A total of 24 world premieres are included in the Berlinale’s Panorama selection, which has added a number of Asian productions.
Some 36 films from 29 countries will feature in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16), of which 24 will be world premieres.
Most recently invited are works from Norway, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Iran, Georgia, Greece, Hungary and Austria – with returning filmmakers Elfi Mikesch and Umut Dağ, who opened Panorama 2012 with Kuma, his directorial debut.
New titles include a number of Asian productions. In Ieji (Homeland) by Japan’s Nao Kubota, a farmer’s son, who first fled to the city, explores his home village in the Fukushima district, an area that is actually still a no-go zone following the disaster at the region’s nuclear power plant.
In the South Korean film Night Flight, LeeSong Hee-il presents a duel between two schoolmates. LeeSong previously showed the films No Regret and White Night in Panorama...
Some 36 films from 29 countries will feature in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16), of which 24 will be world premieres.
Most recently invited are works from Norway, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Iran, Georgia, Greece, Hungary and Austria – with returning filmmakers Elfi Mikesch and Umut Dağ, who opened Panorama 2012 with Kuma, his directorial debut.
New titles include a number of Asian productions. In Ieji (Homeland) by Japan’s Nao Kubota, a farmer’s son, who first fled to the city, explores his home village in the Fukushima district, an area that is actually still a no-go zone following the disaster at the region’s nuclear power plant.
In the South Korean film Night Flight, LeeSong Hee-il presents a duel between two schoolmates. LeeSong previously showed the films No Regret and White Night in Panorama...
- 1/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The official website for Yasuo Furuhata’s upcoming road movie Dear has been updated with a new 90-second trailer.
In his first movie role in 6 years, Dear stars screen legend Ken Takakura as a prison guidance officer named Eiji Kurashima who drives an Rv from Toyama to Nagasaki to spread his late wife Yoko’s (Yuko Tanaka) ashes in the harbor of her hometown—both to honor her last request and to discover more about her life. Along the way, he meets various characters and reminisces about his time with Yoko.
The movie will be filled with well-known celebrities in small supporting roles, such as Koichi Sato as an ikameshi vendor and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as a pub patron he has a heart-to-heart with. Other supporting roles are filled by Takeshi Kitano, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Mieko Harada, Kimiko Yo, Haruka Ayase, Takahiro Miura, Hideji Otaki, Tadanobu Asano, and Takashi Okamura.
“Dear” will...
In his first movie role in 6 years, Dear stars screen legend Ken Takakura as a prison guidance officer named Eiji Kurashima who drives an Rv from Toyama to Nagasaki to spread his late wife Yoko’s (Yuko Tanaka) ashes in the harbor of her hometown—both to honor her last request and to discover more about her life. Along the way, he meets various characters and reminisces about his time with Yoko.
The movie will be filled with well-known celebrities in small supporting roles, such as Koichi Sato as an ikameshi vendor and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as a pub patron he has a heart-to-heart with. Other supporting roles are filled by Takeshi Kitano, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Mieko Harada, Kimiko Yo, Haruka Ayase, Takahiro Miura, Hideji Otaki, Tadanobu Asano, and Takashi Okamura.
“Dear” will...
- 6/8/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Today it was announced that comedian Takashi Okamura, half of the manzai comedy duo Ninety-nine and host of Fuji TV’s long-running comedy show “Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!”, will appear in Yasuo Furuhata’s Dear (working title), following through on a 12-year-old agreement with the film’s star.
Actor Ken Takakura, who had not made a big screen appearance in 6 years, stars in the film as a widower named Eiji Kurashima who discovers a letter from his late wife Yoko (Yuko Tanaka) asking for her ashes to be brought to her hometown so she can be buried at sea. Although they had married late in life, he thought he knew everything about her and wonders why she didn’t tell him about this when she was alive. He sets out on a road trip to fulfill her final wish, meeting several people along the way with different stories and situations that remind...
Actor Ken Takakura, who had not made a big screen appearance in 6 years, stars in the film as a widower named Eiji Kurashima who discovers a letter from his late wife Yoko (Yuko Tanaka) asking for her ashes to be brought to her hometown so she can be buried at sea. Although they had married late in life, he thought he knew everything about her and wonders why she didn’t tell him about this when she was alive. He sets out on a road trip to fulfill her final wish, meeting several people along the way with different stories and situations that remind...
- 4/23/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Arren in Tales from Earthsea
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures Note: The screening of Tales from Earthsea I attended was the original Japanese-language version with English subtitles. The version that will be released domestically is dubbed in English and uses voice work from the likes of Timothy Dalton, Mariska Hargitay, Willem Dafoe and Cheech Marin. The following review is in reference to the version I saw, not the English-dubbed version that will be released in the States.
I had high hopes, but I wasn't sure what to expect from Goro Miyazaki's Tales from Earthsea. Goro is the son of the highly awarded Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo, Spirited Away) and Earthsea serves as his writing and directorial debut. Based on the six-book "Earthsea" fantasy series by Ursula Le Guin, Goro co-wrote the script with fellow first time screenwriter Keiko Niwa, and unfortunately their filmmaking infancy shows. Tales from Earthsea is moderately impressive to look at,...
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures Note: The screening of Tales from Earthsea I attended was the original Japanese-language version with English subtitles. The version that will be released domestically is dubbed in English and uses voice work from the likes of Timothy Dalton, Mariska Hargitay, Willem Dafoe and Cheech Marin. The following review is in reference to the version I saw, not the English-dubbed version that will be released in the States.
I had high hopes, but I wasn't sure what to expect from Goro Miyazaki's Tales from Earthsea. Goro is the son of the highly awarded Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo, Spirited Away) and Earthsea serves as his writing and directorial debut. Based on the six-book "Earthsea" fantasy series by Ursula Le Guin, Goro co-wrote the script with fellow first time screenwriter Keiko Niwa, and unfortunately their filmmaking infancy shows. Tales from Earthsea is moderately impressive to look at,...
- 8/13/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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