Having been an assistant director to Masahiro Shinoda and Kiriro Urayama for several years, Kohei Oguri would join the ranks of these acclaimed filmmakers with works such as “Sting of Death” and “Muddy River”. The latter especially is noteworthy for several reasons, not only because it was the Japanese Oscar entry of 1981 but also since it won the Silver Prize at Moscow International Film Festival in the same year. Leaving aside the awards it achieved, “Muddy River” is a fascinating and quite captivating debut, which thematically and aesthetically feels like a feature that could have been made in the 1960s. Based on a novel by writer Teru Miyamoto, it is on the surface a story about friendship and family, but if you take a deeper look, it is at the same time an insightful depiction of Japan after the war, the poverty of many people and the perspectives of the younger generation.
- 2/22/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“Maborosi” is based on the novel “Maboroshi no Hikari” “by Teru Miyamoto. The title of the book and movie adaptation translates to “phantom light.” Writing the screenplay is Yoshihisa Ogita. Hirokazu Koreeda's first fictional feature would be a critical and financial success. It would be a major hit at the 1995 Venice Film Festival, winning a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinematography. Many viewers have described the feature as having the calm stillness of a Yasujiro Ozu picture with the emotional tone of a work by Mikio Naruse.
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The story begins in Osaka. Yumiko is a happy young woman who embraces life and dearly loves her husband, Ikuo, and child, Yuichi. She is frequently troubled by dreams regarding the passing of her grandmother. Despite this, she finds happiness in her new life. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes when her husband dies...
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The story begins in Osaka. Yumiko is a happy young woman who embraces life and dearly loves her husband, Ikuo, and child, Yuichi. She is frequently troubled by dreams regarding the passing of her grandmother. Despite this, she finds happiness in her new life. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes when her husband dies...
- 6/19/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Mystery feature to be jointly distributed by Gaga and Toho.
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-Eda, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with Shoplifters in 2018, is working on a new feature titled Monster ahead of a planned release in 2023.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation revealed that the film is in post-production and is set for a theatrical release in Japan on June 2, 2023, co-distributed with Toho.
It marks Kore-eda’s first film to be made in Japan since Shoplifters, having directed 2019 French feature The Truth and 2022 Korean film Broker in the interim.
The cast and story for Monster remains under wraps but was scripted by Yuji Sakamoto,...
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-Eda, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with Shoplifters in 2018, is working on a new feature titled Monster ahead of a planned release in 2023.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation revealed that the film is in post-production and is set for a theatrical release in Japan on June 2, 2023, co-distributed with Toho.
It marks Kore-eda’s first film to be made in Japan since Shoplifters, having directed 2019 French feature The Truth and 2022 Korean film Broker in the interim.
The cast and story for Monster remains under wraps but was scripted by Yuji Sakamoto,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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