Japanese director Shunji Iwai most recent production “Last Letter” is set for release on January 17, 2020. The films stars Takao Matsuo, as a house wife who receives confession from her first love. Matuso, previously worked with director Shunji Iwai in the 1998 movie “April Story”.
In anticipation of the films release, Toho has made a trailer available, which can be viewed below. Recently, we got a chance to speak with director Shunji Iwai, you can read our interview here.
Synopsis
Yuri Kishibeno (Takako Matsu) is a housewife. She lives with her husband (Hideaki Anno) and their two children. Yuri Kishibeno then attends her sister Misaki Tono’s funeral. There, she meets her niece Ayumi (Suzu Hirose) for the first time in many years. Ayumi is still unable to accept her mother’s death and, because of this, she can’t open a letter left behind by her mother. Yuri Kishibeno attends her...
In anticipation of the films release, Toho has made a trailer available, which can be viewed below. Recently, we got a chance to speak with director Shunji Iwai, you can read our interview here.
Synopsis
Yuri Kishibeno (Takako Matsu) is a housewife. She lives with her husband (Hideaki Anno) and their two children. Yuri Kishibeno then attends her sister Misaki Tono’s funeral. There, she meets her niece Ayumi (Suzu Hirose) for the first time in many years. Ayumi is still unable to accept her mother’s death and, because of this, she can’t open a letter left behind by her mother. Yuri Kishibeno attends her...
- 12/8/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
North American streaming and aggregation firm Digital Media Rights has licensed a slate of nine Chinese-language movies from distributor China Lion.
The films which have already enjoyed specialty theatrical releases in North America range from 2016 titles to 2018 hits. They include recent mainland Chinese hit “A Cool Fish,” to 2017 Taiwanese drama “A Gangster’s Daughter” and Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s Chinese romance “Last Letter.”
The films will be available on Dmr’s own Ott channels AsianCrush, the leading Asian streamer, horror and cult channel Midnight Pulp, popular general entertainment channel Yuyu TV, as well as via Amazon Prime, and The Roku Channel. Dmr’s Ott channels work on a freemium model, with viewers offered a free service or a $5 monthly subscription that includes Dmr’s entire selection of titles (without commercials), early releases, director’s cuts and exclusive content.
“As one of China’s leading film distributors, China Lion has...
The films which have already enjoyed specialty theatrical releases in North America range from 2016 titles to 2018 hits. They include recent mainland Chinese hit “A Cool Fish,” to 2017 Taiwanese drama “A Gangster’s Daughter” and Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s Chinese romance “Last Letter.”
The films will be available on Dmr’s own Ott channels AsianCrush, the leading Asian streamer, horror and cult channel Midnight Pulp, popular general entertainment channel Yuyu TV, as well as via Amazon Prime, and The Roku Channel. Dmr’s Ott channels work on a freemium model, with viewers offered a free service or a $5 monthly subscription that includes Dmr’s entire selection of titles (without commercials), early releases, director’s cuts and exclusive content.
“As one of China’s leading film distributors, China Lion has...
- 5/31/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Meanwhile Sony’s Venom is up to $239.5m after 17 days.
As of Sunday, 2018’s Chinese box office reached new heights, totaling $8.13bn, up over 10% year-on-year. With one more month to go, it is inching closer to the new annual milestone of RMB60bn ($8.72bn) by year-end.
A Cool Fish reached the top spot for the first time as new releases failed to edge out the holdovers in the week of Nov 19-25. Rao Xiaozhi’s second film topped the chart with $39.7m for $49.3m after 10 days, with a local title reclaiming the box office crown after four weeks of Hollywood domination.
As of Sunday, 2018’s Chinese box office reached new heights, totaling $8.13bn, up over 10% year-on-year. With one more month to go, it is inching closer to the new annual milestone of RMB60bn ($8.72bn) by year-end.
A Cool Fish reached the top spot for the first time as new releases failed to edge out the holdovers in the week of Nov 19-25. Rao Xiaozhi’s second film topped the chart with $39.7m for $49.3m after 10 days, with a local title reclaiming the box office crown after four weeks of Hollywood domination.
- 11/26/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Chinese box office rises by 4% week-on-week.
Venom fought off new entrant, the latest Fantastic Beasts to retain both the weekly and weekend box office crown in the period of Nov 12-18. With two Hollywood blockbusters delivering a one-two punch, the Chinese box office rose by 4% week-on-week.
Sony’s Venom continued to perform remarkably well in its second week, taking the top spot again with $93.5m. With $203.1m after 10 days, it now ranks as the third biggest superhero film of all time, behind Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Age Of Ultron, making China the biggest international market for the film. It...
