“How to Find Happiness”. A great question, that this film attempts to provide an answer for in a rather unique production about an unlikely relationship forming between a doctor and a patient.
How To Find Happiness is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Shunichi Nagasaki’s film features Toshihide (Mahiro Takasugi), a young doctor living at his clinic. When Ako (Nagisa Sekimizu) drops into his clinic, and looks exactly like the woman he has a crush on, he’s clueless. Ako then is forced to stay around due to medical reasons, and starts temporarily living with Toshihide and his family. He soon realizes that Ako is not the woman he hoped she was, but that does not stop them from bonding anyways, and gives both of the characters the development they so necessarily needed.
The film does a lot of things well, but excels in showing two less-than-whole characters in pretty unique ways.
How To Find Happiness is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Shunichi Nagasaki’s film features Toshihide (Mahiro Takasugi), a young doctor living at his clinic. When Ako (Nagisa Sekimizu) drops into his clinic, and looks exactly like the woman he has a crush on, he’s clueless. Ako then is forced to stay around due to medical reasons, and starts temporarily living with Toshihide and his family. He soon realizes that Ako is not the woman he hoped she was, but that does not stop them from bonding anyways, and gives both of the characters the development they so necessarily needed.
The film does a lot of things well, but excels in showing two less-than-whole characters in pretty unique ways.
- 2/2/2023
- by Reinier Brands
- AsianMoviePulse
Black Belt
Stars: Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yuji Suzuki | Written by George Iida | Directed by Shunichi Nagasaki
“The year is 1932 and in Japanese occupied Manchuria corrupt military forces have begun taking over the karate dojos for their own future benefit. Amidst this chaos, the master of one such dojo dies before passing on the “Kuro-obi” to a worthy successor, instead leaving it the hands of one of his apprentices, who must decide who deserves it most. After burying their master, the three most likely candidates are forced from their dojo and into the employment of the military to serve as martial arts instructors. Their individual responses to their fates lead each man on a vastly different and very personal path, at times pitting the former colleagues against each other as they seek the true understanding of their master’s teachings.
The deep-rooted values of honour, loyalty and friendship are all...
Stars: Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yuji Suzuki | Written by George Iida | Directed by Shunichi Nagasaki
“The year is 1932 and in Japanese occupied Manchuria corrupt military forces have begun taking over the karate dojos for their own future benefit. Amidst this chaos, the master of one such dojo dies before passing on the “Kuro-obi” to a worthy successor, instead leaving it the hands of one of his apprentices, who must decide who deserves it most. After burying their master, the three most likely candidates are forced from their dojo and into the employment of the military to serve as martial arts instructors. Their individual responses to their fates lead each man on a vastly different and very personal path, at times pitting the former colleagues against each other as they seek the true understanding of their master’s teachings.
The deep-rooted values of honour, loyalty and friendship are all...
- 7/3/2011
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
The official website for Shunichi Nagasaki’s Shojotachi no Rashinban has been relaunched with a new trailer.
Based on an award-winning mystery novel by Hiromi Mizuki, the film involves an up-and-coming young actress who returns to her hometown for a film shoot. Although she doesn’t mention it to anyone, her director (Ken Maeda) knows that she was a member of the legendary theater troupe “Rashinban” (compass) back in her high school years.
Four years earlier, Rumi (Riko Narumi), Ririko (Ayaka Morita), and Kaname (Mayuu Kusakari) invited a girl from a different school, Ran (Shiori Kutsuna), into their new theater group. Eventually, one member winds up dead, but the person responsible had set up the perfect alibi.
In the present day, the actress is presented with shocking evidence as the details of what seemed like the perfect crime are slowly revealed and a plan for revenge is enacted.
“Shojotachi no...
Based on an award-winning mystery novel by Hiromi Mizuki, the film involves an up-and-coming young actress who returns to her hometown for a film shoot. Although she doesn’t mention it to anyone, her director (Ken Maeda) knows that she was a member of the legendary theater troupe “Rashinban” (compass) back in her high school years.
Four years earlier, Rumi (Riko Narumi), Ririko (Ayaka Morita), and Kaname (Mayuu Kusakari) invited a girl from a different school, Ran (Shiori Kutsuna), into their new theater group. Eventually, one member winds up dead, but the person responsible had set up the perfect alibi.
In the present day, the actress is presented with shocking evidence as the details of what seemed like the perfect crime are slowly revealed and a plan for revenge is enacted.
“Shojotachi no...
- 3/8/2011
- Nippon Cinema
Here’s the trailer for Shunichi Nagasaki’s upcoming dog film Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no Eiga, the follow-up to the popular 2005 short film compilation, “All About My Dog”. In addition to Nagasaki, several lesser-known directors were also involved in individual segments.
The stories range anywhere from comedy to tearjerker, with segments involving the pain of losing a pet, a kidnapper who gets emotionally attached to a dog he’s taken, a mother who becomes preoccupied with the welfare of her dog leading up to her son’s wedding banquet, and several others.
In the story which seems to be focused on most in the promotional material, Nao Omori stars as a translator named Ichiro who dislikes dogs due to the shock caused by his childhood pet, a Shiba Inu, being hit by a car. However, his wife Misato (Nanako Matsushima) decides to go behind his back and...
