"'I Wish' English trailer"

Koreeda

The English-language trailer for I Wish (Kiseki) has been released. This is the latest film from the extremely talented Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda

I'm not sure what the plot is (just what I got from the trailer) but going by Koreeda's previous films, it isn't going to be that important.

Koreeda's Still Walking, released in 2008, is one of my favourite films. The story of that was essentially a man visits his parents. But the result was a textured, and gripping, masterpiece. Like films by Ozu, the stillness is sometimes the most important.

Koreeda followed Still Walking in 2009 with Air Doll, which was a more light-hearted affair. While I found it slightly disappointing, it was good fun overall, and presented some interesting ideas.

Possibly Koreeda's most well-known film is 2004's Nobody Knows, a disturbing true story following a group of children left alone by their mother in an apartment. I can't recommend this as I found it slightly depressing, but it's definitely the work of a great director.

I'm really excited to see I Wish. It has many of the same actors from Still Walking, but judging from the trailer it won't be a similiar style. I'm hoping it will be just as good.

via: J-Film Pow-Wow

photo credit: Pabo76

listening: Themes for an Imaginary Film. Totally addicted to the Chromatics and that kind of stuff recently.