The sword and magic subgenre, particularly when combined with intense violence, has resulted in some of the best anime of all time, with “Berserk” and “Attack on Titan” leading and titles like “Fate/Stay Night”, “Goblin Slayer” and “Sword Art Online” coming close by. “Claymore” is one among them, and a title that has managed to withstand the test of time from 2007, when it was first introduced.
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The story unfolds on a fictional medieval island where humans are plagued by Yoma humanoid shape-shifters that feed on humans. A mysterious group known as The Organization, creates human-Yoma hybrids to kill Yoma for a fee. These female warriors wear armored uniforms. The public refer to them as “Claymores”, alluding to their claymore swords, or “Silver-eyed Witches”, due to their silver eyes. Yoma and Claymore warriors alike are powered by a demonic energy,...
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The story unfolds on a fictional medieval island where humans are plagued by Yoma humanoid shape-shifters that feed on humans. A mysterious group known as The Organization, creates human-Yoma hybrids to kill Yoma for a fee. These female warriors wear armored uniforms. The public refer to them as “Claymores”, alluding to their claymore swords, or “Silver-eyed Witches”, due to their silver eyes. Yoma and Claymore warriors alike are powered by a demonic energy,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
No simple return to the bread-and-butter crime thrillers that made a name for Japanese writer-director Sabu, Mr. Long (Ryu san) is an unmixed cocktail of a film where first the hard liquor hits you, then a sugary taste replaces it, and then it’s time for another quick round. Depending on how much of a purist you are, the story of a Taiwanese hit man who accidentally falls into Japanese family life will go down either like an endearing delight or a mildly amusing snooze. Just as divisive as the director’s 2015 fantasy romance featuring angels, Chasuke’s Journey, it follows Chasuke...
- 2/14/2017
- by Deborah Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After an initial line-up that included Aki Kaurismäki‘s The Other Side of Hope, Oren Moverman‘s Richard Gere-led The Dinner, Sally Potter‘s The Party, and Agnieszka Holland‘s Spoor, the Berlin International Film Festival have added more anticipated premieres. Highlights include one of two (maybe three) new Hong Sang-soo films this year, On the Beach at Night Alone, along with Volker Schlöndorff‘s Return to Montauk with Stellan Skarsgård and Nina Hoss, as well as the high-profile world premiere of James Mangold‘s Logan and the international premiere of Danny Boyle‘s T2: Trainspotting.
With Paul Verhoeven serving as jury president for the 67th edition of the festival, check out the new additions below.
Competition
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)
South Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)
With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun,...
With Paul Verhoeven serving as jury president for the 67th edition of the festival, check out the new additions below.
Competition
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)
South Korea
By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)
With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun,...
- 1/10/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The often-emulated mix of rapid-fire, kinetic energy, sharp, dark humor, characters tossed about by the vagaries of fate, and a heart full of homegrown truths has made Sabu one of Japan's most revered modern filmmakers. The director brought Chasuke's Journey, his newest film about a fallen angel to the New York Asian Film Festival. He spoke to me briefly about his thoughts on an afterlife inhabited by bad screenwriters, his advice to young filmmakers, and his appearance in Martin Scorsese's upcoming film, Silence.The Lady Miz Diva: Chasuke's Journey isn't only your newest directed film, it is also based on your own first novel. What was the inspiration behind it? Sabu: The idea came about because in my life, I encounter a series of coincidences. For...
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- 7/15/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Single named Japanese writer-director Sabu has long been a favorite around these parts thanks to his clever and highly literate tweakings of genre conventions. Sabu is clearly someone who knows and loves conventional genre film while also being the sort of restless intelligence that just can't resist flipping things on their heads, a tendency that led to his early slow-chase movies and more recent fare such as arthouse undead picture Miss Zombie.Sabu's latest, Chasuke's Journey, is an afterlife tale adapted from his own novel and having just played in competition in Berlin a trio of clips are online.In the afterlife, busy playwrights are writing scenarios for living human beings. What they write controls everyone's destiny. Celestial tea server Chasuke constantly serves them to keep them...
