We've written a lot here at /Film about how water can be a director's biggest nightmare, but it's also worth mentioning those pesky mirrors. Their reflective surfaces make it extra difficult to avoid the cameraman and other crew members accidentally popping up in the shot. It's something that really complicated the filming of franchises like "The Matrix," where half the characters are wearing reflective sunglasses most of the time. It also made that one mirror room sequence in "John Wick 2" nearly impossible to pull off.
The bright side of mirrors is that they do tend to make scenes look better. A room with mirrors looks more spacious than a room without them, and their reflections provide all sorts of opportunities for fun visual foreshadowing or thematic subtext. There's also the fun meta aspect of "how'd they pull this off?" for the audience. It's tough to figure out how Alfonso Cuarón...
The bright side of mirrors is that they do tend to make scenes look better. A room with mirrors looks more spacious than a room without them, and their reflections provide all sorts of opportunities for fun visual foreshadowing or thematic subtext. There's also the fun meta aspect of "how'd they pull this off?" for the audience. It's tough to figure out how Alfonso Cuarón...
- 5/25/2024
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
“I’ve never done any project that was even remotely close to the Japanese culture, so that’s why this project actually was definitely a treat for me,” says Carlos Rosario about how familiar he was sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Japanese culture before taking on the costume design for FX’s “Shōgun.” His research process for the epic series began with “the paintings of that period, because that was the only reliable source that would really tell us about this period of transition.” He and his team ultimately ended up with “a 1,000-page book of research” into the “complex world” of the show. Gold Derby spoke with Rosario as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV costume design panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Shōgun” explores the power struggle that ensues after the death of the Taikō, whose heir is too young to rule. Rosario and his designers had only...
“Shōgun” explores the power struggle that ensues after the death of the Taikō, whose heir is too young to rule. Rosario and his designers had only...
- 5/22/2024
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Satoru Hirohara, born 1986 in Tokyo, studied at Musashino Art University as well as at Tokyo University of the Arts. His feature debut Good Morning To The World! (2010) was awarded with the Jury's Special prize at the 32nd Pia Film Festival in Tokyo and received the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the 29th Vancouver International Film Festival. In addition to screenings at other festivals, the film was also selected for the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Dawn Wind In My Poncho (2017) also had a decent festival run.
On the occasion of his latest film, “Girls and Boys” screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival, we speak with him about the role reversal aspect of the movie, working with students, the location the film was shot, humor in movies and other topics.
Girls and Boys screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Why did you decide to include this role-reversal in the movie?...
On the occasion of his latest film, “Girls and Boys” screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival, we speak with him about the role reversal aspect of the movie, working with students, the location the film was shot, humor in movies and other topics.
Girls and Boys screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Why did you decide to include this role-reversal in the movie?...
- 3/15/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The fifth episode of Flex x Cop explores how the famous painter’s murder case is solved. Isoo proves his worth to the police department by solving the case, hand in hand with Ganghyun. A new challenge arises in front of the cops when a new murder case comes up. An elderly man had been murdered, and an antique item had gone missing from his house. It is now to be found out if the cops are able to restore the item and find the culprits. Will Isoo be able to solve the new case? Will Ganghyun be able to accept him as a part of her investigation team? Let’s find out!
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Why Did Dojun Stab Mr. Noh?
Dojun attacked Isoo, hitting him on the back of his head with a heavy object, when it was revealed that he had stabbed Mr. Noh. When Isoo regained his...
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Why Did Dojun Stab Mr. Noh?
Dojun attacked Isoo, hitting him on the back of his head with a heavy object, when it was revealed that he had stabbed Mr. Noh. When Isoo regained his...
- 2/17/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
The fourth episode of Flex x Cop is replete with mind-boggling twists surrounding the murder of a famous painter. There are multiple suspects in the case, making it difficult for the cops to figure out the real intentions of each one of them. Isoo, however, is able to recognize the real motive of the killer! We are also taken down Isoo’s memory lane when he starts living in his old home after being driven out by Heeja. There are a lot of different flavors that this episode has tried to capture within a single framework. Will Isoo be able to capture the real killer? Will Isoo be able to deal well with his childhood memories at his new residence? Let’s find out!
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What Incident Happened At The La Mente Gallery?
The people who had come in for an art exhibition at the La Mente Gallery were...
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What Incident Happened At The La Mente Gallery?
