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Watch BLACKPINK’s Jennie perform ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ - www.nme.com - Australia - Japan - county Howard - North Korea
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02.06.2023 / 09:43

Watch BLACKPINK’s Jennie perform ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’

BLACKPINK member Jennie sang part of the classic ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ while performing as part of a Chanel showcase in Tokyo, Japan this week.Jennie sang the song – first released by Lori Lieberman in 1972, and popularised through renditions by both Roberta Flack and the Fugees – during Chanel’s 2022-23 Métiers d’art collection show in Tokyo.She performed the song as part of a mashup that also included a section of ‘Fly Me to the Moon’, penned by Bart Howard in 1954 and notably recorded by Frank Sinatra. The performance also included a jazzy version of her unreleased solo song ‘You & Me’.

Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cannes Prizewinning ‘Monster’ Lands North American Deal With Well Go USA (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - USA - Japan
variety.com
31.05.2023 / 18:13

Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cannes Prizewinning ‘Monster’ Lands North American Deal With Well Go USA (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Kore-eda Hirokazu’s film “Monster” which world premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and and won best screenplay (for Yuji Sakamoto). A critically acclaimed Japanese master, Kore-eda previously won Cannes’ Palme d’Or with “Shoplifters” in 2018 and returned to the competition last year with “Broker” which won best actor for Song Kang-ho. Well Go USA Entertainment plans to release “Monster” in North American theaters in late 2023 or early 2024. Scored by late Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (“The Last Emperor”) and lensed by Ryoto Kondo (“Shoplifters”), “Monster” tells the story of a widowed mother (Ando Sakura, “Shoplifters) who notices that her young son (Kurokawa Soya) has begun exhibiting strange behaviors. When she brings her concerns to the staff at his school, she discovers that a teacher (Nagayama Eita, “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai”) is responsible and demands an explanation. Told through the multilayered perspectives of mother, teacher and child, the film gradually unveils the truth which proves much more complex than anyone expects.

Sony’s Aniplex Buys Origamix Partners, Hatches Production Deal With Korea’s Imaginus - variety.com - South Korea - Japan
variety.com
31.05.2023 / 10:45

Sony’s Aniplex Buys Origamix Partners, Hatches Production Deal With Korea’s Imaginus

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Aniplex, a Sony business unit best known as a major producer and distributor of anime films and series including the hit “Demon Slayer,” is to acquire Japanese IP development and talent management firm Origamix Partners. The firm will be expanded into live-action production. The deal was announced Wednesday and will become effective from June 1. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed other than Aniplex obtaining “a full share” of the company. Sony said that Origamix, which has previously been behind the “Kingdom” film franchise and the “Alice in Borderland” series, now in its second season at Netflix,” will be renamed Myragion Studio.

‘Alice In Borderland’ Director Shinsuke Sato Teams With Sony’s Aniplex Inc To Launch Myriagon Studio - deadline.com - Japan - North Korea
deadline.com
31.05.2023 / 09:25

‘Alice In Borderland’ Director Shinsuke Sato Teams With Sony’s Aniplex Inc To Launch Myriagon Studio

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) subsidiary Aniplex Inc has acquired Origamix Partners Inc, the management company of Alice In Borderland director Shinsuke Sato, and will  relaunch the company under the name Myriagon Studio as of June 1.

Cannes 2023: French Director Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Wins Palme d’Or - etcanada.com - France - Germany - Japan - city Sandra - Turkey
etcanada.com
27.05.2023 / 20:23

Cannes 2023: French Director Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Wins Palme d’Or

It’s a wrap for the 2023 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, where French director Justine Triet’s courtroom thriller “Anatomy of a Fall” has won this year’s Palme d’Or for best film.

‘Perfect Days’ Review: Wim Wenders’ Latest Is A Moving Yet Not Unflawed Return To Form [Cannes] - theplaylist.net - Japan - Tokyo
theplaylist.net
26.05.2023 / 21:23

‘Perfect Days’ Review: Wim Wenders’ Latest Is A Moving Yet Not Unflawed Return To Form [Cannes]

The official synopsis for Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is one of those rare occasions when a tightly-described premise encapsulates the immensity of a film: a janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music. In this case, the janitor is Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), an older man whose job is cleaning Tokyo’s elegantly designed public toilets.

‘Feathers’ Director Omar El Zohairy to Helm English-Language Drama ‘Mammals’ - variety.com - Britain - USA - Japan - Egypt
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26.05.2023 / 17:03

‘Feathers’ Director Omar El Zohairy to Helm English-Language Drama ‘Mammals’

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy, whose absurdist social satire “Feathers” won the Cannes Critics’ Week prize in 2021 and went on to make a major splash, is set to helm “Mammals,” an English-language drama that will be a reflection on Western capitalism and family ties. El Zohairy’s sophomore film, which will feature still unspecified actors from different countries, is being co-written by the buzzed-about auteur with British Egyptian writer-director Mohamed Adeeb, who wrote the hit Egyptian TV series “Bimbo,” directed by Amr Salama. “Mammals” is partly inspired by the biography of El Zohairy’s father, who died in 2016 in the United States, where he was an immigrant living under difficult conditions. In the film, a young man visits his distant father in one of the world’s most lavish resorts. When he arrives there he discovers that, unbeknownst to him, his father has locked him into a business deal that he cannot reject. The young man rebels, but also starts to like his new life and eventually loses his sanity. 

