Featuring such a cast, being reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, and particularly the 1932 film “Grand Hotel” and having a New Year’s feel, “Uchoten Hotel” had all the prerequisites of becoming a commercially successful film. Eventually that is exactly what it did, becoming the third highest grossing one of 2006 in Japan. Furthermore, it was nominated for 11 Japanese Academy awards, although, almost ironically, did not win a single one. Let us see what it is about though.
The story revolves around a number of characters, whose lives intermingle in a luxury hotel two hours before New Year’s Eve. Shindo, who used to work in the theatre, is now a head accommodation manager, but tries to hide the fact when his ex-wife unexpectedly arrives in the hotel. Her current husband, is in the hotel to receive an award from a deer fertility research organization,...
The story revolves around a number of characters, whose lives intermingle in a luxury hotel two hours before New Year’s Eve. Shindo, who used to work in the theatre, is now a head accommodation manager, but tries to hide the fact when his ex-wife unexpectedly arrives in the hotel. Her current husband, is in the hotel to receive an award from a deer fertility research organization,...
- 4/15/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
No big revelations this year at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. The Sunday night ceremony has unveiled all the winners for this years Awards and they are all quite an easy guess. Felix Chong’s thriller “Project Gutenberg” was the star of the evening as, predictably – considering its 17 nominations – won Best Film along with other 6 Awards.
But despite the histrionic performances of Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwock, the acting Awards are not in the “Project Gutenberg”‘s pile. Anthony Wong took home the Best Actor award for his role as a middle-aged paralysed man in “Still Human“, and newcomer Chloe Maayan won Best Actress for Fruit Chan’s “Three Husbands”, while Kara Hui and Ben Yuen Foo-Wa scored Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor both for “Tracey“.
Finally, “Dying To Survive” won the Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan Award.
Here is the full list of Winners and...
But despite the histrionic performances of Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwock, the acting Awards are not in the “Project Gutenberg”‘s pile. Anthony Wong took home the Best Actor award for his role as a middle-aged paralysed man in “Still Human“, and newcomer Chloe Maayan won Best Actress for Fruit Chan’s “Three Husbands”, while Kara Hui and Ben Yuen Foo-Wa scored Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor both for “Tracey“.
Finally, “Dying To Survive” won the Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan Award.
Here is the full list of Winners and...
- 4/15/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The full list of nominations for the the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards has been revealed. On the 14 April 2019 we will know the winners but for now let’s have a look at the nominees.
Two films seem to lead the competition. Big budget “Project Gutenberg” by Felix Chong has the highest number of nominations (17) and both its protagonists, Chow Yun-Fat and Aaron Kwok, compete for the Best Actor Award. To follow, a much smaller (but not less loved) film, “Men On The Dragon” by Sunny Chan has 10 nominations.
Here is the full list:
Men On The Dragon
Best Film
Three Husbands
Operation Red Sea
Still Human
Men On The Dragon
Project Gutenberg
Best Director
Fruit Chan (Three Husbands)
Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea)
Sunny Chan (Men On The Dragon)
Oliver Chan Siu-Kuen (Still Human)
Felix Chong (Project Gutenberg)
Aaron Kwok and Chow Yun-Fat
Best Actor
Francis Ng (Men On...
Two films seem to lead the competition. Big budget “Project Gutenberg” by Felix Chong has the highest number of nominations (17) and both its protagonists, Chow Yun-Fat and Aaron Kwok, compete for the Best Actor Award. To follow, a much smaller (but not less loved) film, “Men On The Dragon” by Sunny Chan has 10 nominations.
Here is the full list:
Men On The Dragon
Best Film
Three Husbands
Operation Red Sea
Still Human
Men On The Dragon
Project Gutenberg
Best Director
Fruit Chan (Three Husbands)
Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea)
Sunny Chan (Men On The Dragon)
Oliver Chan Siu-Kuen (Still Human)
Felix Chong (Project Gutenberg)
Aaron Kwok and Chow Yun-Fat
Best Actor
Francis Ng (Men On...
- 2/13/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Legal thriller starring Masaharu Fukuyama due to hit screens in Japan in September.
Japan’s Gaga Corporation and Wild Bunch are re-teaming to jointly sell Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s upcoming legal thriller The Third Murder.
Popular Japanese singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama reunites with Kore-eda to play a lawyer who takes on a complicated murder case that will shake his very belief in the law.
Fukuyama starred in Kore-eda’s 2013 Cannes Jury Prize winner Like Father, Like Son, playing a successful businessman faced with a tough decision on discovering the child he brought up as his own was swapped with his biological son at birth.
