immanuel , also publicized as emmanuel , is a 2013 malayalam drama film , directed by lal jose and produced by s. george .

the film stars mammootty in the title role with reenu mathews and fahadh faasil .

lal jose has stated that it is a " soft film sans hullabaloo " and " essentially tells the story of immanuel 's intrinsic goodness even in the face of adversity . " .

immanuel ( film )

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immanuel is a sentimental and emotional film with very little lapses . it ' s a film that you can watch with your family and dear ones .
immanuel works for a publishing house that is counting its days . the publishing house is owned by joseph , whom immanuel treats like his father . debts force joseph to leave behind his business . but joseph recommends immanuel to a job interview of an insurance company . though immanuel lacks the domain knowledge , through his selling prowess he gets the job . he gets a new boss , jeevan . jeevan is ambitious professional . he sets up a professional challenge for immanuel . now its immanuel turn to stick to morality when it comes to business .
immanuel official trailer hd , staring mammootty and fahadh faasil . directed by lal jose releasing 5th april 2013
verdict immanuel is worth watching this weekend and seems to have all ingredients that might make it a superhit .
immanuel works for a publishing house that is counting its days . the publishing house is owned by joseph , whom immanuel treats like his father . debts force joseph to leave behind his . . . see full summary »
jayaraj vijay directed this humourous film . sreenivasan and sarayu were seen in lead roles in this film .
music by afzal yousuf helps in heightening the excitement in immanuel . the music is melodious and so are the songs .
jeevan ( fahad fazil ) heads a customer care centre in cochin . he is smart , vivacious and handles his team and customers with perfect ease . into this setup enters immanuel who is desperate to support his family ( wife played by reenu mathews and a son ) . what happens next ? how does immanuel face the problems that come his way ? watch immanuel to know more .
immanuel is a touching , heartwarming and a poignant tale of human values , endurance and goodness in people . atleast 20 minutes of editing in the second half could have made the film better .
but jose decided to give a break to a new talent with ' immanuel ' where visually challenged afzal yusuff has composed the music .
cg : i don’t have any specific career goals in film yet , but it would be nice to make another film .
mammootty is a treat to watch and his character seems ' straight out of life ' . immanuel is like one more feather on his cap !
the film follows the character of immanuel who works in a book publishing firm . when the company is closed down due to unexpected reasons , immanuel and his family find it difficult to make both ends meet . the hardships and harsh realities he faces forces him to see himself and his life in a new perspective that is often outside his personal comfort zone .
jose has directed mammooty in four films , starting with debut film ' oru maravathur kanavu ' ( 1998 ) , ' pattalam ' ( 2003 ) , kerala cafe ( 2010 ) and ' immanuel ' this year .
a psychological thriller made entirely by local cinematographers , shot in pacific harbour and other parts of fiji . an n studios fiji production writer & director : immanuel anand producer : navneet narayan cinematography by : immanuel anand & navneet narayan cast : shivani shankar & danzil philip hair & makeup : shayneal lal
story the film follows the character of immanuel ( mammootty ) who works in a book publishing firm . when the company is closed down due to unexpected reasons , immanuel and his family find it difficult to make both ends meet . the hardships and harsh realities he faces forces him to see himself and his life in a new perspective that is often outside of his personal comfort zone .
recent film graduates have gone on to careers in film and television industries , arts organisations , university and school teaching , local government and business , or to pursue postgraduate academic and practical film courses . in the last few years , students have gone on to take up positions such as film journalists , film / tv archivists and roles in marketing and distribution .
the film was directed by aji john . anoop menon , jayasurya , honey rose , maria and aparna played the lead roles in this film .
directed by arun kumar , the film was a social thriller . indrajith , murali gopy and remya nambeesan played the lead roles in this film .
cinephiles will remember that ' immanuel ' and ' daiwathinte swantham cletus ' were the only films last year which created some solace for mammootty in the commercial front .
cg : generally speaking , whoever i’m teaching at the time . this past week , it was rené descartes , immanuel kant , and kongzi ( confucius ) .
after finding a safe hit in ' daivathinte swantham cleetus ' , director marthandan will once again team up with mammotty for a new film . this new flick will be scripted by vijeesh who debuted as a scriptwriter with the last year ' s hit ' immanuel ' . this new project will be produced by mammoottty ' s makeup man george who has also debuted as a producer with ' immanuel ' .
the film was written by anoop menon and directed by rajeev nath . anoop menon , jayasurya , soumya and anumol played lead roles in this film .
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mastro entertainment presents in association with dream artists creations . a hacker life story , direction | story | screenplay | editing | visual effects - joy immanuel cinematograpy - saajan krishh music - romeo hughes | jehoshapath cast - imthiyas | joy immanuel . crew - manikandan | kamesh | adhithyan | muthu joel | arun kumar | azmath | mufeeth | syed | bala | prathiksha . this is the mastro studioz first short film .
helen du toit has a background in independent film production and curation of international film festivals . as senior interim director , she currently oversees cbc’s breaking barriers film fund , a program established to support the work of under - represented filmmakers .
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film on rss to be shot at rs . 180 crores ; to release next year
cinematography by pradeep nair , editing by ranjan abraham and art - direction by mohandas add a special touch to the flow of the film immanuel . dialogues too are catchy and goes well with the plot . second half slows down a bit , but picks up pace towards the end .
in its second edition after being re - christened the national book festival , the former annual book fair is expanding to different media in a bid to remain fresh , as a short film adaptation of immanuel mifsud’s story laqgha ma mara morbi that premieres at the festival on november 15 .
kent is one of the three major universities in the uk for film studies , and one of the most highly regarded departments in europe . our modules cover film theory , history and practice , and topics such as national cinemas , animation , fantasy and pulp film .
the film has raked in these numbers in its telugu , tamil and malayalam versions collectively .
the performances really stand out in this film . what’s your approach to working with actors ?
“when working with the authors of the original material , you can face problems due to the different structures that film and literature require . but immanuel was very aware of this , we discussed the core of the story and he gave us free reign to adapt the short story , ” bonnici said .
teodor reljic is maltatoday ' s culture editor and film critic . he joined t . . .
rekha recently came to the spotlight to clarify on speculations of her daughter entering the film industry .
as part of the national book council’s strategy to promote books and reading in malta , the nbc in collaboration with one and shadeena will be premiering a short film based on laqgħa ma’ mara morbi – a story by the celebrated author immanuel mifsud – whose upcoming novel , jutta heim , will be launched on october 30 .
the performances in this film feel very real . what ' s your process for working with actors ?
describing the central drama of the story and , subsequently , the short film as being about “a man who is caught between two worlds – we spend one morning with him and slowly see his lie crack and his mask fall , ” bonnici said that he was “pleasantly surprised by immanuel’s great attitude and support for the project” .
jose does not have much expectation about his films winning awards . people had predicted the 2006 film ' classmates ' , which became the highest grosser in the malayalam film industry despite having newcomers will fetch him the national award for the best director . but the movie bagged only the best popular film award for critical value .
unni mukundan and remya nambeesan played the lead roles in this film . it was directed by m padmakumar .
i was working on a script , feature film length , and i realised i would never get the funding for it . on the other hand , a short film appeared to be a far more realistic ambition .
for graduate prospects , media and film studies at kent was ranked 5th in the guardian university guide 2017 .