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- 2/26/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Prolific Japanese director Sabu teams up with Kitano Takeshi's Office Kitano for his latest effort, an adaptation of his own novel Ten No Chasuke - known simply in English as Chasuke's Journey.In the afterlife, busy playwrights are writing scenarios for living human beings. What they write controls everyone's destiny. Celestial tea server Chasuke constantly serves them to keep them going at their endless task. He can't stop himself from eavesdropping on the writing process, and he is especially interested in the story of a young woman, Yuri. A careless remark changes Yuri's destiny to a fatal car accident later today. Only Chasuke can rescue her by returning to the physical world and stopping her fate. Some playwrights have promised him surprise help from their protagonists...
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- 1/29/2015
- Screen Anarchy
World premieres of Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Elser (13 Minutes) and Pablo Larraín’s The Club added to programme.
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) has unveiled its full Competition line-up.
Some 21 of the 23 titles will be world premieres, and 19 features from across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia will compete for Golden and Silver Bears.
New additions include Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine, which will play out of competition. The film, shot in 3D, stars James Franco as a writer who accidentally hits and kills a child while out driving. Co-stars include Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rachel McAdams.
As previously announced, Wenders will be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement and will have ten of his films screened as part of the Homage strand.
Also playing out of competition will be the world premiere of Elser (13 Minutes) from Oliver Hirschbiegel, the German...
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) has unveiled its full Competition line-up.
Some 21 of the 23 titles will be world premieres, and 19 features from across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia will compete for Golden and Silver Bears.
New additions include Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine, which will play out of competition. The film, shot in 3D, stars James Franco as a writer who accidentally hits and kills a child while out driving. Co-stars include Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rachel McAdams.
As previously announced, Wenders will be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement and will have ten of his films screened as part of the Homage strand.
Also playing out of competition will be the world premiere of Elser (13 Minutes) from Oliver Hirschbiegel, the German...
- 1/19/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
With under three weeks to go, the Berlin Film Festival has completed its competition roster, adding new titles from Pablo Larraín, Wim Wenders and Oliver Hirschbiegel. In total, 19 of the 23 films in the program will be vying for Golden and Silver Bears. Twenty-one of the titles are world premieres including new addition El Club from Larraín whose 2012 No scored an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. World premiering out of competition is Wenders’ drama Everything Will Be Fine with James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams and Marie-Josée Croze. The veteran helmer nabbed his third Best Documentary Feature Oscar nomination last week with The Salt Of The Earth. He’s also the subject of an homage at this year’s Berlin fest, and will be presented with an Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement.
Also in an out-of-competition world premiere is Downfall and Diana director Hirschbiegel’s Elser (13 Minutes...
Also in an out-of-competition world premiere is Downfall and Diana director Hirschbiegel’s Elser (13 Minutes...
- 1/19/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
With the addition of seven world premieres today, the Berlinale's completed the lineup for the Competition of its 65th edition running from February 5 through 15: Laura Bispuri's Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin), Patricio Guzmán's documentary El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button), Oliver Hirschbiegel's Elser (13 Minutes), Radu Jude's Aferim!, Pablo Larraín's El Club (The Club), Sabu's Ten no chasuke (Chasuke's Journey) and Wim Wenders's Every Thing Will Be Fine. Previously announced titles include new work by Werner Herzog, Jafar Panahi and Terrence Malick. » - David Hudson...
- 1/19/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
With the addition of seven world premieres today, the Berlinale's completed the lineup for the Competition of its 65th edition running from February 5 through 15: Laura Bispuri's Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin), Patricio Guzmán's documentary El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button), Oliver Hirschbiegel's Elser (13 Minutes), Radu Jude's Aferim!, Pablo Larraín's El Club (The Club), Sabu's Ten no chasuke (Chasuke's Journey) and Wim Wenders's Every Thing Will Be Fine. Previously announced titles include new work by Werner Herzog, Jafar Panahi and Terrence Malick. » - David Hudson...
