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In its now 43rd edition the Nippon Academy-shō Association recognized Asian productions with the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award commonly referred to as the Asian equivalent to the Oscars. The award show, which took place at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan presented some of the best productions from the Asian movie industry with productions such as Shinsuke Saito’s “Kingdom” receiving four nominations and Hideki Takeuchi’s “Fly me to Saitama” topping the list with 12 nominations.
Here is the list of the winners of last night’s award ceremony:
Picture of the Year: “The Journalist” by Roh Deok
Director of the Year: Hideki Takeuchi (“Fly me to Saitama”)
Animation of the Year: “Weathering with You” by Makoto Shinkai
Screenplay of the Year: Yuichi Tokunaga (“Fly me to Saitama”)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Tori Matsuzaka (“The Journalist”)
Outstanding Performance by an...
Here is the list of the winners of last night’s award ceremony:
Picture of the Year: “The Journalist” by Roh Deok
Director of the Year: Hideki Takeuchi (“Fly me to Saitama”)
Animation of the Year: “Weathering with You” by Makoto Shinkai
Screenplay of the Year: Yuichi Tokunaga (“Fly me to Saitama”)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Tori Matsuzaka (“The Journalist”)
Outstanding Performance by an...
- 3/7/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
One of many manga adaptations being released nowadays, this particular film from Shinsuke Sato is based on the best-selling adventure/historical series of the same name created by Yasuhisa Hara. The story presens a fictionalized account of ancient China during the Warring States Period from 475-221 BC.
“Kingdom” screened at the 2019 edition of Fantasia International Film Festival:
Orphaned as kids by the ongoing war, Xin (Kento Yamazaki) and his friend Piao (Ryo Yoshizawa) dream of changing their fate and becoming the world’s greatest generals. After Piao sacrifices himself to protect the future emperor Ying Zheng (Ryo Yoshizawa), the young Xin’s path to greatness is set in motion by helping the king Cheng Wengjun (Masahiro Takashima) reclaim the throne taken from him by various backstabbing generals and court officials. As they set about on their journey, the battle to do so puts the Xin’s blade to the ultimate...
“Kingdom” screened at the 2019 edition of Fantasia International Film Festival:
Orphaned as kids by the ongoing war, Xin (Kento Yamazaki) and his friend Piao (Ryo Yoshizawa) dream of changing their fate and becoming the world’s greatest generals. After Piao sacrifices himself to protect the future emperor Ying Zheng (Ryo Yoshizawa), the young Xin’s path to greatness is set in motion by helping the king Cheng Wengjun (Masahiro Takashima) reclaim the throne taken from him by various backstabbing generals and court officials. As they set about on their journey, the battle to do so puts the Xin’s blade to the ultimate...
- 8/2/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese branch of Warner Bros has been investing for quite some time in the mainstream Japanese movie industry, mainly through the distribution of Takashi Miike’s and action films based on manga. In that fashion, the “Death Note” franchise was an obvious choice, as one of the most commercial of the last decades.
The film is available for pre-order from Madman Entertainment
“Light Up the New World” takes place ten years after the events of “Death Note 2” and follows “Death Note: New Generation” in terms of theme. King Shinigami seems to consider the mayhem spread by Yagami Light delightful, and has scattered six new notebooks around the world. Unavoidably, the bodies start piling up again, and the Death Note Task Force is resurrected once more. As new Shinigamis appear along the new owners of the notebooks, chaos is being spread in even worse terms than before, particularly after a...
The film is available for pre-order from Madman Entertainment
“Light Up the New World” takes place ten years after the events of “Death Note 2” and follows “Death Note: New Generation” in terms of theme. King Shinigami seems to consider the mayhem spread by Yagami Light delightful, and has scattered six new notebooks around the world. Unavoidably, the bodies start piling up again, and the Death Note Task Force is resurrected once more. As new Shinigamis appear along the new owners of the notebooks, chaos is being spread in even worse terms than before, particularly after a...
- 7/24/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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