This Japanese docudrama is an excellent primer on the scary near- meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. After the earthquake, a tsunami triggered a ‘major nuclear event.’ A group of dedicated engineers struggle against odds to regain control. It’s another 21st Century disaster writ large — we applaud the camaraderie and commitment of the response teams while bureaucratic and political Bs threatens to doom half of Japan. As with last week’s Spacewalker I’m betting that most negative reviews were written by people who saw the English language dub job … in the original Japanese, star Ken Watanabe’s performance is terrific.
Fukushima 50
Blu-ray
Capelight
2020 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Available from Amazon / 29.98
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Kôichi Satô, Tomorô Taguchi, Mark Chinnery, Yuri Nakamura, Justin Leeper, Yasuko Tomita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Shirô Sano.
Cinematography: Shoji Ehara
Visual Effects...
Fukushima 50
Blu-ray
Capelight
2020 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Available from Amazon / 29.98
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Kôichi Satô, Tomorô Taguchi, Mark Chinnery, Yuri Nakamura, Justin Leeper, Yasuko Tomita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Shirô Sano.
Cinematography: Shoji Ehara
Visual Effects...
- 4/24/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Japanese actress joins cast of Chen Kaige’s [pictured] Chinese-Japanese co-production, which is currently in production in China.
Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka has joined the cast of Chen Kaige’s Kukai, co-produced by China’s New Classics Media and Japan’s Kadokawa, which is currently in production.
Based on a novel by Japanese author Baku Yumemakura, the film tells the story of a Japanese Buddhist monk who visits Tang Dynasty China to learn about its culture and civilisation.
The film, which will be distributed in Japan by Kadokawa and Toho, has been shooting in Hubei province in China since the end of July.
The casting was announced today at Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) at an event attended by Matsuzaka, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and Yoshishige Shimatani, who head Kadowkawa and Toho respectively, and Japanese and Chinese government officials.
The film’s previously announced cast includes Chinese actor Huang Xuan (The Golden Era) and Shota Sometani, who also appears...
Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka has joined the cast of Chen Kaige’s Kukai, co-produced by China’s New Classics Media and Japan’s Kadokawa, which is currently in production.
Based on a novel by Japanese author Baku Yumemakura, the film tells the story of a Japanese Buddhist monk who visits Tang Dynasty China to learn about its culture and civilisation.
The film, which will be distributed in Japan by Kadokawa and Toho, has been shooting in Hubei province in China since the end of July.
The casting was announced today at Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) at an event attended by Matsuzaka, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and Yoshishige Shimatani, who head Kadowkawa and Toho respectively, and Japanese and Chinese government officials.
The film’s previously announced cast includes Chinese actor Huang Xuan (The Golden Era) and Shota Sometani, who also appears...
- 10/28/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The heads of Japan’s leading studios discussed their strategies for expanding into international markets at the close of Japan Day Project’s seminar programme on Monday.
Toho president Yoshishige Shimatani talked about how the company has set up a division to work on remakes of its content: “Sales of Japanese movies are small. We need new strategies and can’t just dub our movies into other languages and try to export them,” Shimatani said.
He also talked about working with Legendary Pictures on its Godzilla reboot: “Godzilla is like our Mickey Mouse. We handed it over to Legendary and they made a very good movie out of it.”
Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa explained how the company is setting up the Kadokawa Contents Academy in several Asian countries to offer courses for animation, manga and character design. “We want to use Japanese pop culture to produce quality content creators associated with local cultures,” Kadokawa said.
Jay...
Toho president Yoshishige Shimatani talked about how the company has set up a division to work on remakes of its content: “Sales of Japanese movies are small. We need new strategies and can’t just dub our movies into other languages and try to export them,” Shimatani said.
He also talked about working with Legendary Pictures on its Godzilla reboot: “Godzilla is like our Mickey Mouse. We handed it over to Legendary and they made a very good movie out of it.”
Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa explained how the company is setting up the Kadokawa Contents Academy in several Asian countries to offer courses for animation, manga and character design. “We want to use Japanese pop culture to produce quality content creators associated with local cultures,” Kadokawa said.
Jay...
- 5/19/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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