- 1/19/2015
- Keyframe
Written and directed by cult Japanese filmmaker Sabu (Dangan Runner, Postman Blues), Miss Zombie is a curious little film. The plot concerns a quiet and withdrawn family living in the suburbs of a nameless city in the aftermath of a zombie plague. When they are sent a 'pet zombie' in the mail, they decide to give her chores around the garden, but don't count on the disruption her presence will have on their lives. Shot in muted black and white and with an extremely tense and heavy atmosphere, it makes its central points early on and then takes forever to develop the story. I suspect this film could have been a wonderful short, but as a feature it's flawed and frustrating.
We meet husband and wife Teramoto and Shizuko (played by Toru Tezuka and Makoto Togashi) and th [Continued ...]...
We meet husband and wife Teramoto and Shizuko (played by Toru Tezuka and Makoto Togashi) and th [Continued ...]...
- 6/23/2014
- QuietEarth.us
After what seems a very successful run on the festival circuits it looks they are in the market for some overseas sales (heres hoping they get them) of cult director Sabu latest offering Miss Zombie. Cue an English poster and subbed trailer, from stage left. Synopsis: A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she seems harmless enough. Perhaps she can help clean up outside? Welcome to the unusual world of Miss Zombie, a world in which the zombie virus is clearly a well-known phenomenon and in which more docile sufferers are bought and sold to hobbyists or those looking for cheap labour. It’s a practice not without controversy – the...
- 11/13/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
The 42nd edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma will be held in Montreal from October 9 to the 20th, showcasing the best new films and filmmakers from around the world. The festival which has often been described as ‘ baby-tiff’ – picks up the best from Berlinale, Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Toronto and more. This new edition demonstrates the vibrancy of filmmaking in all its forms and for all audiences with an incredible 273 films (146 feature films and 124 shorts) from 47 countries – including (count them) 39 world premieres, 33 North American premieres and 47 Canadian premieres. Of the various sections of the film festival, my favourite program is Time Ø. If you are not familiar with the festival, think of this section of films as the equivalent of Tiff’s Midnight Madness program, only sexier. Here is a break down of what you can see this year.
(Please note: This list is in no particular oder)
****
1- R100
Hitoshi Matsumoto,...
(Please note: This list is in no particular oder)
****
1- R100
Hitoshi Matsumoto,...
- 9/26/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Times are tough all over, especially if you're a zombie. Though Miss Zombie has obviously been made with skillful intent, the film's dry, art house flavor mutes any horror impact from its premise. And that appears to have been an intentional move on the part of writer/director Sabu. Sabu is the creative 'pen name,' as it were, of Tanaka Hiroyuki, who acts under his given name, and here I must admit to a limited familiarity with his work, which has been largely limited to the international festival circuit. But one doesn't need to be intimate with his prior films to recognize his ability to frame and stage dramatic action with arresting style. Miss Zombie begins with the delivery of a very large package to the...
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- 9/23/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Acclaimed Japanese director Sabu’s horror flick “Miss Zombie” is presently scheduled to screen at this year’s Austin Fantastic Fest. If you’re planning to attend the festival later this month, then you definitely should allot some time to this little genre effort. Judging from the trailer, it definitely has potential. If you like ‘em strange and kinky, that is. Check out this lengthy synopsis: A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home – a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she seems harmless enough. Perhaps she can help clean up outside? Welcome to the unusual world of Miss Zombie, a world in which the zombie virus is clearly a well-known phenomenon and in which more docile sufferers are...
- 9/14/2013
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
The premise and beautifully stark monochrome visuals of cult director Sabu latest offering Miss Zombie has had us intrigued for several months now, so its great news it finally heading our way (its due for its North American premiere at this years Austin Fantastic Fest) so we can finally get a decent, detailed, handle on the plot. Miss Zombie screens at the Aff on Sept 21. Synopsis: A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she seems harmless enough. Perhaps she can help clean up outside? Welcome to the unusual world of Miss Zombie, a world in which the zombie virus is clearly a well-known phenomenon and in which more docile sufferers...
- 9/14/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
With only weeks left before Fantastic Fest gets underway in Austin, the final wave of films has been announced. Check out the goodies below, and visit FantasticFest.com for the complete schedule and to get your tickets.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director - Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There's at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.
Chanthaly (Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Mattie Do, 98 min
A sickly young woman experiences visions of her dead mother. Is the apparition simply a side effect of her daily medication, or her mother actually reaching out to her from beyond the grave?
