Director Sono Sion's adaptation of a 2001 manga has a topical message about Japan's national pain and rebuilding. By THR Staff Himizu - Venice Film Festival - P 2011 Director Sono Sion had already ...

It’s not hard to see how Dylann Roof identified with the sullen 14-year-old knife-wielding protagonist of Himizu, the 2011 Japanese crime pic the Charleston shooter called his “favorite” film in a ...

It’s the second year that controversial Japanese helmer Sion Sono has had a film debut at Venice. But this year’s “Himizu,” screening in competition today, has a rather different tone than last year’s ...

Among the many violent and racist images in the apparent manifesto of Dylann Roof, the alleged mass murderer, is something slightly more exotic: a reference to the 2011 ultra-violent Japanese crime ...

Cast members Shota Sometani (L) and Fumi Nikaido pose before the screening of their film "Himizu" at the 68th Venice Film Festival September 6, 2011.[Photo/Agencies] ...

Film curation and streaming start-up Vyer Films has set the online premiere of Sion Sono’s film and struck an alliance with NYAFF operators Subway Cinema. The announcement comes as the 2014 New York ...

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When the tsunami and earthquake hit Japan in March 2011, Japanese director Sono Sion was working on an adaptation of a manga serial about troubled youth. He immediately made the ravaged urban ...

Director Sion Sono (C) gestures as he poses with cast members Shota Sometani (R) and Fumi Nikaidou (L) during a photocall for their film Himizu at the 68th Venice Film Festival September 6, ...