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CANADA PAVILION HONG KONG FILMART BOOTH 1B-E21-E28 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 2018 TODAY DAY 3 AT FILMART Omotenashi, review, p6 NEWS www.ScreenDaily.com Stand 1A-B19 Editorial +852 2582 8958 Advertising +1 213 447 5120 Bound for China Japanese coming-of-age tale Hanagatami sells for Free Stone » Page 4 China 3D thrills with trio REVIEW Omotenashi BY JEAN NOH police task force hunting a vigi- Matsuoka, Benny Chan, Raymond HKIFF’s joint opening film strives China 3D Digital Entertainment lante serial killer. The film fea- Chiu and Kelly Chen. to satisfy a broad audience has launched three feature titles at tures Julian Cheung, Louis Koo, Set in ancient China, Dynasty » Page 6 Filmart: director Herman Yau’s Francis Ng, Myolie Wu and Warriors sees a showdown Secret Of The Living Dead crime action film Death Notify, Pakho Chau. between three warriors struggling Final print daily Christopher Suen’s thriller Decep- Deception Of The Novelist follows to control a colossal and mysteri- This is Screen’s final print edition Buyers bite for tion Of The Novelist and action a successful young writer who is ous power. The film stars Han at Filmart 2018. Please continue drama Dynasty Warriors, directed embroiled in the suspected murder Geng, Wang Kai, Louis Koo, Guli- to follow all the latest news and Detective K and produced by Roy Chow. of his neighbour. The fi lm features nazha, Tong Yang, Carina Lau, Ray deals at ScreenDaily.com South Korea’s Showbox has Death Notify follows an elite Justin Cheung, Jeana Ho, Linah Lui and Justin Cheung. announced a raft of deals on Detective K: Secret Of The Living Dead. The adventure comedy sold to China (iQiyi), Hong Kong and Kosse hails Film Mode Macau (Edko Films), Japan (Twin), tastemakers makes Escape Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Philippines (Viva Communications), worldwide STXinternational president David BY JEAN NOH in-flight (Emphasis) and Singapore, Kosse explained how international US sales, production and distribu- Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and fi lm markets are evolving at a ‘Film- tion company Film Mode Enter- Thailand (CJ E&M HK). maker Spotlight’ at Filmart yester- tainment has announced a raft of Directed by Kim Sok-yun, the day: “Markets like Asia and Russia, Asian deals on its titles at Filmart, film sees Detective K (Kim Myung- where 15-20 years ago you’d only led by Ron Perlman-starring crime min) investigate deaths involving release action fi lms and thrillers, are thriller The Escape Of Prisoner 614 vampire bites. Released on becoming more receptive to drama and family adventure Mail Order February 8 in Korea, it has clocked and more sophisticated fare.” He Monster to China (Times Vision). up nearly 2.5 million admissions added that digital technology is Other sales include thrillers and $18.5m according to the reducing P&A costs, which could Broken Ghost and The Ninth Pas- Korean Film Council. The film was infl uence the US studios’ greenlight- senger, starring Jesse Metcalfe and released last month in North ing process: “It’s getting cheaper to Tom Maden, to the Philippines STXinternational president David Kosse America by Well Go USA and in release fi lms globally, so potentially (Pioneer). takes part in Filmart’s ‘Filmmaker Spotlight’ Australia/NZ by JBG Pictures, they’ll take more of a risk.” Company head Clay Epstein with Lotte Entertainment Vietnam said: “The Film Mode Entertain- releasing in that territory on ment team prides itself on appeal- March 8. Jean Noh Elephant moves for Rediance ing to the Asian marketplace.” BY LIZ SHACKLETON miere at the New Directors/New A Beijing Film Academy gradu- TBS solves Perfect Village Beijing-based sales agent Redi- Films festival in New York at the ate and acclaimed novelist, the ance has sold Hu Bo’s An Elephant end of this month. fi lm’s director Hu Bo took his own Love, Crimes admits Guilt Sitting Still, which premiered in Set over the course of one day, life