Movie Talk (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Film4, 10.40pm After making his name with chillers Cure and Pulse, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa scores another triumph (and a Cannes Jury Prize award) with the recession-inspired family drama, Tokyo Sonata. When Ryuhei Sasaki (20th-Century Boys’s Teruyuki Kagawa) is made redundant from his job at a large medical equipment company, [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... road comedy "Ten Ten" ("Adrift in Tokyo," 2008) or the unemployed father in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's family drama "Tokyo Sonata" (2008).
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... injustice. It's a far far darker movie, shockingly so. I'd rather liken it as a cross between Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata and Observe and Report . Uncle Jimmy isn't just goofy, he's mentally retarded and dangerous. He's brash, rude, selfish, and often throws violent temper tantrums. His actions go far beyond the silly man child antics of any Will Farrell role. And since the rest...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... event kicks off Nov. 21 with a special symposium featuring Japanese auteurs Takeshi Kitano, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Hirokazu Kore-eda. It's a rare chance to watch and listen to the filmmakers talk about their works and thoughts on films.The competition features 10 films by emerging Asian filmmakers — two from Iran and one each from Israel, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Taiwan,...
Jonstraveladventures (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... farcicle. Generally a worthwhile watch and I'll be keeping an eye out for more films by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa . Tulpan , a film from Kazakh director Sergei Dvortsevoy . The cinematography is stunning, set on the steppes of Kazhakstan and centering around the seemingly simple story of a nomadic family and the tensions between traditional and modern life. It's sometimes hard to...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Some have called it Japan's 'national legend'. The story of the 47 Ronin has been told in numerous mediums but the last time it was ever told on the big screen was back in Kon Ichikawa's 1994 film, Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin , but that is about to change and we will have a new Chushingura film by 2011 titled Saigo no Chushingura . . Kiyoshi Kurosawa staple Koji Yakusho, who coincidentally...
