Sunao Katabuchi’s “In this Corner of the World” (2017) follows a great tradition of Japanese animation set during the Second World War. It is a period of history that lends itself to many stories and this film takes its own unique view of the war, from the perspective of a young woman growing up near Hiroshima in the 1930’s and 40’s.
“In this Corner of the World” screened at Japan Cuts
Suzu Urano (Non) is a young girl whose flights of fancy and carefree attitude make her an immediately likeable and relatable protagonist. Growing up in Hiroshima with her parents and younger sister, she enjoys drawing and telling amusing stories. When she turns 19, Suzu is married by arrangement to Shusaku Hojo, taking his family name and moving to live with her in-laws in nearby Kure. Her life is far from easy, having to do many of the chores around the...
“In this Corner of the World” screened at Japan Cuts
Suzu Urano (Non) is a young girl whose flights of fancy and carefree attitude make her an immediately likeable and relatable protagonist. Growing up in Hiroshima with her parents and younger sister, she enjoys drawing and telling amusing stories. When she turns 19, Suzu is married by arrangement to Shusaku Hojo, taking his family name and moving to live with her in-laws in nearby Kure. Her life is far from easy, having to do many of the chores around the...
- 7/10/2020
- by Matthew Cooper
- AsianMoviePulse
An animated family drama set in the war-torn Kure City, near Hiroshima, adapted from the manga of the same name by Fumiyo Kouno.
This is a very simple but touching story of the young, carefree, Japanese adolescence girl Suzu (voiced by Rena Nounen) who originally lives in Hiroshima during World War II. She is also a very talented artist who likes to sketch. However, after she turns eighteen, she agrees to merry Shusaku Hojo (voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya) a naval officer who lives in the nearby port city of Kure. The movie then concentrates on her new life in Kure, as a new wife & daughter-in-law copping with her new family and the approaching horror of war.
Being a daughter-in-law, Suzu is expected to take care for her new family by doing all sorts of family chores. The movie also shows how she prepares meals for them, with...
This is a very simple but touching story of the young, carefree, Japanese adolescence girl Suzu (voiced by Rena Nounen) who originally lives in Hiroshima during World War II. She is also a very talented artist who likes to sketch. However, after she turns eighteen, she agrees to merry Shusaku Hojo (voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya) a naval officer who lives in the nearby port city of Kure. The movie then concentrates on her new life in Kure, as a new wife & daughter-in-law copping with her new family and the approaching horror of war.
Being a daughter-in-law, Suzu is expected to take care for her new family by doing all sorts of family chores. The movie also shows how she prepares meals for them, with...
- 3/23/2020
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
A loser salary man escapes in alcohol causing everything around him to collapse. Kenji Katagiri’s second feature film surpasses his theatrical debut “Room Laundering” (2018).
“A Life Turned Upside Down” is screening at Camera Japan 2019
In the middle of the chaos stands Saki, played by 22-year-old actress Honoka Matsumoto. She wants to be a Manga artist and her identity crisis is portrayed with fitting speech bubbles that share her inner monologue with the audience. The sad fairy tail is comedy and drama at the same time. Narrated by Saki, the story may appear simple, but is well elaborated. Heavy subjects like alcoholism, suicide, and existential fear are presented light-hearted, but not in a naive way. Unlike Katagiri’s debut “Room Laundering” (2018), “A Life Turned Upside Down” manages to hit the right tones and keeps the balance between the mix of genres.
Besides the story elements, the stylistic approach also contributes a lot to the movie.
“A Life Turned Upside Down” is screening at Camera Japan 2019
In the middle of the chaos stands Saki, played by 22-year-old actress Honoka Matsumoto. She wants to be a Manga artist and her identity crisis is portrayed with fitting speech bubbles that share her inner monologue with the audience. The sad fairy tail is comedy and drama at the same time. Narrated by Saki, the story may appear simple, but is well elaborated. Heavy subjects like alcoholism, suicide, and existential fear are presented light-hearted, but not in a naive way. Unlike Katagiri’s debut “Room Laundering” (2018), “A Life Turned Upside Down” manages to hit the right tones and keeps the balance between the mix of genres.
Besides the story elements, the stylistic approach also contributes a lot to the movie.
- 9/29/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
A press conference announcing a special programme titled Tribute to Japanese Animation at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival was held today, April 18th at Institut français du Japon-Tokyo.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the world’s largest and most influential film festival dedicated to animation, will take place in Annecy, France from June 10th to 15th. It is also the longest running animated film festival in the world and continues to go from strength to strength.
Each year, the festival focuses on one nation as its “Tribute Country,” and introduces its animation culture. In 2019, and for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan.
Annecy’s top honors have previously been awarded to Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and in 2017, its grand prize was won by Masaaki Yuasa for “Lu Over the Wall,” while its Jury Award was given to Sunao Katabuchi’s “In This Corner of the World.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the world’s largest and most influential film festival dedicated to animation, will take place in Annecy, France from June 10th to 15th. It is also the longest running animated film festival in the world and continues to go from strength to strength.
Each year, the festival focuses on one nation as its “Tribute Country,” and introduces its animation culture. In 2019, and for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan.
Annecy’s top honors have previously been awarded to Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and in 2017, its grand prize was won by Masaaki Yuasa for “Lu Over the Wall,” while its Jury Award was given to Sunao Katabuchi’s “In This Corner of the World.
- 4/22/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Kanji Furutachi is best known for playing Toshio, one of the leading roles in “Harmonium”, directed by Koji Fukada, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
He has also appeared in numerous plays in Japan, including the title role for the play “The Treasured Son”, which won Japan’s most prestigious drama award: The Kishida Drama Award.
His many film appearances include “Hospitalité” and “My Back Page” (for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Takasaki Film Festival and the Best New Comer Award at the Tama Cinema Forum). He studied acting with Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld, and many others at Hb Studio in New York City.
Here are his ten favorite Japanese films, in no particular order
1. Tokyo Story
2. High and Low
3. Rashomon
4. Seven Samurai
5. The Yellow Handkerchief (Yoji Yamada,...
He has also appeared in numerous plays in Japan, including the title role for the play “The Treasured Son”, which won Japan’s most prestigious drama award: The Kishida Drama Award.
