Obon Brothers

Obon Brothers

Poster
Japanese お盆の弟
Hepburn Obon no Otōto
Directed by Akira Ōsaki
Screenplay by Shin Adachi
Starring Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Release dates
  • July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)
Running time
107 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Obon Brothers (お盆の弟 Obon no Otōto) is a 2015 Japanese black-and-white romantic comedy-drama film directed by Akira Ōsaki.[1][2][3] It was released on July 25, 2015.[2]

Cast

Reception

On The Japan Times, Mark Schilling called the film "one director’s attempt to portray his real life through a fictional self".[3]

At the 37th Yokohama Film Festival, the film was chosen as the 9th best Japanese film of 2015.[4] Shin Adachi won the award for Best Screenplay, Kiyohiko Shibukawa won the award for Best Actor, Ken Mitsuishi won the award for Best Supporting Actor and Aoba Kawai won the award for Best Supporting Actress.[5]

References

  1. "OBON BROTHERS". festival.sdaff.org. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "お盆の弟(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Mark Schilling (July 29, 2015). "'Obon no Ototo' is one director's attempt to portray his real life through a fictional self". The Japan Times. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  4. "2015年日本映画ベストテン". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  5. "第37回ヨコハマ映画祭 2015年日本映画個人賞". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.