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Tag Archives: Koreeda Hirokazu

London Film Festival #57: Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong

13 Fri Sep 2013

Posted by alua in Anime / Animated Film, China, Events, Film, Hong Kong, Japanese, Korean, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwanese

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BFI, BFI Film Festival, Film Festival, Koreeda Hirokazu, London, Matsuda Ryuhei, Miyazaki Hayao

BFI 2013

Belatedly here are the South East Asian entries at the London Film Film Festival, aka the-biggest-film-event-in-the-UK-that-doesn’t-know-how-to-get-its-act-together-to-implement-a-functional-booking-system. Yeah, I’m presently mad at the BFI and their apology (excuses!) does nothing to lessen that. It’s not the first time this has happened, in fact it was worse than last year.

Anyhow, we get films from Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Most have already screened elsewhere as the LFF isn’t really a pioneering, world-premiering event, at least not when it comes to Asian films. The absence of Miyazaki’s「風立ちぬ」(Kaze Tachinu/The Wind Rises, Japan, 2013), which has been/is screening in Toronto, Venice, San Sebastián and now Hawaii, from the programme only confirms this.

Here are the (available) trailers and one-sentence synopses, by country: Continue reading →

Coming to Cannes in 2013: Koreeda, Miike, Zhangke & Co

18 Thu Apr 2013

Posted by alua in China, Events, Film, Hong Kong, Japanese, Korean

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Cannes, Film Festival, Koreeda Hirokazu

Cannes 2013

As May approaches, so does the Cannes, which is of course one of the highlights of the European film festival calendar. This morning the line-up was revealed, with a number of films from Asia to look foward to. I have listed them all below, with trailer and synopses as far as they are available.

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Review: 奇跡 (Kiseki/I Wish)

18 Tue Oct 2011

Posted by alua in Events, Film, Japanese, OST, Review

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BFI Film Festival, Film Festival, Koreeda Hirokazu

Year: 2011
Director: Koreeda Hirokazu
Screenplay: Koreeda Hirokazu
Cinematography: Yutaka Yamazaki
Cast:  Maeda Koki, Maeda Oshiro, Odagiri Joe, Otsuka Nene, Hashizume Isao, Kiki Kirin
Runtime: 128 mins
Trailer: at nipponcinema (not subtitled)
Film’s official website: 奇跡 (in Japanese)

Seen at a screening at Vue West as part of the 2011 BFI Film Festival.

Kiseki (literally “Miracle”, but titled “I Wish” in English) is a film that belongs to the ‘slice of life’ genre. There is, however, a plot line: it revolves around two boys, Koichi and Ryu (wonderfully played by real life brothers Maeda Koki and Maeda Ohshiro), who have been living in different parts of Japan since their parents’ divorce six months prior. Continue reading →

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Drama recommendations:

– 미생 (Misaeng, 2014). No better kdrama than this. A rare slice-of-life offering from Korea.

–「ありふれた奇跡」(Arifureta Kiseki/Ordinary Miracle, 2009). One of those rare gems I randomly stumbled across.

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トクマルシュゴ (Tokumaru Shugo)
2CELLOS
ONE OK ROCK
정성하 (Jung Sungha)

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