You will learn three words: makanai, maiko, geiko. The first cooks, the second is an apprentice geisha, the third is confirmed in the art of pleasing very refined gentlemen, who never touch her, but watch her dance, sing, play music, or keep them company with an ancient art in well-frequented bars. Sumire and Kiyo, inseparable … Read more
The 60-year-old filmmaker regrets that Japanese productions do not meet with the same success abroad as South Korean works. Director Hirokazu Kore-edahaloed by the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018 for A family matter , considers that the smug attitudes and harsh working conditions in the local audiovisual industry prevent Japanese productions from meeting the … Read more
Published on : 28/12/2022 – 04:18Modified : 28/12/2022 – 04:17 Tokyo (AFP) – Japan’s film industry, underfunded and “inward-looking”, no longer attracts young talent, regrets director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who has collaborated with young directors on a series soon to be released on Netflix . The 60-year-old filmmaker, crowned with the Palme d’Or at Cannes in … Read more
After filming in France with Catherine Deneuve, the Japanese director Kore-eda is packing his bags in South Korea and enlisting star Song Kang-ho for “The Good Stars”. A reflection on adoption and family ties to be seen currently in French-speaking cinemas. The film presented in competition at the last Cannes Film Festival won Song Kang-ho, … Read more
After having shot in France, in 2018, “The Truth” (with Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche), this time it is in Korea that the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda went to direct “The good stars”, with Korean actors , including the famous Song Kang Ho, a huge star in his country where he has toured with all … Read more
After France (“La Vérité”), Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-Eda set up his cameras in South Korea. The result: “Les Bonnes étoiles”, a very beautiful film awarded at Cannes which he tells us about. A Screenplay Award for Like Father, Like Son in 2013. A Palme d’Or for A Family Affair in 2018. And a Best Actor … Read more
“Les Pires”, by Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret “The way a filmmaker treats a child character is a real indicator of his qualities as a director: it takes a high conception of cinematic art to refuse the ease of the edifying story and to resist the temptation of the touching portrait of children. who know … Read more
The Lucky Starscuriously well received by French critics no doubt blinded by the eternal politics of the authors, is one of the first real failures of the immense Kore-eda, which gets lost in South Korea in the mixture of genres and a vision far too idyllic of humanity. Song Kang-Ho – Copyright Metropolitan FilmExport It … Read more
Once is not custom, Hirokazu Kore-eda had left us in the dock with his previous feature film, The Truth. A casting of choice with Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, accompanied by Ethan Hawke, had not allowed the immense Japanese filmmaker to succeed in his French film. Fortunately, the winner of the 2018 palme d’or (A … Read more
Published on : 02/12/2022 – 14:56Modified : 02/12/2022 – 14:55 Paris (AFP) – After filming in France with Catherine Deneuve, the Japanese Kore-eda is packing his bags in South Korea and enlisting the star Song Kang-ho for “Les bonne étoiles”, a reflection on adoption and family ties. In theaters on Wednesday, the film won the … Read more