Venom fought off new entrant, the latest Fantastic Beasts to retain both the weekly and weekend box office crown in the period of Nov 12-18. With two Hollywood blockbusters delivering a one-two punch, the Chinese box office rose by 4% week-on-week.
Sony’s Venom continued to perform remarkably well in its second week, taking the top spot again with $93.5m. With $203.1m after 10 days, it now ranks as the third biggest superhero film of all time, behind Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Age Of Ultron, making China the biggest international market for the film. It...
- 11/19/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
“Venom” enjoyed a spectacular $87 million second weekend at the Chinese box office. That was almost double the opening score by “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” in the Middle Kingdom.
According to data that excludes online ticket fees, supplied by Asian theatrical industry consultant Artisan Gateway, “Venom” scored $87.2 million, a drop of just 14% from its opening weekend. Its 10-day cumulative score is $187 million.
That figure is claimed to be the highest-ever second weekend in China by a superhero movie. The cumulative score and the film’s momentum put “Venom’s” box office in China on course to overtake the film’s $210 million performance in North America.
By comparison, the new “Fantastic Beasts” installment managed only $34.8 million, in second place. About $4.5 million of that came from performances at 557 Imax venues.
The figures are significantly lower than for the first “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” That released in China in...
According to data that excludes online ticket fees, supplied by Asian theatrical industry consultant Artisan Gateway, “Venom” scored $87.2 million, a drop of just 14% from its opening weekend. Its 10-day cumulative score is $187 million.
That figure is claimed to be the highest-ever second weekend in China by a superhero movie. The cumulative score and the film’s momentum put “Venom’s” box office in China on course to overtake the film’s $210 million performance in North America.
By comparison, the new “Fantastic Beasts” installment managed only $34.8 million, in second place. About $4.5 million of that came from performances at 557 Imax venues.
The figures are significantly lower than for the first “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” That released in China in...
- 11/19/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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- 11/14/2018
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Tom Hardy-starring “Venom” injected some much-needed juice into the Chinese box office, with a blockbuster $102 million first weekend opening. The film crushed other new releases and holdovers alike.
Data from Artisan Gateway, which excludes online ticketing fees, shows the superhero film gobbling up 73% of the entire Chinese box office this weekend. Second-placed Japanese animation, “Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer,” took $10.6 million, or a 7.5% share.
The strong performance of “Venom” is a useful fillip for the Chinese theatrical market, which has suffered a string of sub-$100 million cumulative totals by the top-10 films for the previous nine weekends. The aggregate box office leaped to $140 million, giving a year-to-date total of $7.3 billion, about 9% ahead of the same point last year.
The weekend score for “Venom” is the fifth-biggest opening by any film this year in China and the third-biggest outside the Chinese New Year period. The immediate comparison is with “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,...
Data from Artisan Gateway, which excludes online ticketing fees, shows the superhero film gobbling up 73% of the entire Chinese box office this weekend. Second-placed Japanese animation, “Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer,” took $10.6 million, or a 7.5% share.
The strong performance of “Venom” is a useful fillip for the Chinese theatrical market, which has suffered a string of sub-$100 million cumulative totals by the top-10 films for the previous nine weekends. The aggregate box office leaped to $140 million, giving a year-to-date total of $7.3 billion, about 9% ahead of the same point last year.
The weekend score for “Venom” is the fifth-biggest opening by any film this year in China and the third-biggest outside the Chinese New Year period. The immediate comparison is with “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Takita is known for directing the Oscar-winning ‘Departures’.
Japanese filmmaker Yojiro Takita, best known as director of Oscar-winning drama Departures, is making his Chinese-language debut in Media Asia’s Silence Of Smoke.
Han Geng (So Young), Zhang Guoli (Back To 1942) and Summer Xu (Looper) head the cast of the film about a young cakemaker who takes over the family business but finds he can’t replicate his father’s success. When his daughter is diagnosed with leukemia, and his father dies after coming out of retirement to help him, the cakemaker starts to understand his father and appreciate everything he has done for him.
Japanese filmmaker Yojiro Takita, best known as director of Oscar-winning drama Departures, is making his Chinese-language debut in Media Asia’s Silence Of Smoke.
Han Geng (So Young), Zhang Guoli (Back To 1942) and Summer Xu (Looper) head the cast of the film about a young cakemaker who takes over the family business but finds he can’t replicate his father’s success. When his daughter is diagnosed with leukemia, and his father dies after coming out of retirement to help him, the cakemaker starts to understand his father and appreciate everything he has done for him.
- 10/31/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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