The people who had come in for an art exhibition at the La Mente Gallery were...
- 2/5/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
My Demon is turning out to be quite funny and has some surprisingly real moments in its absurd plot. That is a very common K-drama trait as it is, but this show is looking to be more interesting than the description made it out to be. Additionally, we all love a good old-fashioned enemies-to-lovers K-drama with a simple plot and lots of swoon-worthy moments (King the Land being the biggest example of the year). It doesn’t hurt that the show doesn’t hesitate to have entire scenes of just Song Kang and Kim You-Jung’s perfect faces, and the fashion is, as always, impeccable. It’s nice to see a rich female lead for once (I’m glad that’s changing). Episode 1 of My Demon ended with Gu-Won and Do-Hee drowning but later waking up on a beach somewhere. That’s when Gu-Won realizes the cross on his hand is now on Do-Hee’s,...
- 11/25/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
by Upasana Dandona
In the very first scene of the film, “No Time to Die” (2021), the viewers are acquainted with a masked figure who commits a brutal murder right after being introduced. The best part about this particular character’s introduction is that the audience does not know who they really are — they could be a serial killer, a hired assassin, the nemesis of the family they targeted, the villain of the movie, or even the saviour of the world created by the filmmakers. Basically, both the identity and the intentions of the figure wearing a mask are left open to interpretation. This is primarily why it is justified for the filmmakers to have chosen a Noh mask for this dramatis personae: to create a sense of mystery about who the character is and what their role in the film is going to be.
To begin with, one of the...
In the very first scene of the film, “No Time to Die” (2021), the viewers are acquainted with a masked figure who commits a brutal murder right after being introduced. The best part about this particular character’s introduction is that the audience does not know who they really are — they could be a serial killer, a hired assassin, the nemesis of the family they targeted, the villain of the movie, or even the saviour of the world created by the filmmakers. Basically, both the identity and the intentions of the figure wearing a mask are left open to interpretation. This is primarily why it is justified for the filmmakers to have chosen a Noh mask for this dramatis personae: to create a sense of mystery about who the character is and what their role in the film is going to be.
To begin with, one of the...
- 10/19/2023
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
First looks at both upcoming films revealed.
South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment is set to launch sales on romantic drama Love In The Big City and revenge thriller Revolver at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
A first look at both titles can be seen above.
Revolver reunites Cannes best actress winner Jeon Do-yeon with director Oh Seung-uk for the first time since The Shameless, which played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2015. Jeon is also known for roles in Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine, for which she won the best actress award at Cannes in 2007, and more recently Netflix feature Kill Boksoon,...
South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment is set to launch sales on romantic drama Love In The Big City and revenge thriller Revolver at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
A first look at both titles can be seen above.
Revolver reunites Cannes best actress winner Jeon Do-yeon with director Oh Seung-uk for the first time since The Shameless, which played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2015. Jeon is also known for roles in Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine, for which she won the best actress award at Cannes in 2007, and more recently Netflix feature Kill Boksoon,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Following the rich and despairing pageantry of Ran, his epic reimagining of King Lear, Kurosawa Akira opted to turn inward, resulting in Dreams, an intimate anthology film that finds its raw source material in the director’s own inner experience.
The notion of cinema as oneiric reverie is, of course, nothing new. There are even those who would argue that the two are more or less synonymous. Going as far back as Luis Buñuel Un Chien Andalou, though, the idea has been to render the dream in its own terms, employing startling juxtapositions and the protean elasticity of time and space to capture the disorienting and often disturbing experience of the unconscious. Kurosawa’s masterstroke is turning this approach on its head, by couching the dream content—often blending the blatantly autobiographical with broader folkloric and even sociopolitical material—in the understated, naturalistic visual style he had developed over his last few films.
The notion of cinema as oneiric reverie is, of course, nothing new. There are even those who would argue that the two are more or less synonymous. Going as far back as Luis Buñuel Un Chien Andalou, though, the idea has been to render the dream in its own terms, employing startling juxtapositions and the protean elasticity of time and space to capture the disorienting and often disturbing experience of the unconscious. Kurosawa’s masterstroke is turning this approach on its head, by couching the dream content—often blending the blatantly autobiographical with broader folkloric and even sociopolitical material—in the understated, naturalistic visual style he had developed over his last few films.
