Japan’s film industry is still highly insular, making films mostly by Japanese for Japanese audiences. But over the past two decades Japan-resident, non-natives have been making inroads.
They include Australian scriptwriter Max Mannix with the Kiyoshi Kurosawa drama “Tokyo Sonata,” Welsh director John Williams and Canadian producer Jason Gray with the futuristic anthology “Ten Years Japan”.
Simultaneously, more Japanese talent is going abroad to study and work. Examples include “Pacific Rim” star Rinko Kikuchi, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa who shot his upcoming “To the Ends of the Earth”) in Uzbekistan.
Two people emblematic of these trends, are husband and wife Eric Nyari and Ema Ryan Yamazaki. Son of Balazs Nyari, the president of New York post-production house Cineric, Nyari came to Japan at age 21 and in 2009 at age 28, produced his first film, the Atsushi Ogata comedy “Cast Me If You Can.” Since then Nyari has amassed more than 20 producing credits,...
They include Australian scriptwriter Max Mannix with the Kiyoshi Kurosawa drama “Tokyo Sonata,” Welsh director John Williams and Canadian producer Jason Gray with the futuristic anthology “Ten Years Japan”.
Simultaneously, more Japanese talent is going abroad to study and work. Examples include “Pacific Rim” star Rinko Kikuchi, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa who shot his upcoming “To the Ends of the Earth”) in Uzbekistan.
Two people emblematic of these trends, are husband and wife Eric Nyari and Ema Ryan Yamazaki. Son of Balazs Nyari, the president of New York post-production house Cineric, Nyari came to Japan at age 21 and in 2009 at age 28, produced his first film, the Atsushi Ogata comedy “Cast Me If You Can.” Since then Nyari has amassed more than 20 producing credits,...
- 11/22/2018
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
The Japanese title of Atsushi Ogata's romantic comedy Cast Me If You Can is "Wakiyaku Monogatari," which translates as "Tale of the Supporting Actor." The supporting actor in this particular tale, and the main character in this story, is Hiroshi Matsuzaki (Toru Masuoka), a long-time bit player currently playing a cop on a TV drama. He harbors dreams of finally becoming a leading man, and seems close to that opportunity, having been cast as the lead in a Woody Allen remake. He is very good at disappearing into his roles; in fact, he is so good at this that this ability bleeds into his real life, to the point that he is continually mistaken for other people, a running gag that this film makes potent...
- 1/27/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Yahoo! Eiga has posted a trailer for Atsushi Ogata‘s Cast Me If You Can (Wakiyaku Monogatari), an actor comedy which premiered at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival back in June.
The film stars Toru Masuoka as a middling actor named Hiroshi who only gets offered supporting roles while living in the shadow of his famous playwright father. His celebrity status is limited to the unusual frequency which he’s mistaken for other people, including a kidnapper, and he struggles with his mundane life on a day to day basis. However, things turn around one day when he meets an aspiring actress named Aya (played by former J-pop idol Hiromi Nagasaku) and instantly falls in love. While attempting to court Aya, Hiroshi is inspired to confront his dad and audition for the kind of leading man role he’s always dreamed of.
“Cast Me If You Can” will be...
The film stars Toru Masuoka as a middling actor named Hiroshi who only gets offered supporting roles while living in the shadow of his famous playwright father. His celebrity status is limited to the unusual frequency which he’s mistaken for other people, including a kidnapper, and he struggles with his mundane life on a day to day basis. However, things turn around one day when he meets an aspiring actress named Aya (played by former J-pop idol Hiromi Nagasaku) and instantly falls in love. While attempting to court Aya, Hiroshi is inspired to confront his dad and audition for the kind of leading man role he’s always dreamed of.
“Cast Me If You Can” will be...
- 8/28/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Yahoo! Eiga has posted a trailer for Atsushi Ogata‘s Cast Me If You Can (Wakiyaku Monogatari), an actor comedy which premiered at the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival back in June.
The film stars Toru Masuoka as a middling actor named Hiroshi who only gets offered supporting roles while living in the shadow of his famous playwright father. His celebrity status is limited to the unusual frequency which he’s mistaken for other people, including a kidnapper, and he struggles with his mundane life on a day to day basis. However, things turn around one day when he meets an aspiring actress named Aya (played by former J-pop idol Hiromi Nagasaku) and instantly falls in love. While attempting to court Aya, Hiroshi is inspired to confront his dad and audition for the kind of leading man role he’s always dreamed of.
“Cast Me If You Can” will be...
The film stars Toru Masuoka as a middling actor named Hiroshi who only gets offered supporting roles while living in the shadow of his famous playwright father. His celebrity status is limited to the unusual frequency which he’s mistaken for other people, including a kidnapper, and he struggles with his mundane life on a day to day basis. However, things turn around one day when he meets an aspiring actress named Aya (played by former J-pop idol Hiromi Nagasaku) and instantly falls in love. While attempting to court Aya, Hiroshi is inspired to confront his dad and audition for the kind of leading man role he’s always dreamed of.
“Cast Me If You Can” will be...
- 8/28/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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