To the Ends of the Earth (Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari)(2019)
To the Ends of the Earth (Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari)(2019)
NAME OF FILM: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (TABI NO OWARI SEKAI NO HAJIMARI)
DIRECTOR(S): Kiyoshi Kurosawa
STARRING: Tokio Emoto, Ryo Kase, Atsuko Maeda
GENRE: Drama Film
SYNOPSIS: For more than two decades, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has been at the artistic forefront of Japanese cinema, bending the form to his own singular, internalized rhythms in such films as Cure, Pulse, and Tokyo Sonata (NYFF46). His latest is no exception, an unexpected narrative following Yoko (former J-pop idol Atsuko Maeda), a television host whose trip to Uzbekistan to shoot an episode of her reality travel show begins to dissolve her chipper persona, revealing the paranoia and dislocation beneath. Filled with absurdly humorous set pieces, and climaxing with a cathartic burst unprecedented in Kurosawa’s oeuvre, To the Ends of the Earth is both an entertaining tale of culture clash and a penetrating depiction of a young woman’s alienation and anxiety that pushes the director’s craft into new, mysterious, and enormously emotional realms.
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11 films set in Asia, Europe, North America, and Central America will comprise the 2019 Masters program of the Toronto International Film Festival. The Masters lineup has titles that run the gamut, from dramatic true stories to dark comedies, from a black-and-white narrative to a documentary film, with a healthy dose of introspection and socio-political commentary throughout. The slate will bring two World Premieres to Toronto.
Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU)
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 7500 directed by Patrick Vollrath
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The world premiere of Magari, the debut from Italian director Ginevra Elkann will usher in the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday August 7th. The 11-day event will close on Saturday August 17th with the awards ceremony, followed by Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) by Japanese director, screenwriter and author Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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