The Tokyo International Film Festival will dedicate a major sidebar section this year to the work of legendary actor Koji Yakusho. Another section will be dedicated to animation director Masaaki Yuasa.
“Over a 40-year career, Yakusho has won best actor awards at a variety of international film festivals, such as with “Cure” (1997) at the Tokyo festival, “Warm Water Under the Red Bridge” at the Chicago International Film Festival, “Walking My Life” at Film Madrid, “The Woodsman and the Rain” at the Dubai International Film Festival and “The World of Kanako” at the Sitges Festival. He has also starred in a remarkable number of other award-winning films: Cannes Palme d’Or-winning “The Eel,” “Eureka” and Alejandro Inarritu’s “Babel.”
Yuasa has been involved with popular franchises including “Doraemon,” “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Crayon Shinchan.” More recently he has scored as a feature director. His “Lu Over the Wall” won the Cristal Award...
“Over a 40-year career, Yakusho has won best actor awards at a variety of international film festivals, such as with “Cure” (1997) at the Tokyo festival, “Warm Water Under the Red Bridge” at the Chicago International Film Festival, “Walking My Life” at Film Madrid, “The Woodsman and the Rain” at the Dubai International Film Festival and “The World of Kanako” at the Sitges Festival. He has also starred in a remarkable number of other award-winning films: Cannes Palme d’Or-winning “The Eel,” “Eureka” and Alejandro Inarritu’s “Babel.”
Yuasa has been involved with popular franchises including “Doraemon,” “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Crayon Shinchan.” More recently he has scored as a feature director. His “Lu Over the Wall” won the Cristal Award...
- 5/9/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Pixar animation, “Coco” took the top spot at the Japanese box office in its third weekend on release. For the April 31-April 1 frame the film earned $3.6 million on 328,000 admissions, extending its cumulative total to $24.5 million.
Dropping one place from last weekend’s number one was Toho-Towa’s “The Boss Baby.” In its second weekend on release the animation made $3.3 million.
Meanwhile, the highest ranking Japanese film, at number three, was the latest installment in the long-running “Doraemon” animation series. It took $2.9 million, for a cumulative total of $39.5 million.
The top-ranking live-action film, at number four, was “Chiyahafuru Part 3,” the third in a trilogy centering on a high school girl who is an ace player of the traditional card game Karuta. The film scored $1.3 million, lifting its cumulative total to $10.4 million.
Dropping one place from last weekend’s number one was Toho-Towa’s “The Boss Baby.” In its second weekend on release the animation made $3.3 million.
Meanwhile, the highest ranking Japanese film, at number three, was the latest installment in the long-running “Doraemon” animation series. It took $2.9 million, for a cumulative total of $39.5 million.
The top-ranking live-action film, at number four, was “Chiyahafuru Part 3,” the third in a trilogy centering on a high school girl who is an ace player of the traditional card game Karuta. The film scored $1.3 million, lifting its cumulative total to $10.4 million.
- 4/3/2018
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Beauty And The Beast was the highest grossing film of the year in the territory.
Source: Disney
‘Beauty And The Beast’
Japan’s total box office decreased by 3% to $2.1bn (Y228.6bn) in 2017, compared to $2.2bn (Y235.5bn) the previous year, according to figures from the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren).
Hollywood films grossed a combined $945m (Y103bn), increasing their market share to 45%, compared to a 37% share in 2016. Beauty And The Beast was the top-grossing import, and the biggest film overall, with $114m (Y12.4bn).
Japanese film grossed a combined $1.15bn (Y125.5bn) for a market share of 55%, compared to a 63% share in 2016 when mega-hit animation Your Name was released.
Animated feature Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter was the biggest local release, grossing $63m (Y6.9bn), while manga adaptation Gintama was the highest-grossing live-action film with $35m (Y$3.8bn).
Disney had a strong year with four titles in the top ten imported releases – [link...
Source: Disney
‘Beauty And The Beast’
Japan’s total box office decreased by 3% to $2.1bn (Y228.6bn) in 2017, compared to $2.2bn (Y235.5bn) the previous year, according to figures from the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren).
Hollywood films grossed a combined $945m (Y103bn), increasing their market share to 45%, compared to a 37% share in 2016. Beauty And The Beast was the top-grossing import, and the biggest film overall, with $114m (Y12.4bn).
Japanese film grossed a combined $1.15bn (Y125.5bn) for a market share of 55%, compared to a 63% share in 2016 when mega-hit animation Your Name was released.
Animated feature Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter was the biggest local release, grossing $63m (Y6.9bn), while manga adaptation Gintama was the highest-grossing live-action film with $35m (Y$3.8bn).
Disney had a strong year with four titles in the top ten imported releases – [link...
- 1/26/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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