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(C) 2024 Cloud Production Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Kurosawa Kiyoshi<\/a>\u2019s Cloud<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>has been officially selected as Japan\u2019s submission for Best International Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards competition. The film follows the fate of a young man named Yoshi Ryosuke (played by Masaki Suda<\/a>) who makes a living buying and selling merchandise online using the pseudonym of Ratel. After he quits his regular job and moves in with his girlfriend, Akiko (played by Furukawa Kotone<\/a>), their lives become increasingly threatened by a series of chilling events precipitated by his online activities.

In making Cloud<\/strong><\/em>, Kurosawa said he wanted to explore the dark downside of today\u2019s online culture. He was quoted as saying: \u201cIn the obscure corners of modern-day Japan, violent incidents sometimes occur for seemingly no reason whatsoever. When the causes are investigated, it becomes apparent that a system of sorts exists through which petty grudges and frustrations are accumulated and blown out of proportion by the internet.\u201d

Kurosawa\u2019s sentiments were echoed by the film\u2019s producer, Arakawa Yumi, who declared: \u201cLiving in modern-day Japan, you can sense that society is heading in an ever more dangerous direction. Incidents in which rage and madness born from a lack of mutual understanding unexpectedly spiral out of control. Unfathomable crimes arise from unreasonable resentment. Attacks are made on individuals via social media. It would come as no surprise if someone you know, or a person you\u2019ve never met, were to be set upon by an assailant who just happens to be nearby.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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Cloud<\/strong> <\/em>is making its out-of-competition debut at this week\u2019s Venice Film Festival. In 2020, Kurosawa Kiyoshi won the festival\u2019s Silver Lion award for best director with Wife of a Spy<\/strong><\/em>. At Cannes, he won the Un Certain Regard<\/em> jury prize twice, for Tokyo Sonata<\/strong><\/em> in 2008 and Journey to the Shore<\/strong><\/em> in 2015.

Over the past few years, films from Japan have done well in the Oscar competition, notably Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s Drive My Car<\/strong><\/em>,<\/a> which received four nominations and won the trophy for Best international Feature. Nominations were also scored by Wim Wenders\u2019s Perfect Days<\/strong><\/em> last year and by Hirokazu Koreeda\u2019s Shoplifters<\/strong> <\/em>in 2019. Back in 2009, Yojiro Takita\u2019s Departures<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>won an Oscar, and in 2011, Tetsuya Nakashima\u2019s Confessions<\/strong> <\/em>made the shortlist.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 3, 2025. A shortlist of 15 finalists will be announced on December 17, 2024 and the final five nominees will be revealed on January 17, 2025.

Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/ins>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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