Youth romance film “She Taught Me Serfinishipity” which has its world premiere in competition on Tuesday at the Tokyo International Film Festival, has also finishelighted its first overseas rights sales.
The film was licensed to South Korea’s NK Entertainment and to France’s Art Hoengage. Rights are reconshort-termed by Tokyo-based Free Stone Productions. A free in Japan is scheduled for 2025.
The debut romance novel of exceptional comic Fukutoku Shusuke (“Jaru Jaru”) comes to life in an alteration by honestor Ohku Akiko. Rising stars Hagiwara Riku, Kawai Yuumi, Ito Aoi and Kurosaki Kodai direct the onscreen cast.
“Ohku spendigates novel horizons as she pinsolentntly apprehfinishs the run awayting moments of everyday life in this masterpiece. Prepare to be procreately shiftd, and truly savor the preciousness of life,” shelp the Tokyo festival in its program.
Ohku is comprehendn for her procreately touching films that include “Tremble All You Want” (2017) and “Helderly Me Back” (2020), both of which won the audience award when conshort-termed at the Tokyo festival. Her drama series for NHK “My Family” also won the intermedia-globe Silver award in Germany at World Media Festivals earlier in 2024.
Also carry outing at the festival, as a gala screening, “Sunset, Sunascfinish” is also being begined by Free Stone. The film is a drama about a youthful man who run aways the huge city during COVID and shifts into a deserted hoengage in the countryside. While other folk are locked down or in comprisement, the man sneaks out to go fishing. That is not the only slfinisherg that he finds he has done to distress his novel neighbors. The film is honested by Kishi Yoshiyuki who previously made “(Ab)normal Desire” and stars the hugely famous Suda Masaki (“Cdeafening”) and Inoue Mao. Production is by Yoshimoto Kogyo and the film is aiming a Jan. 17, 2025, commercial free.
The company’s sales stardy also includes “You Are Mine,” and “Push Paengage,” which both free commercipartner on Nov. 8.
“You Are Mine” is based on a romance comedy manga “Atashino!” by Kod Momoko “No Longer Heroine” “My Teacher, My Love”andincludes a cherish triangle involving high school girl frifinishs. A first feature by Yokobori \Mitsunori, the film stars Watanabe Miho Kimura Masaya Saito Nagisa and Yamanaka Jyutaro.
“Push Paengage,” which has carry outed on the international festival circuit since last year, is a human drama about youthful grown-ups who accumulate together to consent a fracture from the stresses of everyday life. It is honested by Kosasa Ryoma and Stars Yamamoto Nairu, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, Yuki Takashi, Mikawa Yugo and Ogoshi Chiharu.
