House of Ninjas Review (Photo Credit – Netflix/YouTube)
House of Ninjas Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Kento Kaku, Yosuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kora, Aju Makita, Nobuko Miyamoto, Riho Yoshioka, and Takayuki Yamada.
Creator: Dave Boyle
Director: Dave Boyle
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: Japanese (with subtitles)
Runtime: 8 episodes, around 1 hour each.
House of Ninjas Review (Photo Credit – Netflix/YouTube) House of Ninjas Review: What’s It About
House of Ninjas is a new Netflix series developed by Dave Boyle and follows the adventures of the Tawara family, who from the outside look like a fairly normal family, with a working father, a housewife mother, cute kids, and a charming grandmother. However, in reality, the family belongs to a secret clan of Ninjas, also known as Shinobi, and they must go back into action once the threat of another murderous clan returns to make the lives of everyone living in Tokyo hell.
House of Ninjas Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Kento Kaku, Yosuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kora, Aju Makita, Nobuko Miyamoto, Riho Yoshioka, and Takayuki Yamada.
Creator: Dave Boyle
Director: Dave Boyle
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: Japanese (with subtitles)
Runtime: 8 episodes, around 1 hour each.
House of Ninjas Review (Photo Credit – Netflix/YouTube) House of Ninjas Review: What’s It About
House of Ninjas is a new Netflix series developed by Dave Boyle and follows the adventures of the Tawara family, who from the outside look like a fairly normal family, with a working father, a housewife mother, cute kids, and a charming grandmother. However, in reality, the family belongs to a secret clan of Ninjas, also known as Shinobi, and they must go back into action once the threat of another murderous clan returns to make the lives of everyone living in Tokyo hell.
- 2/21/2024
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
Leading US genre festival Beyond Fest has set a slate of programming comprising 39 features ahead of its return to theaters between September 29 and October 11.
The festival will open with the West Coast premiere of Julia Ducornau’s Palme d’Or Winner Titane, which will be screened from a never-before-seen 35mm print. The fest is also presenting the US premiere of David Gordon Green’s anticipated Blumhouse slasher, Halloween Kills—the 12th chapter in the iconic Halloween franchise, which had its world premiere in Venice.
Other major festival titles screening are Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes horror pic Lamb, and Gaspar Noé’s Vortex. V/H/S 94, The Black Phone, Earwig, Travelling Light, South of Heaven, The Seed, The Feast, The Banquet are also on the lineup.
As part of its Icons of Cinema series, the festival will also present screenings of past films from Michael Mann (Collateral and Thief), Udo Kier...
The festival will open with the West Coast premiere of Julia Ducornau’s Palme d’Or Winner Titane, which will be screened from a never-before-seen 35mm print. The fest is also presenting the US premiere of David Gordon Green’s anticipated Blumhouse slasher, Halloween Kills—the 12th chapter in the iconic Halloween franchise, which had its world premiere in Venice.
Other major festival titles screening are Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes horror pic Lamb, and Gaspar Noé’s Vortex. V/H/S 94, The Black Phone, Earwig, Travelling Light, South of Heaven, The Seed, The Feast, The Banquet are also on the lineup.
As part of its Icons of Cinema series, the festival will also present screenings of past films from Michael Mann (Collateral and Thief), Udo Kier...
- 9/16/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Philippe McKie was born in Montreal, Canada. He graduated with distinction from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
and moved to Tokyo in late 2010, only a few months before the great earthquake of 2011. While living in Japan, he has been steadily working towards establishing himself as a filmmaker, making a variety of short films, culminating in 2018 with “Breaker” and “Be My First” that collectively played in over a hundred film festivals and won over 70 awards. He also worked as a DJ and event organizer, playing in many of Tokyo’s most famous clubs, including Womb and Ageha. He also has experience working as a ‘fixer’ in Japan, doing everything from casting, location scouting, gear rental and booking crew for productions from around the world, including work for Apple, CNN, BBC, WWE, Channel-4 and more. “Dreams on Fire” is his feature film debut, for which he was also the writer, editor and art-director.
and moved to Tokyo in late 2010, only a few months before the great earthquake of 2011. While living in Japan, he has been steadily working towards establishing himself as a filmmaker, making a variety of short films, culminating in 2018 with “Breaker” and “Be My First” that collectively played in over a hundred film festivals and won over 70 awards. He also worked as a DJ and event organizer, playing in many of Tokyo’s most famous clubs, including Womb and Ageha. He also has experience working as a ‘fixer’ in Japan, doing everything from casting, location scouting, gear rental and booking crew for productions from around the world, including work for Apple, CNN, BBC, WWE, Channel-4 and more. “Dreams on Fire” is his feature film debut, for which he was also the writer, editor and art-director.
