For its subject matter, “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” is a magnificent story, featuring several accomplished and intriguing actors, and using these to bring life to the world of magazine editing. Director Daihachi Yoshida does so with a mix of drama and comedy, making for a surprisingly fun film.
“The Fangs of Fiction” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
One of the many films delayed due to Covid-19, “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” details the story of a Japanese magazine in current times, where many of them, including this one, are on the brink of collapse. Teruya Hayami (Yo Oizumi) is tasked to work on one magazine, Trinity, to keep it afloat and make it flourish once again. By using innovating tactics, some of which highly risky, he, with the help of young and passionate Megumi Takano (Mayu Matsuoka), tries to do everything in his capacity to make sure...
“The Fangs of Fiction” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
One of the many films delayed due to Covid-19, “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” details the story of a Japanese magazine in current times, where many of them, including this one, are on the brink of collapse. Teruya Hayami (Yo Oizumi) is tasked to work on one magazine, Trinity, to keep it afloat and make it flourish once again. By using innovating tactics, some of which highly risky, he, with the help of young and passionate Megumi Takano (Mayu Matsuoka), tries to do everything in his capacity to make sure...
- 6/10/2022
- by Reinier Brands
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese firm also boards ‘Yes, I Can’t Swim’ ahead of Filmart Online.
Japan’s Free Stone Productions has closed a brace of deals on upcoming romantic drama Tsuyukusa from veteran director Hideyuki Hirayama.
The feature has been sold to South Korea (Jinjin Pictures) and Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment) ahead of Hong Kong’s Filmart Online, where Free Stone will present the film as part of its slate this week.
Hirayama is known for directing features such as Turn and Begging For Love, which was Japan’s submission for the best foreign language film Oscar in 1998 and won the Japanese...
Japan’s Free Stone Productions has closed a brace of deals on upcoming romantic drama Tsuyukusa from veteran director Hideyuki Hirayama.
The feature has been sold to South Korea (Jinjin Pictures) and Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment) ahead of Hong Kong’s Filmart Online, where Free Stone will present the film as part of its slate this week.
Hirayama is known for directing features such as Turn and Begging For Love, which was Japan’s submission for the best foreign language film Oscar in 1998 and won the Japanese...
- 3/14/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
For its subject matter, “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” is a magnificent story, featuring several accomplished and intriguing actors, and using these to bring life to the world of magazine editing. Director Daihachi Yoshida does so with a mix of drama and comedy, making for a surprisingly fun film.
“Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” is screening at Japan Cuts
One of the many films delayed due to Covid-19, “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” details the story of a Japanese magazine in current times, where many of them, including this one, are on the brink of collapse. Teruya Hayami (Yo Oizumi) is tasked to work on one magazine, Trinity, to keep it afloat and make it flourish once again. By using innovating tactics, some of which highly risky, he, with the help of young and passionate Megumi Takano (Mayu Matsuoka), tries to do everything in his capacity to make sure the...
“Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” is screening at Japan Cuts
One of the many films delayed due to Covid-19, “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” details the story of a Japanese magazine in current times, where many of them, including this one, are on the brink of collapse. Teruya Hayami (Yo Oizumi) is tasked to work on one magazine, Trinity, to keep it afloat and make it flourish once again. By using innovating tactics, some of which highly risky, he, with the help of young and passionate Megumi Takano (Mayu Matsuoka), tries to do everything in his capacity to make sure the...
- 8/24/2021
- by Reinier Brands
- AsianMoviePulse
The concept of tourism and the way the people who travel perceive their vacations is a very interesting one, particularly when it involves urban residents visiting rural places, having very specific things in their minds about what they are going to experience. Naoko Ogigami directs a film that plays with the notion in a rather hilarious but also down-to-earth fashion.
Glasses is screening as part of Five Flavours Asian New Year’s Eve Online
Taeko, a woman who looks dangerously similar to Ogigami herself, visits an Okinawan island, having booked some nights in a small guesthouse, with the clear notion that she will be left alone there, in her search for peace and quiet. She is, thus, astonished when the hotel proprietor sits down to eat with her, along with two other people of the area, Haruna, a woman her age, and Sakura, an elderly lady whom she also finds...
Glasses is screening as part of Five Flavours Asian New Year’s Eve Online
Taeko, a woman who looks dangerously similar to Ogigami herself, visits an Okinawan island, having booked some nights in a small guesthouse, with the clear notion that she will be left alone there, in her search for peace and quiet. She is, thus, astonished when the hotel proprietor sits down to eat with her, along with two other people of the area, Haruna, a woman her age, and Sakura, an elderly lady whom she also finds...
- 1/3/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The films of Hirokazu Kore-eda aren't flashy, but what they lack in pizazz, they make up for in deep wells of emotion. Fatherhood and family are the resonating themes in his movies of late, in pictures such as the excellent "Like Father, Like Son" and "Our Little Sister," which debuted at Cannes last year, and opens in limited release in the U.S. soon. The busy filmmaker has already wrapped his next effort, and once again, fathers, sons, and family take center stage. Starring Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki, Taiyo Yoshizawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Lily Franky, Satomi Kobayashi, and Isao Hashizume, the story follows a divorced man, a former writer and current private detective, who tries to reconnect with his ex-wife and son. Here's the official synopsis: Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay.
- 4/1/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
On Wednesday it was announced that Koki Mitani will write and direct a film adaptation of his own historical novel Kiyosu Kaigi (lit. “Kiyosu Conference”), which was released on the day of the announcement.
