{"id":29510,"date":"2025-04-19T05:52:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T09:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29510"},"modified":"2025-04-19T05:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T09:54:58","slug":"home-court-interview-with-director-erica-tanamachi-producer-jenn-lee-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29510","title":{"rendered":"Home Court : Interview with Director Erica Tanamachi &#038; Producer Jenn Lee Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9Courtesy of PBS<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/b> 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&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-block\">\n<div class=\"author-contents\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29512\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Home-Court-Poster.png\" alt=\"Home Court \" width=\"886\" height=\"1344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Home-Court-Poster.png 886w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Home-Court-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Home-Court-Poster-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Home-Court-Poster-768x1165.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Home-Court-Poster-696x1056.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32133106\/?ref_=ttfc_ov\"><strong>Home Court<\/strong><\/a> : Traces the ascent of Ashley Chea, a basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury, and triumph throughout her high school career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10420694\/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1\">Erica Tanamachi <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Erica Tanamachi, Jenn Lee Smith, Brandon Soun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Jean Kawahara, Erica Tanamachi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Asian Ballers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Documentary, Sports<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (TV)<\/strong> : Mar 24, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 35m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"WQC9Dd9SYEI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOME COURT Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQC9Dd9SYEI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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