[ u . s . a . ] , july 9 ( ani ) : european film association . . .
critically acclaimed odia film , khyanikaa — the lost idea , was screened at inox multiplex in the city recently .
director joe kramer produced his film on a budget of $ 1700 . here ' s how he did it .
having been in love with film since a very young age , directing and wanting to work in the film industry . he took it upon himself to get the knowledge needed to make that dream become an ever growing reality .
i started as an actor in the drama department at nyu tisch , starting first as a musical theatre student later switching to method acting and film acting . at my film acting studio we had a few classes that focused more on film production and sparked my interest for film making . i graduated and hit the pavement in new york as an actor . not quite finding my place as an actor in the theatre and film industry of now , i started writing and producing for myself . once i got my taste for directing and filmmaking , there was no turning back .
it was directed by vk prakash . jayasurya , honey rose and sethu were in the lead roles in this film .
local actor , producer and director mark doneo ( silhouette ) will be taking on the role of the film’s protagonist .
it was directed by joy mathew . sreenivasan , lal , vinay fortt and sajitha madathil played lead roles in this film .
the movie was directed by sugeeth . kunchacko boban , biju menon and prathap pothen played the lead roles in this film .
the movie was directed by siddique . mohanlal , krish j sathar and mamta mohandas played the lead roles in the film .
jason anderson is the co - programmer for short cuts at the toronto international film festival and the director of programming for the kingston canadian film festival . he regularly writes about film , music and the arts for such publications as sight and sound , uncut , cinema scope and the toronto star . he also teaches at the university of toronto and the ryerson school of journalism .
this module approaches the
big questions
that have surrounded film and the moving image and puts them into historical context . although specific topics will vary , representative topics may address competing definitions of film and its constitutive elements , the effects that cinema has on spectators , the social , cultural and political implications that moving images reproduce , and the status of the medium between art and entertainment . students will debate seminal writings on the nature of film and bring their arguments to bear on exemplary film productions .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
films in certain genres , such as the western , action film and martial arts film , are often gendered masculine , their powerful , active and typically violent male protagonists seen as representing masculinity . there is , however , also a long tradition of transgressive female protagonists in
male
genres , and this module investigates such characters . in addition to giving an overview of various types of transgressive female protagonists , the module explores in depth one or a few type ( s ) of transgressive female protagonist depending on the convenor ' s research interests . case studies may include american action film , martial arts film , blaxploitation / exploitation film , rape - revenge film , western , crime film / television , film noir and horror in film and television . for example , in the action film the female protagonists display of power and strength may be seen as masculine , but she is often also portrayed with stereotypically feminine traits such as beauty and a sexy appearance . the female protagonist is thus often perceived as standing between the masculine and the feminine . among the many questions triggered by transgressive female protagonists , this module might explore whether this character can and should be perceived as feminist or merely as exploitative , and how and why such protagonists may appeal to a female audience in particular .
mr chandramouli review : if you are looking for time pass entertainment then the film is a one - time wa . . .
it was directed by sudhir ambalapadu . the film is produced by ranjith kumar . kavya madhavan and mythili played the lead roles .
mohanlal , fahad fazil , saiju kurup and asif ali played lead roles in this film . it was directed by salam bappu .
fahad fazil and andrea jeremiah played the lead roles in this film . it was the debut movie of andrea in the industry .
it was a romantic anthology film . it had five short stories on the concept of love , of five types of women .
the movie was directed by shyamaprasad . jayasurya , mukesh , nivin pauly and nadiya moidu were the leading actors in the film .
dodge college of film and media arts . luckily , we only had one location , so the learning curve wasn’t that steep .
i realized early on in film school that my passions lie in post production . my dream is to be a video editor .
heidi tao yang currently manages the hot docs film funds where she oversees hot docs’ portfolio of documentary film funds for canadian and international documentary films . in this role she works with filmmakers from around the world on their projects and oversee hot docs’ investment in their work and professional development . heidi has a background in producing and developing fiction and nonfiction for film and tv . heidi is an alumnus of the producer’s lab at the canadian film centre . if there is spare time , she devotes it to reading books .
i am not a fool to believe that only my film was the best and i am the best director . there might have been others who had done better . the fact is that a majority liked my film and direction , that is all .
the movie was directed by vk prakash . fahad fazil and kamalinee mukherjee played lead roles . fahad played dual roles in this film .
asif ali , aju varghese , sampath raj and raveendran played lead roles in this film . it was directed by debutant vinay govind .
i want to keep on telling stories and i love film as a medium . i just hope it stays relevant to the younger generations .
a better title for
java heat
might have been
java noise ,
since that is mostly what this uninvolving action film produces .
reviewed online , stamford , conn . , april 17 , 2016 . ( in tribeca film festival — midnight . ) running time : 101 min .
we have a thriving film culture , with the gulbenkian ( regional art cinema ) based on campus and a lively student film society . in addition , you have access to our new 62 - seat cinema ' the lupino ' , offering state - of - the - art digital projection and sound .
the film ' s anthropological interest in indonesia is the smartest thing in an otherwise familiar scramble of kidnapped babes , expensive jewelry and millions of bullets .
this course introduces students to the history and theory of film criticism , emphasising the coexistence of different approaches to the analysis , evaluation and appreciation of film . the module will also have a practical aspect , offering students the opportunity to write critical pieces on the films screened for the class . in addition to traditional lectures and seminars , some sessions will be devoted to writing and to analysing fellow students ' work . participants will also be encouraged to reflect critically on different media of film criticism ( newspapers , magazines , academic journals , the internet , television ) and on the current state of film criticism .
milda yoo is the director of sales & acquisitions at pacific northwest pictures , a canadian film distributor that releases content across all platforms . she has extensive experience in the film industry , specializing in digital , on - demand and broadcast sales and having previously held positions at warner bros . entertainment , eone films and alliance films . in addition to her experience in distribution , she has worked at film festivals , served on festival juries and produces short films .
