Imagine standing in the middle of a tsunami and youll get an idea of what the movie feels like. Jul 26, 2012 himizu 2012 720p bluray x264 dtshdchina. Sonos penchant for extremes may have gone a film too far. Screened in competition at last years venice film festival, himizu might, i hope, put a period to this phase of sonos varied career. The film is based on manga himizu by minoru furuya. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Jul 17, 2012 directed by sono sion cold fish2010, love exposure2008 the film is based on manga himizu by minoru furuya. Okay, i dont know how to begin, i was one day bored without dramas or something to see and i saw someone that said that this movie was amazing, so i began and the story its about an earthquake and the lifes of the people after that and it seems normal but omg its so amazing, then we see yuichi shota sometani a simple guy but he has really bad parents, well, they dont deserve to be. Voir film himizu en streaming vf gratuit complet hd 2011. Director sono sion had already written his adaptation of the 2001 manga comic himizu, a shrill teenage wail of existential discomfort, when on march 11 an. The film competed in competition at the 68th venice international film festival in september. At a media event in melbourne last night, the 61st melbourne international film festival miff launched its full 2012 program as previously announced, australian musical the sapphires will open miff, launching an australian showcase of over a dozen films that includes amiel courtinwilsons hail, david pulbrooks last dance, luke walkers lasseters bones, and. Among the darkest comingofage films ever, himizu is also sion sonos most mature work to date. Himizu is 2011 japanese drama film based on a manga of the same name by minoru.
The setting is simultaneously breathtaking and heartbreaking, and almost unbelievable merely three years later. In 2011, he received the marcello mastroianni award for best new young actor at the venice film festival for his work in himizu along with his costar fumi nikaido. Header image 2012 why dont you play in hell film partners. Eiga nights spotlight on sion sono and fumi nikaido japan. Sion sono suicide club, cold fish, adapts minoru furuyas popular manga to tell the confrontational tale of a troubled adolescent boy whose dreams of an. Starring shota sometani and fumi nikaidou who won marcello mastroiannni award. Feb 04, 2012 himizu sion sono, 2011 englishsubtitled trailer. Eiga nights spotlight on sion sono and fumi nikaido.
The word himizu is the japanese name for a species of mole. The film explores a wave of seemingly unconnected suicides that strikes japan and the efforts of the police to determine the reasons behind the strange behavior. I just didnt expect it to happen so quickly, much less by sono shion of all directors making such an inspirational film that encourages the japanese youth to never give up. Himizu liveaction bluray plus spice and wolf ii dvd on. Official hd trailer sion sonos nuclear disaster drama. A film by the director of cold fish, guilty of romance, and himizu one of the most talkedabout japanese cult films of the last decade finally makes its way onto bluray featuring a new high definition transfer supervised by director sion sono along with brand new extra features. Jan 14, 2012 i also find sono away from his classic films such as suicide club, norikos dinner table, coldfish, strange circus, etc. It premiered at the 2011 venice international film festival, where the two lead actors, shota sometani and fumi nikaido, won the marcello mastroianni award for best new young actor and actress. Sions rambling study of a germfilled japanese adolescence is wildly uneven in tone. Shota sometani is future perfect in the acting world. Jul 18, 2012 himizu is a film directed by sion sono, adapted from the manga written by minoru furuya.
Watch online himizu in engsub, japan movie 2012, watch online korean drama, chinese drama, movies with engsub and download free on kodrama. Himizu terracotta far east film festival 2012 part 15. With such realism whether in what we see or the technique used we pan across remnants of destruction, the. Its set in posttsunami japan, and this setting is not only a context but a very important part of the plot, perhaps too much so especially at the ending when the film. Himizu is a film directed by sion sono, adapted from the manga written by minoru furuya. Crime and punishment in the second hour, with the girl encouraging the boy to turn himself in. Fukushima post311 was a wasted landscape of destroyed and abandoned buildings that went on for miles and miles, and in sonos hands, it becomes a perfect symbol for his characters anguished lives.
Catch free screenings of himizu 2011 and why dont you play in hell 20, which demonstrate the range of sonos directing and nikaidos acting. Aug 05, 2012 third window films is releasing the liveaction film of minoru furuyas manga himizu, directed by sion sono, on both dvd and bluray pictured on monday august 6. Think footage which would follow not long after such images as those in the opening of the tsunami and the cherry blossom. Telly addict andrew collins casts his critical eye over new worlds above, klondike, the trip to italy, endeavour and monkey planet. Az 2012 teljes film cimu videot repmester es moziverzum nevu felhasznalo toltotte fel az film animacio kategoriaba. With such realism whether in what we see or the technique used we pan across remnants of destruction, the panning accompanied by. While he won the marcello mastroianni award for best new young actor in 2012 for sion sonos himizu at the 68th venice film festival, i believe the actor has already shown a lot of potential since 2009 when he did pandoras box as a tb patient, and this potential was further realized in a liar and a broken girl 2011 and antoki no inochi. I also felt that himizu was a little bit cleaner and inspiration than his other films. Film himizu en streaming vf gratuit complet hd 2011 en. A very different shot to other examples of sonos work, and pretty much documentary style. Melbourne international film festival 2012 launches full. The new film from sion sono love exposure, cold fish himizu tells the powerful story of two teenagers struggle to live in dystopian future japan destroyed by.
