Tag: Like Father
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Japan’s Gaga buys Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ ahead of Cannes debut (exclusive)
Marks first Korean-language film from the Japanese Palme d’Or winning director of ‘Shoplifters’.Tokyo-based Gaga Corporation has acquired distribution rights in Japan to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker ahead of its premiere in Competition at Cannes.It marks the first Korean-language film from the Japanese director, who previously won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018 with Shoplifters and…
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‘Parasite’s’ Song Kang-ho to Star in ‘Baby, Box, Broker,’ Korean Debut of ‘Shoplifters’ Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
Song Kang-ho, star of Oscar-winner “Parasite,” will head the cast of “Baby, Box, Broker,” the Korean-language debut of “Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda. Rounding out a stellar acting lineup are Bae Doona and Gang Dong-won.The film takes as its starting point boxes that are left out for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies. That…
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Lulu Wang Readies ‘The Farewell’ Follow Up, Family Drama ‘Like Father, Like Son’
2019 was a wonderful year for film, and The Farewell stood near the front of the pack. Written and directed by Lulu Wang, the film stars Awkwafina in a Golden Globe-winning performance as a Chinese-American woman who joins her family in planning one final party for their dying grandmother (Zhao Shu-zhen) — without, y’know, telling…
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Busan: Gaga Picks up ‘His Lost Name’
Gaga Corporation has picked up international sales rights to Japanese drama film “His Lost Name.” The film will premiere in the New Currents competition next month at the Busan Film Festival.“Lost Name” is a first feature by female director Nanako Hirose, who hails from the Bun-buku stable of Palme d’Or winning auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda. Hirose…
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‘Shoplifters’ selected as Japan’s Oscar submission
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner is director’s biggest hit in Japan and a record-breaker in China.Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters has been selected as Japan’s submission to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.The film, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is Kore-eda’s second to be selected as Japan’s Oscar…