His many film appearances include “Hospitalité” and “My Back Page” (for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Takasaki Film Festival and the Best New Comer Award at the Tama Cinema Forum). He studied acting with Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld, and many others at Hb Studio in New York City.
Here are his ten favorite Japanese films, in no particular order
1. Tokyo Story
2. High and Low
3. Rashomon
4. Seven Samurai
5. The Yellow Handkerchief (Yoji Yamada,...
- 1/22/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Brazilian animated feature “Tito and the Birds,” which makes its North American premiere at Tiff, has been picked up for distribution by Shout! Studios (“Big Fish & Begonia”) for Oscar consideration.
This exquisite-looking movie, about a 10-year-old boy who saves the world from an epidemic of fear, was created by Split Studio in Brazil with oil paintings (like last year’s innovative “Loving Vincent”), digital drawings, and graphic animation.
“Tito and the Birds” was directed by animation newcomer Gustavo Steinberg (the live-action “End of the Line”), Gabriel Bitar (“Cidade Cinza”), and André Catoto (“Say I Am Only Seventeen”). In addition, it features an original score by Gustavo Kurlat and Binho Feffer (the Oscar-nominated “The Boy and the World”). The producers are Daniel Greco, Felipe Sabino, and Brenda Wooding.
“Tito and the Birds” tells the story of the titular boy and his two friends confronting a pandemic created by fear...
This exquisite-looking movie, about a 10-year-old boy who saves the world from an epidemic of fear, was created by Split Studio in Brazil with oil paintings (like last year’s innovative “Loving Vincent”), digital drawings, and graphic animation.
“Tito and the Birds” was directed by animation newcomer Gustavo Steinberg (the live-action “End of the Line”), Gabriel Bitar (“Cidade Cinza”), and André Catoto (“Say I Am Only Seventeen”). In addition, it features an original score by Gustavo Kurlat and Binho Feffer (the Oscar-nominated “The Boy and the World”). The producers are Daniel Greco, Felipe Sabino, and Brenda Wooding.
“Tito and the Birds” tells the story of the titular boy and his two friends confronting a pandemic created by fear...
- 8/22/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Years after adapting Clive Barker's "The Midnight Meat Train" for the screen and delivering colossal creature thrills in Godzilla: Final Wars, director Ryûhei Kitamura hits the road for his latest movie, Downrange, which is coming exclusively to the streaming service Shudder in the Us, UK, and Canada this April.
Downrange will be available to watch on Shudder in the aforementioned countries beginning April 26th. Read on for additional details on the film, and in case you missed it, check here to read our own Patrick Bromley's Cinepocalypse review of Downrange.
"Six college students are carpooling cross-country when one of their tires blows out on a desolate stretch of country road. Getting out to fix the flat, they quickly discover that this was no accident. The tire was shot out. With their vehicle incapacitated, the group is pinned down and mercilessly attacked by an unseen assailant as they desperately attempt...
Downrange will be available to watch on Shudder in the aforementioned countries beginning April 26th. Read on for additional details on the film, and in case you missed it, check here to read our own Patrick Bromley's Cinepocalypse review of Downrange.
"Six college students are carpooling cross-country when one of their tires blows out on a desolate stretch of country road. Getting out to fix the flat, they quickly discover that this was no accident. The tire was shot out. With their vehicle incapacitated, the group is pinned down and mercilessly attacked by an unseen assailant as they desperately attempt...
- 3/30/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Downrange, the terrifying new thriller from acclaimed genre director Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train, Versus) will premiere exclusively on Shudder on April 26th.
Produced by Kitamura and Eleven Arts' Ko Mori (Lords of Chaos, Man From Reno), the film is executive produced by Taro Maki (In This Corner of the World). The screenplay is by Joey O'Bryan (Motorway, Fulltime Killer), with story by O'Bryan and Kitamura.
Synopsis:
Six college students are carpooling cross-country when one of their tires blows out on a desolate stretch of country road. Getting out to fix the flat, they quickly discover that this was no accident. The tire was shot out. With their vehicle incapacitated, the group is pinned down and mercilessly attacked by an unseen assailant...
Produced by Kitamura and Eleven Arts' Ko Mori (Lords of Chaos, Man From Reno), the film is executive produced by Taro Maki (In This Corner of the World). The screenplay is by Joey O'Bryan (Motorway, Fulltime Killer), with story by O'Bryan and Kitamura.
Synopsis:
Six college students are carpooling cross-country when one of their tires blows out on a desolate stretch of country road. Getting out to fix the flat, they quickly discover that this was no accident. The tire was shot out. With their vehicle incapacitated, the group is pinned down and mercilessly attacked by an unseen assailant...
- 3/26/2018
- QuietEarth.us
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Allure (Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez)
Capturing the complexity of abuse is tough to accomplish when mainstream audiences clamor for black and white delineations between predator and prey. Some go the horror route for metaphorical terror focusing on the pursuer while others go dramatic for the helplessness of a victim unable to break free. Writer/directors (and photographers) Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez chose to throw out convention, using...
Allure (Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez)
Capturing the complexity of abuse is tough to accomplish when mainstream audiences clamor for black and white delineations between predator and prey. Some go the horror route for metaphorical terror focusing on the pursuer while others go dramatic for the helplessness of a victim unable to break free. Writer/directors (and photographers) Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez chose to throw out convention, using...
- 3/16/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Pixar‘s Oscar frontrunner “Coco” won a whopping 11 Annie Awards on Saturday (Feb. 4), including Best Animated Feature, Best Directing (Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina), Best Writing (Molina and Matthew Aldrich) and Best Voice Acting (Anthony Gonzalez). “Coco” numbered a lucky 13 nominations, winning in all 11 of its races including against itself in both character animation and storyboarding. (See the full list of 2018 Annie Awards winners.)
“Coco” faced off against another Pixar picture, “Cars 3,” as well as two from DreamWorks Animation — “The Boss Baby” and “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” — and Illumination’s “Despicable Me 3” for the top studio award. Of these, only “The Boss Baby” also reaped an Oscar bid for Best Animated Feature.
Two Oscar nominees, “The Breadwinner” and “Loving Vincent,” faced off in the Best Animated Feature (Independent) race with the former winning. That category, which was introduced in 2016, was rounded out by: “The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales,...