Confession Of Murder (Korea, 2012)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Jeong Byeong-Gil, 119 min
After the statute of limitations expires on a series of high profile murders, a...
- 9/6/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
In 2 weeks, you will be seeing tons of content from one of the best genre film festivals in North America, Fantastic Fest. Held in Austin, TX, Fantastic Fest is a orgasmic wave of sci-fi, horror, crime and foreign film. We have been lucky enough to be attending since 2010 and this year, I plan on giving you the most coverage I can. There will be daily video recorded and published on the site in addition to interviews and reviews. Today, the final wave and closing night film was announced. Every year, Fantastic Fest tends to have side events/parties that tie into the Opening & Closing Night films and given the content, I can’t wait to see what they come up with. The closing night film is the North American Premiere of Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem.
Without further ado, here is the official press release with a full list of films that were added.
Without further ado, here is the official press release with a full list of films that were added.
- 9/5/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Fantastic Fest has sent out a press release announcing their closing night film and the final wave of programming that includes All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, We Are What We Are, Rigor Mortis, and more:
Austin, TX-Thursday, September 5, 2013- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of film programming, including Terry Gilliam’s unique dystopian vision of the future, The Zero Theorem, as the closing night film on September 26th. The ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, will take place September 19 – 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas. See below for descriptions of twenty-five new World, North American & Us premiere films at this year’s festival.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director – Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There’s at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.
Chanthaly (Lao People’s Democratic Republic,...
Austin, TX-Thursday, September 5, 2013- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of film programming, including Terry Gilliam’s unique dystopian vision of the future, The Zero Theorem, as the closing night film on September 26th. The ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, will take place September 19 – 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas. See below for descriptions of twenty-five new World, North American & Us premiere films at this year’s festival.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director – Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There’s at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.
Chanthaly (Lao People’s Democratic Republic,...
- 9/5/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Long time cult favorite director Sabu may have taken a turn towards the mainstream with his more recent output but it would appear that he's getting back to his playfully inventive and - it should be said - somewhat odd roots with his new effort, Miss Zombie.Komatsu Ayaka stars as the titular undead woman, a zombie delivered to a man's house in a cage with a gun and a sign saying not to feed her meat. She seems harmless enough so they keep her as a domestic servant.This one appears to be a rousing return to form for Sabu, an impression backed up by the fact the film has already been confirmed to appear in the L'Etrange Festival in France and Korea's Busan International Film...
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- 7/19/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Whilst many will decry the WWE for eating up and spitting out it’s wrestling opposition, leaving little-to-no competition on television, it has – in recent years – taken to recognising the history of wrestling and the legacy the company, and those companies it now owns, on modern wrestling. Gone are the days of ignoring the “competition” and in has come a respect to where the sport has been and where it is going. Some would say this is a direct result of Tna’s influence (that wrestling company have always acknowledged its rivals and its history), others will say it is inevitable given Vince McMahon’s need to keep making money by releasing DVD after DVD each and every month. Whatever the reason, the WWE have – at least in my eyes – been on to a good thing by putting out DVD and Blu-rays that take a look back at the history of the company,...
- 6/23/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Kofuku no Kane is what happens when three of my favorite Japanese film people get together to make film. It's the highpoint in the oeuvre of director Hiroyuki Tanaka (Usagi Drop, Monday, Kanikosen), which wasn't shy of good films to begin with, enhanced by a rare leading performance of Susumu Terajima and finished off with a lovely cameo of Seijun Suzuki (Pistol Opera). The result is every bit as good as you'd expect it to be.With many obscure Japanese films getting En-friendly releases at the beginning of the new millennium, it's beyond my comprehension that some of Tanaka's prime films remain cut off from the West. Even though Tanaka is a respected regular at prominent genre film festivals (think Bifff), his films ooze quality and...
