‘Tokyo Koen’ receives the Golden Leopard Special Jury Prize at Locarno International Film Festival
On August 13th, director Aoyama Shinji’s movie, ‘Tokyo Koen‘, received the Golden Leopard Special Jury Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival.
It is one of the world’s longest running international film festivals and has been held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. The top prize of the Festival is the Golden Leopard awarded to the best film in the international competition.
During a post-festival press conference, the jury chairperson explained, “We specially established a new first prize in honor of Director Aoyama’s movie and his achievements thus far.”
Based on author Shouji Yukiya’s novel, the movie is a love story involving a college student, ‘Koji’ (Miura Haruma), and his childhood friend (Eikura Nana). It illustrates the importance of close interpersonal relationships after facing the deaths of friends and loved ones.
After receiving the award, director Aoyama commented, “I’ve never dreamt of such an honor. I want this award to be helpful to Japan’s recovery.”
suke tgk miura ni dlm cter Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete...nmpk die mtg dlm cter tu..
mula2 kenal die ni dlm cter bloody monday..minat giler2 die dlm cter tu
Junichi Okada to play kamikaze pilot in “Eien no Zero”, Haruma Miura and Mao Inoue co-star
Today it was revealed that Junichi Okada of the boy band V6 will be playing Zero fighter pilot Kyuzo Miyabe in a film adaptation of Naoki Hyakuta’s popular novel Eien no Zero. Takashi Yamazaki of the ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street franchise will direct.
Okada, who has never appeared in a war-themed project before, is taking the role very seriously and plans to chop a good deal of his hair off before filming begins. Co-stars Haruma Miura and Mao Inoue are equally prepared for the June start date.
In the film, Miura plays a young man named Kentaro Saeki who has been trying unsuccessfully to realize his dream of passing the bar exam and Inoue plays his older sister Keiko, a freelance writer. Together, they begin investigating the circumstances surrounding their grandfather Kyuzo’s death in a kamikaze attack during the Pacific War.
Kyuzo had an unusually strong fear of death and unmatched will to survive, so why would he volunteer for suicide? They unexpectedly discover that their grandfather’s Navy comrades referred to him as “gifted, but a coward”. The two of them uncover astonishing facts which have been sealed for 60 years.
Okada will play Kyuzo, a Zero fighter pilot who continually professed his desire to “return to his wife alive”, even as the Japanese military faced increasing odds of defeat.
Distributor Toho has announced principal photography of “Eien no Zero” will begin in June on-location in Amami Ōshima, Chiba City, and Ibaraki with the inclusion of lots of large-scale aerial acrobatics shot from the sky. It will take about three months to shoot. After post-production, it should be ready for release in Japan around spring 2013.
@chimei... nape ngan mao?? ko tak suke ke?
nzhass79 Post at 22-5-2012 08:53 AM
akak, den mmg x suko sape2 pun kapel ngan haruma den tu..akakakakkakakaka....nak2 lak kalo ade scene kissu2...suka kat bloody monday sbb lam tu xdok pun nak kapel2..suci je..akakkakakkaka
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