Gaga will represent Asian territories and Wild Bunch is handling the rest of the world.
The new deal extends a collaboration begun on Kore-eda’s 2011 film I Wish and continued on his subsequent films Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister and After The Storm.
Toho Co., Ltd...
Japan’s Gaga Corporation and Wild Bunch are re-teaming to jointly sell Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s upcoming legal thriller The Third Murder.
Popular Japanese singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama reunites with Kore-eda to play a lawyer who takes on a complicated murder case that will shake his very belief in the law.
Fukuyama starred in Kore-eda’s 2013 Cannes Jury Prize winner Like Father, Like Son, playing a successful businessman faced with a tough decision on discovering the child he brought up as his own was swapped with his biological son at birth.
Gaga will represent Asian territories and Wild Bunch is handling the rest of the world.
The new deal extends a collaboration begun on Kore-eda’s 2011 film I Wish and continued on his subsequent films Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister and After The Storm.
Toho Co., Ltd...
- 5/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
Production has started on John Woo’s highly-anticipated action thriller Manhunt, starring Zhang Hanyu and Masaharu Fukuyama, in Osaka, Japan.
Korean actress Ha Ji-won and Chinese actress Qi Wei have also joined the cast of the $40m film, produced by Gordon Chan and Chan Hing-kai and backed by Hong Kong’s Media Asia.
The film’s ensemble cast also includes veteran and upcoming Japanese actors such as Yasuaki Kurata, Jun Kunimura, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Nanami Sakuraba, Naoto Takenaka and Tao Okamoto.
Japanese crew have also been tapped for the film, including art director Yohei Taneda and cinematographer Takuro Ishizaka.
The cast and crew held a traditional Japanese kagami biraki ceremony to mark the start of production, also attended by local government officials. Osaka prefecture and the Japanese rail transit corporation are both supporting the shooting of the film.
Based on a novel by Juko Nishimura, about a lawyer wrongly accused of murder, the project...
Korean actress Ha Ji-won and Chinese actress Qi Wei have also joined the cast of the $40m film, produced by Gordon Chan and Chan Hing-kai and backed by Hong Kong’s Media Asia.
The film’s ensemble cast also includes veteran and upcoming Japanese actors such as Yasuaki Kurata, Jun Kunimura, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Nanami Sakuraba, Naoto Takenaka and Tao Okamoto.
Japanese crew have also been tapped for the film, including art director Yohei Taneda and cinematographer Takuro Ishizaka.
The cast and crew held a traditional Japanese kagami biraki ceremony to mark the start of production, also attended by local government officials. Osaka prefecture and the Japanese rail transit corporation are both supporting the shooting of the film.
Based on a novel by Juko Nishimura, about a lawyer wrongly accused of murder, the project...
- 6/20/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Did Quentin Tarantino stumble this time out? His tale of western killers sharing a snowbound cabin builds almost zero suspense, and the verbal excess and violent grossness lack Tarantino's usual clever, wickedly funny edge. And 70mm cooped up in a dim interior? It's A Long Day's Journey into Lincoln Logs. Totally dig Jennifer Jason Leigh and Ennio Morricone, though. The Hateful Eight Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD Anchor Bay / Weinstein 2015 / Color / 2.76 widescreen (Ultra Panavision 70) / 187 min. / Street Date March 29, 2016 / 39.99 Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Michael Madsen, James Parks, Dana Gourrier, Zoë Bell, Lee Horsley, Gene Jones, Channing Tatum. Cinematography Robert Richardson Film Editor Fred Raskin Original Music Ennio Morricone Production Design Yohei Taneda Produced by Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh, Stacey Sher Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Quentin Tarantino's opening title sequence card announces...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Quentin Tarantino's opening title sequence card announces...
- 3/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" is a Western version of "And Then There Were None" with period detail that pops, thanks to the large-format, widescreen splendor of Ultra Panavision 70. As a result, it should garner several craft Oscar nominations next week. Of course, the director demands an organic authenticity and shooting in Telluride (both with or without sufficient snow) provided an additional challenge. Even construction of the set for Millie's Haberdashery was done on location (except for some minor onstage work at La's Red Studios, where they lowered the temperature to 30 degrees and raised the humidity to 96%). Watch: "How Walton Goggins Pops in Quentin Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight' (Exclusive Video)" For production designer Yohei Taneda ("Kill Bill: Vol. 1," "Ghost In the Shell 2"), the primary design reference for Millie's Haberdashery was the general store in "Shane." Visually, though, he thought...
