As a dedicated fan and follower of Murakami Haruki‘s work, I am overjoyed to hear that ‘After the Quake,’ a film adaptation of four stories from his 2000 collection, is coming to life. Having read these stories years ago, their hauntingly beautiful narratives left an indelible mark on me, and I can only imagine the cinematic magic Inoue Tsuyoshi and Yamamoto Teruhisa will weave from them.
As a dedicated cinephile, I’m thrilled to share that the film adaptation of Murakami Haruki’s “After the Quake” has been snapped up by Japan’s Bitters End for global distribution rights.
Under the direction of Inoue Tsuyoshi, known for “Amachan”, and produced by Teruhisa Yamamoto, who brought us “Drive My Car”, this film is adapted from four out of six short stories found in Murakami’s 2000 book with the same title. The narratives delve into the intricate consequences that Japan and the world have faced following various earthquakes and global crises.
The book contains six short tales, all penned as a reaction to the Kobe earthquake. Each narrative subtly addresses the disaster itself. Written in the third person perspective, these stories unfold within a compact timeframe spanning from the February 1995 Kobe earthquake up until the tragic Tokyo metro system gas attacks the following month.
The movie adapts four brief tales: “UFO over Kushiro,” “Landscape with Flatiron,” “Every Child Can Dance” (originally titled “All God’s Children Can Dance”), and “Super-Frog Saves Tokyo.” These stories were previously published in different magazines, specifically “The New Yorker,” “Ploughshares,” “Harper’s,” and “GQ.
The movie is now going through post-production, which makes it ready for a debut at a significant European film festival during the first half of 2025. Additionally, Bitters End will initiate sales efforts just before the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM marketplace for rights. As for Japan, the rights have not been revealed yet.
Bitters End, a distributor with a rich 30-year history, is currently growing its domestic and global production and sales efforts. Among its upcoming releases are “The Boy and the Dog,” a touching story by Zeze Takahisa about loyalty and perseverance scheduled for release in spring 2025 via Toho, and “Bushido,” an epic samurai film directed by Shiraishi Kazuya and starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi. Locally distributed by Kino Films, “Bushido” recently received the Audience Award at the Far East Film Festival in Udine this year.
Bitters End specializes in distributing art-house films from prominent Japanese and international directors such as Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Bong Joon-Ho, the Dardenne brothers, Jia Zhangke, Roy Anderson, and Gianfranco Rosi. Their latest releases include “Perfect Days,” directed by Wim Wenders, which was the opening film at last year’s Tokyo festival, as well as “La Chimera” and “Totem.
The firm additionally served as the Japanese distributor for “Oppenheimer,” a dramatic film directed by Christopher Nolan, which delved into the creation of the initial atomic bomb – a topic deemed too contentious for many other Japanese entities to manage.
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2024-10-29 02:16