During the peak of their careers, Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng join Johnnie To's light farce “Love on a Diet”. The romantic comedy that follows up on...
Author - Alexander Knoth
Based in Vienna.
Focussed on Japan.
Master's degree in Theatre, Film and Media Studies.
I write to get rid of rose-colored spectacles and to introduce unknown facets of Asian cinema.
Before founding his own production company Milkyway Image in 1996, Johnnie To directed a few movies for Shaw Brothers, among them a messy action comedy called...
After several years in television and the release of three romantic comedies including “Seven Years Itch” (1987), Johnnie To comes up with his...
“Daimajin” by Kimiyoshi Yasuda stretches the genre borders and creates a well-aged drama about a big boy. Being the first installment of a trilogy...
Although its characters get drunk all the time, “And Your Bird Can Sing” is as sober as it gets. Captured in the triviality of everyday life in...
Director Tashi Gyeltshen tells the story of 16-year old Sangay, who is the daughter of the local carver. Deriving from a rather untypical coming-of-age...
Having won the Golden Bear of the 64th Berlinale with “Black Coal, Thin Ice” in 2014, Chinese film has gained the attention of an international...
Akiko Ooku continues her portrayal of Japanese women in her newest feature “My Sweet Grappa Remedies”. Looking at her filmography, the director...
Beginning 2000s, director Akihiko Shiota emerged as part of a new wave of Japanese filmmakers portraying teenage alienation in postmodern Japan. Like many...
Born 1966 in Chiba, Hideki Takeuchi joined FUJI TV in 1990 and directed his first drama series, “The Ugly Duckling”, 1996. His drama “God...