As China gears up for a big political anniversary and national holiday, its box office has been dominated by innocuous animal films and local fare capable of keeping censors happy but unable to make that huge of a splash. None of the top four weekend titles has scored more than 7 out of 10 on the key user-review platform Douban.
“Little Q,” a heartwarming dog film from Hong Kong, led China’s weekend box office with a $9.6 million debut, despite a delayed release date and continued tensions between the mainland and the special administrative region.
The film was directed by Wing-cheong Law, a longtime collaborate of Johnnie To and winner of a 2002 Golden Horse Award for best editing on “Running Out of Time 2,” and stars veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam. The movie is based on a true story retold in a Japanese novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro, which was adapted into “Quill,...
“Little Q,” a heartwarming dog film from Hong Kong, led China’s weekend box office with a $9.6 million debut, despite a delayed release date and continued tensions between the mainland and the special administrative region.
The film was directed by Wing-cheong Law, a longtime collaborate of Johnnie To and winner of a 2002 Golden Horse Award for best editing on “Running Out of Time 2,” and stars veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam. The movie is based on a true story retold in a Japanese novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro, which was adapted into “Quill,...
- 9/23/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Title: Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog Music Box Films Director: Yôichi Sai Screenwriter: Shoichi Maruyama, Yoshihiro Nakamura from Ryohei Akimoto’s novel Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shina, Kazu Matsuda, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda, Rafie, Chibichibiku, Yuma Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 5/10/12 Opens: May 18, 2012 While “Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog” tells us about the way a guide dog for the blind is selected, trained, and lives with his human companion, the film is targeted to kids and to adults who are known to themselves and others as “dog people.” Directed by Yôichi Sai in a documentary style—so much so that viewers unfamiliar with the production [ Read More ]...
- 5/11/2012
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Check out the heart-melting official movie poster for the documentary-like drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog. The Music Box Films release in Japanese with English subtitles, which was made way back in 2004, finds release in U.S. venues on May 18th and, judging by these other sweet photos, looks like a great escape from box office mayhem. Shoichi Maruyama and Yoshihiro Nakamura write based on the novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro. The film is directed by Sai Yoichi. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (also known merely as Quill) is the story of a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog for the blind named - yep - Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is then paired with a blind...
- 4/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the heart-melting official movie poster for the documentary-like drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog. The Music Box Films release in Japanese with English subtitles, which was made way back in 2004, finds release in U.S. venues on May 18th and, judging by these other sweet photos, looks like a great escape from box office mayhem. Shoichi Maruyama and Yoshihiro Nakamura write based on the novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro. The film is directed by Sai Yoichi. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (also known merely as Quill) is the story of a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog for the blind named - yep - Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is then paired with...
- 4/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the heart-melting official movie poster for the documentary-like drama Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog. The Music Box Films release in Japanese with English subtitles, which was made way back in 2004, finds release in U.S. venues on May 18th and, judging by these other sweet photos, looks like a great escape from box office mayhem. Shoichi Maruyama and Yoshihiro Nakamura write based on the novel by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro. The film is directed by Sai Yoichi. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (also known merely as Quill) is the story of a yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog for the blind named - yep - Quill. We follow Quill from the litter, his selection to become a guide, his life with a foster family until his first birthday, followed by highly specialized schooling in guiding the sightless. He is then paired with...
- 4/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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