Category Archives: Asian Cinema
Asian Film Awards 2009
2009 Asian Film Awards 2009 Asian Film Award nominations: Jan. 21, 2009 2009 Asian Film Award winners: March 23, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) In Kyoshi Kurosawa’s best Asian Film Award winner Tokyo Sonata, a middle-class worker (Teruyuki Kagawa) loses his job (it’s outsourced to China), but can’t get himself to tell his family about his predicament. Slowly, however, both his [...]
TOKYO SONATA, I LOVE YOU, MAN Buzz
At GreenCine Daily, Vadim Risov on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, which opened this weekend in New York (it’ll open in Los Angeles on March 27): "Two-thirds of the way in, Tokyo Sonata is a nicely observed low-key drama just unnerving enough to keep you on edge: Kurosawa’s framing is always a bit cluttered and claustrophobic, and his willingness to sit and watch for a little [...]
Japanese Academy Awards 2009
2009 Japanese Academy Awards 2009 Japanese Academy Award winners: Feb. 20, 2009 Yojiro Takita’s Departures, about an unemployed cellist who finds work as a professional corpse-beautician of sorts, was the big winner at the 2009 Japanese Academy Awards, bagging a total of 10 trophies (out of 13 nominations), including best film, best director, best actor (Masahiro Motoki), best supporting actor (Tsutomu Yamazaki), best supporting [...]
Dubai Film Festival Awards 2008
2008 Dubai Film Festival Awards 2008 Dubai Film Festival: Dec. 11-18, 2008 In Lyes Salem’s Masquerades, an arrogant man (played by Salem) living with his family in an Algerian village has one dream: to be respected by those around him. The problem is that he has a sister whom everyone believes will end up a spinster. To resolve the issue, the man tells everyone [...]