' naa peru surya , naa illu india ' box office collections : allu arjun and anu emmanuel ' s film rakes in rs 85 . 32 cr worldwide
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
“until now , the local world of literature has not yet penetrated tv and film and such a development will surely bring more financial returns to our authors and publishers and at the same time , uplift the standards of local tv and film production . i am sure , that when considering the mediocrity of tv and film productions in malta , the local literary scene is in a very good position to provide it with much needed creativity and artistic content , ” camilleri added .
' running the gammatar ' is an awarding winning short film that has received over 73 , 000 views on vimeo since last year . it ' s a creative , witty , and above all else entertaining short film that is well worth watching . what makes it even more impressive is hearing about how actor / writer /
the year 2013 , till now , has witnesseed many hits as well as flops . movies like romans , sound thoma , mumbai police , celluloid , immanuel , neram , honey bee , abcd and bhaarya athra pora are the movies which are big hits . nee ko nja cha , dracula , lucky star , amen and many others were just average .
jose has delivered bigger hits in his career , starting starting with his debut film in 1998 mammooty starrer ' oru maravathur kanavu ' but there have been failures also .
kerala varma pazhassi raja is a 2009 malayalam historical drama film based on the life of pazhassi raja , a hindu king who fought against the british in the 18th century .
it developed after i participated in a tv series . someone asked me to write a script and to make it a movie . at first i was only passively involved in the film , but once the script was done , i got more and more involved to the point of becoming one of the leading roles to get this film done .
the feature is pixar’s second billion - dollar title , following 2010’s “toy story 3 , ” and the walt disney studios’ fourth billion - dollar film in the past year .
jose struck gold at the box office in these one - and - a - half years with ' diamond necklace ' , prithviraj - starrer ' ayalum njanum thammil ' in 2012 , mammooty starrer ' immanuel ' and more recently with ' pullipuliyam aatinkuttiyum ' ( kunchako bobban ) , which was set against the backdrop of kuttanad , kerala ' s rice bowl in alappuzha district .
the module primarily focuses on contemporary digital filmmaking practices and film viewing . the first section of the module introduces trick cinema , special effects , the digital intermediate , and a range of computer generated images to explore the different opportunities these offer for manipulating space , constructing narratives and aesthetic innovation . the second section of the module more explicitly engages with a range of theoretical frameworks in order to think about how digital technologies alter our understanding of film , its relationships with other media , and the ways in which we participate in film culture .
the director is currently busy giving shape to his 20th film ' 7 sundara raathrikal ' ( seven beautiful nights ) starring dilip , murali gopi , rima kallingal and newcomer parvathy nambiar .
immanuel , directed by lal jose has mammootty play the title role with good support from fahad fazal who plays the role of jeevan ( mammootty ' s boss ) . lal jose has once again proved his credential as a director and makes sure that the script does not falter . his previous films diamond necklace and ayalum njanum thammil have already made a place for itself in the hearts of cinema - goers .
superstar mammootty makes a simple entry and that gives the film a very ' authentic ' touch . the first half is especially very entertaining since the chemistry between mammootty and fahad is brilliant .
it was probably after my first visit to the cinema . i was around 7 and my then babysitter took me to watch master and commander . i had watched television , of course , but this was something completely novel to me . after watching the film , i probably made my parents ' life an inferno ; all i wanted to do was to talk about the film .
interestingly this new project will be the second film of all in the crew list including vijeesh , marthandan and s george , who will try to make better from their initial flicks in mollwyood .
an odia film , television and jatra actress , who was molested a few days ago at dereng in anugul while on her way to act in a jatra , held a press meet today .
i learned a lot , i learned that you have to be very patient when making a film , because nothing is easy and convenient , especially if you want to produce a good quality film . i was very lucky i had a great creative team of very talented people , including cast , crew and post production specialists ( edit , grading and coloring , sound design and music ) .
the film is set in a speculative philippines where air pollution has reached irreparable proportions . air pollution has rendered breathable oxygen scare . this makes it the main resource . . . see full summary »
media and film studies at kent was ranked 3rd in the guardian university guide 2017 . in the national student survey 2016 , cinematics and photography at kent was ranked 11th for the quality of teaching .
“pen had invited a writer from each eu member state or ( as was our case back then ) eu candidate state to write a story about being european . i wrote this story about a maltese man who wakes up after a one night stand with a much younger polish girl who is still fast asleep in his bed , ” author immanuel mifsud said , adding that this was not the original story that was set to be adapted .
“the national book council’s vision is to integrate the local book market with the world of film and tv . we believe that since the local book market is small in size , new opportunities for authors and publishers can increase drastically only if we aim outward to different artistic and cultural sectors , ” camilleri said about the short film – which will be debuting on november 15 at the national book festival .
landing with a thud in 17th place , heist thriller deadfall predictably failed to engage cinema audiences . starring eric bana , olivia wilde and charlie hunnam , the cast alone couldn ' t punch the film through , and this always looked more like a dvd title . debuting with £34 , 000 from 104 screens , and a £328 average , look for the film to make a swift exit from cinemas .
and of course i have to mention , in seventh grade we made our own short film at the swedish lessons . i wrote , directed and edited my first short film and had it shown in class . i was so thrilled to watch everyone ' s reaction . from that day i have always been knowing that i wanted to be a filmmaker , or at least making more films for bigger audiences .
this year also saw the entry of the young superstars of the industry like fahad fazil , prithviraj , dulquar salman , sunny wayne and indrajith . these stars did well in their movies and were appreciated for their performance in each of their flicks . but superstars mohanlal and mammootty failed to impress the audience with their movies . the year 2013 did not witness a single hit from the superstar mohanlal . mammootty was just lucky with a single hit immanuel .
actor manoj bajpayee , who is gearing up for the release of his first production ' missing ' , says that producing a film is a difficult task when you are also a lead actor in the movie .
this module will offer students the rare opportunity to examine in detail the work of a single director or a group of directors . it will thus enable students to acquire a more complex understanding of the issues at stake in the production , distribution , and reception of a specific body of film work . the module will also develop students ' knowledge and understanding of the questions , theories and controversies , which have informed critical issues and theoretical debates on film authorship . it will thus appeal to students who wish to extend their skills in analysing film form , meaning , and practice in both a conceptual and a historical context . furthermore , as the module will enable detailed consideration of what ' film directing is , as an artistic and cultural practice , in given contexts , it will be a very useful course to combine with the practical study of filmmaking .
a crucial rebirth dictate is “no spoilers , ” which when coupled with the idea that its participants shouldn’t be spectators akin to anonymous internet haters , suggests that mueller intends the film as a self - conscious commentary on online movie culture . that thread , alas , is never sufficiently developed — and undermined by the fact that no one would dare spoil the film’s surprises , because doing so would expose the proceedings’ disappointing climactic emptiness .