- 8/12/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In “Dreams on Fire” writer-director Phillipe McKie marks his feature debut with a heady vision of the Japanese urban dance scene and one woman’s journey to find her place in it.
Equipped with little more than her passion for dance, Yume (Bambi Naka) leaves an unsupportive home life to make her way in the Tokyo underground. McKie paints a spacious and vivid portrait of the artist’s journey, allowing moments of silence to balance the chaos.
“Dreams on Fire” plays out on the one hand as a testament to the power of determination in the artist’s pursuit of a dream, and on the other a love letter to a city rarely viewed through its vibrant dance scene.
Variety spoke with writer-director McKie ahead of the film’s debut at Fantasia.
Can you speak on what inspired the project, and in particular Yume’s journey in the film? Why...
Equipped with little more than her passion for dance, Yume (Bambi Naka) leaves an unsupportive home life to make her way in the Tokyo underground. McKie paints a spacious and vivid portrait of the artist’s journey, allowing moments of silence to balance the chaos.
“Dreams on Fire” plays out on the one hand as a testament to the power of determination in the artist’s pursuit of a dream, and on the other a love letter to a city rarely viewed through its vibrant dance scene.
Variety spoke with writer-director McKie ahead of the film’s debut at Fantasia.
Can you speak on what inspired the project, and in particular Yume’s journey in the film? Why...
- 8/10/2021
- by JD Linville
- Variety Film + TV
Films shot in Japan by foreigners have given us a number of notable features during the recent years, with the works of Anshul Chauhan and Ian Thomas Ash being the first that come to mind. Philippe McKie, a Canadian who has been living and working in Japan for the past ten years in the fashion industry, as a DJ in Tokyo clubs, and as a filmmaker, has also come up with his own feature, focusing on the underground dance scene that seems to be rather vibrant nowadays in the country, in a film that managed to find distribution in Japan, even amidst the pandemic.
“Dreams on Fire” is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
After watching a dance performance in the theater as a teenager, Yume has only one dream, to become a professional dancer in Tokyo. Against her father’s wishes (played in a rather ironic fashion by legendary...
“Dreams on Fire” is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
After watching a dance performance in the theater as a teenager, Yume has only one dream, to become a professional dancer in Tokyo. Against her father’s wishes (played in a rather ironic fashion by legendary...
- 8/9/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 Interview: Philippe McKie Talks Dreams on Fire (Exclusive)
A dancer’s quest to be discovered for her talent has ultimately released a vibrant side of Japanese culture to the world that’s never before been showcased in cinema. Celebrated Japanese dance icon, Bambi Naka’s protagonist of Yume is struggling against the harsh realities of what it takes to achieve success as a dancer in the […]
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- 8/8/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Upcoming North-American premiere at Fantasia 2021
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- 8/5/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
"We've got similar styles don't you think? You and I?" Get a first look at this underground dance film from Japan titled Dreams On Fire, featuring the first leading role from celebrated Japanese dance idol, Bambi Naka, the former lead dancer on Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour. This premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year, and next will play at Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival this fall. An electrifying and dazzling feature debut from Canadian-born, Japan-based filmmaker Philippe McKie, Dreams on Fire is a "love letter to the dynamic and striking urban dance and underground scene of Tokyo and the artists that occupy it. Philippe, who also wrote, art-directed, and edited the film, has been living in Japan for the past ten years and worked in the fashion industry, DJed in Tokyo clubs," and made films. Now he's telling us a story about a dancer. At first glance, this...
- 7/22/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In 2018, AyaBambi troupe star Bambi Naka broke hearts across Japan when she announced that she was giving up dancing. She had already found a new career, however, and if this film is anything to go by, she'll have no difficulty carving out a career as an actor. She plays a young woman, Yume, who wants to become a dancer, so it's arguably safe territory for her, but Philippe McKie's film still requires her to work hard in other ways and her performance is vital to its success.
Yume grows up in an unhappy home and heads for the big city to seek her fortune, convinced that if she does her best and just keeps trying then one day her dream will come true. With this synopsis, you might think you were going to be watching a Disney movie, but this is very, very different in tone. It's one of very.
Yume grows up in an unhappy home and heads for the big city to seek her fortune, convinced that if she does her best and just keeps trying then one day her dream will come true. With this synopsis, you might think you were going to be watching a Disney movie, but this is very, very different in tone. It's one of very.
- 2/27/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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