- 8/30/2023
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
The best zombie stories center relatable every-people to root for in the ongoing apocalypse. Zombieverse, a new Korean unscripted TV series featuring people trying to survive a fictional zombie outbreak in Seoul, has an eclectic, mostly relatable cast of characters going for it (in addition to the truly remarkable stunt team).
Heading into this show, a Korean audience would be familiar with most if not all of these celebrity cast members, tipping the average viewer off to the fact that this is a reality show almost immediately. However, if you’re not part of the Korean audience—and you don’t regularly watch Korean variety shows—then you are probably, at least initially, at a loss.
The series begins with five celebrity hosts sitting on a couch, commenting on a fictional dating reality show mere feet away. Without warning, one of the dating show contestants starts mauling the neck of their potential love interest,...
Heading into this show, a Korean audience would be familiar with most if not all of these celebrity cast members, tipping the average viewer off to the fact that this is a reality show almost immediately. However, if you’re not part of the Korean audience—and you don’t regularly watch Korean variety shows—then you are probably, at least initially, at a loss.
The series begins with five celebrity hosts sitting on a couch, commenting on a fictional dating reality show mere feet away. Without warning, one of the dating show contestants starts mauling the neck of their potential love interest,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Michihito Fujii has emerged during the recent years as one of the most intriguing voices of Japanese cinema, with movies like “The Journalist”, “Yakuza and the Family” and “Day and Night” setting the tone for an impressive career. In the last few years, he seems to have been employed by Netflix in some way, since a number of his latest works premiere on the streaming platform. Not holding “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 – Sustainable War” against him, since everyone who has dealt with that mess has left severely “scarred”, it was really interesting to see what his latest work, “Village” would be like, particularly since it seemed to incorporate a number of the genre elements he implemented excellently in his previous works.
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Yu Katayama is a young man who has been living in the Kamon village since childhood, not being able to leave,...
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Yu Katayama is a young man who has been living in the Kamon village since childhood, not being able to leave,...
- 6/18/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Chief Jang caught his guard spying on him and learned the secret plan of Mokinhoe from him. In The Secret Romantic Guesthouse, Kang San and Yu Ha have come together to end the rule of the current king. Yu Ha had been impersonating Lee Seol, but he decided to back down after Kang San revealed his true identity. Kang San was all ready to take down the king and found the right day. The king was out hunting, but Chief Jang informed him about Mokinhoe’s plan, and the king turned back hurriedly without his guards. Kang San was already waiting for him and shot an arrow at him.
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Who Saves Kang San From Getting Caught?
The king collapsed as Kang San’s arrow went straight into his chest, but Kang San had to run away as the guards followed the king. Guards chase Kang San, but he manages to escape.
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Who Saves Kang San From Getting Caught?
The king collapsed as Kang San’s arrow went straight into his chest, but Kang San had to run away as the guards followed the king. Guards chase Kang San, but he manages to escape.
- 5/10/2023
- by Neha Bhondve
- Film Fugitives
Bae Du-ri’s coming-of-age film will debut at Jeonju International Film Festival.
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up Bae Du-ri’s Dolphin, which is set to make its world premiere at Jeonju International Film Festival (April 27-May 6).
It marks the feature directorial debut of Korea’s Bae, who wrote and directed Dolphin at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (Kafa) as part of the school’s feature-length production programme. The film is set to premiere as part of the Korean Cinema section of Jeonju on Friday (April 28).
The story follows a 35-year-old woman whose only joy after a...
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up Bae Du-ri’s Dolphin, which is set to make its world premiere at Jeonju International Film Festival (April 27-May 6).
It marks the feature directorial debut of Korea’s Bae, who wrote and directed Dolphin at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (Kafa) as part of the school’s feature-length production programme. The film is set to premiere as part of the Korean Cinema section of Jeonju on Friday (April 28).
The story follows a 35-year-old woman whose only joy after a...
- 4/26/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
“The Secret Romantic Guesthouse” revealed the identity of Lee Seol, one of the scholars staying at the guesthouse, in the previous episode. Dan Oh had met Lee Seol and saved his life when they were kids, but at that time, she didn’t know he was the deposed prince. Kang San confessed the truth to Dan Oh—that he is Lee Seol, the kid she saved in the past. Kang San, who plans to take the throne, has passed the military exam and is assigned to the palace of the king as a guard.