cg : find an abhi kumar to work with . also , trust your collaborator on what he does best and yourself on what you do best . then , together , edit the heck out of the film .
lisa valencia - svensson is an award - winning documentary film producer based in toronto . her first feature length documentary herman’s house won an emmy for outstanding arts & culture programming . her second feature migrant dreams was a top ten audience favourite at hot docs . her passion is for film projects which explore issues of inequality and social justice , and which encourage audiences to view their world through a constructively critical and creatively unique lens .
the emphasis here will be on practical knowledge and support as students uncover their creative voice . this module does not aim to provide vocational training for students wishing to pursue careers in the feature film or television industries .
from the intimate viewing experience offered by mobile phones to the social interaction required by sing - a - long screenings , this module considers the changing nature of where , when and how audiences engage with film and the moving image . it considers the history of cinema - going , paying attention to the old and new sites of exhibition , especially those facilitated by new technologies . connectedly , the module analyses the different modes of spectatorship , including audience participation and the desire to prolong or enhance the cinematic experience via extra - filmic activities , such as film - tourism . it also considers film ' s interaction with other arts and mediafor example , its use within theatrical performances and its relationship with television . in doing so , this module reflects upon and reconsiders the definitions and limits of cinema and addresses the implications this has for the academic discipline ' film studies ' .
prim educator immanuel rath ( emil jannings ) finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer lola lola ( marlene dietrich ) and visits a local club , the blue angel , in an attempt to catch them there . seeing lola perform , the teacher is driven mad with lust , eventually resigning his position at the school to marry his beloved . however , married life with a woman whose job is to make men desire her proves more difficult than rath imagined .
dierdra reber is assistant professor of spanish at emory university . she is the author of essays on latin american film and fiction , post - dictatorial and post - revolutionary memory , and the epistemology of globalization . her current book manuscript , coming to our senses : affect and an order of things for global culture ( forthcoming , columbia university press ) , engages studies in hispanism , film and media , affect , capitalism , and sustainability .
i want to be a film director . i want people to say that “oh , that’s definitely a debbie vu film” . i want to develop my unique style and have my vision splayed out on the silver screen . and i want to see my name prominently displayed in the credits . but i got to save up money . after i produced “one of the few” and my short narrative film “anatomy of a breakup” , i realized that if i wanted to be a director , i had to do it myself and fund the projects myself . so i’m looking into getting into the non - profit sector and doing some good while i’m here on this earth .
dreamworks animation and fox’s “ the boss baby ” nabbed second place on the charts , picking up $ 37 . 5 million across 46 markets . the family film stars alec baldwin as a suit - wearing tyke whose entrance on the scene sparks sibling rivalry . globally , the film has earned $ 199 . 7 million . it is playing particularly well in the united kingdom , where it grossed $ 9 . 9 million and topped ticket sales .
this module examines the way new york has been used as a site for filmmaking , looking at the history of the production of films in and about the city , and as a vital centre of film culture - - not just of filmmaking , but also exhibition and film criticism . the module considers questions of modernity , the avant - garde practice in new york during the 1950s and 60s , and the city ' s representation in mainstream hollywood productions . the work on new york and film will be contextualised within a cultural history of the city , with a dual emphasis on narratives of immigration and the city as the post - war centre of the world art market .
the most challenging part of the production was contending with extremely cold temperatures . the film takes place at the end of summer but we shot it at the end of november so we had a few snowy days to shoot around .
the film was among only three of this summer’s many sequels — also universal - blumhouse - platinum dune’s “the purge : election year” and disney - marvel’s “captain america : civil war” — to outperform their predecessors at the box office .
“finding dory” debuted at no . 1 at the domestic box office , earning a staggering $ 135 . 1 million to have the biggest opening weekend of all time for an animated film , which was well ahead of initial expectations .
asked if he will take the risk of making a movie with newcomers , he said a project has been finalised next year .
a new hero , heroine and cinematographer . the film has all major characters played by newcomers .
i participated in a tv series before this film , so i knew some good actors . i first chose my actors among the cast . when i couldn’t find the right match for a role , i asked my friends for recommendation .
this module examines different forms of narrative and storytelling in cinema in order to place film narration within the tradition of the ' popular ' arts . understanding a film involves making sense not only of its story , its events and actions , but also of its storytelling , of the way in which we come to learn of these events and actions . this module examines the ways in which the specific means of representation of cinema transform a showing into a telling . it looks at theories of narrative in literature and film in relation to the different forms of narration and storytelling in cinema , focusing on questions of structure , reliability and temporality . the psychological and aesthetic role of narrative may be explored through a range of theories and analyses from within film studies and from other disciplines such as anthropology , literary studies , psychology and philosophy . the course will be taught through a series of case - studies using a wide range of films within american and world cinema .
i was walking my dog many times in the area where the castle that was shown in the film was at , and i always thought that is was beautiful but at the same time mystic and scary looking . i knew that i wanted to make a film in or around the castle , but it was first when i watched the media news clip of the found human skull that i got the idea of the film . i thought it was such a bizarre thing that someone would put a human skull in a plastic bag and that it later was found hanging in a tree . so i combined the human skull with the castle and came up with the idea of a twisted cannibal sect with internal leadership problems .
my goal is to make feature films and tv shows , but finding a good story to turn it into a film or a tv show is always a challenge , however , i love to be challenged , it ' s my motto .
i would like to give a brief analysis of each film before turning to a final consideration of how their representations of the social as a function of car culture evince a common epistemological model that i hypothesize is in play in broader global culture .
the strong interrelationship between contemporary art and cinema is prominent in contemporary culture . within the film element of your degree , you engage with cinema’s rich scope and history , from silent classics and mainstream hollywood to world cinema and the avant - garde .
this short movie does not intend to push my point of view , but rather to inspire people to think about what happiness is from each person’s perspective . at the end of this film , everyone in the story seems a step further toward happiness . the
cg : abhi wanted to make a film of a philosophy manuscript of mine , “believe everything : philosophical dialogues . ” i thought that another idea i had , “solipsism , ” would work better . so i wrote up the screenplay and he liked it .
sunil manghani is reader in critical and cultural theory at winchester school of art , university of southampton , uk . his publications appear in theory , culture & society , film international , parallax , journal of visual art practice , and . . . read more
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the blue angel ( der blaue engel ) is one of germany’s most significant films . it is reportedly the first german sound film and when it was made the filmmakers simultaneously made a ( superior ) german language version and an english language version . it was made towards the end of the weimar republic period ( 1919 - 1933 ) and contains many of the characteristics of german expressionism , a style that dominated the era , in particular the fantasy , horror and science fiction films . but most significantly , the blue angel was the first film that director josef von sternberg worked on with marlene dietrich . their pairing is still regarded as one of the all time great director / actor collaborations in film history . together they created dietrich’s unique star persona , a mixture of masculinity and femininity , sensuality and stylised camp .