- 5/31/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Even though Hiroyuki Tanaka (Monday, Kanikosen) is a certainty in my selection of favorite directors, the past few years Tanaka has been struggling to find his way (much like the rest of the Japanese film industry). While Usagi Drop isn't a true return to form, it's a damn good film that reaffirms Tanaka's status as an A-grade director. Usagi Drop is a blistering sweet feel-good film that will leave you with a warm and dear smile, what more could you ask for?The Japanese film industry finds itself in a small commercial slump which seems quite difficult to shake off. Many contemporary Japanese dramas and comedies are targeted mainly at the local market, lacking authorship and feeling too slick and derivative of earlier successes. While Usagi...
- 4/3/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Hiroyuki Tanaka (Kanikosen, Blessing Bell, Drive) is a very big favorite of mine. Largely unknown in the West (unless you're part of a privileged fest crowd that is), Tanaka is a director with plenty of commercial appeal who failed to ride the (somewhat random) wave of popularity that many other Asian films enjoyed in the early years of the new millennium. If you want a taste of what he is capable of, Monday is probably your best and most entertaining entry point.There are still plenty of films out there that lack a proper English-friendly release (take Kyoshin, Tenshi no Tamago, Symbol) but in those cases I can at least sympathize with the financial risk of releasing such films over here. Even though Monday isn't without...
- 2/24/2012
- Screen Anarchy
[Previous post updated with full trailer.]Though it's been a little while since Sabu - surely one of Japan's most distinctive film talents - has had the chance to direct from one of his own scripts the man keeps working and finding ways of putting his own unique spin on whatever material he is handed.Up next from the director of Monday and Unlucky Monkey is Usagi Drop. Adapted from the manga by Yumi Unita the film stars Kenichi Matsuyama as a young man who decides to take in his grandfather's illegitimate daughter - a girl nobody knew existed until she turns up at his funeral - and raise her as his own despite having no prior experience with young children.A full trailer has just joined...
- 4/30/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The official website for Sabu’s Usagi Drop (Bunny Drop) has been updated with a 52-second teaser trailer.
Based on a josei manga series by Yumi Unita, the film stars Kenichi Matsuyama as a young office worker named Daikichi who notices a little girl named Rin (Mana Ashida) at his grandfather’s funeral. He soon discovers that she’s actually the illegitimate daughter of his grandfather by an unknown mother, and that there’s really no one else around to care for her due to the social stigma attached. Daikichi decides to take it upon himself to raise her, even though he has no wife to help him and no experience with children.
“Usagi Drop” will be released by Showgate in Japan on August 20, 2011.
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Based on a josei manga series by Yumi Unita, the film stars Kenichi Matsuyama as a young office worker named Daikichi who notices a little girl named Rin (Mana Ashida) at his grandfather’s funeral. He soon discovers that she’s actually the illegitimate daughter of his grandfather by an unknown mother, and that there’s really no one else around to care for her due to the social stigma attached. Daikichi decides to take it upon himself to raise her, even though he has no wife to help him and no experience with children.
“Usagi Drop” will be released by Showgate in Japan on August 20, 2011.
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- 2/21/2011
- Nippon Cinema
by Steve Dollar
If there is a signature sequence that defines a movie directed by Sabu, it's the never-ending chase that pretty much consumes the entire 82 minutes of his 1996 debut, Non-Stop (aka Dangan Runner). Tomorowo Taguchi, rock singer and star of the all-time Japanese cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man, is Yasuda, an everyman as inept as he is desperate. His plans to pull a bank heist go haywire, since everything always goes haywire a few minutes into a Sabu plot. But they go haywire in really nutty, unpredictable ways. In this case, the would-be bandit stops by a convenience store to shoplift a gauze mask for putative use as a disguise. As we see in a fantasy staging of the robbery, it makes a lousy and absurd choice. And Yasuda isn’t even much of a petty thief: A quartet of schoolgirls observes his actions amid giggles: "It's so embarrassing,...
If there is a signature sequence that defines a movie directed by Sabu, it's the never-ending chase that pretty much consumes the entire 82 minutes of his 1996 debut, Non-Stop (aka Dangan Runner). Tomorowo Taguchi, rock singer and star of the all-time Japanese cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man, is Yasuda, an everyman as inept as he is desperate. His plans to pull a bank heist go haywire, since everything always goes haywire a few minutes into a Sabu plot. But they go haywire in really nutty, unpredictable ways. In this case, the would-be bandit stops by a convenience store to shoplift a gauze mask for putative use as a disguise. As we see in a fantasy staging of the robbery, it makes a lousy and absurd choice. And Yasuda isn’t even much of a petty thief: A quartet of schoolgirls observes his actions amid giggles: "It's so embarrassing,...
