Uzumasa limelight
Uzumasa Limelight
(c)ELEVEN ARTS / Tottemo Benri Theatre Company
(c)ELEVEN ARTS / Tottemo Benri Theatre Company
- Release Date
- July, 12th, 2014
- Running Time
- 104 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP,Blu-ray
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP,Blu-ray)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- FUKUMOTO Seizo ── KAMIYAMA Seiichi
- YAMAMOTO Chihiro ── IGA Satsuki
- MATSUKATA Hiroki ── ONOE Seijuro
[ Staff ]
- ONO Hiroyuki ── Screenplay
- Chris FREILICH ── Cinematography
- SUZAKI Chieko ── Editor
- HAYASHI Mototsugu ── Sound Recording
- TODA Nobuko ── Music
- JINNOUCHI Kazuma ── Music
[ Production Company ]
ELEVEN ARTS
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
T-JOY
[ Production Studio ]
Unique Brains
[ Story ]
A drama that evokes the pathos of an actor who specializes in the waning samurai film genre, set at the Uzumasa film studio in Kyoto. Fukumoto Seiji, Japan's top "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) with appearances in numerous samurai movies, plays a utility actor reminiscent of himself in his first starring role in a film.
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran kirareyaku actor Kamiyama (Fukumoto) is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki (Yamamoto Chihiro). A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
[ Official Site ]
http://www.uzumasalimelight.com
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2014 Fantasia Film Festival, Cheval Noir Competition, Best Film, Best Actor
2014 Shanghai International Film Festival
2014 Hawaii International Film Festival
[ Contact (International) ]
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