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this is the first time that i had four hits in a row . hope this will continue . i think when the planning becomes right , my likes and convictions are in sync with the majority of the people , the film becomes a hit ,
jose said .
this was my “do it myself” project . i produced , directed , edited , and acted in this film . it was challenging , rewarding , and i’m glad i chose that path for this project . but i’ll definitely hire both a producer and editor for all future projects .
this new programme offers a critically engaging and expansive approach to the discipline of art history combined with film . it has been designed to equip you with the key visual , critical and professional skills necessary for a career in the art world and for a range of other employment opportunities .
this module addresses a series of documentary films in their historical context and in relation to the different modes of non - fiction filmmaking . documentary narrative techniques including the use of archival footage , staged reconstructions of past events , and talking - head interviews , are investigated by means of close textual analysis and through a comparative approach to diverse documentary films . this module also explores the boundaries between fiction and non - fiction and , while articulating a definition of documentary film , it studies film forms that present an interplay between the two , such as mockumentaries and essay films .
i have a pretty good setup now . i’m a creative director at an ad agency where i get to write and go on shoots and learn a lot . and i can then occasionally make short films in my spare time . the dream would be that my shorts would eventually lead to an offer to write and / or direct a feature film or television show . but for now i’m just happy to make something that involves no clients telling me what to do , and that a few dozen or a few hundred people can enjoy in at film festivals or online .
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i have a bunch of notebooks ( now note apps ) filled with kernels of ideas , 99 % of which are pretty dumb . when a producer i know approached me about taking part in a schlocky exploitation anthology film he wanted to put together , i dug through the notebooks and came across an idea i ' d had a few years prior - a woody allen - esque comedy about normal people dealing with normal relationship problems in the midst of a godzilla movie . the anthology film fell by the wayside , but i released the short and it was fortunately greeted with a warm reception .
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this course examines the mechanisms and conditions that facilitate and enhance transnational cultural flows . we will study how filmmakers actively franchise , adopt and rework film styles and genres . a genre or style initiated in one country can be quickly adopted in another , with filmmakers tailoring the genre or style to the tastes of local audiences . we will both analyse some of the generic conventions that these films foreground and / or transform and isolate some of the national subtleties that are only discernible to local audiences . as the number of co - productions continues to rise , critics and viewers feel perplexed , and sometimes even amused , in their attempts to discern and identify the nationality of a film . we will critically assess whether any limitations exist embedded in such a co - production strategy , which blurs and obscures the specificities of each nation - state involved . finally , we will explore whether the changing mediascape  one of transnational , multi - media corporate conglomerate involvement in film production .
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a boy called h ( 少年ｈ ) is a 2013 japanese war drama film directed by yasuo furuhata .

it is based on the book by kappa senoh , translated into english by john bester .

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catherine dybiec holm , critical essay on a boy called h : a childhood in wartime japan , in nonfiction classics for students , gale , 2003 .
review of a boy called h , in publishers weekly , vol . 247 , no . 7 , february 14 , 2000 , p . 182 .
rochman , hazel , review of a boy called h , in booklist , vol . 96 , no . 12 , february 15 , 2000 , p . 1084 .
in the following review , noguchi praises a boy called h for its
gradual development of understanding on the part of the narrator
but questions the accuracy of the story .
levine , steven i . , review of a boy called h , in library journal , vol . 125 , no . 6 , april 1 , 2000 , p . 113 .
this study guide consists of approximately 126 pages of chapter summaries , quotes , character analysis , themes , and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of a boy called h .
… any astute reader should see a boy called h as a literary work . each chapter is neatly constructed to make a single point and could stand alone as a short story , complete with beginning , middle and end .
haruo ota is one of h ' s classmates and the head boy . haruo is known as
blackpatch
because of a birthmark on his head . h calls him
donchan .
haruo lends h a book called the three treasures from his father ' s collection .
told from the viewpoint of the father morio ( yutaka mizutani ) ,
a boy called h
follows a young boy named hajime senoh , nicknamed
h
. his father , morio runs a tailor shop . with the onset of world war ii , their family must endure difficult times . nevertheless , h is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice .
beautiful movie . a family full of virtues that try to raise a boy in troubled times .
the question , coming from a stranger in the street , was a shock to the boy .
told from the viewpoint of the father morio ,
a boy called h
follows a young boy named hajime senoh , nicknamed
h
. his father , morio runs a tailor shop . with the onset of world war ii , their family must endure difficult times . nevertheless , h is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice . ~ ~ based on the autobiographical novel
shonen h
by kappa senoh .
in the fourth grade , h experiences another side to the war besides the patriotism that is touted by the government and , increasingly , by the press . girly boy , a young man in the community that h is friendly with , gets his call - up papers . three days after girly boy leaves , the military police come to kobe looking for him ; apparently girly boy has deserted . when h and some friends are playing , h discovers girly boy in an old shack . horrified , h realizes that girly boy hanged himself to avoid serving in the war .
told from the viewpoint of the father morio ( yutaka mizutani ) ,
a boy called h
follows a young boy named hajime senoh , nicknamed
h
. his father , morio runs a tailor shop . with the onset of world war ii , their family must endure difficult times . nevertheless , h is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice . based on the autobiographical novel
shonen h
by kappa senoh ( published by kodansha , july 9 , 1999 ) .
senoh kappa ' s a boy called h , the english translation of shônen h , is the story of a bright , curious boy growing up in an unconventional family in kobe during japan ' s
15 - year war .
it is a tale of loss of innocence , as the boy ' s penchant for questioning everything is subject to the tightening constraints of the social , educational and political systems of a country increasingly entrenched in war and insistent that its entire population devote itself to ultimate victory .
rising sun : the decline and fall of the japanese empire , 1936 - 1945 ( 1970 ) , by john toland , is a history of japan and its wars during the years covered by a boy called h . toland views the events largely from the japanese perspective .
siegenthaler , peter , review of a boy called h , in persimmon : asian literature , arts , and culture , vol . 1 , no . 2 , summer 2000 . available on the internet at urltoken ( last accessed december 23 , 2002 ) .
this is the fascinating true story of a japanese boy ' s growing disillusionment with the conduct of a patriotic war .
ever since first grade at primary school , the boy had been dressed in a sweater with the name
h . senoh
knitted on the chest .
in the winter of the previous year , when an actress called okada and a stage director called sugimoto had fled across the border into the soviet union , the papers had reported it and there ' d been a great fuss , but not a word appeared about the deliver boy from the noodle shop . it must be because he wasn ' t famous , h concluded . even so , it puzzled him how the police had got to know about him .