- 1/23/2011
- GreenCine Daily
A new Hiroyuki Tanaka film, rejoice! He used to operate on a pretty regular schedule, sadly his last film dates almost 5 years back. By the time I'd finally caught up with his films, it seemed he quit making them. Kanikosen is a welcome come-back for Tanaka and even though it's a little different from his other output, it turned out to be a very enjoyable film indeed.
Tanaka (better known as Sabu) is without a doubt one of my favorite directors. I consider The Blessing Bell a true masterpiece, with Monday and Postman Blues only further proof of his enormous talent. His films are notoriously hard to find on DVD (English subbed that is, they seem to appreciate Tanaka in Germany a great deal more), which is quite strange considering how well-received his films are on festivals.
With Kanikosen (or The Crab Cannery Ship), Tanaka reunites his love for transportation...
Tanaka (better known as Sabu) is without a doubt one of my favorite directors. I consider The Blessing Bell a true masterpiece, with Monday and Postman Blues only further proof of his enormous talent. His films are notoriously hard to find on DVD (English subbed that is, they seem to appreciate Tanaka in Germany a great deal more), which is quite strange considering how well-received his films are on festivals.
With Kanikosen (or The Crab Cannery Ship), Tanaka reunites his love for transportation...
- 5/3/2010
- Screen Anarchy
When I first read of Tiffcon's (Tokyo International Film Festival) efforts to increase international sales and coproductions (Sales and co-production under the spotlight at Tiffcon News Screen), what caught my attention first was reading, "Taiwan, which was colonised by Japan for 50 years until the 1940s" and I thought, How about a film about that little known fact for the rest of us...including -- was it called, Chang Kai Chek's "liberation"?
On thinking further of how much well-thought-out care was taken to address the issue of our international film crisis from the Japanese point of view, I realized that Tiffcon was presenting a model to emulate for regional film markets and that this applied particularly to the new upcoming Ventana Sur, hosted by the Argentina Government organization Incaa and Jerome Paillard of the Cannes Market. Might the Tokyo International Film Festival with its intense focus on the Japanese film industry...
On thinking further of how much well-thought-out care was taken to address the issue of our international film crisis from the Japanese point of view, I realized that Tiffcon was presenting a model to emulate for regional film markets and that this applied particularly to the new upcoming Ventana Sur, hosted by the Argentina Government organization Incaa and Jerome Paillard of the Cannes Market. Might the Tokyo International Film Festival with its intense focus on the Japanese film industry...
- 11/2/2009
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Hello, Film Experiencers! This is the rather-absent-of-late BeRightBack, posting a note from beneath the mountains of work I've been buried under for the past two months or so. As you may know, the Chicago International Film Festival is currently taking place in the Windy City. While I had been resigned to skipping it entirely this year, last night I was compelled to ignore my obligations and take in a Sunday night screening of Kanikôsen, the new movie by the Japanese director Sabu.
Known for candy-colored, slapstick films like Hard Luck Hero and Drive that rely on the narrative force of a madcap chase to connect a series of inventive set-pieces and visual gags, Sabu seemed a provocatively odd choice to remake the stern 1929 proletarian novella Kanikôsen by Kobayashi Takiji (the title is translated variously as "The Factory Ship" or "The Cannery Boat," although Sabu has insisted that his film be...
Known for candy-colored, slapstick films like Hard Luck Hero and Drive that rely on the narrative force of a madcap chase to connect a series of inventive set-pieces and visual gags, Sabu seemed a provocatively odd choice to remake the stern 1929 proletarian novella Kanikôsen by Kobayashi Takiji (the title is translated variously as "The Factory Ship" or "The Cannery Boat," although Sabu has insisted that his film be...
