Netflix added another title to its rapidly expanding Japan live-action originals slate Wednesday with the announcement of the romantic drama series Beyond Goodbye.
The series is an original story by prolific Japanese screenwriter Yoshikazu Okada (Bl Metamorphosis, The Last 10 Years). It co-stars Kasumi Arimura, known for the Japanese blockbuster We Made a Beautiful Bouquet and the Netflix feature Call Me Chihiro, and Kentaro Sakaguchi, a TV drama regular and recent star of the feature drama success The Last 10 Years (2022).
The film tells the story of Saeko (Arimura), who suddenly loses her fiance Yusuke in a tragic traffic accident. As she tries to overcome her grief, she meets Naruse (Sakaguchi), a man who strangely reminds her of Yusuke. Little does she know that Naruse had received Yusuke’s heart a few months prior to their encounter — a heart still in love and holding all the memories of Yusuke and Saeko’s relationship.
The series is an original story by prolific Japanese screenwriter Yoshikazu Okada (Bl Metamorphosis, The Last 10 Years). It co-stars Kasumi Arimura, known for the Japanese blockbuster We Made a Beautiful Bouquet and the Netflix feature Call Me Chihiro, and Kentaro Sakaguchi, a TV drama regular and recent star of the feature drama success The Last 10 Years (2022).
The film tells the story of Saeko (Arimura), who suddenly loses her fiance Yusuke in a tragic traffic accident. As she tries to overcome her grief, she meets Naruse (Sakaguchi), a man who strangely reminds her of Yusuke. Little does she know that Naruse had received Yusuke’s heart a few months prior to their encounter — a heart still in love and holding all the memories of Yusuke and Saeko’s relationship.
- 9/13/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yuya Yagira– the youngest person ever to have won Cannes’ coveted Best Actor Award — re-enacts yet another historic case in Hiroshi Kurosaki’s latest feature, “Gift of Fire.” Yuya first skyrocketed to fame when he played the sweet, but rough-around-the-edges twelve-year-old in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Nobody Knows” (2004). Now, seventeen years later, his performance has only matured. As the star of “Gift of Fire,” he pulls off a remarkably understated, but emotionally intense performance as Shun — making the film an engaging watch.
Gift of Fire is screening at Asian Pop-Up Cinema
This stunning period drama takes place in Kyoto in the last phase of World War II. Here, a ragtag team of fresh Kyoto University graduates team up with the military. Like their other male friends, brothers, and fathers fighting overseas, these boys want the war to end — though through science rather than combat. Their race to discover the atomic bomb is not without obstacles,...
Gift of Fire is screening at Asian Pop-Up Cinema
This stunning period drama takes place in Kyoto in the last phase of World War II. Here, a ragtag team of fresh Kyoto University graduates team up with the military. Like their other male friends, brothers, and fathers fighting overseas, these boys want the war to end — though through science rather than combat. Their race to discover the atomic bomb is not without obstacles,...
- 9/19/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago, Il – – Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 13 will present 30 films at an in-person and drive-in festival, with select titles available for online streaming. The festival opens September 15 and runs through October 12, 2021, at AMC River East 21, The Davis Theater and ChiTown Drive-In.
The programming celebrates the best Asian-centric cinema, with new work made by filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and Canada. This season will highlight women in film, stories with humanitarian themes and action thrillers, including four restored martial arts classics.
Season 13 opens with Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, a documentary observing China’s growing class divide through labor, consumerism, and wealth. Structured in three parts, the film ascends through the levels of the capitalist structure and examines how the contemporary “Chinese Dream” remains an elusive fantasy for most.
Centerpiece film The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’T Kill is Japanese director Kan Eguchi’s action/comedy follow-up to The Fable,...
The programming celebrates the best Asian-centric cinema, with new work made by filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and Canada. This season will highlight women in film, stories with humanitarian themes and action thrillers, including four restored martial arts classics.
Season 13 opens with Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, a documentary observing China’s growing class divide through labor, consumerism, and wealth. Structured in three parts, the film ascends through the levels of the capitalist structure and examines how the contemporary “Chinese Dream” remains an elusive fantasy for most.
Centerpiece film The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’T Kill is Japanese director Kan Eguchi’s action/comedy follow-up to The Fable,...
- 8/23/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
“Gift of Fire,” a major new film about Japan’s attempt to build an atomic bomb in the waning days of World War II, has completed principal photography and is now in post, producers revealed Friday.
Best known internationally among the cast is Yuya Yagira, who won the Best Actor prize in Cannes for his work on Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Nobody Knows.” He plays a young scientist on the bomb-building team who begins to doubt the purpose of what he is doing.
