The Primetime Emmys are not necessarily known for honoring projects featuring casts that are primarily minority/people of color. The TV academy has never, for instance, given the Best Drama Series trophy to such a show. The statuette for Best Comedy Series has been won by a series featuring a largely minority cast precisely once: “The Cosby Show” in 1985. But the category of top limited/anthology/miniseries has paid golden tribute to programs with mostly minority casts a handful of times before, helping give Netflix’s “Beef” with its predominantly Asian American lineup a genuine shot to take home the biggest prize.
“Beef” tied with “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” for the most nominations among all non-regular series programs with 13. It’s presently in the lead among Gold Derby voters in the limited series race with 16/5 combined odds. Its star Ali Wong is also in first place among limited lead actresses,...
“Beef” tied with “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” for the most nominations among all non-regular series programs with 13. It’s presently in the lead among Gold Derby voters in the limited series race with 16/5 combined odds. Its star Ali Wong is also in first place among limited lead actresses,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Brilliant filmmaking from Japan: Yasuzô Masumura’s film all but screams in protest, that unfettered consumer capitalism is cannibalism, plain and simple. In the radical director’s scathing, savage satire, Tokyo’s desperate advertising ‘Mad Men’ create a fresh new star celebrity to promote their product, only for the warfare of cutthroat competition to shatter careers, fortunes and basic human values. Masumura’s cinematic onslaught is at least ten years ahead of its time, in design, direction, writing and music — the movie outpaces American comedies about Succeeding in Business, recognizing that the tyranny of commercial media trashes the quality of life itself. Arrow’s informed and insightful Blu-ray extras ask the important question: how can one movie get this complex subject so completely right?
Giants and Toys
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1958 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 95 min. / Kyojin to gangu, The Build-Up / Street Date May 11, 2021 / 39.95
Starring: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Yunosuke Ito, Kinzo Shin,...
Giants and Toys
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1958 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 95 min. / Kyojin to gangu, The Build-Up / Street Date May 11, 2021 / 39.95
Starring: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Yunosuke Ito, Kinzo Shin,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
With the end of World War II and Japan’s defeat, a period of political and social re-orientation took place which then set the foundation for an economic rise on the following decade. Attracted by the capitalist business model, a new kind of war broke out, which, in contrast to the Cold War, was not of ideologies, but one solely based on sales, opportunities and finance. Apart from Japan, many other nations and cultures experienced a rise in importance in the archetype of the businessman and -woman, with concepts such as “free market” and “global economy” having a certain ring to them, of freedom and independence. At the same time, this era also paved the way for a decline in certain values, since morals or dignity take second place next to profit in the eyes of the company. In Japan, Yasuzo Masumura’s satire “Giants and Toys”, based on a novel by Takeshi Kaiko,...
- 4/25/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Yasuzô Masumura’s Giants And Toys (1958) Special Edition will be available on Blu-ray May 11th from Arrow Video
Giants and Toys is a sharp and snappy corporate satire revolving around the ruthless machinations of a group of admen working in the confectionary industry.
As a new recruit to the marketing department of World Caramel, fresh-faced graduate Nishi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is eager to impress his ambitious and hard-nosed boss Goda (Black Test Car’s Hideo Takamatsu), even if it strains his relationships with his college friend Yokoyama (Koichi Fujiyama) and budding love interest Masami (Michiko Ono), who work at the rival companies of Giant and Apollo. With World’s lead over its competitors slipping badly, the two spot a chance to get back in the race in the shape of the pretty but unsophisticated 18-year-old, Kyoko (Hitomi Nozoe). Goda and Nishi get to work polishing this rough diamond as their new campaign girl,...
Giants and Toys is a sharp and snappy corporate satire revolving around the ruthless machinations of a group of admen working in the confectionary industry.
As a new recruit to the marketing department of World Caramel, fresh-faced graduate Nishi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is eager to impress his ambitious and hard-nosed boss Goda (Black Test Car’s Hideo Takamatsu), even if it strains his relationships with his college friend Yokoyama (Koichi Fujiyama) and budding love interest Masami (Michiko Ono), who work at the rival companies of Giant and Apollo. With World’s lead over its competitors slipping badly, the two spot a chance to get back in the race in the shape of the pretty but unsophisticated 18-year-old, Kyoko (Hitomi Nozoe). Goda and Nishi get to work polishing this rough diamond as their new campaign girl,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Arrow Video’s May films include a superbly quirky comedy horror debut, a vintage Japanese comedy classic, the worldwide Blu-ray debut of a provocative Seventies masterwork, and a lavish edition of an offbeat, A-list sci-fi favourite.
