Category: Guest in Focus

Guest in Focus: Yujiro HARUMOTO – Going The Distance

In our new Guest in Focus Series, we ask a few questions of several of our visiting filmmakers about their careers, influences, films, and what they think about coming to Germany. Our first guest is the director Yujiro HARUMOTO, director of Going the Distance. Yujiro HARUMOTO, born in Kobe in 1978, graduated from Nihon University … Continue reading Guest in Focus: Yujiro HARUMOTO – Going The Distance

The 2017 Nippon Honor Award: Koji YAKUSHO

It’s finally that time of year again!  Nippon Connection, the largest festival devoted to Japanese cinema in Europe, will once again return to Frankfurt am Main on Tuesday, May 23rd, running throughout the week until Sunday, May 28th. And for the third time, one of the festival highlights will feature a special Honor Award presented … Continue reading The 2017 Nippon Honor Award: Koji YAKUSHO

Guest in Focus: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

One of the special guests present at Nippon Connection this year is the renowned director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, this year’s recipient of the Nippon Honor Award. Born in 1955 in Kobe, Kurosawa’s career in film stretches back into the 1980’s, when he got his start making direct-to-video works and “pink films,” before studying in the US … Continue reading Guest in Focus: Kiyoshi Kurosawa