Koji Fukada, Japanese director in his forties, has reinvigorated the cinema of the Rising Sun over the past twenty years. Through hard work, he has become the emerging Japanese filmmaker of the twenty-first century.
The 28th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas has carried out a search for all copies of the films of this talented director in order to present all of his work. Screening the complete films of a filmmaker allows you to put your work into perspective and take full measure of its originality. Presenting all of his 10 feature films, including the mythical “La Chaise”, his very first film, along with his 4 short films, is a world first.
To mark the event, he will be awarded a Cyclo d’or d’honneur for all of his work during the opening ceremony on February 1, 2022 at the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère.
Saturday February 5, 2022: day and evening dedicated to Japanese cinema:
In addition to Koji Fukada, the young director Akio Fujimoto, in competition with “Along the Sea”, presented in French premiere, and the Japanese producer Kazutaka Watanabe, member of the NETPAC Jury (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema), are expected.
Tribute to Koji Fukada:
2002: The Chair – international premiere
2006: La Grenadière – unpublished
2008: The Human Comedy of Tokyo – unreleased
2010: Hospitality
2013: Au revoir l’été
2013: Inabe – European premiere
2015: Sayonara
2016: Harmonium
2017: Birds – French premiere
2018: The Man from the sea
2018: East of Jefferson – European premiere
2019: A girl missing
2020: The Real thing – part 1. – preview
2020: The Real Thing – part 2. – preview
Competition section:
Along the Sea by Fujimoto Akio – French premiere
Preview Section:
The Asada Family by Ryota Nakano
“History in the background” section:
Fukushima, Sato Futoshi’s Cover of the Sun
Japanimation Section:
On-Gaku, our rock by Iwaisawa Kenji
7 days of Murano Yuta
My Neighbor Totoro by Miyazaki Hayao
Twenty Japanese films in selection at Vesoul confirm Japan as a giant of world cinema.