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Why Does Yu Ha Need To Change His Identity?
Along with his real identity, Kang San also reveals to Dan Oh that he plans to rebel against the king to claim the throne that belongs to him. Dan Oh is worried about him and asks him to reconsider his decision. Kang San got a...
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Why Does Yu Ha Need To Change His Identity?
Along with his real identity, Kang San also reveals to Dan Oh that he plans to rebel against the king to claim the throne that belongs to him. Dan Oh is worried about him and asks him to reconsider his decision. Kang San got a...
- 4/19/2023
- by Neha Bhondve
- Film Fugitives
“Copycat Killer” episode 7 has Kuo and Ya Cih coming across a breakthrough in the case, which was considered closed after the deaths of Jian Ho and Jian Wun. They both were considered suspects in the serial killer case, but with Kuo making sure there is something more to that case, they come across evidence to prove there was a mastermind that pushed and trained Jian Wun to carry out the murders in the most gruesome manner. The quest now is to find out who the mastermind is.
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Who Is The Suspect Now?
With Ya-Cih and Kuo on the same path to find out the mastermind behind Jian Wun’s murder and rape spree, they come across plenty of footage of the man wearing a mask who called himself Noh. Grandfather Nan claimed that the voice he had heard belonged to someone older, and this made it easier for...
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Who Is The Suspect Now?
With Ya-Cih and Kuo on the same path to find out the mastermind behind Jian Wun’s murder and rape spree, they come across plenty of footage of the man wearing a mask who called himself Noh. Grandfather Nan claimed that the voice he had heard belonged to someone older, and this made it easier for...
- 4/2/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Dan Oh, an orphan girl of noble birth, turned her home into a guesthouse to make a living. She is barely scraping by these days, but she is optimistic. However, the past comes back and causes trouble. Previously, in “The Secret Romantic Guesthouse,” Dan Oh made a deal with the chief administrator of the royal palace to save her house from going to her father’s creditors. She promised to find him the deposed prince Lee Seol, whom no one had seen in 10 years.
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What Is Lee Seol’s Unique Physical Feature?
Administrator Jang laughed at Dan Oh’s claim, but she convinced him that no one knew this neighborhood better than her. Jang has nothing to lose, so he accepts her offer. Kang San had been following Dan Oh, and now he knew what Dan Oh was up to. Dan Oh goes to Buyounggak looking for the...
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What Is Lee Seol’s Unique Physical Feature?
Administrator Jang laughed at Dan Oh’s claim, but she convinced him that no one knew this neighborhood better than her. Jang has nothing to lose, so he accepts her offer. Kang San had been following Dan Oh, and now he knew what Dan Oh was up to. Dan Oh goes to Buyounggak looking for the...
- 3/29/2023
- by Neha Bhondve
- Film Fugitives
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras)
It is a fascinating thing to watch someone’s history of protest and addiction collide and conspire to hold a pharmaceutical company accountable and expose its parent family as reprehensible. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles the renowned photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her fight through the AIDS and opioid crisis, but this is bigger than a biographical documentary. Through slideshows, interviews, and family videos, Poitras weaves a riveting, heartbreaking interconnected story of generational pain, its influence over the blurry boundaries between life and art. – Jake K-s.
Where to Stream: HBO Max
Hannah Ha Ha (Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky)
Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky’s dryly humorous character study picked up the...
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras)
It is a fascinating thing to watch someone’s history of protest and addiction collide and conspire to hold a pharmaceutical company accountable and expose its parent family as reprehensible. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles the renowned photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her fight through the AIDS and opioid crisis, but this is bigger than a biographical documentary. Through slideshows, interviews, and family videos, Poitras weaves a riveting, heartbreaking interconnected story of generational pain, its influence over the blurry boundaries between life and art. – Jake K-s.
Where to Stream: HBO Max
Hannah Ha Ha (Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky)
Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky’s dryly humorous character study picked up the...
- 3/24/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Seoul, Oct 26 (Ians) Sk hynix Inc reported its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, falling short of analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines, amid a cyclical downturn of the global semiconductor industry.
The chipmaker’s third-quarter net income was 1.1 trillion won (769.4 million), down 66.7 percent from a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing.
Operating profit for the three months ending in September came to 1.65 trillion won, compared with 4.17 trillion won a year ago. Sales fell 7 percent to 10.98 trillion won.