According to the director, he woke up at 5am last Friday and spent 3 hours drawing an outline of the various characters on a white board.
The novel wrapped up a 12 months for the Mitani, who has been in the midst of commemorating his 50th year on planet Earth with four stage plays, a TV drama, a movie, and a divorce from his longtime wife Satomi Kobayashi thrown in for good measure. Now days away from turning 51, the director proclaimed that the movie will be the first step of his next 50 years, following in the footsteps of director Kaneto Shindo, who recently died at 100.
According to the director, he woke up at 5am last Friday and spent 3 hours drawing an outline of the various characters on a white board.
The novel wrapped up a 12 months for the Mitani, who has been in the midst of commemorating his 50th year on planet Earth with four stage plays, a TV drama, a movie, and a divorce from his longtime wife Satomi Kobayashi thrown in for good measure. Now days away from turning 51, the director proclaimed that the movie will be the first step of his next 50 years, following in the footsteps of director Kaneto Shindo, who recently died at 100.
- 6/29/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Japanese distributor Vap, Inc. will be releasing Naoko Ogigami‘s Kamome Diner (Kamome Shokudo, 2006) on region free Blu-ray with English subtitles in September, almost 4 years to the day after the original DVD release.
Based on a novel by Yoko Mure, Kamome Diner stars Satomi Kobayashi as a woman named Sachie who has started up a new cafe in Helinski, Finland serving Japanese food. However, it has yet to attract any customers. Eventually, a Finnish anime fan comes in for coffee and becomes the fledgling cafe’s first regular. Soon another Japanese woman in Helinski named Midori (Hairi Katagiri) meets Sachie and begins working at the cafe alongside her. Later, an older Japanese woman named Masako (Masako Motai) finds her way to the cafe after the airport loses her luggage and also begins working there as more customers start to show up daily and chat with these three unique women.
Specs: Region free Blu-ray,...
Based on a novel by Yoko Mure, Kamome Diner stars Satomi Kobayashi as a woman named Sachie who has started up a new cafe in Helinski, Finland serving Japanese food. However, it has yet to attract any customers. Eventually, a Finnish anime fan comes in for coffee and becomes the fledgling cafe’s first regular. Soon another Japanese woman in Helinski named Midori (Hairi Katagiri) meets Sachie and begins working at the cafe alongside her. Later, an older Japanese woman named Masako (Masako Motai) finds her way to the cafe after the airport loses her luggage and also begins working there as more customers start to show up daily and chat with these three unique women.
Specs: Region free Blu-ray,...
- 8/12/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Ntv has posted a trailer for Kana Matsumoto‘s Mother Water, a new film featuring many of the same cast and staff from “Kamome Diner”, “Megane”, and “Pool”.
The film is set in Kyoto, and the title is a reference to the city’s large river and many waterways. In keeping with that theme, the story revolves around three women for whom water is of prime importance. Hatsumi (Mikako Ichikawa) makes and sells tofu, Takako (Kyoko Koizumi) opens a coffee shop, and Setsuko (Satomi Kobayashi) owns a whiskey bar. Like the water of Kyoto, the three women have a subtle but important impact on the people around them. Ken Mitsuishi and Ryo Kase also star as a public bath owner and furniture salesman, respectively.
The film marks the first time former classmates Koizumi and Kobayashi have acted in a movie together.
“Mother Water” will open at Cine Switch Ginza and...
The film is set in Kyoto, and the title is a reference to the city’s large river and many waterways. In keeping with that theme, the story revolves around three women for whom water is of prime importance. Hatsumi (Mikako Ichikawa) makes and sells tofu, Takako (Kyoko Koizumi) opens a coffee shop, and Setsuko (Satomi Kobayashi) owns a whiskey bar. Like the water of Kyoto, the three women have a subtle but important impact on the people around them. Ken Mitsuishi and Ryo Kase also star as a public bath owner and furniture salesman, respectively.
The film marks the first time former classmates Koizumi and Kobayashi have acted in a movie together.
“Mother Water” will open at Cine Switch Ginza and...
- 7/20/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Earlier today, a press event was held in Kyoto to announce the production of a new film called Mother Water, which involves many of the same cast and staff who previously brought us “Kamome Diner”, “Megane”, and “Pool”. The film’s seven main cast members were all in attendence: Satomi Kobayashi, Kyoko Koizumi, Ryo Kase, Mikako Ichikawa, Kento Nagayama, Ken Mitsuishi, and Masako Motai.
Set in Kyoto, the breezy tale focuses on circumstances surrounding three women and their relationships with other people around town. Much like “Kamome Diner”, the film has a peaceful, indifferent theme and involves ordinary characters brought together by a local establishment. However, instead of focusing entirely on one place, several different characters run their own businesses.
Kobayashi plays a whiskey bar owner named Setsuko, Ichikawa plays a tofu maker named Hatsume, Kase plays a used furniture dealer named Yamanoha, Mitsuishi plays a public bath owner named Otome,...
Set in Kyoto, the breezy tale focuses on circumstances surrounding three women and their relationships with other people around town. Much like “Kamome Diner”, the film has a peaceful, indifferent theme and involves ordinary characters brought together by a local establishment. However, instead of focusing entirely on one place, several different characters run their own businesses.
Kobayashi plays a whiskey bar owner named Setsuko, Ichikawa plays a tofu maker named Hatsume, Kase plays a used furniture dealer named Yamanoha, Mitsuishi plays a public bath owner named Otome,...
- 3/29/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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