His character, as well as the story, is based on the diary of an actual atomic researcher that was discovered 10 years ago by the film’s scripter and director, Hiroshi Kurosaki. Working mainly for public broadcaster Nhk, Kurosaki directed episodes of the smash-hit 2017 Nhk drama “Hiyokko.” His script for the film won a special mention for the 2015 Sundance Institute/Nhk Award.
Also starring in “Gift of Fire” are Kasumi Arimura and Haruma Miura,...
Best known internationally among the cast is Yuya Yagira, who won the Best Actor prize in Cannes for his work on Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Nobody Knows.” He plays a young scientist on the bomb-building team who begins to doubt the purpose of what he is doing.
His character, as well as the story, is based on the diary of an actual atomic researcher that was discovered 10 years ago by the film’s scripter and director, Hiroshi Kurosaki. Working mainly for public broadcaster Nhk, Kurosaki directed episodes of the smash-hit 2017 Nhk drama “Hiyokko.” His script for the film won a special mention for the 2015 Sundance Institute/Nhk Award.
Also starring in “Gift of Fire” are Kasumi Arimura and Haruma Miura,...
- 3/6/2020
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute and the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nhk) have announced this year's Sundance Institute/Nhk Award winner is current January Screenwriters Lab fellow Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. A Special Mention will go to "Prometheus Fire," a project by Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Kurosaki. Per the announcement issued by the Institute earlier today, the Sundance Institute/Nhk Award is an annual honor designed to not only recognize, but also — and perhaps more importantly — support a visionary filmmaker's next film. In Clermont-Tonnerre's case, she will receive creative and strategic support from the Institute as she moves through each stage of her feature directorial debut, "Mustang." She is currently working on the script in the January Screenwriters Lab. In addition to participating in this month's Lab, Clermont-Tonnerre has her short film, "Rabbit," screening in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Read More: 5 Must-See Shorts at...
- 1/20/2015
- by Shipra Gupta
- Indiewire
The Sundance Institute and Nhk (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced French writer-director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre as winner of the 2015 Sundance Institute/Nhk Award for her upcoming debut feature film, Mustang. The award will be presented at a private ceremony at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Clermont-Tonnerre is currently a screenwriting fellow at the 2015 Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab. Her short film Rabbit will premiere in competition at the festival. Hiroshi Kurosaki (Japan) will receive Special Mention for his project Prometheus’ Fire. Kurosaki, who was selected this past August for the Nhk Screenwriters Workshop, will also receive ongoing creative and strategic support from Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program.
Created in 1996 to celebrate 100 years of cinema, the annual award recognises and supports a visionary filmmaker on his or her next film. Sundance Institute staff work closely with the winner throughout the year, providing creative and strategic...
Clermont-Tonnerre is currently a screenwriting fellow at the 2015 Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab. Her short film Rabbit will premiere in competition at the festival. Hiroshi Kurosaki (Japan) will receive Special Mention for his project Prometheus’ Fire. Kurosaki, who was selected this past August for the Nhk Screenwriters Workshop, will also receive ongoing creative and strategic support from Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program.
Created in 1996 to celebrate 100 years of cinema, the annual award recognises and supports a visionary filmmaker on his or her next film. Sundance Institute staff work closely with the winner throughout the year, providing creative and strategic...
- 1/20/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sundance Institute and Japan Broadcasting Corporation Nhk have selected French actress and writer-director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre as winner of the 2015 Sundance Institute/Nhk Award.
Clermont-Tonnerre (pictured) prevailed with her upcoming debut Mustang and will receive the award at a private ceremony during the Sundance Film Festival, set to kick off on Thursday (January 22).
Mustang follows a convict who is invited to a rehabilitation programme that trains inmates to break wild horses.
Clermont-Tonnerre, whose acting credits include The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, is a screenwriting fellow at the 2015 Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab.
Her short film Rabbit will premiere in competition in Park City and was acquired by Canal Plus. Charles Gillibert of CG Cinema produced with Mact Production.
Hiroshi Kurosaki from Japan earns a special mention for Prometheus’ Fire. Kurosaki was selected last August for the Nhk Screenwriters Workshop and will also receive ongoing creative and strategic support from Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program.
Clermont-Tonnerre (pictured) prevailed with her upcoming debut Mustang and will receive the award at a private ceremony during the Sundance Film Festival, set to kick off on Thursday (January 22).
Mustang follows a convict who is invited to a rehabilitation programme that trains inmates to break wild horses.
Clermont-Tonnerre, whose acting credits include The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, is a screenwriting fellow at the 2015 Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab.
Her short film Rabbit will premiere in competition in Park City and was acquired by Canal Plus. Charles Gillibert of CG Cinema produced with Mact Production.
Hiroshi Kurosaki from Japan earns a special mention for Prometheus’ Fire. Kurosaki was selected last August for the Nhk Screenwriters Workshop and will also receive ongoing creative and strategic support from Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program.
- 1/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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