this work of oral history captures in the words of ordinary people exactly what it was like to live in japan during the time of japan ' s war with china and the united states . as in a boy called h , many japanese express a view of the war that is very different from the official versions .
although a boy called h is an autobiographical novel , the story is told in the third rather than the first person . in this case , the point of view—the consciousness through which the story is told—is limited to h . other characters , and all situations and events , are seen through his eyes . and since h is a young boy , the style employed to convey his point of view is for the most part quite simple . the sentence structure is simple , and the vocabulary is appropriate for a boy of h ' s age . also , the story is told in a straightforward , chronological manner . there are no flashbacks ( except in chapter 2 , when h tells of his parents ' backgrounds ) or other more sophisticated literary devices .
senoh apparently recognized the validity of a number of yamanaka ' s claims about historical inaccuracies and revised later editions of shônen h , although the latter two concerns were not addressed by the author . a boy called h , based on the 18th printing published in september 1997 , reflects only some of the changes . as of february this year , the 29th printing was issued .
a look at day to day life of a school boy during war , told through short - story - like chapters . very good !
mr . nakata is h ' s physics and chemistry teacher . he and h dislike each other .
this is the fascinating true story of a japanese boy ' s growing disillusionment with the conduct of a patriotic war . boy h ' s father was a tailor , his mother a tambourine - banging christian in a country of very few christians . his childhood unfolded in the 1930s , when militarism was steadily strengthening its grip on japan ; it ended when the nation lay in ruins . what set h apa
itchan is a close friend of h at primary ( or national ) school . h confides in him that he owns a postcard from new york and talks to itchan about the united states . itchan passes this information on to another boy , who writes
spy
on h ' s desk in chalk . however , h and itchan are soon reconciled .
if taken as an artistic attempt to explain why japan continued along the path to what in retrospect can only be seen as its inevitable self - destruction , then a boy called h serves as a valuable aid for those who did not live through that process to be more compassionate with those who did . as such , it is well worth reading .
okubo is a friend of h in second middle school . like h , okubo does not believe the official versions of the war .
after a number of visits to his room , h found himself liking the delivery boy more and more and decided that as a mark of respect he ' d give him the nickname
red label .
yet any astute reader should see a boy called h as a literary work . each chapter is neatly constructed to make a single point and could stand alone as a short story , complete with beginning , middle and end . senoh said on a tv talk show that the chapters were written so that they would not have to be read in any particular order . indeed , the author often explains characters and h ' s current situation in a way that appears redundant to someone who is reading the book straight through .
a boy called h begins in 1937 . h ( short for hajime ) lives in kobe with his father , mother , and younger sister . h is about seven years old . japan is at war with china , and this conflict forms the background for the early part of the novel . it can be seen when h befriends a young man who works at the noodle shop and is shocked when his friend is arrested by the police as a communist and made to join the army . another of h ' s friends , the projectionist at the movie theater , hangs himself rather than be drafted into the army .
in 1997 , senoh published his autobiographical novel a boy called h : a childhood in wartime japan . this work was his first venture into full - length book form . the novel was a best - seller in japan and other countries in asia , selling over two million copies . it was adapted for the stage , and a television dramatization was made in 1999 . the novel was translated into english in 1999 .
a boy called h is carefully constructed to recreate the boy ' s development . the first chapters artfully illustrate his early innocence , curiosity and exuberance with a series of anecdotes reminiscent of the adventures of tom sawyer and huckleberry finn . like mark twain , senoh kappa narrates the story from the perspective of the youth , so that we see all his questions and confusion about the complex social issues in the world around him , but in a way that allows the more informed adult reader to laugh gently at his foibles .
i was also intrigued by yasuo fuhata ' s a boy called h ( 2013 ) a japanese film about a protestant christian tailor ' s family ' s experiences throughout the imperialistic surge and subsequent american occupation as seen through the eyes of the young son ,
h
( hajime ) . the child actors were quite compelling and it is an interesting story of survival and preservation among what many saw as mass hysteria . the there was the compelling coming of age story ,
when first published in japan in 1997 , a boy called h quickly became a best - seller . over two million copies were sold , and critics hailed the book as an outstanding example of literature about world war ii , although there was also a feeling that the book was not absolutely reliable in its historical details . most of these details were minor . for example , in an incident that takes place in the book in the summer of 1942 , h ' s sister sings a patriotic song that was not published until 1945 .
at his new school , h joins the riding club and learns how to ride a difficult horse called kamikeru . but he runs foul of inspector tamori , who is in charge of military training . tamori is furious when he discovers in h ' s notebook a drawing of a nude woman , copied from a painting by manet . to escape tamori , h joins the rifle club , where he learns military drills and target practice . this training culminates in an arduous night march .
sumiyama , a friend of h in second middle school , is kind to h when h ' s house is burned down . sumiyama also enthusiastically practices how to fight and kill enemy soldiers if they should land in japan .
after the war began with china , the government expected the press to be loyal to the japanese cause , and restrictions were placed on it . any news regarding the economy or foreign events was considered to be a state secret and could not be published without permission . ( in a boy called h , h frequently expresses annoyance and frustration at the number of things that are declared state secrets . ) further regulations made it a punishable offense to deviate from official guidelines or to reveal any information considered helpful to the enemy .
he did his rounds on a bicycle , singing loudly as he pedaled along . that was what attracted h : whenever he heard the delivery boy singing he ' d jump on his own bike and pedal off after him .
iwao hayashi is a friend of h . they are in the same grade at primary school . hayashi is a champion wrestler ; he is also intelligent and like h is good at drawing .
throughout a boy called h : a childhood in wartime japan , h continues to have troubling thoughts that explore the ethics of war . his musings are mature for a person his age , probably in part because his parents are thoughtful and deviate from the norm . keeping his thoughts to himself , or occasionally confiding to a few like - minded adults ( including his father ) , h questions the official party line and finds discrepancies in news coverage of the war . in some cases , h realizes that his views differ from those of his friends or his teachers . in riskier instances , he is silent , as when he is interviewing for a slot in school and is asked about his opinion on the war . a reviewer in publishers weekly suggests that this discrepancy
holm is a freelance writer with speculative fiction and nonfiction publications . in this essay , holm looks at how senoh captures the insidious effects of war in a young boy ' s daily life .
muneo ogura is a close friend of h toward the end of his time at second middle school .
he remembered various things now : how his friend had looked almost angry when he ' d called him
red label ,
and forbidden him to use the nickname ; the large number of records and books that he ' d had ; and the awkward look on his face when h had said
something private to talk about .
no , he hadn ' t been an ordinary delivery boy .
for those of us in a country that has never seen traditional warfare on its soil , it can be difficult to imagine the day - to - day realities of living in a nation under attack . even news coverage cannot come close to capturing the insidious ways that war can affect individual lives . kappa senoh ' s fictionalized autobiography , a boy called h : a childhood in wartime japan , does a fantastic job of capturing the process of war and its increasing presence in the life of h and others . the book ' s precocious protagonist does not flinch from making his views about war known to the reader , even though h feels he must keep his opinions to himself in many public situations .
boy h ' s father was a tailor , his mother a tambourine - banging christian in a country of very few christians . his childhood unfolded in the 1930s , when militarism was steadily strengthening its grip on japan ; it ended when the nation lay in ruins . what set h apart from other kids , despite the shared preoccupation with schoolmates , movies , and sex , was an unusually sharp eye and a precociously skeptical attitude that made him a bit of a loner in a conformist society .