“Coco” faced off against another Pixar picture, “Cars 3,” as well as two from DreamWorks Animation — “The Boss Baby” and “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” — and Illumination’s “Despicable Me 3” for the top studio award. Of these, only “The Boss Baby” also reaped an Oscar bid for Best Animated Feature.
Two Oscar nominees, “The Breadwinner” and “Loving Vincent,” faced off in the Best Animated Feature (Independent) race with the former winning. That category, which was introduced in 2016, was rounded out by: “The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales,...
- 2/4/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are back to celebrate the year’s best anime content, and have finally released more details about the awards ceremony, as well as when and where to buy tickets for the event. The awards ceremony is set to take place on the night of February 24th, 2018 at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood and is a celebration of all things anime. If you aren’t able to make it to the ceremony, as it will also be live streamed here.
During the ceremony, shows that will be highlighted include both shows that live on Crunchyroll, and those that don’t, such as Crunchyroll’s ‘My Hero Academia‘ Season 2, Amazon’s ‘Made in Abyss‘, and Netflix’s ‘Little Witch Academia‘ Season 2. Here’s the trailer for the anime awards for a preview of what’s to come with this year’s awards:
Here are all of the nominees...
During the ceremony, shows that will be highlighted include both shows that live on Crunchyroll, and those that don’t, such as Crunchyroll’s ‘My Hero Academia‘ Season 2, Amazon’s ‘Made in Abyss‘, and Netflix’s ‘Little Witch Academia‘ Season 2. Here’s the trailer for the anime awards for a preview of what’s to come with this year’s awards:
Here are all of the nominees...
- 1/17/2018
- by Taylor Salan
- Age of the Nerd
2017 was a year where I was constantly thinking about time. Whether it was spending months wondering whether I’d die in my sleep from a random nuclear explosion or hours trying to pick something on a streaming service, time had never felt so long or so pointless. Everything existed in the present, was bold and urgent, and the past or future often seemed totally irrelevant. And just as often, every day felt like it meant nothing–an eternal parentheses of a year.
That may just be a more involved way to say that–like so many other people–it was harder than ever to care about and watch things than ever before. But I think those circumstances also say something about the cinematic experiences that meant more to me this year. To be frank, I don’t think it was a particularly good year for movies, and I’m still...
That may just be a more involved way to say that–like so many other people–it was harder than ever to care about and watch things than ever before. But I think those circumstances also say something about the cinematic experiences that meant more to me this year. To be frank, I don’t think it was a particularly good year for movies, and I’m still...
- 1/3/2018
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
by Tim Brayton
Of the 26 animated features submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science for Oscar consideration last month, a respectable five – just the thinnest hair under 20% - came from Japan. Ignoring Oscar eligibility, and throwing Your Name. on the pile (it was a 2016 Oscar hopeful but its commercial U.S. release came this spring), and 2017 has been a pretty fine year for anime in the United States.
Out of all those films, I humbly submit that the best one is In This Corner of the World, director Sunao Katabuchi's adaptation of a 2007-'09 manga series by Fumiyo Kōno. It's actually the story's second cinematic incarnation: in 2011, it was adapted in live-action. I haven't seen that film, but even so, I cannot fathom how it could be anything but a pale echo of the Katabuchi film: In This Corner of the World is an extraordinary triumph...
Of the 26 animated features submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science for Oscar consideration last month, a respectable five – just the thinnest hair under 20% - came from Japan. Ignoring Oscar eligibility, and throwing Your Name. on the pile (it was a 2016 Oscar hopeful but its commercial U.S. release came this spring), and 2017 has been a pretty fine year for anime in the United States.
Out of all those films, I humbly submit that the best one is In This Corner of the World, director Sunao Katabuchi's adaptation of a 2007-'09 manga series by Fumiyo Kōno. It's actually the story's second cinematic incarnation: in 2011, it was adapted in live-action. I haven't seen that film, but even so, I cannot fathom how it could be anything but a pale echo of the Katabuchi film: In This Corner of the World is an extraordinary triumph...
- 12/8/2017
- by Tim Brayton
- FilmExperience
Last September saw the Camera Japan Festival arrive in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and as usual it brought good food, good films, good music and a good atmosphere. As with many festivals, audiences were allowed to rate the films, and a "Top Five" emerged. Interestingly, two of the five highest rated films were anime. Katabuchi Sunao's In This Corner of the World was number four, and Yamada Naoko's A Silent Voice (pictured above) even topped the list! And think of this: Shinkai Makoto's magnificent blockbuster drama Your Name wasn't even playing at the festival, though not for lack of trying by the programmers. Had they succeeded, would there have been three anime in the top 5? Not a far stretch of the imagination... We can say...
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- 12/5/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Pixar’s Día de los Muertos saga, “Coco,” the Oscar frontrunner, led the pack with 13 nominations for the 45th Annie Awards, followed by GKid’s powerful indie fave, “The Breadwinner,” with 10. Both are expected to win the top categories for feature and indie feature at the February 3rd Asifa-Hollywood ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
“Coco” also picked up nominations for directing (Lee Unkrich and co-director Adrian Molina), character design, two each for character animation and storyboarding, writing (Molina and Matthew Aldrich), Michael Giacchino’s music, production design, effects, editing, and voice acting for newcomer Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel.
“The Breadwinner,” about a young girl forced to become a boy in Afghanistan, also collected nominations for directing (Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey), Mychael and Jeff Danna’s music, two voice acting bids for Saara Chaudry and Laara Sadiq, character design, production design, storyboarding, writing (Anita Doron), and editing.
Overall, GKids grabbed 16 nominations — for “The Breadwinner,...
“Coco” also picked up nominations for directing (Lee Unkrich and co-director Adrian Molina), character design, two each for character animation and storyboarding, writing (Molina and Matthew Aldrich), Michael Giacchino’s music, production design, effects, editing, and voice acting for newcomer Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel.
“The Breadwinner,” about a young girl forced to become a boy in Afghanistan, also collected nominations for directing (Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey), Mychael and Jeff Danna’s music, two voice acting bids for Saara Chaudry and Laara Sadiq, character design, production design, storyboarding, writing (Anita Doron), and editing.
Overall, GKids grabbed 16 nominations — for “The Breadwinner,...
