The new Japanese films screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival every year are one of the focus of attention for fans and fans, and many popular films are often hard to find. Today, I will focus on the first batch of Japanese new film masterpieces screened at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, and more films will be announced one after another.
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"Japan Hong Changxiu" is a literary love sketch
Writer Ichikawa discovers that his wife, who works as a literary editor, is cheating on a popular writer, but he does not expose it, and he is confused by the emotions that have sprung up in his heart. At the same time, he meets Liu Ya, a female high school student who won a literary award, and gradually develops a communication with her. Riya Imaizumi, who specializes in portraying the delicate and delicate emotions between men and women, is known as "Japan's Hong Changshu", and he has become one of the most prolific filmmakers today with his exuberant creative power. Written and directed by Riya Imaizumi, this film invites Goro Inagaki, a former SMAP member of the Heavenly Group, to star, and leads the audience to find the truth of love with his delicate observation, casual rhythm, and exquisite lines. It's like the dessert parfait in the film, called "Perfect", but it's not at all. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival.
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Kazuya Ninomiya's cute "human-computer interaction" with robots
Ken Kasugai escapes his career path as a doctor due to a self-reproachful accident, and spends his time at home addicted to games. One day, he found a small, shabby robot named Don in the yard. Tang hides a shocking secret, and can its appearance change Kasugai's life? Takahiro Miki, known as one of the three masters of contemporary Japanese love movies, has teamed up with Kazuya Ninomiya, a member of the Tentuan Arashi, to bring the British classic novel "Robot in the Garden" to the screen, bringing everyone a funny, thrilling but warm and touching wonderful journey. The cute Ninomiya has an unparalleled chemical reaction with the cute Ah Tang, and the bustling and cool future city of Shenzhen in the film will also make Chinese movie fans shine.
What to watch: The guardian angel is actually a murderous maniac?
The male caretaker Spor Sonori was arrested as a suspect in a murder case, and the female prosecutor Hidemi Otomo discovered during the investigation that the death rate of the elderly in the nursing center where Spo worked was abnormally high, which gradually revealed the shocking truth behind the incident. This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the popular Japanese mystery writer Ye Zhenzhongxian , directed by veteran director Tetsuya Maeda ("The Baton of Love"), and co-starring Kenichi Matsuyama and Masami Nagasawa. The film adheres to the fine tradition of Japanese "social" films, and through a wonderful story full of suspense and bright lights, it relentlessly unveils the biggest pain points in the context of the aging of Japanese society, and deeply thinks about the eternal theme of life. And this thinking is actually not far away from us.
What to watch: The most handsome Oda Nobunaga and the most beautiful Himehime in history
This film is Toei's 70th anniversary masterpiece, which cost 2 billion yen to produce, and the main creative lineup can be described as unprecedentedly luxurious. It is jointly created by Keiji Otomo, the director of the "Wanderer Kenshin" series, and Ryota Furutazawa, the gold medal screenwriter of the "Deception of the World" series, starring the ageless male god Takuya Kimura and his sister Haruka Ayase, and a number of stars such as Miyazawa Icefish, Saito, Hideaki Ito, Miki Nakatani and other stars joined, and the lineup was star-studded. The film features Japanese historical celebrity Oda Nobunaga and his main chamber Nobuhime as the protagonists, depicting the story of the two gradually strengthening their bond in the process of continuous confrontation after their political marriage, and fighting together for the dream of unifying the world. Otomo Keiji's solid action and scheduling, Furuzawa Ryota's mature and funny script, and the strongest appearance and acting skills of the male and female protagonists make this magnificent epic that lasts nearly three hours a must-see Japanese film in 2023.
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The hegemonic war between Japan's "national wife" and "national husband"
In the world of Japanese animation, the most successful of all the works broadcast during the same period will receive the title of "hegemon". Naoki Award-winning writer Fukatsuki Tsujimura wrote the best-selling novel "Hegemonic Animation!" on this theme. After that, director Kohei Yoshino ("Wednesday Disappeared") put this passionate work on the big screen. Riho Yoshioka, who topped Japan's "National Wife List" for two consecutive years, played the fledgling female director Hitomi Saito in the film, while Ren Nakamura, who was also on the list for many years and won the title of "National Husband" in 2022, also starred in the genius director Chiharu Wang, who has created super popular works, and the two will fiercely compete for the title of "hegemony". In addition to accurately and vividly reproducing the struggle posture of the animators and the scene and process of animation creation, this film even pays attention to the fact that the two animation works appearing in the film are tailor-made by real senior animation directors, and their dedication and level have been highly praised by all walks of life, and have won many awards such as the Best Film of the Daily Sports Film Awards.
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A tribute to Shinji Somi's Japanese version of "Sunny Day"
Shin Adachi, who won many awards including the Japan Academy Award for Best Screenplay with "Love for 100 Yuan", brought his semi-autobiographical novel "Diary of a Nest Waste" to the screen. This film is the first appearance of Yukiya Ikekawa, a member of the Kansai Janis group "Boys be", featuring seven 6th-grade boys in a small town somewhere at the end of the Showa period, depicting their teenage years full of laughter, tears, entanglements, and challenges. Different from those similar works with a halo and a slight paleness, Adachi Shin fights with the youth "straight ball" in an almost frank posture, direct, raw and full of power. Adachi also used the legendary director Shinji Somi's signature long shot in the film to pay tribute to this former mentor and capture the most vivid and perfect state of the teenagers.
Welcome to continue to pay attention to us and grasp the blockbuster film list of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2023 for the first time.
Note: In case of film changes, please refer to the actual arrangement of the film.