Retrospective will focus on Japanese independent cinema from the past 15 years and includes Cannes favourite Naomi Kawase.
The San Sebastian Film Festival is to programme a retrospective for its 63rd edition (Sept 18-26) titles New Japanese independent cinema 2000-2015.
Among the titles making up the retrospective from known directors are:
H Story (2001) by Nobuhiro Suwa;A Snake of June (Rokugatsu no hebi, 2002) by Shin’ya Tsukamoto;Bright Future (Akarui mirai, 2003) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa;Vibrator (2003) by Ryuichi Hiroki;Bashing (2005) by Masahiro Kobayashi;Birth/Mother (Tarachime, 2006) by Naomi Kawase;Love Exposure (Ai no mukidashi, 2008) by Shion Sono.
The works of several new talents to have made their debut since 2000 include:
Hole in the Sky (Sora no ana, 2001) by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri,Border Line (2002) by Sang-il Lee,No One’s Ark (Baka no hakobune, 2003) by Nobuhiro Yamashita, The Soup, One Morning (Aru asa, soup wa, 2005) by Izumi Takahashi,Fourteen (Ju-yon-sai, 2007) by Hiromasa Hirosue,Sex Is Not Laughing Matter (Hito no sekkuso...
The San Sebastian Film Festival is to programme a retrospective for its 63rd edition (Sept 18-26) titles New Japanese independent cinema 2000-2015.
Among the titles making up the retrospective from known directors are:
H Story (2001) by Nobuhiro Suwa;A Snake of June (Rokugatsu no hebi, 2002) by Shin’ya Tsukamoto;Bright Future (Akarui mirai, 2003) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa;Vibrator (2003) by Ryuichi Hiroki;Bashing (2005) by Masahiro Kobayashi;Birth/Mother (Tarachime, 2006) by Naomi Kawase;Love Exposure (Ai no mukidashi, 2008) by Shion Sono.
The works of several new talents to have made their debut since 2000 include:
Hole in the Sky (Sora no ana, 2001) by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri,Border Line (2002) by Sang-il Lee,No One’s Ark (Baka no hakobune, 2003) by Nobuhiro Yamashita, The Soup, One Morning (Aru asa, soup wa, 2005) by Izumi Takahashi,Fourteen (Ju-yon-sai, 2007) by Hiromasa Hirosue,Sex Is Not Laughing Matter (Hito no sekkuso...
- 5/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
South Korean veteran filmmaker Jung Jin-woo will be honored with a retrospective at the 2014 Busan International Film Festival (Biff). The 19th edition of the top Asian film event will open in October in the South Korean city of Busan. Organizers announced that eight signature films by the 76-year-old director will be showcased in this year's Korean Cinema Retrospective, a section designed to shed new light on the big page-turners of Korean film history: Border Line (1964), Green Rain (1966), A Student Boarder (1967), The White Crow (1967), Oyster Village (1972), The Rose That Swallowed Thorn
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- 8/18/2014
- by Lee Hyo-won
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 19th Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has announced its Korean Cinema Retrospective will spotlight veteran director and producer Jung Jin-woo.
Active from the 1960s to the mid-1990s, Jung directed over 50 films including The Only Son, Border Line, Green Rain, A Student Boarder, Chun-Hui, Oyster Village and Does Cuckoo Cry at Night.
Top Korean actresses such as Kim Ji-mee, Moon Hee, Nam Jeong-im and Yoon Jeong-hee rose to stardom through his films.
Biff said: “Jung Jin-woo distinguished himself in social melodrama films dealing with separation on the Korean peninsula or social class barriers in the 60s. He also broadened his field to various issues in the 70s and focused on depicting women’s lives on the verge of crisis in the late 70s to mid- 80s.”
As a producer, he was responsible for more than 130 films including Im Kwon-taek’s 1973 war film Testimony.
He was also successful in the import and distribution of foreign films as...
Active from the 1960s to the mid-1990s, Jung directed over 50 films including The Only Son, Border Line, Green Rain, A Student Boarder, Chun-Hui, Oyster Village and Does Cuckoo Cry at Night.
Top Korean actresses such as Kim Ji-mee, Moon Hee, Nam Jeong-im and Yoon Jeong-hee rose to stardom through his films.
Biff said: “Jung Jin-woo distinguished himself in social melodrama films dealing with separation on the Korean peninsula or social class barriers in the 60s. He also broadened his field to various issues in the 70s and focused on depicting women’s lives on the verge of crisis in the late 70s to mid- 80s.”
As a producer, he was responsible for more than 130 films including Im Kwon-taek’s 1973 war film Testimony.
He was also successful in the import and distribution of foreign films as...
- 8/14/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Time for another look at the Unforgiven remake from Japan, starring Ken Watanabe as Jubee kamata in the Will Munny role that Clint Eastwood played. As crazy as it may seem, this doesn't look terrible at all, it actually looks pretty damn good. This impressive full trailer for the upcoming Japanese release is a good sign this isn't the disaster many thought it would be. There are no subtitles, but if you're familiar with the original Unforgiven it shouldn't be too hard to make sense of it. Aside from gorgeous cinematography, there's an odd mix of Japanese sensibilities and Westerns, like lots of horseback riding. Give it a look below. Watch the full theatrical trailer for Sang-il Lee's Yurusarezaru mono (aka Unforgiven) from YouTube: As standards shift in the late 1800s, Watanabe plays a man—still holding to his samurai code—who takes on bounty hunting work. Yurusarezaru mono,...
- 7/14/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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