- 12/4/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Music was integral to “Coco” as Pixar’s love letter to Mexico and Día de los Muertos tribute. “Everything musically comes out of this world like a tapestry,” said Pixar go-to composer Michael Giacchino, who reached back to his own childhood memories of Mexican music in crafting the score.
“Coco” concerns 12-year-old Miguel (newcomer Anthony Gonzalez), an aspiring guitarist from a rural Mexican town called Santa Cecilia, whose family of shoemakers has banned music. After borrowing the guitar from the tomb of his great-great grandfather and musical icon, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt), Miguel gets transported to the Land of the Dead during Día de los Muertos, where he tries to reclaim his family heritage and return home with the help of trickster skeleton Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal).
Strategically, the Oscar frontrunner was organized by an organic melding of Giacchino’s flavorful score, traditional source music (popular songs indigenous...
“Coco” concerns 12-year-old Miguel (newcomer Anthony Gonzalez), an aspiring guitarist from a rural Mexican town called Santa Cecilia, whose family of shoemakers has banned music. After borrowing the guitar from the tomb of his great-great grandfather and musical icon, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt), Miguel gets transported to the Land of the Dead during Día de los Muertos, where he tries to reclaim his family heritage and return home with the help of trickster skeleton Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal).
Strategically, the Oscar frontrunner was organized by an organic melding of Giacchino’s flavorful score, traditional source music (popular songs indigenous...
- 11/30/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Every November, two New York awards groups — Independent Feature Project’s Gotham Awards and scholastic cinephile association The National Board of Review — put the spotlight on some lucky winners, boosting their Oscar chances. The ones left off aren’t hurt, necessarily; it only means they need to nab more attention down the pike.
Read More:National Board of Review 2017 Winners: ‘The Post’ Named Best Film, Greta Gerwig is Best Director Winners:
Best Film, Actor, and Actress went to Steven Spielberg’s late-breaking true thriller “The Post” (Fox, December 22), which balances a resonant valentine to analog journalism with a moving portrait of an heroic woman publisher who put free speech ahead of business.
Meryl Streep will continue to win accolades for this sensitive portrayal of The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, a socially prominent widow who inherited her husband’s newspaper and learned to navigate the nation’s corridors of power with...
Read More:National Board of Review 2017 Winners: ‘The Post’ Named Best Film, Greta Gerwig is Best Director Winners:
Best Film, Actor, and Actress went to Steven Spielberg’s late-breaking true thriller “The Post” (Fox, December 22), which balances a resonant valentine to analog journalism with a moving portrait of an heroic woman publisher who put free speech ahead of business.
Meryl Streep will continue to win accolades for this sensitive portrayal of The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, a socially prominent widow who inherited her husband’s newspaper and learned to navigate the nation’s corridors of power with...
- 11/28/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The first thing that Japanese director Sunao Katabuchi did during a recent visit to L.A. was pull out his dog-eared copy of “In This Corner of the World,” the manga about wartime in Hiroshima by Fumiyo Kōno, which he adapted into the critically-acclaimed Oscar contender (from Shout! Factory Films and Funimation Films). He pointed to a drawing of its protagonist, 18-year-old Suzu, climbing stairs with a piece of luggage.
“That’s the moment for the audience when Suzu was a real person,” Katabuchi said. “But I also think this film brings back old memories from childhood. When they were kids and carrying something really heavy and struggling. So I think this specific scene also reminds people of being alone in a large city.”
In other words, this ordinary moment of struggle and loneliness typifies the great accomplishment of “In This Corner of the World,” which authenticates life in Hiroshima...
“That’s the moment for the audience when Suzu was a real person,” Katabuchi said. “But I also think this film brings back old memories from childhood. When they were kids and carrying something really heavy and struggling. So I think this specific scene also reminds people of being alone in a large city.”
In other words, this ordinary moment of struggle and loneliness typifies the great accomplishment of “In This Corner of the World,” which authenticates life in Hiroshima...
- 11/28/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Sunao Katabuchi pulled a book out of his bag and held it up to the audience at a recent screening of his film “In This Corner of the World.” It was ratty, folded and in pieces, because for six years, he took diligent notes and was painstakingly accurate in recreating 1940s Hiroshima before the atomic bomb dropped. Katabuchi interviewed Japanese survivors kept out of the city, all of whom are now in their eighties. He got a glimpse of how people in Japan lived in the months leading up to that fateful day. Katabuchi wanted to know what parks children.
- 11/17/2017
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)
That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)
That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...
- 11/17/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
While the anime industry seemed to be in a rut for the last few years, desperately looking for new star directors to emerge, recently there has been no shortage of great adult-oriented films. Shinkai Makoto's Your Name broke all records, and Katabuchi Sonao's In This Corner of the World and Yamada Naoko's A Silent Voice have picked up awards at festivals worldwide. A Silent Voice even ended up being the most appreciated film by audiences at the Camera Japan Festival in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, no mean feat, especially when you consider that the film is a strong drama about bullying, seen from both the victims/survivors' and perpetrators' sides. UK-based distributor Anime Limited has now released A Silent Voice on Blu-ray, and while their edition isn't...
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- 11/13/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Twenty-six features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 90th Academy Awards®.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village”
“The Star”
“Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale”
“Window Horses The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming”
Ferdinand. Tm and © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village”
“The Star”
“Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale”
“Window Horses The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming”
Ferdinand. Tm and © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run.
- 11/11/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Twenty-six films have been entered in the Oscars race for Best Animated Feature, more than enough to give the category a full slate of five nominees. The films include Pixar’s “Coco,” which must be considered the closest thing to a front runner at this point; two Lego movies, “The Lego Batman Movie” and “The Lego Ninjago Movie;” DreamWorks Animation’s “The Boss Baby” and “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie;” the sequels “Despicable Me 3,” “Cars 3” and “Smurfs: The Lost Village;” and a large number of indie productions, including “The Breadwinner,” “In This Corner of the World,” “Loving Vincent” and.
- 11/10/2017
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
There won’t be any problem this year getting five nominees for Best Animated Feature. Twenty-six features were submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. Frontrunners include Disney/Pixar’s Day of the Dead feature “Coco” and the Animation is Film Festival winner “The Breadwinner,” a GKids release backed by Angelina Jolie.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village...
