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The style of the film takes inspiration from the style of Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu. The minimalist approach to storytelling, the focus on ordinary life, and the 4:3 aspect ratio of the film are all nods to Ozu. [13] [14] Also, the name Hirayama comes from a common character name in Ozu's films (Tokyo Story, An Autumn Afternoon). [15]
He felt that he needed to make this film "now" with a new team in the first year of a new era, referencing the scheduled Japanese imperial transition in April 2019. [8] Itō laid out three "pillars" in making the film: a "drama" between the present and future self, a cute "character", and the expression of the "world view" of the electronic ...
Departures (Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki.
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (ぼくは明日、昨日のきみとデートする, Boku wa Asu, Kinō no Kimi to Dēto Suru) is a 2016 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Takahiro Miki based on the novel of the same name. [1] The film stars Sota Fukushi and Nana Komatsu. It was released in Japan by Toho on December 17, 2016. [2]
Voiced by: Yu Miyazaki [2] (Japanese); Reagan Murdock [3] (English) A 22-year-old multilingual young man who often travels abroad. He is a senior at Yuki's university who developed a crush on her the moment he met her on the train. Ōshi Ashioki (芦沖 桜志, Ashioki Ōshi) Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka [4] (Japanese); Nazeeh Tarsha [3] (English)
Voiced by: Takashi Irie (2003 anime), Yūichirō Umehara (2017 anime) (Japanese); Clint Bickham (2003 anime), Jeff Johnson (2017 anime) (English) Shizu is a young man with a great talent for swordsmanship. He travels in a dune buggy with Riku, his talking dog companion. He appears in multiple stories just about him, Riku and Ti in the novels.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (コーヒーが冷めないうちに, Kohi ga Samenai Uchi ni) is a 2015 novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi []. [1] It tells the story of a café in Tokyo that allows its customers to travel back in time, as long as they return before their coffee gets cold.
Japan is shown on the map at the beginning of part III, [1] which also shows the island of "Yesso" (i.e. Hokkaido), "Stats island" and "Companys Land" to the north.. The map also marks the Vries Strait and Cape Patience, though this is shown on the northeast coast of Yesso, rather than as part of Sakhalin, which was little-known in Swift’s t