Yusuke Morii graduated from the Department of Film, now Nihon Institute of Cinema, and entered the industry as part of the production department of Shunichi Nagasaki’s The Witch of the West is Dead (2008). The screenwriter and filmmaker has also worked as an assistant director to Tatsushi Omori on the film Every Day a Good Day (2018). His directorial debut, Amiko (2022), is based on the novel Kochira Amiko by Natsuko Imamura and is selected for IFFR 2023.
On the occasion of his film screening at IFFR, we speak with him about the titular character, being a parent to such an unusual child, Kana Osawa, the reaction of the audience in Japan, and many other topics.
Amiko is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Why did you decide to adapt the particular novel by Natsuko Imamura?
I feel a lot of discomfort towards society and I wanted to express that particular feeling...
On the occasion of his film screening at IFFR, we speak with him about the titular character, being a parent to such an unusual child, Kana Osawa, the reaction of the audience in Japan, and many other topics.
Amiko is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Why did you decide to adapt the particular novel by Natsuko Imamura?
I feel a lot of discomfort towards society and I wanted to express that particular feeling...
- 2/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Summer Explorers 2019: Mini season of film based on Manga!
The annual Summer Explorers season is back – this time taking place at the British Library!
From “Inuyashiki” (いぬやしき), to “Seto and Utsumi” (セトウツミ), “Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” (帝一の國), and :Psychic Kusuo” (斉木楠雄のΨ難), Summer Explorers 2019 : Manga Comes To Life showcases the range of plotlines that manga has provided film creatives over the years.Come and see the versatility of the influence that manga has had on Japanese cinema!
Presented and Curated by the Japan Foundation, in collaboration with the British Library.
Date: Saturday, 27 July and Sunday, 28 July 2019
Venue: British Library, Knowledge Centre Theatre, 96 Euston Road, St Pancras, London NW1
Saturday, 27 July
“Inuyashiki” (2018) by Shinsuke Sato
“Seto and Utsumi” (2016) by Tatsushi Ohmori
“Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” (2017) by Akira Nagai
“Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High”
Sunday, 28 July
“Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” (2017) by Akira Nagai
“The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (a.
The annual Summer Explorers season is back – this time taking place at the British Library!
From “Inuyashiki” (いぬやしき), to “Seto and Utsumi” (セトウツミ), “Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” (帝一の國), and :Psychic Kusuo” (斉木楠雄のΨ難), Summer Explorers 2019 : Manga Comes To Life showcases the range of plotlines that manga has provided film creatives over the years.Come and see the versatility of the influence that manga has had on Japanese cinema!
Presented and Curated by the Japan Foundation, in collaboration with the British Library.
Date: Saturday, 27 July and Sunday, 28 July 2019
Venue: British Library, Knowledge Centre Theatre, 96 Euston Road, St Pancras, London NW1
Saturday, 27 July
“Inuyashiki” (2018) by Shinsuke Sato
“Seto and Utsumi” (2016) by Tatsushi Ohmori
“Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” (2017) by Akira Nagai
“Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High”
Sunday, 28 July
“Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” (2017) by Akira Nagai
“The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (a.
- 7/3/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
A strangely addictive film where – apparently – nothing happens is the new work of director Tatsushi Ohmori, also sadly destined to be remembered as the last appearance of Japanese Cinema’s beloved dame, Kirin Kiki. Based on the essay “Nichinichikorekojitsu: Ocha ga Oshietekureta 15 no Shiawase” by Noriko Morishita, “Every Day a Good Day” will surprise those of the public, accustomed to Omori’s previous, more unconventional plots.
“Every Day a Good Day” is screening at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The film quietly follows 20 years of the life of Noriko (Haru Kuroki). Starting in 1985, we are introduced to Noriko as a 12-year-old girl returning home after attending a screening of “La Strada” with her family. Noriko is bored, predictably she didn’t enjoy the film and Omori will use Fellini’s film again, to highlight her development during the following years. Jump to 1993, she is a 20-year-old college student, still bored and indecisive about her future.
“Every Day a Good Day” is screening at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The film quietly follows 20 years of the life of Noriko (Haru Kuroki). Starting in 1985, we are introduced to Noriko as a 12-year-old girl returning home after attending a screening of “La Strada” with her family. Noriko is bored, predictably she didn’t enjoy the film and Omori will use Fellini’s film again, to highlight her development during the following years. Jump to 1993, she is a 20-year-old college student, still bored and indecisive about her future.
- 6/9/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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