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village...
- 11/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
There won’t be any problem this year getting five nominees for Best Animated Feature. Twenty-six features were submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. Frontrunners include Disney/Pixar’s Day of the Dead feature “Coco” and the Animation is Film Festival winner “The Breadwinner,” a GKids release backed by Angelina Jolie.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village...
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village...
- 11/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Away from Hollywood’s stifling commercial limits, Fumiyo Kouno’s manga about a young bride in wartime Japan has no illusions regarding the human price of war. Young Suzu takes in a new family, endures the hardships of a militarized country and wartime privations, but nobody is ready for what’s coming. Sunao Katabuchi’s historical drama makes stunning use of animation.
In this Corner of the World
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout! Factory
2016 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / Kono sekai no katasumi ni / Street Date November 14, 2017 / 22.97
Japanese Voices: Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Han, Natsuki Inaba, Nanase Iwai; English Voices: Laura Post, Kira Buckland, Barbara Goodson, Todd Haberkorn, Jason Palmer.
Character design: Hidenori Matsubara
Original Music: Kotringo
Written by Sunao Katabuchi, Chie Uratani, from the manga by Fumiyo Kouno
Produced by Taro Maki, Masao Maruyama
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi
American feature films are now a commercial desert dominated by expensive blockbusters, with a...
In this Corner of the World
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout! Factory
2016 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / Kono sekai no katasumi ni / Street Date November 14, 2017 / 22.97
Japanese Voices: Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Han, Natsuki Inaba, Nanase Iwai; English Voices: Laura Post, Kira Buckland, Barbara Goodson, Todd Haberkorn, Jason Palmer.
Character design: Hidenori Matsubara
Original Music: Kotringo
Written by Sunao Katabuchi, Chie Uratani, from the manga by Fumiyo Kouno
Produced by Taro Maki, Masao Maruyama
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi
American feature films are now a commercial desert dominated by expensive blockbusters, with a...
- 10/24/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Directed by Andrew Wiest, The Forlorned, based on the novel by Angela Townsend, will be released on October 3rd courtesy of Midnight Releasing. Continue reading for more details in today's Horror Highlights. We also have a trailer extravaganza with looks at Truth or Dare, Axeman 2: Overkill, and Irrational Fear, London Horror Festival performance details for The Raven, and a clip from Downrange.
Trailer and Poster Revealed for The Forlorned: Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA-- Midnight Releasing turns on the light for Andrew Wiest's The Forlorned October 3rd. Based on the book by suspense novelist Angela Townsend, The Forlorned is the story of a man lured by a job to a desolate lighthouse who quickly finds himself in over his head and at the mercy of malevolent forces. The Forlorned will be available October 3rd on Amazon Instant, iTunes, Xbox, Vimeo, Steam, Vudu, Google Play and more.
Andrew Wiest...
Trailer and Poster Revealed for The Forlorned: Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA-- Midnight Releasing turns on the light for Andrew Wiest's The Forlorned October 3rd. Based on the book by suspense novelist Angela Townsend, The Forlorned is the story of a man lured by a job to a desolate lighthouse who quickly finds himself in over his head and at the mercy of malevolent forces. The Forlorned will be available October 3rd on Amazon Instant, iTunes, Xbox, Vimeo, Steam, Vudu, Google Play and more.
Andrew Wiest...
- 9/30/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
From the director of The Midnight Meat Train, Downrange tells the story of six college students who get stranded in the middle of nowhere during a cross-country excursion, and ahead of its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival this September, we have a look at new images and a trailer for the Ryûhei Kitamura movie.
"Downrange is the terrifying new thriller from acclaimed director Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train, Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars). Produced by Kitamura and Eleven Arts' Ko Mori (Lords of Chaos, Man From Reno, Uzumasa Limelight), the film is executive produced by Taro Maki (In This Corner of the World). Screenplay is by Joey O'Bryan (Motorway, Fulltime Killer), with story by O'Bryan and Kitamura.
In the film, six college students are carpooling cross-country when one of their tires blows out on a desolate stretch of country road. Getting out to fix the flat, they...
"Downrange is the terrifying new thriller from acclaimed director Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train, Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars). Produced by Kitamura and Eleven Arts' Ko Mori (Lords of Chaos, Man From Reno, Uzumasa Limelight), the film is executive produced by Taro Maki (In This Corner of the World). Screenplay is by Joey O'Bryan (Motorway, Fulltime Killer), with story by O'Bryan and Kitamura.
In the film, six college students are carpooling cross-country when one of their tires blows out on a desolate stretch of country road. Getting out to fix the flat, they...
- 8/15/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sundance hit “Ingrid Goes West” (Neon) and Cannes breakout “Good Time” (A24) both opened well in New York/Los Angeles dates. “A Trip to Spain” (IFC), the third installment of Michael Winterbottom’s comedy franchise, also had a decent showing.
And yet another indie director returning from studio franchise to specialty fare, Marc Webb, met scathing reviews for Amazon Studios’ “The Only Living Boy in New York” (Roadside Attractions), which opened wider to modest numbers.
Opening
Ingrid Goes West (Neon) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance, Los Angeles 2017
$141,216 in 3 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $47,072
A younger audience responded well to this specialized platform release about the risks of obsessive social media story involvement, which evoked a positive reaction when it premiered at the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Feature competition. Elizabeth Olsen and Aubrey Plaza added some name value to director Matt Spicer’s feature debut, which scored the third-best limited opening...
And yet another indie director returning from studio franchise to specialty fare, Marc Webb, met scathing reviews for Amazon Studios’ “The Only Living Boy in New York” (Roadside Attractions), which opened wider to modest numbers.
Opening
Ingrid Goes West (Neon) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance, Los Angeles 2017
$141,216 in 3 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $47,072
A younger audience responded well to this specialized platform release about the risks of obsessive social media story involvement, which evoked a positive reaction when it premiered at the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Feature competition. Elizabeth Olsen and Aubrey Plaza added some name value to director Matt Spicer’s feature debut, which scored the third-best limited opening...
- 8/13/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Based on the award-winning manga by Fumiyo Kouno, In This Corner of the World, bolstered by emotionally resonant storytelling and exquisite hand-drawn animation, is an empowering coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of WWII and captures the resilience and triumph of the human spirit.