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but h ' s life has its troubles .
maps and eggs
describes the futile efforts h and his parents make to curb his bed - wetting . and in
love ,
h learns to his embarrassment that the word love can have many different connotations . in
a boy and a sea ,
he and his friends row a dinghy too far from the shore and endanger themselves . then torrential rains drench kobe for days and lead to a serious flood . in his borrowed book the three treasures , h secretly reads children ' s stories in a book he borrows from a friend , even though his mother disapproves of his reading fiction .
what !
h exclaimed in surprise .
is yoshie a man ?
yoshie was more common as a woman ' s name .
done in white on a dark brown background , the name stood out even at a distance . but the boy , far from sharing his mother ' s pride andpleasure , found the idea of wearing something so different from other boys ' clothes a major embarrassment .
this is the fascinating true story of a japanese boy ' s growing disillusionment with the conduct of a patriotic war . boy h ' s father was a tailor , his mother a tambourine - banging christian in a country of very few christians . his childhood unfolded in the 1930s , when militarism was steadily strengthening its grip on japan ; it ended when the nation lay in ruins . what set h apart from other kids , despite the shared preoccupation with schoolmates , movies , and sex , was an unusually sharp eye and a precociously skeptical attitude that made him a bit of a loner in a conformist society . though at times dark , his anecdotes are arranged with the lightest of touches and a sharp sense of humor . the total effect is of a rich , varied , and intensely readable novel , but one that involves real lives , actual events .
h didn ' t know what an intellectual type of criminal was . but took it as a compliment .
not
ryohei koiso , a well - known artist , helps h in his studies after he graduates from second middle school .
hazel rochman , in booklist , commenting on how world war ii becomes increasingly real for h , noted that
the writing is quiet , almost detached at times , until you come to realize that the young boy is fighting emotional breakdown .
almost every evening after that , h went to the young man ' s room .
also called h , hajime senoh is the son of morio and toshika senoh . as a young boy in primary school he is intelligent and mischievous . according to his father , hajime has a habit of saying the first thing that comes into his head . hajime learns ways of getting what he wants even if he has to be devious . when he has no money but wants to see a
puppet peepshow
at a fairground , he tries to scare off the adults who are watching it by telling them they can contract an eye disease by touching the lens . significantly , his favorite god in japanese myth is susanowo , who has a reputation for behaving badly .
with a smile , the other took a box down from a shelf , put some dark - colored beans in it , and ground them with a loud rasping sound . there was a smell rather like tobacco , which h found a bit disturbing , but he did his best not to show it .
uncle hadano is a civil engineer . he is a close friend of the senoh family , and that is why h calls him uncle , although he is not a blood relative . h is fond of him and regards him as another father . the affection is mutual . h stays with uncle hadano for a while towards the end of the war . uncle hadano gets sick with cancer and dies shortly afterwards .
a recurring theme in a boy called h is the extent to which the japanese newspapers during wartime did not report the truth . h gets frustrated with what he reads about the war because he senses , as does his father , that they are not getting the whole story . when the first air raids are made on kobe , the newspaper headlines read ,
the neighborhood association spirit beats the raiders .
this puzzles h because he knows that , in fact , the air raid had taken the neighborhood association by surprise and that , in practice , the hazards of putting out fires were nothing like the smooth drills they had been regularly practicing . also , someone is killed in that first raid , but the newspapers fail to report it . h decides that the newspapers
are just a pack of lies !
and he does not change his opinion from then on .
h ' s father takes him to a restaurant , and h is allowed into the adjoining movie theater for his first taste of a film . not long after this experience , h gets a chance to make money of his own through an ingenious arrangement . he resells the paste that his father uses in his tailoring business to his school friends for use in their handicraft classes .
so from third grade on it was agreed that it should be just the letter h .
since pencils often had
h
engraved on them , it was one letter of the alphabet that everyone could read , and in no time
h
became his nickname .
h was startled ; he ' d never been shouted at like that by him before .
one of the best books i have ever read . it provides a highly descriptive and personal account of growing up in kobe during ww2 . the author covers day to day details of his life as a student in a world that was becoming more difficult to live in by the day . food shortages , brutal treatment by teachers , work in the factories and h ' s growing sense of disillusionment with those who were promoting the wartime propaganda are vividly portrayed . h also shows his own transformation from a young boy to hi
with a true nonconformist ' s mentality , h makes it clear early on that he respects people who stand for their principles . though his mother has forbidden him to read anything but the bible and textbooks , she finds that he is secretly reading the three treasures ( h loves books and movies ) . when she confronts an unsuspecting teacher about this , the teacher covers for h , saying that reading such books was good for h , and reading only the bible
wasn ' t likely to do [ children ] much good .
h admires the pragmatism and forthright nature of the teacher . given such glimpses at h ' s parents , it is easy to see how such a young protagonist developed such a questioning and intelligent nature . although his mother is an evangelist , she is at least willing to change her stance regarding h ' s reading material after meeting with the teacher . h ' s father also has a number of interesting discussions with h on the subjects of war , tolerance for other religions and cultures , and ethics . at one point , h ' s father tells the boy ,
if you ' re going to call religions that other people believe in ' heathen , ' you can ' t complain if other people refer to christianity as heathen .
h , who knew what
informing
meant , felt his heart begin to thump suffocatingly .
h is indeed horrified , even if the tone of the narrative is relatively subdued . in fact , throughout the book , h seems to process many horrifying experiences in a subdued , almost clinical way . it is difficult to tell whether this is part of the author ' s style or whether the protagonist , as reviewer hazel rochman suggests in booklist , sounds detached because
the young boy is fighting emotional breakdown .
h notes that the paper never reports on the incident . throughout the book , he ' ll continually notice discrepancies between reality and what the news reports , especially as the war accelerates . and possibly , for the first time in his life , the concept of being an informant is really understood by the boy . he begins to fear that noodles will think h informed on him .