‘Kubi’ Review: Takeshi Kitano Stages A Blood-Soaked Samurai Epic [Cannes] - theplaylist.net - Japan
theplaylist.net
24.05.2023 / 16:29

‘Kubi’ Review: Takeshi Kitano Stages A Blood-Soaked Samurai Epic [Cannes]

For three decades, filmmaker Takeshi Kitano was fixated on a period of Japanese history, in which Lord Oda Nobunaga was inexplicably betrayed by one of his closest allies, Akechi Mitsuhide, in an ambush at Honno-ji Temple. The reasons behind Mitsuhide’s deception are unknown, but Kitano dedicated years to concocting his own theories, going so far as to pen a novel imagining the events that led to the incident.  Adapted from his own book, “Kubi” is an outrageously exhilarating update of the samurai epic, dialing up the blood and guts and sprinkling in the sick humor to match.

SM Entertainment to debut three new groups this year - www.nme.com - Japan - Tokyo - North Korea
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24.05.2023 / 06:49

SM Entertainment to debut three new groups this year

SM Entertainment has announced its plans to launch new IP in 2023, including a two boybands and girl group.The plans were announced by SM Entertainment’s CEO Jang Cheol-hyuk in a new YouTube video. The first new group the K-pop agency plans to launch is the latest and final NCT sub-group, which is widely expected to be the Japan-based NCT Tokyo.“To this end, we plan to increase the proportion of Japanese members [in NCT],” Jang said.

‘Kubi’ Review: Japanese Master Takeshi Kitano Disappoints With His Vicious Samurai Epic — Cannes Film Festival - deadline.com - Japan - Hong Kong - city Venice - city Hong Kong
deadline.com
24.05.2023 / 01:11

‘Kubi’ Review: Japanese Master Takeshi Kitano Disappoints With His Vicious Samurai Epic — Cannes Film Festival

In the early ’90s, Japan’s Takeshi “Beat” Kitano was on a roll, with a superb string of nuanced crime movies that stood in stark contrast to the good-vs.-evil bullet operas that were coming out of Hong Kong at the time. Kitano’s darkly funny cynicism (who else could have made Violent Cop?) made him stand out by miles, but it soon became his weakness, as became evident in the lean period after the success of Zatoichi in 2013. The experimental, semi-autobiographical trilogy that followed — Takeshis’, Glory to the Filmmaker and Achilles and the Tortoise — seemed to offer little more than self-sabotage, the work of a frustrated artist trying to take a blowtorch to his populist image without much thought for the future.

Doc-in-Progress ‘Islands of the Winds’ About Fight for Democracy in Taiwan Wins Top Award at Cannes Industry Event (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - France - Brazil - Japan - Finland - Taiwan
variety.com
23.05.2023 / 16:07

Doc-in-Progress ‘Islands of the Winds’ About Fight for Democracy in Taiwan Wins Top Award at Cannes Industry Event (EXCLUSIVE)

Lise Pedersen The highest award for docs-in-progress at the Cannes Film Market’s sidebar dedicated to documentary, Cannes Docs, has gone to Ya-Ting Hsu’s debut feature doc “Islands of the Winds.” Twenty years in the making, the film follows the anti-eviction struggle of the patients of Losheng Sanatorium for lepers, which became a symbol of the fight for democracy in Hsu’s native Taiwan. The prize comes with a €10,000 ($10,800) cash prize and project follow-up by IEFTA (the International Emerging Film Talent Assn.). It is produced by Hsu’s Taiwan-based Argosy Films and Media Productions, Huang Yin-Yu (Moolin Films, Ltd. & Moolin Production, Co., Ltd, Taiwan and Japan) and Baptiste Brunner (Wide Productions – La Cuisine aux Images, France).

Korea Box Office: ‘Fast X’ Enjoys $5 Million First Weekend - variety.com - South Korea - Japan - North Korea
variety.com
22.05.2023 / 02:57

Korea Box Office: ‘Fast X’ Enjoys $5 Million First Weekend

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Fast & Furious 10” (aka “Fast X”) drove off with the top prize at the South Korean box office on its opening weekend. It earned $4.99 million between Friday and Saturday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). And over its full five-day run, from a Wednesday opening, it earned $6.76 million. Kobis showed the film claiming a 48% market share. The speedy start for “Fast X” was enough to depose “Guardians of the Galaxy 3,” which had ridden atop the Korean chart for the two previous weekends. In its third weekend on release “GOTG 3” earned $3.04 million, a 48% week-on-week decline, giving it a cumulative of $26.9 million after 19 days on release in Korea. That is the fourth highest total for any film that has played in Korean cinemas this year.

