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2021

Asia no tenshi

The Asian Angel

アジアの天使

(c)2021 The Asian Angel Film Partners

(c)2021 The Asian Angel Film Partners

(c)2021 The Asian Angel Film Partners

(c)2021 The Asian Angel Film Partners

Release Date
July, 2nd, 2021
Running Time
128 min
Genre
Drama , Romance , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

The Asian Angel Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

THE KLOCKWORX

[ Production Studio ]

RIKI PROJECT, SECONDWIND FILM

[ Story ]

Road movie from The Great Passage director Ishii Yuya shot entirely in Korea. Brings together a cutting-edge team from Japan and Korea. Produced by Park Jung-Bum, who served as juror alongside Ishii at the Busan International Film Festival in 2014.
Takeshi (Ikematsu Sosuke) loses his wife to illness and takes his son to Korea, where his brother Toru (Odagiri Joe) lives, but their business plans quickly collapse. They hop on a train to Gangwon in search of work and run into three Korean siblings who have hit hard times.

[ Official Site ]

https://asia-tenshi.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2021 Osaka Asian Film Festival
2021 Jeonju International Film Festival, Cinema Fest
2021 Shanghai International Film Festival, Panorama

[ Contact (International) ]

ColorBird Inc.
#307, 3-10-3 Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0051
Attn: MIYAMAE Yasushi
tel: +81 3 6451 2885
fax: +81 3 6451 2885
E-mail: info@colorbird.co.jp

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