- 1/6/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
It takes a lot of love to build a set as intricate as the ill-fated cabin in director Quentin Tarantino‘s “The Hateful Eight.” TheWrap has an exclusive look at the production design behind Tarantino’s latest effort, a bloody Western starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kurt Russell. The director relied on production designer Yohei Taneda, the same artisan who crafted the stunning House of Blue Leaves in “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” where Uma Thurman carves up the Crazy 88 before Lucy Liu‘s eyes. Also Read: Quentin Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' Debuts With $3.5 Million But 'Stars Wars' Does $28 Million For Minnie’s.
- 1/1/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
From Japan’s acclaimed Studio Ghibli comes When Marnie Was There, a sweeping story of friendship, mystery and discovery which is coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD on October 6, 2015, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, in partnership with Gkids. Based on the beloved novel by Joan G. Robinson, the When Marnie Was There Blu-ray™ and DVD deliver stirring emotions and breathtaking animation as only Studio Ghibli can, as well as hours of bonus features that go behind the scenes of a timeless masterpiece.
Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she’s outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong – and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her “ordinary face”. Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who does not...
Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she’s outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong – and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her “ordinary face”. Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who does not...
- 10/6/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has announced 3D fantasy adventure Monster Hunt, to be directed by Raman Hui, who co-directed Shrek The Third.
The $30m Chinese-language film will star Bai Baihe (Personal Tailor), Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) and Jiang Wu (A Touch of Sin).
Based on the supernatural classic Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio, the film will feature Woba, a CGI protagonist who is the last of the monster kings embroiled in a war with humans that has lasted generations. His quest is to bring unity to the two races with the help of characters played by Bai and Ko.
“We give this classic tale a new spin by reducing the horror element and reinventing it with family-friendly fantastical characters and settings in an epic style,” said Hui.
Veteran actor Eric Tsang (Infernal Affairs) and Hong Kong’s ‘Queen of Comedy’ Sandra Ng (The Golden Chicken trilogy) will also feature along with Yan...
The $30m Chinese-language film will star Bai Baihe (Personal Tailor), Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) and Jiang Wu (A Touch of Sin).
Based on the supernatural classic Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio, the film will feature Woba, a CGI protagonist who is the last of the monster kings embroiled in a war with humans that has lasted generations. His quest is to bring unity to the two races with the help of characters played by Bai and Ko.
“We give this classic tale a new spin by reducing the horror element and reinventing it with family-friendly fantastical characters and settings in an epic style,” said Hui.
Veteran actor Eric Tsang (Infernal Affairs) and Hong Kong’s ‘Queen of Comedy’ Sandra Ng (The Golden Chicken trilogy) will also feature along with Yan...
- 6/3/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
A behind-the-scenes video for Keanu Reeves's directorial debut Man of Tai Chi has arrived, via Mtime. Running five and a half minutes, it provides an inside look at the production team and includes some footage from the film. In the video, Keanu Reeves and lead actor Tiger Chen talk about how the project first took off, and each describes their specific role. Also on the team is Elliot Davis, the cinematographer; Joseph A. Porro, the costume designer; Yohei Taneda, the production designer; Michael G. Cooney, the writer; and Yuen Woo-ping, the action director.The film is due for theatrical release in China on July 5. You'll find the behind-the-scenes video embedded below....
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- 6/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
It's great to see Zhang Yimou return to more dramatic fare after the bonkers Blood Simple remake (read our review: Zhang Yimou's Blood Simple ). 13 Flowers Of Nanjing certainly counts as 'dramatic'. The film stars Christian Bale as an American priest trapped in Nanjing during the infamous invasion of Nanjing in 1937.
If you've never read up on this atrocious period of history then you must. Also see Tun Fei Mou's hideous and unrelentingly bleak film, Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre, if you've got a strong stomach. Obviously Zhang Yimou will deliver a more measured affair, but this chapter in Chinese history is appalling beyond belief. There's also an excellent HBO documentary on this subject matter.
Synopsis:
13 Flowers of Nanjing is set in 1937 in Nanjing, China during Sino-Japanese War, where a few brave refugees find sanctuary in a Church compound. The group, thrown together by the terrible chaos of war, risks...
If you've never read up on this atrocious period of history then you must. Also see Tun Fei Mou's hideous and unrelentingly bleak film, Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre, if you've got a strong stomach. Obviously Zhang Yimou will deliver a more measured affair, but this chapter in Chinese history is appalling beyond belief. There's also an excellent HBO documentary on this subject matter.
Synopsis:
13 Flowers of Nanjing is set in 1937 in Nanjing, China during Sino-Japanese War, where a few brave refugees find sanctuary in a Church compound. The group, thrown together by the terrible chaos of war, risks...
- 4/19/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
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