Teenagers locked in their rooms, chained to the desks, drawing frantically, ignoring personal hygiene and feeding on instant noodles, only to be able to appear – even just once – in a comic magazine, is undoubtedly difficult material to forge and transform into an exciting action story, but somehow, Hitoshi One succeeds in such a task. The director is rather familiar with manga adaptations and his 2015 film “Bakuman” is a good live action film from a well-known manga, which, despite its two-hour duration, amuses and engages.
on YesAsia
Japanese comics (manga) are very popular and “consumed” also in the West. In the last decades they wormed their way through all the European countries with their own strong tradition of comics, like Italy, France, Belgium, Spain. However, it is worth mentioning that, in Japan, the mangakas (comic book artists) are real stars, on a par with their characters. Becoming an...
on YesAsia
Japanese comics (manga) are very popular and “consumed” also in the West. In the last decades they wormed their way through all the European countries with their own strong tradition of comics, like Italy, France, Belgium, Spain. However, it is worth mentioning that, in Japan, the mangakas (comic book artists) are real stars, on a par with their characters. Becoming an...
- 8/17/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Turning a beloved book into a brilliant film might sound like it should be easy work, but oftentimes it is, in fact, quite the opposite. Whilst the story is already written for you, your audience already has their own ideas about what they expect from your film. The characters have already been created by the author, but this also means they have been envisioned in countless imaginations. The storylines that your script will rely on are storylines have been punctuated with personal memories. Turning a beloved book into a film is less a shortcut and more a potential minefield, but when executed correctly it can be wonderful. These films prove it.
Bakuman, 2015
It might be fair to say that if Asia is famous for one genre of literature above all others, then it might just be manga. Love it or hate it, it has given inspiration for some truly brilliant films,...
Bakuman, 2015
It might be fair to say that if Asia is famous for one genre of literature above all others, then it might just be manga. Love it or hate it, it has given inspiration for some truly brilliant films,...
- 9/21/2021
- by Peter Adams
- AsianMoviePulse
In a whole other style then his usual, manga adaptation style, Hitoshi One directs a film that was shot in a few days with a very small budget, based on the homonymous novel and play by Daisuke Miura. The story revolves around a number of individuals of the on-kyun (Dqn) tribe, youths in their 20s, with dead-end part-time jobs and makeshift love lives, who live in tiny apartments and seem to have no purpose in life.
The story unfolds at a house part where the hosts are Kouji and Tomoko, and the ones invited are Yuuta, Kouji’s best friend; Naoki, Yuuta’s brother and his girlfriend, Satomi; Takashi, a kind of annoying young man who lives with Yuuta; Kaori, Tomoko’s friend whom Takashi is crazy about; Yuuko, another of Tomoko’s friends who is actually set up with another of the boys’ friends, Osamu, although...
The story unfolds at a house part where the hosts are Kouji and Tomoko, and the ones invited are Yuuta, Kouji’s best friend; Naoki, Yuuta’s brother and his girlfriend, Satomi; Takashi, a kind of annoying young man who lives with Yuuta; Kaori, Tomoko’s friend whom Takashi is crazy about; Yuuko, another of Tomoko’s friends who is actually set up with another of the boys’ friends, Osamu, although...
- 8/5/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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