In Japan the very first few snowflakes begin to fall signaling the change of seasons. Another clue is we see young Takuya (Keitatsu Koshiyama) and his baseball-playing buddies taking those final ...
Premiering in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, Hiroshi Okuyama's latest follows a boy who starts training with a rising skating star and her coach. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic In ...
Only the second narrative feature film for promising 28-year-old filmmaker Hiroshi Okuyama, whose first film 2018’s Jesus like this one also dealt with children, My Sunshine does not come from ...
Schoolboy Takuya (Keitatsu Koshiyama) is not cut out for sport. A shy dreamer with a stammer, he always appears at a slight distance from the other boys in his school. As the seasons change, he ...
Some films prioritize a strident political cause, others set out to terrify or thrill. This touching and simple story from Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Okuyama, premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes ...
The 28-eight-year-old Hiroshi Okuyama pulls from his own athletic childhood to tell the story of a young boy and girl who bond over their mutual love of ice skating. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...
Exclusive: Hiroshi Okuyama's Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere centers on the triad between an ice-skating coach and his young pupils. Here’s the official synopsis: “On a Japanese island, life ...
Deadline’s takeaway: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s lineage should give you a fair idea of what’s in store here, but, surprisingly, Armand doesn’t dig especially deep into the human psyche ...