{"id":34350,"date":"2026-05-17T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=34350"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:49:03","slug":"obsession-exclusive-interview-with-director-curry-barker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=34350","title":{"rendered":"Obsession : Exclusive Interview with Director Curry Barker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\"><strong>Check out more of our YouTube Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/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 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<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-large wp-image-34351\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obsession-poster-685x1024.png\" alt=\"Obsession\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obsession-poster-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obsession-poster-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obsession-poster-696x1041.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obsession-poster.png 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Obsession<\/strong> : After breaking the mysterious &#8220;One Wish Willow&#8221; to win his crush&#8217;s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.<\/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><strong>Director<\/strong> : Curry Barker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : James Harris, Christian Mercuri, Haley Nicole Johnson, Roman Viaris<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Curry Barker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : Focus Features<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Under the Shell, Blumhouse, Capstone Studios, Tea Shop Productions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong> : R (Grisly Images|Brief Graphic Nudity|Pervasive Language|Sexual Content|Strong Bloody Violence)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Horror<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : May 15, 2026, Wide<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 48m<\/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\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"TaaDkbG3I7g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OBSESSION - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters May 15\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TaaDkbG3I7g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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