As expected, the releases will be superbly packaged, featuring brand new restorations and audio commentaries, rare behind-the-scenes featurettes, revealing documentaries, beautifully designed booklets with new writing on the filmmakers, and reversible sleeves with striking newly-commissioned artwork, collectable limited edition O-cards and exclusive SteelBooks.
First in May, Arrow Video presents “A Ghost Waits,” an ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humour and heart from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews. From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of “Beetlejuice” and “A Matter of Life and Death – A Ghost Waits” has shocked and surprised audiences around the world,...
As expected, the releases will be superbly packaged, featuring brand new restorations and audio commentaries, rare behind-the-scenes featurettes, revealing documentaries, beautifully designed booklets with new writing on the filmmakers, and reversible sleeves with striking newly-commissioned artwork, collectable limited edition O-cards and exclusive SteelBooks.
First in May, Arrow Video presents “A Ghost Waits,” an ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humour and heart from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews. From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of “Beetlejuice” and “A Matter of Life and Death – A Ghost Waits” has shocked and surprised audiences around the world,...
- 2/27/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Yasuzô Masumura’ Black Test Car (1962) is currently available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura (Blind Beast) helms a bitingly satirical espionage thriller set in the heart of the Japanese auto industry in his 1962 landmark Black Test Car, which launched a series of similarly themed Black films.
In a bitter, take-no-prisoners corporate war between the Tiger Motorcar Company and their competitors, the Yamato Company, undercover spies have infiltrated both sides. As Tiger prepares to launch its newest Pioneer car and a prototype bursts into flames, Toru heads a secretive task force to root out Yamato s spy, and find out what they can about the competitor’s familiar-looking new model.
Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, Black Test Car is paired here with the English-language video premiere of its follow-up The Black Report, also directed by Masumura.
Special Edition Contents
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of Black Test Car...
Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura (Blind Beast) helms a bitingly satirical espionage thriller set in the heart of the Japanese auto industry in his 1962 landmark Black Test Car, which launched a series of similarly themed Black films.
In a bitter, take-no-prisoners corporate war between the Tiger Motorcar Company and their competitors, the Yamato Company, undercover spies have infiltrated both sides. As Tiger prepares to launch its newest Pioneer car and a prototype bursts into flames, Toru heads a secretive task force to root out Yamato s spy, and find out what they can about the competitor’s familiar-looking new model.
Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, Black Test Car is paired here with the English-language video premiere of its follow-up The Black Report, also directed by Masumura.
Special Edition Contents
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of Black Test Car...
- 9/8/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For vintage Japanese classics Arrow is the place to be this summer. Yasuzô Masumura’s complicated tale of industrial espionage is an attack on the free enterprise system — even good people will do terrible things to get ahead, to prevail over the competition. It’s Tiger Car Company against the Yamato Car Company, winner take all. Plus, the extra feature The Black Report is not filler, but a terrific murder prosecution story, with Masumura’s patented dose of acid cynicism and murky misanthropy.
Black Test Car
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1962 /95 min. / Kuro no tesuto kaa
Starring: Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi, Hideo Takamatsu, Ichirô Sugai, Kichijiro Ueda.
Written by Kazuro Funabashi, Yoshihiro Ishimatsu from a novel by Sueyuki Kajiyama
Produced by Gentaro Nakajima
The Black Report
Blu-ray
Arrow Academy
1963 / 94 min. / Kuro no hôkokusho
Starring: Ken Utsui, Junko Kanô, Hideo Takamatsu, Shigeru Kôyama, Eitarô Ozawa, Bontarô Miake, Mieko Kondô.
Written by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu,...
Black Test Car
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1962 /95 min. / Kuro no tesuto kaa
Starring: Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi, Hideo Takamatsu, Ichirô Sugai, Kichijiro Ueda.
Written by Kazuro Funabashi, Yoshihiro Ishimatsu from a novel by Sueyuki Kajiyama
Produced by Gentaro Nakajima
The Black Report
Blu-ray
Arrow Academy
1963 / 94 min. / Kuro no hôkokusho
Starring: Ken Utsui, Junko Kanô, Hideo Takamatsu, Shigeru Kôyama, Eitarô Ozawa, Bontarô Miake, Mieko Kondô.