at the age of 29 shortly after this year’s Berlinale Forum, to the 230-minute film follows a completing the fi lm. BY JEAN NOH BY LIZ SHACKLETON Capricci for France and Spain. teenage boy who is in trouble after Rediance’s slate also includes Japan’s TBS has announced deals China’s Perfect Village Entertain- Rediance is also in talks for a hospitalising the school bully, his Zhai Yixiang’s Mosaic Portrait, on anime Love, Chunibyo And ment has joined Grand Canal Pic- sale to North America, which it is classmate who is having an affair which is in post-production, Other Delusions! Take On Me and tures and Hong Kong’s Mei Ah hoping to close before the film with a teacher, and an old man and Cai Chengjie’s award winner suspense drama The Crimes That Films Production to produce Hong receives its North American pre- estranged from his family. The Widowed Witch. Bind. The former sold to Singa- Kong courtroom drama Guilt By pore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru- Design. Nick Cheung will star in nei (Purple Plan) while the latter the film, which has been written sold to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and will be directed by a trio of Wi Ding Ho wraps Cities Of Last Things and Taiwan (Movie Cloud). Hong Kong fi lmmakers — Lai Siu- Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, kwan, Sze Pak-lam and Lau Wing- Malaysia-born, Taiwan-based vignettes told in reverse chronology. band Mayday also make special Love, Chunibyo And Other Delu- Tai. Derek Yee, Jason Guo and filmmaker Wi Ding Ho has wrapped Lee won best new performer at appearances. Cities Of Last Things sions! Take On Me is the latest in Ellen Eliasoph are producing. his feature Cities Of Last Things, the Golden Horse Awards for 2015 is produced by Taiwan-based the high-school romance series. Selected for HAF in 2016 (under starring Lee Hong-Chi, Jack Kao drama Thanatos, Drunk, while Kao is Changhe Films and co-produced by Directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa the title Hypnotize The Jury), it tells and French actress Louise Grinberg a veteran Taiwanese actor with China’s Hymn Pictures, Singapore’s (I’d Rather Be A Shellfish), police the story of a juror who discovers (The Class). The film tells the story credits including The Assassin and mm2 Entertainment and Kaohsiung drama The Crimes That Bind his daughter has been kidnapped of a man and his relationships with One Night Only. Lu Huang (Blind City Government. stars Hiroshi Abe, Nanako Matsu- and is under pressure to ensure the different women through three Massage) and Stone of Taiwanese Liz Shackleton shima, Junpei Mizobata and Rena accused is acquitted. Tanaka. NEWS Thai Pitch Battleship Island producer Toei launches unveiled for Jiro Shono Cannes regrets screen takeover romance BY LIZ SHACKLETON BY JEAN NOH dicting it would surpass 10 fuelled by local media criticism. In Japan’s Toei has launched sales Thailand’s Ministry of Culture has Speaking to the hot-button issue million admissions. Featuring top conversation at Filmart yesterday, on romantic feature Taberu revealed the three projects that of screen monopolisation in South stars such as Hwang Jung-min, Kang said: “When the contro- Onna (working title), directed by will participate in this year’s Thai Korea, The Battleship Island pro- So Ji-sub, Song Joong-ki and Lee versy about screen monopolisa- Jiro Shono (Time Lost, Time Pitch event at Cannes. ducer Kang Hye-jung says gov- Jung-hyun, the film is a $20m tion happened, I learned how Found), at Filmart. Tongpong Chantarangkul, ernment and distributors need to historical epic about a massive much the public are interested in A tale of eight women of whose first film I Carried You create a system that encourages escape attempt by forced labour- the film industry, in a way that cut different ages, occupations and Home (2011) was acquired by mutual growth for films, whether ers and comfort women from a to the heart.” perspectives trying to find their France’s Pretty Pictures, has had large or small in scale.