Hong Sang-soo’s ‘In Our Day’ Scores Sales Deals Ahead of Cannes Premiere - variety.com - Australia - Spain - France - China - state Louisiana - South Korea - India - city Seoul - Japan - Switzerland - Arizona - Greece - Berlin - Taiwan - city Busan - Liechtenstein
variety.com
21.05.2023 / 22:15

Hong Sang-soo’s ‘In Our Day’ Scores Sales Deals Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “In Our Day,” the film by South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo which closes the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes film festival, has seen distributors in multiple territories move early to strike rights deals. French rights were picked up by Capricci), Spanish rights by L’Atalante Cinema and Greek rights by Ama Films. The film has its official premiere on May 25. Seoul-based Finecut has long been the sales agent for Hong’s plentiful output. In addition to the deals on “In Our Day,” Finecut signed agreements with L’Atalante, with France’s Ariona Films and Taiwan’s Cola Films for “In Water,” Hong’s first film of 2023 which premiered in the Encounters section in Berlin in February. The film was previously sold to Cinema Guild for North America.

Kim Jee-Woon, Song Kang-Ho’s Anthology Studios Teams With India’s Panorama On Korean Remake Of ‘Drishyam’ Franchise - deadline.com - USA - South Korea - India - Japan - county Jack - North Korea - city Mumbai
deadline.com
21.05.2023 / 11:21

Kim Jee-Woon, Song Kang-Ho’s Anthology Studios Teams With India’s Panorama On Korean Remake Of ‘Drishyam’ Franchise

Kumar Mangat Pathak’s Mumbai-based Panorama Studios is teaming with South Korea’s Anthology Studios, co-founded by former Warner Bros exec Jay Choi, Cobweb director Kim Jee-woon and Parasite star Song Kang-ho, on a Korean-language remake of India’s Drishyam franchise. 

Cannes Slots May Give Japanese Auteurs Box Office Boost at Home - variety.com - France - South Korea - Japan
variety.com
19.05.2023 / 09:57

Cannes Slots May Give Japanese Auteurs Box Office Boost at Home

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent Two Japanese films by internationally renowned auteurs — “Monster” by Koreeda Hirokazu and “Kubi” by Kitano Takeshi — are in the Cannes lineup this year, and both carry with them big box office expectations in Japan.  “Monster,” which is screening in competition, will be released on June 2 by Gaga and Toho, the latter Japan’s largest distributor and theater chain operator. Koreeda’s two previous films — “The Truth” (2019), shot in France, and “Broker” (2022), filmed South Korea — were both box office disappointments in his home market. “Monster,” however, promises a return to the earnings form of his 2018 Palme d’Or winner “Shoplifters,” whose $34 million cumulative total was the fourth-highest among Japanese releases that year. 

‘Monster’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Time-Hopping Melodrama Movingly Shows The Power Of Perspective [Cannes] - theplaylist.net - Japan
theplaylist.net
17.05.2023 / 21:51

‘Monster’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Time-Hopping Melodrama Movingly Shows The Power Of Perspective [Cannes]

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest gem, “Monster,” begins on an enormous inferno. The facade of a hostess club is engulfed in flames of mysterious origin, attracting everyone from curious neighbors to squealing children chasing down roaring fire engines to witness the chaos.

‘Monster’: Hirokazu Kore-Eda Drama Receives Six-Minute Standing Ovation At Cannes World Premiere - deadline.com - Japan
deadline.com
17.05.2023 / 20:39

‘Monster’: Hirokazu Kore-Eda Drama Receives Six-Minute Standing Ovation At Cannes World Premiere

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s seventh go-round in Cannes competition, Monster, received a six-minute standing ovation Wednesday in the Grand Theatre Lumiere. He won the Palme d’Or back in 2018 for Shoplifters. Can he do it again?

‘Monster’ Review: Kore-eda Hirokazu Hides Surprise Plea for Acceptance Beneath Much Darker Themes - variety.com - Japan
variety.com
17.05.2023 / 19:23

‘Monster’ Review: Kore-eda Hirokazu Hides Surprise Plea for Acceptance Beneath Much Darker Themes

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In film after film, from “Nobody Knows” to “Shoplifters,” Japanese master Kore-eda Hirokazu has proven himself to be among the medium’s most humanistic directors, inclined to see the best in people, especially children. So how to reconcile the way “Monster” makes us feel? Returning to his native Japan after helming two relatively disappointing features abroad (“Broker” and “The Truth”), the 2018 Palme d’Or winner opens his latest Cannes competition entry with a building on fire — a “hostess bar” where lonely men seek female company — and fifth-grade Minato (Kurokawa Soya) watching the inferno from a nearby balcony. Kore-eda will return to this scene three times over the course of the film, folding the narrative back upon itself from a different angle each time, before finally revealing who set the blaze.

‘Monster’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Multi-Perspective Yarn Is Elegant and Poetic - thewrap.com - Japan
thewrap.com
17.05.2023 / 19:03

‘Monster’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Multi-Perspective Yarn Is Elegant and Poetic

Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda is a perceptive observer of families, keenly detecting the quirks that make an individual unique and the whole stronger and more complicated. 2018’s masterful Palme d’Or winner “Shoplifters” was perhaps the finest display of Kore-eda’s skills and preoccupations as a minimalist artist of mysterious domestic rhythms, informed by social and financial realities.

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