The earnings missed market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts was 1.83 trillion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency.
Sk hynix makes most of its profits from selling memory chips, but the macroeconomic woes, including the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, soaring inflation and rising interest rates, led consumers to tighten their spending on electronics products that need such semiconductors.
The chipmaker’s third-quarter net income was 1.1 trillion won (769.4 million), down 66.7 percent from a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing.
Operating profit for the three months ending in September came to 1.65 trillion won, compared with 4.17 trillion won a year ago. Sales fell 7 percent to 10.98 trillion won.
The earnings missed market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts was 1.83 trillion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency.
Sk hynix makes most of its profits from selling memory chips, but the macroeconomic woes, including the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, soaring inflation and rising interest rates, led consumers to tighten their spending on electronics products that need such semiconductors.
- 10/26/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Masaaki Yuasa’s showstopping animation reframes the classical performance style as a world of rock gods and cavorting dancers
Anime maverick Masaaki Yuasa’s 14th-century rock opera gets off to the most traditional start possible with some stark Noh-style declaiming. But things quickly get pretty wild: Hendrix-ish behind-the-head lute shredding, phantom samurai breakdancing, giant whale lightshows. Retrofitting medieval Noh as a world of guitar gods and cavorting dancers, Inu-oh has its two disabled lead characters make a psychedelic plea in favour of slipping loose from dominant narratives, told in a fecund patchwork of styles by Yuasa that asserts its own outsider credentials.
Tomona (Mirai Moriyama) and Inu-oh (trans musician Avu-chan) are the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of Muromachi-era Kyoto. The first is a biwa player who, in the film’s opening section, is blinded by a mystical sword lost in a battle between two clans wrestling over the shogunate two centuries earlier.
Anime maverick Masaaki Yuasa’s 14th-century rock opera gets off to the most traditional start possible with some stark Noh-style declaiming. But things quickly get pretty wild: Hendrix-ish behind-the-head lute shredding, phantom samurai breakdancing, giant whale lightshows. Retrofitting medieval Noh as a world of guitar gods and cavorting dancers, Inu-oh has its two disabled lead characters make a psychedelic plea in favour of slipping loose from dominant narratives, told in a fecund patchwork of styles by Yuasa that asserts its own outsider credentials.
Tomona (Mirai Moriyama) and Inu-oh (trans musician Avu-chan) are the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of Muromachi-era Kyoto. The first is a biwa player who, in the film’s opening section, is blinded by a mystical sword lost in a battle between two clans wrestling over the shogunate two centuries earlier.
- 9/27/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
A handful of smaller films will start to test audience enthusiasm for movie theaters without big tentpoles. It’s been a rocky summer for specialty releases, and an uphill climb as arthouses emerge from Covid jitters with franchise films sucking up oxygen and screens. But superheroes are on hiatus.
“There isn’t giant competition from tentpoles,” said Howard Cohen, co-president of Roadside Attractions. “On balance, it’s good. Obviously, if you have Top Gun, it sucks the air out of the marketplace. It’s still better — for the specialty market — to have three or four indies than one giant release. Exhibitors are antsy about the sudden dearth of new wide releases this month and next, but they’ve also been asking for more box office breadth.
“We have seen signs of life in our sector,...
“There isn’t giant competition from tentpoles,” said Howard Cohen, co-president of Roadside Attractions. “On balance, it’s good. Obviously, if you have Top Gun, it sucks the air out of the marketplace. It’s still better — for the specialty market — to have three or four indies than one giant release. Exhibitors are antsy about the sudden dearth of new wide releases this month and next, but they’ve also been asking for more box office breadth.
“We have seen signs of life in our sector,...
- 8/12/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
What Westerners don’t know about Noh — the classical Japanese theater form in which masked dancers gracefully interpret supernatural tales — could easily fill a 12-hour PBS documentary. But who wants to watch that? Certainly not the audience renegade anime director Masaaki Yuasa is after with “Inu-oh,” a rowdy punk alternative focusing on two social rejects whose defiantly original performance style broke all the rules and elevated them to rock-star status, only to be (all but) forgotten by history.
Among the most unpredictable artists of his medium, Yuasa specializes in trippy, off-the-wall anime features such as “Mind Game” and “Night Is Short, Walk On Girl” that recall the work of psychedelic toonsmith Ralph Bakshi at his anti-establishment extreme. Of all the filmmakers now working in Japan, Yuasa is the last one fans would expect to show an interest in the rigorously rule-based world of Noh — until it clicks that his...
