Producer Kazutaka Watanabe talks to Panos Kotzathanasis about the path that led him to cinema, his collaboration with Akio Fujimoto, the difficulties of working as an independent producer in Japan, how to promote a short film in the country, the issues local industry faces with promoting on an international level and many other topics.
Asian Movie Pulse Video Interviews: Panos Kotzathanasis talks to Kazutaka Watanabe
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Adriana Rosati
On paper I am an Italian living in London, in reality I was born and bread in a popcorn bucket. I've loved cinema since I was a little child and I’ve always had a passion and interest for Asian (especially Japanese) pop culture, food and traditions, but on the cinema side, my big, first love is Hong Kong Cinema. Then - by a sort of osmosis - I have expanded my love and appreciation to the cinematography of other Asian countries. I like action, heroic bloodshed, wu-xia, Shaw Bros (even if it’s not my specialty), Anime, and also more auteur-ish movies. Anything that is good, really, but I am allergic to rom-com (unless it’s a HK rom-com, possibly featuring Andy Lau in his 20s)"
