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’s “A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0\u00a0TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called “Morning Satellite” 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>\n The Testament of Ann Lee<\/strong> : From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker’s irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n Director<\/strong> : Mona Fastvold<\/p>\n Producer<\/strong> : Andrew Morrison, Joshua Horsfield, Vikt\u00f3ria Petr\u00e1nyi, Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Klaudia \u015amieja, Lillian LaSalle, Mark Lampert<\/p>\n Screenwriter<\/strong> : Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet<\/p>\n Distributor<\/strong> :Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n Production Co<\/strong> : Kaplan Morrison, ArtClass Flms, Proton Cinema, Intake Films, Curious Gremlin, G\u00f6ta Film AB, G\u00f6teborg, Annapurna Pictures, Mizzel Media, Film i V\u00e4st, FirstGen Content, Mid March Media, 4 Little Monsters, Carte Blanche<\/p>\n Rating<\/strong> : R (Violence|Bloody Images|Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity)<\/p>\n Genre<\/strong> : Biography, History, Drama, Musical<\/p>\n Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Dec 25, 2025, Limited<\/p>\n Runtime<\/strong> :2h 17m<\/p>\n If you like the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Testament-of-Ann-Lee-Poster.png\")
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