Himizu is still not an easy film to like, but the topicality of its message about national pain and rebuilding could attract some offshore sales following its venice and toronto debuts. This time they choose the 80s flick, bill and teds excellent adventure. Himizu, 2012, the awardwinning film from japanese director sion sono love exposure, cold fish opens in cinemas across the uk on june 1st from third window films. A list of japanese films that are released in the japanese box office in 2012 the film a letter to momo became the first anime film to be screened at the warsaw international film festival. The film, which is unrated, features both english and japanese dialogue options and includes a bonus disc with an exclusive directors interview, cast profiles. Himizu 2011 sion sono synopsis, characteristics, moods.
Crime and punishment in the second hour, with the girl encouraging the boy to. Sono had just finished adapting the hugely popular manga himizu into a screenplay when the largest earthquake in recorded history struck the coast of japan. The final flight of the osiris blade of the immortal mugen no jenin. Shota sometani is very impressive as the mixedup 15yearold kid sumida, trying to cope with a. For those who have watched kiduk kims address unknown, wild animals, bad guy or others, this himizu could fit in that series of films. Himizu is 2011 japanese drama film based on a manga of the same name by minoru furuya and directed by sion sono. Jun 24, 2012 later, a fantasised action sequence becomes an excuse for sono to have a little fun, at the expense of the deep social commentary the film had otherwise focused on. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing himizu near you. Personally, as i just mentioned, i find this movie highly influenced by kiduk kims style in the first hour and then by fyodor dostoyevskys classic novel.
Involves time traveling, historical figures, bad music, curling, and hiei dressed as napoleon. Set after the tohoku earthquake and tsunami, all 14yearold sumida yuichi wants to become is a regular boy and live a. Aug 06, 2012 himizu is released on uk bluray and dvd on 6 august by third window films. Himizu, for example, is director sion sonos third film to receive a western release in the last twelve months or so, and theres more on the way. Sono banned any form of subtlety completely, resulting in a bold and loud film with no intention to back down.
Himizu had its premiere at the terracotta film festival, in london, back in april. Himizu 2012 720p bluray x264 dtshdchina high definition. And the actors did a great job, especially the young girl. In himizu theres the tendency to a drama more than a bizarre film like the classic ones of this director, yet a superb one. Weaving images of the tsunami into a mangaadapted plot, sion sono touches on great themes of our time, writes mike mccahill. Jul 1, 2012 himizu is a futuristic, dystopian film set in the present. Its about change, change for the better even in the face of calamity or domestic squabbles, wiping the slate clean and moving on as a responsible individualand all this told through a wondrously surrealistic lens. The director, whose 2008 film love exposure ran reluctantly a gruelling four hours, remains desperately in need of an editor, as himizu feels every one of its 129 minutes. Couple that to the stark contrast between dark subject matter and an almost comical atmosphere and you have something quite unique.
Jan 06, 2012 screened in competition at last years venice film festival, himizu might, i hope, put a period to this phase of sonos varied career. Jan 20, 2012 with that film complete, thr tells us that hes now centering his next project, land of hope, around the ensuing panic of an event similar to the fukushima nuclear plant incident. He has worked in both film and television, gaining his first leading role in pandoras box, a 2009 film adaptation of an osamu dazai novel. Mishima yukio to wakamonotachi will be screened in the 2012 cannes film festival. Himizu starts life as a teen romance but soon descends into bitterness, violence and madness. Aug 31, 2012 his latest film was to be a straight adaptation of a manga titled himizu, but after the march 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit northeast japan, and particularly fukushima in 2011, sono decided that he couldnt ignore it and thus rewrote his script to incorporate the aftermath of the terrible tragedy. Himizu sion sono, 2011 englishsubtitled trailer youtube. It was made by sion sono in 2011, soon after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in japan. Himizu is released on uk bluray and dvd on 6 august by third window films. Himizu was an adaptation of the manga, but sono shion had reportedly reworked the script after the earthquake. Despite its malevolent tone, i think this is a highly optimistic film. You can also see some of the suicide club type messages in this one where it seems hes confronting some of societies issues. Suicide club, known in japan as suicide circle, jisatsu sakuru, is a 2001 japanese independent satirical horror film written and directed by sion sono. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango.
Himizu sion sonos latest film in uk cinemas from june. Read the topic about himizu s ending on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. If this were all, himizu would be another case study of a loner youth gone wrong, similar to koji wakamatsus unjustly overlooked 2004 film. Apr 29, 2012 one remarkable and often uncommented upon strength of the japanese film industry is their ability to get films made efficiently and quickly. The new film from sono, himizu tells the powerful story of two teenagers struggle to live in dystopian future japan destroyed by a natural disaster. Himizu, the awardwinning film from japanese director sion sono opens in cinemas across the uk on june 1st.
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