On the occasion of his films August in the Water and The Box Man screening at Japan Cuts, Gakuryu Ishii talks to Panos Kotzathanasis about the changes he was witnessed through his years in cinema, Kobo Abe’s original novel and how it translates today, voyeurism, Masatoshi Nagase, Koichi Sato, Tadanobu Asano and Kiyohiko Shibukawa, the Japanese movie industry at the moment and other topics.
Asian Movie Pulse Video Interviews: Gakuryu Ishii
July 10, 2024
"August in the Water" and "The Box Man" are screening at Japan Cuts
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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)"