Relatively few films of the Far East and across a third of calling around the world in Italy, as well as a few are also the names of directors, actors and "personalities" of the sparkling , imaginative, creative and sometimes bizarre world of Asian cinema, which become known in our country.
Speaking specifically of Japan, the most know the names of directors like Kurosawa
rather than Kitano; any film lover will probably jumped in the past few decades and spent a few sleepless night to see themselves on TV the rich series of films directed by Ozu
, proposed a few years ago. already upgraded to actors, I believe that the majority of Italians do not know how to answer that is not Mifune, the same or maybe Kitano Ryoko Hirosue who played the stereotype of Japanese teen rebel appearing as the daughter of Jean Reno in the film "Wasabi . They listen to part of the animated feature films that have won more easily but not only Italy but the whole world.
am talking about, returning to the cinema, people who have broken through in a sense at the international level in recent years by a hand, or "monsters" (meaning master) Film and 20-30 odd years ago . thing but I'm not surprised. The mirror effect makes the film are known to the Japanese "Father Master" by the Taviani brothers (1977), "Cinema Paradiso" or "Life is Beautiful", while the plaintiffs (the actors are not well known) known to the Italian more (and not just the youngest) are the Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Mangano etc. short speech is the same: Filmon or international (Best-romantic-wrenching drama or realistic) and young actresses in the twenty years or so following the end of World War II. It seems that there is in fact a kind of "cultural barrier", a "barrier to imports" which is seen as a challenge to offer the public the Italian film production in Asia. This challenge, however, was collected from the distribution house, "Tucker
film, young company which will propose to the Italian public by none other than the film by Yojiro Takita
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Departures "(original title" Okuribito "), Japanese film winner in 2009 Academy Award ® Best Foreign Film. A commitment and a challenge. And the curtain will open on April 9 when the movie will open in Italian cinemas. The "Tucker film" arrives with a Japanese film (to which other films will follow the East, the production of different countries) is no accident. This distribution company born from a project of the Center Cinema Expressions (CEC) of Udine and Pordenone Cinemazero. The Asia-movie fans know well that the CEC is the company that organizes every year in Udine (period: late April) the Far East Film Festival the important festival of the cinema of the Far East in 2010 (April 23-May 1 ) arrive at the twelfth edition. "Departures" is a drama, but that does not fail to do even smile, and emotion.
By not doing too much "netabare" (Japanese word meaning "to reveal the plot", if not reported the "netabare" at the beginning of the review of a movie you beak a series of insults from those who "felt too" and lost the desire to go see the film), the film tells the story of a young couple who is re-examined a fresh start after her husband's dream cellist sees vanish because of the dissolution of the orchestra to which he belonged.
The topics range from family relationships (the family of actors, who are facing a difficult phase of their lives and that of her husband, Daigo, with their parents and especially with his father), social research to the theme of a new awareness of themselves and of a new lifestyle in the difficult time when it must start from scratch, from the strong link with its past to realize how thin the line between life and death. The latter element in particular will come as a cyclone in the life of Daigo, will become the aspect facing him every day and that will lead initially to a total break with their family and their circle of friends (who is aware that in Japan, a country symbol of technological progress and world economic power are still the "outcasts"?) but that over time become the source of a new awareness of self, of his ability and, paradoxically, its inner rebirth. And her life will come to its long-awaited turning point for him cambiernno the meaning of life, human values \u200b\u200band family.
Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer and musician of international fame. The music makes it even more attractive already touching scenes, completing the visual beauty of them. The main musical theme, linked to its meaning within the story, reverberate nicely for a bit 'of time in the minds of viewers. Here are some of his poems: "
Summer" from the film "Kikujiro" by director Takeshi Kian, " Oriental Wind", " Silent Love" from the movie "That summer, the quietest sea" Kitano, "My Neighbor Totoro - Path of the Wind "the film" Totoro "and the same film, the music is still loved in Japan" Totoro. " There are, finally, the last of beautiful Japanese landscapes in different seasons and scenes of daily life in traditional Japan, the subway and not really busy in the country of the rising sun, which can not fail to strike and captivate nippofili not. simply superlative. Several reviews have already on the Web, however, invite interested parties to visit the house of distribution " Tucker film" (where you can see, inter alia, a preview trailer of the Italian and some images from the film).
And good luck to Tucker film itself, that with this "important" film has garnered not an easy challenge, but I'm sure will find the right response from the Italian public.
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Departures" in Italian cinemas from April 9. Good vision at all.
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