a random accident in a bath-house. But taking on the identity of a ruthless fixer also means he must attend to the business of being an assassin.
The real Kondo finds himself in the hospital with amnesia and must learn to accept and live with the identity of Sakurai. Just his expression when he says he is supposed to be 35 is hilarious.
In Key of Life (Kagi-Dorobo no Method), one of the Dragons & Tigers selections at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, Sakurai (Masato Sakai), is a 35-year-old failed actor, unlucky in love, who can’t even hang himself successfully.
His luck changes when he has the opportunity to steal the identity of older, more mature Kondo (Teruyuki Kagawa), a famous ruthless fixer for the underworld, after the real Kondo has a random accident in a bath-house. But taking on the identity of a ruthless fixer also means he must attend to the business of being an assassin.
The real Kondo finds himself in the hospital with amnesia and must learn to accept and live with the identity of Sakurai. Just his expression when he says he is supposed to be 35 is hilarious.
- 11/13/2012
- by Marie Ferrer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Dreams For Sale (Yume uru futari )
Directed by Miwa Nishikawa
Written by Miwa Nishikawa
Starring Yûsuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takako Matsu, Rena Tanaka
The financial downturn continues to provide fresh ingredients, more food for though in this bittersweet Japanese comedy drama, in which a stuggiling couple have just suffered an economic tragedy as an accidental fire has gutted their modest Shibuya situated izakaya restaurant. Kanya (Yûsuke Iseya) and Satoko’s (Teruyuki Kagawa) marriage was already under financial and emotional strain, and a night of lonely drinking leads to Satoko to sleep with a drunk woman he meets on the subway, the next morning she convinces him to take a stack of yen and put it too good use, as it was guiltily donated to her by her mortally sick lover unbeknownst to his wife and children. Initially furious Kanya suddenly has an eureka moment, and wonders if lightning can strike...
Directed by Miwa Nishikawa
Written by Miwa Nishikawa
Starring Yûsuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takako Matsu, Rena Tanaka
The financial downturn continues to provide fresh ingredients, more food for though in this bittersweet Japanese comedy drama, in which a stuggiling couple have just suffered an economic tragedy as an accidental fire has gutted their modest Shibuya situated izakaya restaurant. Kanya (Yûsuke Iseya) and Satoko’s (Teruyuki Kagawa) marriage was already under financial and emotional strain, and a night of lonely drinking leads to Satoko to sleep with a drunk woman he meets on the subway, the next morning she convinces him to take a stack of yen and put it too good use, as it was guiltily donated to her by her mortally sick lover unbeknownst to his wife and children. Initially furious Kanya suddenly has an eureka moment, and wonders if lightning can strike...
- 10/9/2012
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Official Synopsis: Japan is about to enter the Meiji era and transition from the Middle Ages to industrialization. The samurai have no place in this modern society where warriors are less useful than traders. Unemployed, having lost the right to wear the sword, and facing guns and cannons, the samurai will gradually disappear into legend. Kenshin is one of such lost warrior. Once a grand master of the sword he is now a vagabond, wandering the roads of Japan. However, his chivalry and courage will make this one-time mercenary a loved and respected vigilante. Click here to see Movie Poster #1. Click here to see Movie Poster #2. Click here to see Trailer #1. Click here to see Trailer #2. Running Time: Unknown Release Date: August 25, 2012 (Japan) MPAA Rating: Unknown Starring: Yû Aoi, Teruyuki Kagawa and Takeru Sato Directed by: Keishi Ōtomo Written by: Nobuhiro Watsuki (manga, Kiyomi Fujii (screenplay)and Keishi Ohtomo (screenplay...
- 7/16/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Tales From Earthsea (Studio Ghibli)
Stars: (Japanese) Bunta Sugawara, Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Jun Fubuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yui Natsukawa, Y?ko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa. (English) Timothy Dalton, Matt Levin, Blaire Restaneo, Mariska Hargitay, Susanne Blakeslee, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin | Written by Ursula K Le Guin, Gor? Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa & Hayao Miyazaki | Directed by Goro Miyazaki
“Goro Miyazaki’s debut feature as a director, Tales From Earthsea is an epic adventure, adapted from the much-loved series of novels by Ursula K Le Guin. It tells the story of Ged (voiced in English by Timothy Dalton), the most powerful wizard in Earthsea, and his attempts to protect Prince Arren (Matt Levin) from the evil machinations of rival wizard Cob (Willem Dafoe). Together with Therru, a young girl he rescued from slave takers, Arren must unite with Ged to defeat Cob and return balance to their world. Beautifully animated, Tales From Earthsea will...
Stars: (Japanese) Bunta Sugawara, Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Jun Fubuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yui Natsukawa, Y?ko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa. (English) Timothy Dalton, Matt Levin, Blaire Restaneo, Mariska Hargitay, Susanne Blakeslee, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin | Written by Ursula K Le Guin, Gor? Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa & Hayao Miyazaki | Directed by Goro Miyazaki
“Goro Miyazaki’s debut feature as a director, Tales From Earthsea is an epic adventure, adapted from the much-loved series of novels by Ursula K Le Guin. It tells the story of Ged (voiced in English by Timothy Dalton), the most powerful wizard in Earthsea, and his attempts to protect Prince Arren (Matt Levin) from the evil machinations of rival wizard Cob (Willem Dafoe). Together with Therru, a young girl he rescued from slave takers, Arren must unite with Ged to defeat Cob and return balance to their world. Beautifully animated, Tales From Earthsea will...
- 7/13/2012
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
You can watch an HD version by watching Here. Official Synopsis: Japan is about to enter the Meiji era and transition from the Middle Ages to industrialization. The samurai have no place in this modern society where warriors are less useful than traders. Unemployed, having lost the right to wear the sword, and facing guns and cannons, the samurai will gradually disappear into legend. Kenshin is one of such lost warrior. Once a grand master of the sword he is now a vagabond, wandering the roads of Japan. However, his chivalry and courage will make this one-time mercenary a loved and respected vigilante. Click here to see Movie Poster #1. Click here to see Movie Poster #2. Click here to see Trailer #1. Click here to see Trailer #2. Running Time: Unknown Release Date: August 25, 2012 (Japan) MPAA Rating: Unknown Starring: Yû Aoi, Teruyuki Kagawa and Takeru Sato Directed by: Keishi Ōtomo Written by: Nobuhiro Watsuki (manga,...
- 6/28/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
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