The award-winning story of In This Corner of the World follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country. This beautiful yet poignant tale shows that even in the face of adversity and loss, people can come together and rebuild their lives.
In This Corner of the World in cinemas (NY,...
The award-winning story of In This Corner of the World follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country. This beautiful yet poignant tale shows that even in the face of adversity and loss, people can come together and rebuild their lives.
In This Corner of the World in cinemas (NY,...
- 8/12/2017
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
When a new animated film draws comparisons to the heartbreaking anime classic “Grave of the Fireflies,” you’d be forgiven for going to the cinema with high expectations and a box of Kleenex. And while Sunao Katabuchi’s “In This Corner of the World” — tackling the same historical period in World War II-era Japan as Isao Takahata’s tearjerker — may not meet the impossible bar for quality, the tissues will probably still come in handy.
Continue reading ‘In This Corner Of The World’ Both Tearjerking & Troubling [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘In This Corner Of The World’ Both Tearjerking & Troubling [Review] at The Playlist.
- 8/11/2017
- by Bradley Warren
- The Playlist
“I could tell you what’s happening, but I don’t know if that’d really tell you what’s happening.”
Steven Soderbergh could have done anything he wanted after the hugely successful trifecta of “Erin Brockovich,” “Traffic,” and “Ocean’s Eleven.” What he did was remake Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris,” perhaps the headiest science-fiction film ever made — and one that didn’t necessarily seem suited to his sensibilities. The film has its defenders 15 years later — Barry Jenkins expressed his love for it just last week — but is rarely mentioned in discussions of the versatile filmmaker’s best.
Read More:‘Logan Lucky’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Returns From Retirement with a Silly Heist Movie That Has Real Soul
Maybe that’s because it’s something of an outlier in his already varied filmography. Soderbergh has dabbled in genre pictures as often as any other filmmaker not specifically thought of as a genre director,...
Steven Soderbergh could have done anything he wanted after the hugely successful trifecta of “Erin Brockovich,” “Traffic,” and “Ocean’s Eleven.” What he did was remake Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris,” perhaps the headiest science-fiction film ever made — and one that didn’t necessarily seem suited to his sensibilities. The film has its defenders 15 years later — Barry Jenkins expressed his love for it just last week — but is rarely mentioned in discussions of the versatile filmmaker’s best.
Read More:‘Logan Lucky’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Returns From Retirement with a Silly Heist Movie That Has Real Soul
Maybe that’s because it’s something of an outlier in his already varied filmography. Soderbergh has dabbled in genre pictures as often as any other filmmaker not specifically thought of as a genre director,...
- 8/10/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Every year, on the evening of August 6th, the people of Hiroshima gather along the banks of the Ota River and light more than 10,000 paper lanterns as the final part of a deeply moving peace ceremony. The memorial event caps off a day of reflection that includes film screenings, musical performances, and a wide variety of different speeches. Hibakusha — survivors of the nuclear blasts — gather around the Atomic Bomb Dome, many of them joined by their children and grandchildren. One particularly animated man performs a parable about the horrors visited upon his hometown, while a British ex-pat translates his story into English for the foreigners in attendance. The atmosphere is solemn, but not somber. There’s good food. Even the tourists start to loosen up.
However, perhaps the most striking thing about how Hiroshima chooses to commemorate its defining tragedy is the way in which the city focuses on the...
However, perhaps the most striking thing about how Hiroshima chooses to commemorate its defining tragedy is the way in which the city focuses on the...
- 8/10/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Based on a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno, the animated feature “In This Corner of the World” is an engrossing but sometimes jumbled adaptation by writer-director Sunao Katabuchi (“Mai Mai Miracle”). Set during the period from 1935 to 1945, this film is first-rate when depicting domestic challenges in the life of its heroine Suzu Urano, but it is somewhat hollow when foreshadowing the atomic bomb that is about to be dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima. “They called me a daydreamer,” Suzu says in her opening narration. The melody of what sounds like “O Come All Ye Faithful”...
- 8/10/2017
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
In stark contrast to Despicable Me 3, The Emoji Movie and other comedic animated features that bowed this summer, Shout! Factory and Funimation Films today are opening for the domestic market In This Corner of the World. The hand-drawn film follows a resilient young woman who lives near Hiroshima, Japan, and demonstrates perseverance and courage while enduring famine and tragedy against the backdrop of WWII.
An awards season push is planned for the film, produced by Genco and Japanese animation studio Mappa, which demonstrates how animation can be effectively used to tell stories that might not initially seem to be a...
An awards season push is planned for the film, produced by Genco and Japanese animation studio Mappa, which demonstrates how animation can be effectively used to tell stories that might not initially seem to be a...
- 8/8/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The end of the summer movie season is upon us, which normally means a dry spell for studio releases, and while that indeed looks to be the case, this is one of the best months of the year if one digs a little deeper. From European getaways to redneck heists to dramas about riots and terrorism, there’s an abundance of appealing choices at the cinema this August. See our picks below and let us know what you’re most looking forward to.
Matinees: It’s Not Yet Dark (8/4), This Time Tomorrow (8/4), Icarus (8/4), Machines (8/9), After Love (8/9), In This Corner of the World (8/11), The Nile Hilton Incident (8/11), The Wound (8/16), Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (8/18), What Happened to Monday (8/18), Crown Heights (8/25), Death Note (8/25), The Villainess (8/25), and The Teacher (8/30)
15. Lemon (Janicza Bravo; Aug. 18)
Synopsis: A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
Trailer
Why You Should...
Matinees: It’s Not Yet Dark (8/4), This Time Tomorrow (8/4), Icarus (8/4), Machines (8/9), After Love (8/9), In This Corner of the World (8/11), The Nile Hilton Incident (8/11), The Wound (8/16), Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (8/18), What Happened to Monday (8/18), Crown Heights (8/25), Death Note (8/25), The Villainess (8/25), and The Teacher (8/30)
15. Lemon (Janicza Bravo; Aug. 18)
Synopsis: A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
Trailer
Why You Should...