- 10/20/2009
- by BeRightBack
- FilmExperience
Being unfamiliar with "The Incident," the novel by Christian Gailly on which "Wild Grass" is based, I like to imagine it this fine-boned, New Yorkeresque tale of lonely Parisians brought together by coincidence. If that's the case, Alain Resnais' high-strung film is something like happens when you get that story drunk and it lurches around the house, knocking things over and hitting on your host's wife. In the New York Film Festival's opening night selection, mad flourishes are daubed all over moments that don't seem like they demand any particular emphasis, peculiarities abound and characters ramp up to and back away from emotional heights at perilous speeds.
The incident in question is a minor one that brings into contact two strangers, but the connection catches and holds, leading to a bemusing love affair. Marguerite Muir (Sabine Azéma), a dentist whose passion is aviation, has her purse stolen when out shoe shopping,...
The incident in question is a minor one that brings into contact two strangers, but the connection catches and holds, leading to a bemusing love affair. Marguerite Muir (Sabine Azéma), a dentist whose passion is aviation, has her purse stolen when out shoe shopping,...
- 9/29/2009
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
The Scorecard Review will be there to cover the interviews, movie reviews and red carpet moments of the Chicago International Film Festival in October. Here’s a list of 21 movies that will be a part of the event. We’ll have all the news you’ll need to be ready for the fest right here.
October 8 – 22, 2009
Chicago, September 16, 2009 – Cinema/Chicago is proud to announce another 20 films that will appear at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival. From dazzling CGI animation to tales of existential ennui and little white lies gone wrong, The 45th Chicago International Film Festival promises an impressive array of diverse films that will excite cinema fans in Chicago and beyond. Below is a newly released sampling of the 145 films that will be shown at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival, which will take place October 8th through the 22nd at the AMC River East 21 Theater (322 E.
October 8 – 22, 2009
Chicago, September 16, 2009 – Cinema/Chicago is proud to announce another 20 films that will appear at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival. From dazzling CGI animation to tales of existential ennui and little white lies gone wrong, The 45th Chicago International Film Festival promises an impressive array of diverse films that will excite cinema fans in Chicago and beyond. Below is a newly released sampling of the 145 films that will be shown at this year’s Chicago International Film Festival, which will take place October 8th through the 22nd at the AMC River East 21 Theater (322 E.
- 9/19/2009
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Claymore, the Anime series based on the Manga by Norihiro Yagi, comes to a conclusion in Claymore Volume 6: The Awakening. Hiroyuki Tanaka directs the Anime episodes. Claymore takes place in a world overridden by Yoma, monsters that seek to devour humanity. The only hope of ending the Yoma threat lies with the human-Yoma hybrids, known as Claymores. This story revolves around one Claymore named Clare. In the early episodes, Clare became a Claymore after the loss of Teresa, the woman who rescued Clare from a group of abusive Yoma. Volume 6 begins in the middle of Clare’s struggle against the Silver Eyed Lion King Rigaldo. She must learn to focus her speed to use it as a weapon against the Yoma. Unfortunately, in doing so, Clare enters a nearly Awakened state, where the beast inside her threatens to end her humanity. The final four episodes in the series explore...
- 8/2/2009
- by Terry Boyden
- BuzzFocus.com
The 2008 edition of the Reel Asian Film Festival here in Toronto - one of the oldest and largest Asian focused film festivals in the world - has just announced their lineup for 2008 and, go ahead, ask me how I feel about Twitch being a sponsor of this year’s festival? Sure, I’ve always felt good about working with Reel Asian, they’re good people who bring in excellent films, but this has got to be by far their Twitchiest edition yet.
First of all, we’re co-presenting two programs of late night short films, which is always a fun thing to do, but then things get rolling with the feature lineup. The opening film? Kenneth Bi’s The Drummer, which we’ve written about extensively in these pages. Closing? A little Japanese picture called Adrift in Tokyo, which I firmly believe is one of the five best films in...
First of all, we’re co-presenting two programs of late night short films, which is always a fun thing to do, but then things get rolling with the feature lineup. The opening film? Kenneth Bi’s The Drummer, which we’ve written about extensively in these pages. Closing? A little Japanese picture called Adrift in Tokyo, which I firmly believe is one of the five best films in...
- 10/21/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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