Meet the 2013 SXSW Filmmakers #15: Junya Sakino Explores Social Issues Through Comedy in 'Sake Bomb'
Junya Sakino left his homeland of Japan in 2000 and moved to the U.S. to pursue his directing career. Those dreams were realized in his directorial debut in "The Jazz Addict," which was an official selection for Crested Butte Film Festival, and now with his first feature film, "Sake Bomb." Junya attended California State University Long Beach’s film program where he went on to direct "Vanity Mirror," "The Spiral Ring" and "Orizuru." "Vanity Mirror" won the Grand Prize for Utb Picture Battle competition. Orizuru hit the worldwide film festival circuit in 2006 and received a generous handful of awards including the Hollywood International Film Festival award for Best Period Drama, the Best Screenplay award at the Media Arts Festival, Best Film at No Nuke Festival. The film was eventually aired on PBS. What it's about: A sarcastic and self-deprecating Asian-American must take his naive Japanese cousin on a road trip...
- 3/1/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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