Tag: Nobody Knows
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Japanese Entertainment Icon Kitano Takeshi Set For Netflix Biopic Treatment
A new Netflix movie has been announced based on the early career of comedian and film director Kitano Takeshi.Titled “Asakusa Kid,” the film is based on a memoir of the same title written by Kitano. The director and scriptwriter is comic Gekidan Hitori, who also directed the 2014 drama “Bolt from the Blue.” Yagira Yuya…
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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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‘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…
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‘Shoplifters’ Teaser: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Latest Family Drama Could Be Cannes-Bound — Watch
Just months after premiering “The Third Murder” in Venice, Hirokazu Kore-eda is back with a new film. The Japanese auteur has been a mainstay of the festival circuit for years, making frequent trips to Cannes with acclaimed dramas like “Nobody Knows,” “Our Little Sister,” and “After the Storm.” “Shoplifters” is set for theatrical release in…