According to an interview for the recent book “Discovering Tokusatsu”, Yoshikazu Ishii wanted to make “Attack of the Giant Teacher” for more than twenty years. Though not his directorial debut, this is the first tokusatsu movie the special effects master known for shows like Ultraman and others, has shot
Attack of the Giant Teacher is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Kenzo Miyazawa (Makoto Kojima) is a teacher at a seedy night school who treats his job with utmost boredom and neglect, until the moment he realizes that due to the failing student numbers, this year will be his last as a teacher as the school is headed to bankruptcy. Not wanting to go back to a life of hikikomori and suddenly understanding the beauty of teaching, Kenzo helps his numerous students organize a musical. Just then, a gluttonous alien attacks Japan wishing to eat two of his students. Kenzo decides to save them.
Attack of the Giant Teacher is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Kenzo Miyazawa (Makoto Kojima) is a teacher at a seedy night school who treats his job with utmost boredom and neglect, until the moment he realizes that due to the failing student numbers, this year will be his last as a teacher as the school is headed to bankruptcy. Not wanting to go back to a life of hikikomori and suddenly understanding the beauty of teaching, Kenzo helps his numerous students organize a musical. Just then, a gluttonous alien attacks Japan wishing to eat two of his students. Kenzo decides to save them.
- 8/26/2020
- by martin
- AsianMoviePulse
After much thought, and taking into consideration the health of our guests and viewers, Nihon Media announced that Japan Filmfest Hamburg cannot take place this year as a traditional film festival – and will be online instead. Under the motto ‘Breaking Free – From Japan with Love’, Nihon Media will collaborate with Videocity to stream its entire programme of 70+ films in around 40 blocks globally from 19th of August to the 2nd of September.
The 2020 film programme features 70 current productions, from full-length feature films to experimental short films, including many German, European, and international premieres. Most of the films are shown in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. One special highlight of our programme is the gangster-ballad originally planned as the opening film for the 21st Jffh, “Paradise Next” (2018) from director and film composer Yoshihiro Hanno (“Flowers of Shanghai”). An atmospheric road-movie about the travels of three lost souls living on the edges of society,...
The 2020 film programme features 70 current productions, from full-length feature films to experimental short films, including many German, European, and international premieres. Most of the films are shown in the original Japanese language with English subtitles. One special highlight of our programme is the gangster-ballad originally planned as the opening film for the 21st Jffh, “Paradise Next” (2018) from director and film composer Yoshihiro Hanno (“Flowers of Shanghai”). An atmospheric road-movie about the travels of three lost souls living on the edges of society,...
- 8/10/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese director and special effects artist Yoshikazu Ishii (“Game Master Death Sushi“) has completed production on his most recent film “Attack of the Giant Teacher.” The Kaiju inspired comedy film follows an adored teacher who must battle, along with his students, against an incoming alien invasion.
“Attack of the Giant Teacher” will be making its North American debut at the 2019 G-Fest Film Festival taking place July 12th to the 14th. A trailer for the film was previously released and can be viewed below.
“Attack of the Giant Teacher” will be making its North American debut at the 2019 G-Fest Film Festival taking place July 12th to the 14th. A trailer for the film was previously released and can be viewed below.
- 4/18/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
One of the biggest names in special effects for the Millennium series of Godzilla films Yoshikazu Ishii was an often unsung hero of the staff for those films. Working mostly on the crew detailing the miniature sets during the monster battles, he has parlayed that love into a career as special effects director or director of special effects-heavy film,s as well as the odd horror film or two among his resume.
On the occasion of his recent film ‘Game Master Death Sushi’ screening at the 19th Japan Film Fest in Hamburg, we sat down with the director to ask a few questions about his early work in monster movies and the new film.
Asian Movie Pulse: What drew you into making movies, initially?
Yoshikazu Ishii: I wanted to make the audience to have fun
Amp: What especially about special effects photography do you find appealing?
Yi: It is to...
On the occasion of his recent film ‘Game Master Death Sushi’ screening at the 19th Japan Film Fest in Hamburg, we sat down with the director to ask a few questions about his early work in monster movies and the new film.
Asian Movie Pulse: What drew you into making movies, initially?
Yoshikazu Ishii: I wanted to make the audience to have fun
Amp: What especially about special effects photography do you find appealing?
Yi: It is to...
- 6/5/2018
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
A lifelong lover of cinema itself, director Yoshikazu Ishii derived a love of kaiju eiga and special-effects-driven films to produce an early career involved in the genre. From initially working on several of the later efforts in the Millennium Godzilla series to some Ultraman Ginga episodes and feature-length efforts such as “Sinking of Japan” or “Gantz“, this background of effects-heavy pieces prepares him for this latest project.
Game Master Death Sushi is screening at the 19th Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Nine men and women wake up disoriented in a locked room, unaware of how they got there. But that’s just the beginning as a self-proclaimed ‘Game Master’ in a cheap samurai costume stands before them, revealing that they have been selected as candidates of the Death Sushi Games. When the severed head of one of their own sails through the air, they understand that this is anything but a...
Game Master Death Sushi is screening at the 19th Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Nine men and women wake up disoriented in a locked room, unaware of how they got there. But that’s just the beginning as a self-proclaimed ‘Game Master’ in a cheap samurai costume stands before them, revealing that they have been selected as candidates of the Death Sushi Games. When the severed head of one of their own sails through the air, they understand that this is anything but a...
- 5/23/2018
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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