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Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New York branch office, but he didn’t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.
Went Up the Hill : In this chilling ghost story, a recently deceased woman haunts her estranged son Jack (Dacre Montgomery of Stranger Things) and her grieving widow Jill (Vicky Krieps of Phantom Thread and Corsage). When the woman’s spirit inhabits the survivors, the living must grapple with the destruction she left behind while fighting for their own survival. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.
Director : Samuel Van Grinsven
Producer : Vicky Pope, Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton
Screenwriter : Samuel Van Grinsven, Jory Anast
Distributor : Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co : Causeway Films, POP Films
Genre : Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language : English
Release Date (Theaters) : Aug 15, 2025, Limited
Runtime : 1h 40m
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