{"id":32022,"date":"2025-10-26T23:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32022"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:49:43","slug":"nyff-scarlet-q-a-with-writer-director-mamoru-hosoda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32022","title":{"rendered":"NYFF : Scarlet \/ Q&#038;A with Writer\/Director Mamoru Hosoda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> 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\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\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<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>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32031\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scarlet_Still_01-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mamoru Hosoda \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scarlet_Still_01-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scarlet_Still_01-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scarlet<\/strong> : A sword-wielding princess embarks on a dangerous quest to avenge the death of her father. She soon meets an idealistic young man who shows her the possibility of a future free of bitterness and rage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : Mamoru Hosoda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Yuichiro Saito, Toshimi Tanio, Nozomu Takahashi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Mamoru Hosoda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : Sony Pictures Classics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Studio Chizu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong> : PG-13 (Strong Violence\/Bloody Images)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Fantasy, Adventure, Anime, Romance, Sci-Fi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : Japanese<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> :Dec 12, 2025, Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 51m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the Q&amp;A, 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 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