- 8/1/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
In This Corner of the World is already a blockbuster hit in its native Japan. Japan Cuts hosted the Us premiere of the film and I had a chance to chat with its producer, Maki Taro, about the risks and meaning of this hand-drawn look at a Hiroshima girl’s life during wartime. The Lady Miz Diva: In this day and age, In This Corner Of The World is a rarity, with its hand-drawn animation. What went into the decision to make this a hand-drawn feature? Maki Taro: I really feel that for a movie like this, where it’s really about humanity and human emotions, and very much about daily details, I think that only hand-drawn animation can do that. Lmd: Would you...
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- 7/30/2017
- Screen Anarchy
This month, Christopher Nolan brings his nerve-rattling “Dunkirk” to cinemas around the world. However, if you’re looking for a WWII tale told from a different perspective, “In This Corner Of The World” is well-worth seeking out. And today, we have an exclusive clip from the elegiac look at wartime.
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi, the animated film follows Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family.
Continue reading Exclusive: Shots Are Fired In Clip From Award-Winning ‘In This Corner Of The World’ at The Playlist.
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi, the animated film follows Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family.
Continue reading Exclusive: Shots Are Fired In Clip From Award-Winning ‘In This Corner Of The World’ at The Playlist.
- 7/17/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Japan Cuts: The Festival of New Japanese Film comes roaring back to life for another season of fresh flicks with the ninja-samurai action epic Mumon: The Land of Stealth kicking things off July 13 at the Japan Society in New York City. From the 13 - 23 of July, you can expect a veritable smorgasboard of cinematic treats, along with a wave of Q&As, special guests, and parties, before the fest closes out with the Kinema Junpo selected "best film of 2016" In This Corner of the World. Today I am joined by Dustin Chang and Christopher Bourne with a preview of ten films from this year's lineup. While the fest is as wide-ranging in subject and tone as ever, my colleagues and I find...
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- 7/12/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Author: Gloria Daniels-Moss
In this Corner of the World is a creative collage of brilliant animation, strong characters and compelling storytelling. Director and writer Sunao Katabuchi brings us a profound and overwhelming tale that is nothing short of heartbreakingly beautiful.
With recent works such as A Silent Voice, The Red Turtle and Your Name topping the charts, many of us are becoming familiar with Japanese animation and can’t wait for our next dose. Up next to tug (quite hard) on our heart strings, begins life as a gentle family drama – until World War II explodes and the enviable events in Hiroshima implode before our eyes.
Of course, if one is familiar with the famous Studio Ghibli; Takahata’s war-torn Grave of the Fireflies immediately springs to mind as Katabuchi serves up a hefty chunk of sentiment; though there is a distinct difference here placing them at opposite ends of the spectrum.
In this Corner of the World is a creative collage of brilliant animation, strong characters and compelling storytelling. Director and writer Sunao Katabuchi brings us a profound and overwhelming tale that is nothing short of heartbreakingly beautiful.
With recent works such as A Silent Voice, The Red Turtle and Your Name topping the charts, many of us are becoming familiar with Japanese animation and can’t wait for our next dose. Up next to tug (quite hard) on our heart strings, begins life as a gentle family drama – until World War II explodes and the enviable events in Hiroshima implode before our eyes.
Of course, if one is familiar with the famous Studio Ghibli; Takahata’s war-torn Grave of the Fireflies immediately springs to mind as Katabuchi serves up a hefty chunk of sentiment; though there is a distinct difference here placing them at opposite ends of the spectrum.
- 6/27/2017
- by Gloria Daniels-Moss
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
An animated drama about loss and resilience in the shadow of the bomb, In This Corner Of The World is a quietly devastating must-see...
"First, toast and brown some rice. Add triple the amount of water and gently simmer... add miso and violets to yesterday's sardine stew. Reheat rice on the stove." So goes Suzu's recipe for a special kind of wartime rice, designed to make the most of a dwindling supply of ingredients. It's just one of many loving references to food and cooking in director Sunao Katabuchi's animated period drama, In This Corner Of The World. It may be a simple meal, but if you're watching the film on an empty stomach, it's the kind of thing that'll leave you profoundly hungry - at least, until the story takes a gut-wrenching turn.
This is far from the first animated film to take place either during or in...
"First, toast and brown some rice. Add triple the amount of water and gently simmer... add miso and violets to yesterday's sardine stew. Reheat rice on the stove." So goes Suzu's recipe for a special kind of wartime rice, designed to make the most of a dwindling supply of ingredients. It's just one of many loving references to food and cooking in director Sunao Katabuchi's animated period drama, In This Corner Of The World. It may be a simple meal, but if you're watching the film on an empty stomach, it's the kind of thing that'll leave you profoundly hungry - at least, until the story takes a gut-wrenching turn.
This is far from the first animated film to take place either during or in...
- 6/27/2017
- Den of Geek
Japan Cuts 2017, NY’s annual festival celebrating the best of new Japanese cinema, is back with its 11th edition scheduled from July 13 to 23. This year’s roster includes 28 feature and 6 short films, ranging across epic blockbusters, indies, documentaries, animations and restored classics. In-person access to filmmakers and stars, Q&A sessions and parties are some extra treats on offer.
Yusuke Iseya in Mumon © 2017 Mumon Film Partners
The festival opens on Thursday, July 13th, with Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Mumon: Land of the Stealth, a playful take on the period drama genre, full of fantastical ninja moves and its own sense of eccentricity. Nakamura will be available for post-screening Q&A and Opening Night Party at Japan Society’s historic theater.
After a series of International, North America, Us, East Coast and NY Premieres, the festival will close with Sunao Katabuchi’s enchanting In This Corner of the World, a poignant coming-of-age story set during WWII.
Yusuke Iseya in Mumon © 2017 Mumon Film Partners
The festival opens on Thursday, July 13th, with Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Mumon: Land of the Stealth, a playful take on the period drama genre, full of fantastical ninja moves and its own sense of eccentricity. Nakamura will be available for post-screening Q&A and Opening Night Party at Japan Society’s historic theater.
After a series of International, North America, Us, East Coast and NY Premieres, the festival will close with Sunao Katabuchi’s enchanting In This Corner of the World, a poignant coming-of-age story set during WWII.
