Restored Ozu films to debut for 110th anniversary events

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, May 11 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Films by director Yasujiro Ozu shown in new format for anniversary TOKYO - Japanese movie studio Shochiku Co. has said it will celebrate the 110th anniversary ...

Author: D. A. Rajakaruna A Godage publication Reviewed by R. S. Karunaratne Ozu Yasujiro's A Hen in the Wind is a Japanese film rarely screened in this part of the world. It is perhaps one of Ozu's least discussed postwar films. The story seems ...

A Hen in the Wind is an English translation of a popular Japanese screenplay titled Kaze no Naka no Mendori (1948) by Ozu Yasujiro, one of Japan's greatest film directors. This translation must be seen as a work of a renowned scholar and an expert ...

CANNES, France (Kyodo) -- The 66th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in the southern French city Wednesday, with a total of 20 movies including two from Japan competing for the Palme d'Or top prize and other honors. The two are "Like Father, Like ...

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, May 13 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Sharp eyes selling white goods under Samsung brand name OSAKA - Struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. is considering expanding its alliance with ...

IN mid-1980s Britain, posters for "Betty Blue" were an almost compulsory feature on student bedrooms walls, the film's pout-perfect star Beatrice Dalle the epitome of Gallic cool. The 1986 French title, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix and ...

THE restored versions of nine early silent films by famous British master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock will have their Asian debut screening during the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs from June 15-23. The nine silent films to ...

National Award winner and pioneer of Assamese cinema, Jahnu Barua's latest offering Bandhun is about how mindless violence impacts simple lives. He is also known for his Hindi film, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara 100 years of Indian cinema...have we ...

Goodbyes aren't what they used to be. Kids moving away for school today can be in constant contact with friends and family back home, texting as soon as the train doors close on a waving Mom and Dad. But in this country of many islands, some of ...