Among the most unpredictable artists of his medium, Yuasa specializes in trippy, off-the-wall anime features such as “Mind Game” and “Night Is Short, Walk On Girl” that recall the work of psychedelic toonsmith Ralph Bakshi at his anti-establishment extreme. Of all the filmmakers now working in Japan, Yuasa is the last one fans would expect to show an interest in the rigorously rule-based world of Noh — until it clicks that his...
- 8/12/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Music is transportive to the extremes in Masaaki Yuasa's works. In his 2008 anime "Kaiba," there's a heartbreaking organ scene that inspires a bitter old woman to reminisce on long-lost affection. In "Ride Your Wave," a cheesy love song summons the spirit of a deceased loved one, fleetingly, like an incantation. Yuasa and Science Saru's latest feature cocktail "Inu-Oh," steeped in the 14th century Muromachi period of the ruling shoguns, rolls out rock music that unleashes the restorative power to unlock revelations to mysteries, gives restless ghosts peace through lyrical storytelling, and allow two misfits to assert their place in the world.
Based on Hideo Furukawa's novel "The Tale of the Heike: The Inu-oh Chapters," Akiko Nogi's adapted screenplay kickstarts the film deceptively. At the behest of shady noblemen, young Tomona (Mirai Moriyama) opens an underwater cursed treasure that blinds him and kills his father (Yutaka Matsushige). The...
Based on Hideo Furukawa's novel "The Tale of the Heike: The Inu-oh Chapters," Akiko Nogi's adapted screenplay kickstarts the film deceptively. At the behest of shady noblemen, young Tomona (Mirai Moriyama) opens an underwater cursed treasure that blinds him and kills his father (Yutaka Matsushige). The...
- 8/12/2022
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
Inu-Oh (2021).Something strange happens when you watch a film by Masaaki Yuasa. Something strange in the film, and something strange in your mind. It happens on the surface and in the depths, and it works its way from the movements of the film out into the world. It partakes deeply of both Eastern and Western traditions in art, drama, and film—seeming to pull from everywhere while maintaining a focused center. The experience brings to mind Anthony Bourdain’s meditations on his first trip to Tokyo, which he described as transformative, powerful, and violent: “A window opens up into a whole new thing and you think, what does this mean? What do I have left to say? What do I do now?” In Yuasa’s new film, Inu-Oh, this window opens up from the perspective of its two main characters—14th-century musicians who dress like 1970s glam rockers: one who...
- 8/10/2022
- MUBI
Director Masaaki Yuasa and screenwriter Akiko Nogi’s adaptation of Hideo Furukawa’s novel The Tale of the Heike: The Inu-oh Chapters finishes with a couple screens of text describing its titular Noh performer’s final years of success, despite his name being all but forgotten in comparison to the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu’s personal favorite. It’s why these three have brought the story of Inu-oh to life—to ensure his name, and that of his friend Tomona from Dan-no-ura, a blind biwa-playing priest, won’t disappear again. What better way to do so than a 14th-century anachronistic rock opera set during Japan’s Muromachi period, courtesy two cursed men who dare give voice to the voiceless and subsequently free themselves from the chains that society uses to bind them?
Though the characters exist 600 years in the past, their story begins about 300 years earlier during a war between the Genji and Heike.
Though the characters exist 600 years in the past, their story begins about 300 years earlier during a war between the Genji and Heike.
- 7/31/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
"Let the world know your name!!" GKids has revealed the main US trailer for Inu-Oh, the latest totally wild new film from Japanese anime director Masaaki Yuasa, known for his vibrant animation The Night Is Short Walk on Girl, Lu Over the Wall, and Ride Your Wave. This premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival last year (watch the teaser trailer from then) as a special screening, and it's opening in the US in theaters this August. Based on a classic story about the life of Inu-Oh "King Dog", a 14th-century Japanese performer of music drama at the time of its transition from the folk art of sarugaku "monkey music" into the formalized traditions of Noh and kyôgen. The story is about the friendship between a blind musician named Tomona, and a physically deformed dancer named Inu-Oh, who achieve great success and fame working together. The film's original Japanese voice cast features Avu-Chan and Mirai Moriyama.
- 6/15/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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