- 6/24/2017
- by Arnav Sinha
- AsianMoviePulse
In This Corner Of The World Review In This Corner of the World (2017) Film Review from the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Film Festival, a movie directed by Sunao Katabuchi, starring Non, Megumi Han, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Nanase Iwai, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Tengai Shibuya, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: In This Corner Of The World: Day Dreams Of Imperial Japan [La Film Festival 2017]...
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- 6/23/2017
- by Reggie Peralta
- Film-Book
The quotidian hardships and horrors of WWII are seen from the perspective of a young Japanese woman living close to Hiroshima In This Corner of the World (Kono sekai no katasumi ni), a compelling third feature from anime writer-director Sunao Katabuchi (Princess Arete, Mai Mai Mircale).
Adapted from Fumiyo Kono’s manga, this impressionistic chronicle of the war is, at first, more concerned with household chores and family matters than it is with soldiers on the battlefield, but its harrowing third act reveals what can happen when civilians become targets as well. Winner of multiple prizes, including Best Animation Film at...
Adapted from Fumiyo Kono’s manga, this impressionistic chronicle of the war is, at first, more concerned with household chores and family matters than it is with soldiers on the battlefield, but its harrowing third act reveals what can happen when civilians become targets as well. Winner of multiple prizes, including Best Animation Film at...
- 6/16/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Zehra Phelan
At a time when the world is at war with itself the message of love is all you need rings crystal clear and we witness exactly that in the “heartbreakingly beautiful” trailer for the award-winning Manga production of In This Corner of the World.
It is a powerfully compelling story which has taken the Japanese film market by story with a staggering 22 awards including Best Animation, Best Japanese Film, Best Director and the Hiroshima Peace Film Award. Centering on a small town in Hiroshima thrown into turmoil and chaos amidst the bombing from World War II, it’s the tenacity of the townspeople and Suzu Urano who provide the inspiration to come together to rebuild love. A message that hits home hard in the hate filled world we find ourselves living in today.
Along with making its debuts at the Annecy International Animation Festival as well as...
At a time when the world is at war with itself the message of love is all you need rings crystal clear and we witness exactly that in the “heartbreakingly beautiful” trailer for the award-winning Manga production of In This Corner of the World.
It is a powerfully compelling story which has taken the Japanese film market by story with a staggering 22 awards including Best Animation, Best Japanese Film, Best Director and the Hiroshima Peace Film Award. Centering on a small town in Hiroshima thrown into turmoil and chaos amidst the bombing from World War II, it’s the tenacity of the townspeople and Suzu Urano who provide the inspiration to come together to rebuild love. A message that hits home hard in the hate filled world we find ourselves living in today.
Along with making its debuts at the Annecy International Animation Festival as well as...
- 6/15/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If big blockbusters aren’t your bag this summer season, peek at the arthouse listings, there are plenty of great counter-programming options on the way to keep your brain from melting. And one movie that looks like it could be a welcome surprise is “In This Corner Of The World.”
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi, and based on the manga by Fumiyo Kouno, this Japanese animated film has been quietly picking up some steady buzz, recently picking up the Animation of the Year award at this year’s 40th Japan Academy Prize.
Continue reading New Trailer For Award-Winning Animated Feature ‘In This Corner Of The World’ at The Playlist.
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi, and based on the manga by Fumiyo Kouno, this Japanese animated film has been quietly picking up some steady buzz, recently picking up the Animation of the Year award at this year’s 40th Japan Academy Prize.
Continue reading New Trailer For Award-Winning Animated Feature ‘In This Corner Of The World’ at The Playlist.
- 6/13/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Shout! Factory and Funimation Films have a new trailer for the animated feature In This Corner of the World, which it will release August 11 in the U.S.
Based on the manga by Fumiyo Kono and written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle, Princess Arete), the hand-drawn film follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, whose life is thrown into chaos when her small town of Kure in Hiroshima is bombed during World War II.
It was produced by Masao Maruyama of Mappa Co. and Taro Maki of Genco.
The movie won the Animation of the Year award...
Based on the manga by Fumiyo Kono and written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle, Princess Arete), the hand-drawn film follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, whose life is thrown into chaos when her small town of Kure in Hiroshima is bombed during World War II.
It was produced by Masao Maruyama of Mappa Co. and Taro Maki of Genco.
The movie won the Animation of the Year award...
- 6/12/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Highlights include the UK premiere of Cars 3 and 17 world premieres.Scroll Down For Competition Titles
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
The line-up for the 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 21-2 July) will comprise a total 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 69 UK premieres.
Highlights include the UK Premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animation Cars 3, appearances from Stanley Tucci, Oliver Stone and Kevin Bacon and the Opening and Closing Gala premieres of the previously announced God’s Own Country and England Is Mine.
There will also be a special screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark accompanied by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing the score live.
Best of British
The Best of British strand includes Bryn Higgins’ Access All Areas featuring Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens; Simon Hunter’s Edie starring Sheila Hancock; the Donmar Warehouse’s all-female adaptation of [link...
- 5/31/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
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.
– The Orchard has acquired the rights to “Kings,” the drama starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Deadline reports. The film focuses on a foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Ergüven previously directed “Mustang,” which received an Oscar nomination in 2015 for Best Foreign Language Film. Charles Gilbert and Vincent Maraval served as the producers on “Kings.”
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: IFC Films Picks up ‘Sweet Virginia,’ Oscilloscope Buys ‘Song of Granite’ and More
– Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the crime-thriller “Dragged Across Concrete” The film will be released by the...
– The Orchard has acquired the rights to “Kings,” the drama starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Deadline reports. The film focuses on a foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Ergüven previously directed “Mustang,” which received an Oscar nomination in 2015 for Best Foreign Language Film. Charles Gilbert and Vincent Maraval served as the producers on “Kings.”
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: IFC Films Picks up ‘Sweet Virginia,’ Oscilloscope Buys ‘Song of Granite’ and More
– Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the crime-thriller “Dragged Across Concrete” The film will be released by the...
- 5/19/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Good news, everybody! Shout! Factory and Funimation Films have joined forces to jointly distribute the animated feature In This Corner Of The World on August 11, 2017. Written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, the film is based on the award-winning Japanese manga by Fumiyo Kouno and will be produced by Genco and Mappa studios. In This Corner Of The World is staged as a coming-of-age tale set... Read More...
- 5/18/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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