Written by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu,...
- 8/29/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
“The Black Report” is a detective thriller with heavy noir overtones, but not in the expected way. No Hard-boiled cops or American spectacle here, instead a truthful look at the reality of proving someone guilty. This is not as provocative as “Blind Beast” or as shocking as “Red Angel”, but it is a smart, slick, and rather interesting deconstruction of the detective genre.
The story centres around Akira Kido, played by Ken Utsui, who’s next case determines if he is to receive a promotion or not. The only problem is the very court system he works to serve. Hollywood would focus on the who-done-it aspect as the detective discovers clue after clue, whereas Masumura chooses to focus mainly on the trial here. The discovery of the murderer is not the hard part, instead, the true challenge lies in the prosecution of the culprit.
The movie is...
The story centres around Akira Kido, played by Ken Utsui, who’s next case determines if he is to receive a promotion or not. The only problem is the very court system he works to serve. Hollywood would focus on the who-done-it aspect as the detective discovers clue after clue, whereas Masumura chooses to focus mainly on the trial here. The discovery of the murderer is not the hard part, instead, the true challenge lies in the prosecution of the culprit.
The movie is...
- 8/25/2020
- by Robert Edwards
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura (Blind Beast) helms a bitingly satirical espionage thriller set in the heart of the Japanese auto industry in his 1962 landmark Black Test Car, which launched a series of similarly themed “Black” films. Black Report – Masumura’s follow up – is part crime film, part courtroom drama, about a food company’s boss being killed, and the search for his murderer.
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Black Test Car:
Black Report:
In a bitter, take-no-prisoners corporate war between the Tiger Motorcar Company and their competitors, the Yamato Company, undercover spies have infiltrated both sides. As Tiger prepares to launch its newest “Pioneer” car and a prototype bursts into flames, Toru heads a secretive task force to root out Yamato’s spy, and find out what they can about the competitor’s familiar-looking new model.
Streaming now on The Arrow Video Channel in the UK & US: http://apple.
Watch & share the official new trailers:
Black Test Car:
Black Report:
In a bitter, take-no-prisoners corporate war between the Tiger Motorcar Company and their competitors, the Yamato Company, undercover spies have infiltrated both sides. As Tiger prepares to launch its newest “Pioneer” car and a prototype bursts into flames, Toru heads a secretive task force to root out Yamato’s spy, and find out what they can about the competitor’s familiar-looking new model.
Streaming now on The Arrow Video Channel in the UK & US: http://apple.
- 8/17/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
TOKYO -- TV Tokyo is considering scrapping a long-running drama series after one of its stars, Hideo Takamatsu, died earlier this week.
Takamatsu, who played the part of Lord Buntaro in the 1980 TV miniseries "Shogun" and portrayed General Ishikari in 1987's "The Last Emperor", had been a staple of Japanese television shows since the early 1950s, but died in his sleep Monday at 77 years of age.
Takamatsu had complained of feeling unwell on location Thursday in Ibaraki, a city in northern Japan, during the filming on "Wednesday Mystery 9", an hour-long series that has been running for five years, TV Tokyo spokesman Makoto Higakata said.
He returned to his home in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, by bus Sunday evening. His wife found him dead the next morning, apparently due to a heart attack.
Takamatsu made his television debut in 1953 and quickly became a regular performer in dramatic productions. He also took roles in domestic films and was still keen to act well into his 70s, Higakata said.
Takamatsu, who played the part of Lord Buntaro in the 1980 TV miniseries "Shogun" and portrayed General Ishikari in 1987's "The Last Emperor", had been a staple of Japanese television shows since the early 1950s, but died in his sleep Monday at 77 years of age.
Takamatsu had complained of feeling unwell on location Thursday in Ibaraki, a city in northern Japan, during the filming on "Wednesday Mystery 9", an hour-long series that has been running for five years, TV Tokyo spokesman Makoto Higakata said.
He returned to his home in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, by bus Sunday evening. His wife found him dead the next morning, apparently due to a heart attack.
Takamatsu made his television debut in 1953 and quickly became a regular performer in dramatic productions. He also took roles in domestic films and was still keen to act well into his 70s, Higakata said.
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