The stories range anywhere from comedy to tearjerker, with segments involving the pain of losing a pet, a kidnapper who gets emotionally attached to a dog he’s taken, a mother who becomes preoccupied with the welfare of her dog leading up to her son’s wedding banquet, and several others.
In the story which seems to be focused on most in the promotional material, Nao Omori stars as a translator named Ichiro who dislikes dogs due to the shock caused by his childhood pet, a Shiba Inu, being hit by a car. However, his wife Misato (Nanako Matsushima) decides to go behind his back and...
- 11/26/2010
- Nippon Cinema
TORONTO -- Two U.S. films will be among the 20 titles contending for top honors at the Montreal World Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday.
Mark Brokaw's "Spinning Into Butter", produced by and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, will join Christopher Cain's "September Dawn" in competing for the Grand Prize of the Americas. "Butter" revolves around a New England college dean caught up in an investigation into a racially motivated crime, while "Dawn", which stars Jon Voight, examines the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.
Also making the cut is Abel Ferrara's "Go Go Tales", an Italian-French co-production starring Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Asia Argento and Lou Doillon.
Canada will be represented by Francois Delisle's "Toi" and Emile Gaudreault's "Surviving My Mother".
The lone German entry is Volker Einrauch's family drama "Der Andere Junge", while Italy will be represented by Stefano Incerti's "L'uomo di vetro" and Nic Balthazar will bring his Belgian-Dutch co-production "Ben X" to Montreal.
French offerings include Claude Miller's "A Secret" and several co-productions, among them, Jacob Berger's Swiss-French co-production "1 Day" and Ivan Solovov's French-Russian co-production "Otets".
Latin entries include Ray Loriga's "Teresa", starring Paz Vega and Geraldine Chaplin; Luis Felipe Rocha's "A Outra Margem", a Brazilian-Portuguese co-production; and the Mexican offering "Used Parts" by Aaron Fernandez Lesur.
Rounding out the competition lineup are Menahemi Ayelet's "Noodle", (Israel), Abdallah Oguz's "Bliss" (Turkey-Greece), Latif Lahlou's "Les jardins de Samira" (Morocco), Issa Serge Coelo's "DP75-Tartina City" (Chad-France) and two Japanese films: "Black Belt" from Shunichi Nagasaki and Toru Hayashi's "Women of the Interior Palace".
For the third year running, Montreal will host a First Films World Competition. Among the 23 titles in the sidebar are U.S. entries "The Fall of Night", Derrick Warfel's portrait of a struggling rock musician, and Scott Flynn's "The Gray Man".
Screening out of competition in the Hors Concours sidebar are a host of movies that bowed elsewhere, including Pascale Ferran's "Lady Chatterley" and Claude Lelouch's "Roman de gare", both from France, and Czech director Jiri Menzel's "I Served the King of England".
Documentaries unspooling in Montreal include Dan Cox's "Running With Arnold" and Sut Jhally's "War Made Easy", both from the U.S.
Mark Brokaw's "Spinning Into Butter", produced by and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, will join Christopher Cain's "September Dawn" in competing for the Grand Prize of the Americas. "Butter" revolves around a New England college dean caught up in an investigation into a racially motivated crime, while "Dawn", which stars Jon Voight, examines the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.
Also making the cut is Abel Ferrara's "Go Go Tales", an Italian-French co-production starring Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Asia Argento and Lou Doillon.
Canada will be represented by Francois Delisle's "Toi" and Emile Gaudreault's "Surviving My Mother".
The lone German entry is Volker Einrauch's family drama "Der Andere Junge", while Italy will be represented by Stefano Incerti's "L'uomo di vetro" and Nic Balthazar will bring his Belgian-Dutch co-production "Ben X" to Montreal.
French offerings include Claude Miller's "A Secret" and several co-productions, among them, Jacob Berger's Swiss-French co-production "1 Day" and Ivan Solovov's French-Russian co-production "Otets".
Latin entries include Ray Loriga's "Teresa", starring Paz Vega and Geraldine Chaplin; Luis Felipe Rocha's "A Outra Margem", a Brazilian-Portuguese co-production; and the Mexican offering "Used Parts" by Aaron Fernandez Lesur.
Rounding out the competition lineup are Menahemi Ayelet's "Noodle", (Israel), Abdallah Oguz's "Bliss" (Turkey-Greece), Latif Lahlou's "Les jardins de Samira" (Morocco), Issa Serge Coelo's "DP75-Tartina City" (Chad-France) and two Japanese films: "Black Belt" from Shunichi Nagasaki and Toru Hayashi's "Women of the Interior Palace".
For the third year running, Montreal will host a First Films World Competition. Among the 23 titles in the sidebar are U.S. entries "The Fall of Night", Derrick Warfel's portrait of a struggling rock musician, and Scott Flynn's "The Gray Man".
Screening out of competition in the Hors Concours sidebar are a host of movies that bowed elsewhere, including Pascale Ferran's "Lady Chatterley" and Claude Lelouch's "Roman de gare", both from France, and Czech director Jiri Menzel's "I Served the King of England".
Documentaries unspooling in Montreal include Dan Cox's "Running With Arnold" and Sut Jhally's "War Made Easy", both from the U.S.
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