Leading Japanese movie studio Kadokawa has picked up all rights to “Kubi,” the upcoming movie by Kitano Takeshi which can have its premiere out of competitors in Cannes. Kadokawa will deal with each the worldwide gross sales and the Japanese industrial launch.
The movie depicts the historic ‘Honno-ji Incident’ from 1582, when a key vassal of Oda Nobunaga rose in revolt and brought about his grasp to commit hara-kiri in Kyoto. The causes for the revolt and whether or not Akechi Mitsuhide was actually the ringleader have been debated ever since.
The movie will discover the ambitions, betrayals, and fates of varied characters, together with warlords, ninjas, touring performers, and peasants, and brings out the essence of Kitano’s world, together with intense violence and darkish humor.
Speaking at a press occasion over the weekend, Kitano defined that “This movie relies alone understanding of what the interval and folks have been like,” and it’ll positively not all be fairly photos and uplifting moments. Kitano has been planning to make this movie for some 30 years – he says it was conceived across the identical time as his “Sonatine – and, along with directing, the film, wrote the unique novel and screenplay himself.
“It is a uncommon movie, on a scale much like Akira Kurosawa’s ‘The Seven Samurai’ and ‘Kagemusha,’ with a tragicomic high quality that feels Shakespearean, mentioned Natsuno Takeshi, president and consultant director of Kadowkawa.
The movie was made with a funds of JPY1.5 billion ($11.2 million), far larger than most Japanese films, and stars Asano Tadanobu, Nishijima Hidetoshi and Kase Ryo, who’ve identify recognition overseas, amongst a big ensemble solid.
A Cannes choice for his newest is a PR plus, however an award within the competitors, which has thus far eluded him, regardless of previous wins of Silver and Golden Lions at Venice, would clearly be an even bigger enhance.
Kitano has received Golden and Silver Lions at Venice, for 1997 movie “Hana-Bi” and for 2003 “Zatoichi,” respectively, and noticed his 2017 movie “Outrage: The Final Chapter” chosen because the Venice closing movie. But he has thus far failed to attain prime honors at Cannes.
Kitano Takeshi speaks at Tokyo occasion (Kadokawa).
