{"id":18312,"date":"2023-08-09T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18312"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:52:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:52:04","slug":"japan-society-announces-yusuke-moriis-amiko-winner-of-obayashi-prize-at-2023-japan-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18312","title":{"rendered":"Japan Society Announces Yusuke Morii\u2019s &#8220;AMIKO&#8221; Winner of Obayashi Prize at 2023 JAPAN CUTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<pre>Amiko \u00a9 AMIKO Film Partners<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Japan Society announces &#8220;<span class=\"mark5xhna0wkk\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"><strong>Amiko<\/strong>&#8220;<\/span> directed by Yusuke Morii as the winner of the third Obayashi Prize at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film. The film is selected from titles within Next Generation\u2014the festival\u2019s sole competitive section introduced in 2020 dedicated to independently produced narrative feature films from emerging filmmakers in Japan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dental2.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/singulair.html\">singulair over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The festival\u2019s only juried section, Next Generation awards the Obayashi Prize to the most accomplished title as determined by a jury of industry professionals. This year\u2019s distinguished jurors are: critic and essayist Moeko Fujii; Dan Sullivan, programmer at Film at Lincoln Center; and distributor Pearl Chan (Good Move Media, Kani Releasing). The jury remarks:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;As <span class=\"mark5xhna0wkk\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Amiko<\/span> peeks into calligraphy class watching other children practice discipline and character building, they play a game of who can spot her first. She is too much, too loud; she cannot be held inside the lines and there is no language to describe her. This is where the vivid auditory and visual world of the film rushes in to sketch the perspective of a child who, in her attempts to grieve, seems to only aggravate and upset those around her.\u00a0 Among a selection of films interested in the non-normative, <span class=\"mark5xhna0wkk\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Amiko<\/span> stands out in its use of the surreal as a comfort, while not losing sight of the inner-lives of those looking at and after those we don\u2019t really understand. A fantastic performance by young Kana Osawa in Yusuke Morii\u2019s first feature.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dental2.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/azithromycin.html\">azithromycin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The jury also recognises director\/actor Hiroki Kono\u2019s directorial debut &#8220;<strong>J005311<\/strong>&#8221; with a Special Mention for \u201cits considerable formal ambition and willingness to challenge us as viewers. Made with a profound sense of economy\u2013 both in terms of its restrained yet complex execution, but also its maximization of clearly limited means\u2013 it manages to give us a gripping, intimate and provocative filmic ride.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy  with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Named after the late filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi (1938-2020), the award was created to acknowledge Obayashi\u2019s legacy and to encourage the continued development of Japanese independent cinema through the festival\u2019s Next Generation section. The winner will receive a trophy and monetary award of $3,000 (USD). This year\u2019s iteration of the Next Generation section is comprised of six titles: Hiroki Kono\u2019s &#8220;<strong>J005311<\/strong>,&#8221; Yusuke Morii\u2019s &#8220;<strong><span class=\"mark5xhna0wkk\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Amiko<\/span><\/strong>,&#8221; Yurina Kaneko\u2019s &#8220;<strong>People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind<\/strong>,&#8221; Aimi Natsuto\u2019s &#8220;<strong>Saga Saga<\/strong>,&#8221; Ryohei Sasatani\u2019s &#8220;Sanka: Nomads of the Mountain&#8221; and Yuho Ishibashi\u2019s &#8220;<strong>When Morning Comes<\/strong>, <strong>I Feel Empty<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amiko \u00a9 AMIKO Film Partners Japan Society announces &#8220;Amiko&#8220; directed by Yusuke Morii as the winner of the third Obayashi Prize at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film. 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