As its title suggests, “Quirky Guys and Gals” is another slice of idiosyncratic comedy from Japan, a colourful anthology piece which follows a variety of eccentric individuals about their oddball lives. The film pulls together four of the most talented directors working in the genre, Yosuke Fujita (“Fine, Totally Fine”), Tomoko Matsunashi (“Happy Darts”), Mipo Oh (“Okan No Yomeiri”) and Gen Sekiguchi (“Survive Style 5+”) as well as a series of recognisable faces, making for a fun ensemble outing. The film is available now on region 2 DVD via Third Window, coming with interviews with and special messages from the directors. The film kicks off with “Cheer Girls” from director Yosuke Fujita (whose “Fine, Totally Fine” is still one of the finest examples of the form), which follows Chiharu (Sakuraba Nanami, also in “A Yell from Heaven” and who provided one of the voices for hit anime “Summer Wars”), a girl who...
- 2/18/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
The lovely folks over at Third Window Films, one of the UK's finest purveyors of Asian entertainment, have grabbed a couple of cool little titles from the Cannes film market. The first of which is Twitch favorite, Shinji Imaoka's (Bottled Vulva: Bank Teller Noriko) Underwater Love, and the second is comedy omnibus film Sabi Otoko Sabi Onna from directors Gen Sekiguchi (Survive Style 5+), Masaya Kakehi, Mipo Oh, Tomoko Matsunashi, and Yosuke Fujita (Fine, Totally Fine).Underwater Love has gotten a lot of love here. The film is probably best known for having been shot by legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle (Chungking Express, Last Life in the Universe, The Limits of Control, etc), it seems to have a lot more going for it than that. The script,...
- 5/21/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The official website for the upcoming omnibus comedy film Sabi Otoko Sabi Onna has been updated with a low-res trailer. “Sabi” is a Japanese word for the refrain of a song, so the title refers to a theme of stories about unique men and women thrown into unconventional situations without any of the usual build up.
“Fine, Totally Fine” director Yosuke Fujita’s segment is called Hagemashi Girls and stars Nanami Sakuraba as Chiharu, a college student who lives to support others. She forms a group called “Hagemashi Girls” with classmates Mamiko (Kumiko Shiratori) and Sanae (Emiko Kawamura), and together they spend all of their time singing and dancing to encourage people. However, when they’re tapped to cheer on a slumping baseball player, their well-meaning hobby begins to backfire in unexpected ways.
From “Happy Darts” director Tomoko Matsunashi comes Boy? meets girl. Aoi Nakamura (Beck) stars as a shy...
“Fine, Totally Fine” director Yosuke Fujita’s segment is called Hagemashi Girls and stars Nanami Sakuraba as Chiharu, a college student who lives to support others. She forms a group called “Hagemashi Girls” with classmates Mamiko (Kumiko Shiratori) and Sanae (Emiko Kawamura), and together they spend all of their time singing and dancing to encourage people. However, when they’re tapped to cheer on a slumping baseball player, their well-meaning hobby begins to backfire in unexpected ways.
From “Happy Darts” director Tomoko Matsunashi comes Boy? meets girl. Aoi Nakamura (Beck) stars as a shy...
- 10/26/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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