in an interesting scene toward the end of the book , h expresses sudden joy that the war is over . his friend is upset with h ' s reaction and joy , since the friend ' s family members are potentially dead or injured because of the war . the friend smacks h in anger , and h experiences a sudden catharsis .
suddenly , the tear spilled from h ' s eyes too—not from regret at the defeat , but out of sheer , frustrated puzzlement as to what the war had been all about .
h fights with his conscience through much of the book . in showing this , senoh has made the book completely readable , since h is confronting aspects of the human condition others can relate to .
h ' s own favorite was the young man at the noodle shop farther along from them on the other side of the main street . the grownups living thereabouts couldn ' t quite place him .
seems he ' s from tokyo ,
they ' d say .
he looks too smart for a delivery boy .
yokota is a friend of h , and h considers him to be worldly - wise . yokota is one of the students who participates with h on the arduous night march and other military drills . he and h go on a secret riding excursion together and are consequently expelled from the riding club . yokota ' s family home is burned down following the big air raid on kobe in 1945 . not long after this event , his father is killed in action in the south pacific .
lurking behind the day - to - day experiences of the growing boy is the specter of the imperialism and militarism that characterized japanese society in the 1930s and continued until the japanese defeat in 1945 . imperialism and militarism are apparent almost from the beginning , in the passing reference to the neighborhood celebrations that followed the fall of nanking , china , to invading japanese forces in 1937 . h is affected by the war when he is only seven years old , when two of his friends are called up to the army . one of them commits suicide rather than enlist .
lieutenant tamori is the teacher in charge of military training at h ' s second middle school . all the students fear him . he is known as
his lechery
because not only does he cultivate an imperious manner , he also makes inappropriate inquiries about the boys ' sisters . tamori takes a dislike to h when he finds h ' s sketch of a female nude in his notebook . in another incident , tamori hits h for what he regards as an insolent remark . h joins the rifle club to escape him . later he hears a rumor that some years earlier , tamori ' s wife ran off with another man . this information makes h believe that tamori must be lonely , and he feels compassion for him .
it is immediately after the girly boy incident that h ' s true feelings about war begin to become clear . h begins to have the courage to process such thoughts internally , even though they run counter to what the government would have the public believe about the war . with surprising clarity for a young child , and an unusual lack of fear at the circumstances , h reflects on the situation .
his friend hadn ' t wanted to be a soldier , he thought to himself : suicide was the only alternative . he wondered if hanging himself had seemed better than being killed by a bullet on the battlefield .
morio is unfailingly kind and attentive to h , always ready to give him sound advice . even when h throws a rice pot lid at him and walks out of the house , morio does not blame him and welcomes him back with warmth .
you thought he was a woman , did you ? he ' s a famous tenor . of course he ' s a man . ' like a feather in the wind ' is a famous aria .
yoshiko senoh , h ' s sister , is two years younger than h . she likes to cling to her older brother , and h finds this attachment a nuisance . but in one incident yoshiko shows him kindness and he thinks better of her . this event occurs when she insists on eating with the fork that has one prong missing , even though it was h who broke the fork . yoshiko is evacuated to the countryside when the air raids start .
verena is a young nurse hired to help a mute young heir within an isolated castle in tuscany . the more she observes the boy , the more verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a powerful and otherworldly persona trapped in the castle ' s stone walls , one that seems to be quickly approaching on her .
the defeat on guadalcanal was also initially reported as a success , until , as h found out , it was conceded that japanese forces had made a
sideward advance
( which as shillony shows is a translation of the japanese word tenshin and is the equivalent of the phrase
advancing in another direction
that h reads about ) .
i think i ' ll like it when i ' ve had it a few times and get used to the bitterness ,
said h .
based on kappa senoh ' s 3 . 4 million selling autobiographical novel , this film set during the first half of the 1940s is a coming of age story with a twist , featuring a young boy named hajime ( nicknamed
h
) . their family is quite worldly compared to their community , his mother is a devout christian and his father is a tailor working with many expatriates in kobe . as patriotic world war ii unfolds , hajime ' s understanding of the world is challenged but his survival spirit shines through .
h didn ' t want to go home yet , so he pressed him to play something else instead .
the hero is dubbed
h
by his friends because his mother , inspired by a photograph she received from a foreign missionary friend , has knit the first letter of the boy ' s name , hajime , into a sweater that he often wears . both of his parents are devout christians with many contacts in the foreign community of kobe , and both strive to live according to their principles , especially by showing brotherly love to all people .
while this reviewer might find that these
big questions
would have been dealt with more directly had h voiced them aloud , h does , on many occasions , struggle with the questions internally , giving the reader a good argument regarding the ethics of war .
set in kobe in the early showa period . hajime ( yoshioka tatsuki ) , known as
h
, is an intensely curious boy with a strong sense of justice . he grows up loved by his liberal father morio ( mizutani yutaka ) and christian mother toshiko ( ito ran ) , but the war soon casts its shadow on hajime ' s life .
even though japan is not at war in the beginning of this book , the stage is being set as the author skillfully accents aspects of h ' s life that will later prove to have a direct relationship , in some way , to war . early on , h ' s mother is described as an ardent christian . the practice of christianity is not the norm during this period in japan . h ' s mother came from a family of buddhists , and
no one had dreamed for a moment that she might become christian , and it caused quite a stir in the village .
later , h ' s family is suspect in a general way , as wartime propaganda paints a picture of christianity as the religion of the
british and american fiends .
h ' s family is considered unusual in the community of kobe , since h ' s father is a tailor and has customers of all nationalities ( kobe has an international population ) . as the wartime situation becomes more tense , h ' s family needs to consider how openly they can practice their religion . h ' s father wonders if he ' ll still have international customers and how his business will fare .
hudson loverro , left , as a younger version of the character mr . thornton plays , with richard h . blake in the role of his father .
h ' s transition from childhood to early adulthood is apparent in several major episodes . firing live ammunition with the school rifle club for the first time is a significant moment , for example . so are the many times when he questions the validity of reports he reads in the newspapers about the progress of war . but the most important episode is when the family home is set on fire following an american air raid with incendiary bombs . fifteen - year - old h immediately takes charge , giving his mother instructions about what to do and dousing a quilt in water so that they can put it over their heads as they flee . when his mother stops to pray , he tells her they must keep moving . in fact , she has fainted , and h ' s slaps get her conscious again . then they come upon a woman whose son is badly injured . h almost faints at the sight of the blood , but he regains control of himself and offers the woman his flask of water , which she gives to the boy . but this is not enough to save him . for the first time h witnesses death , and h feels compassion for the dead boy—at least he is no longer in pain .
h is a nonconformist and a pragmatist . he is also a survivor . it ' s no surprise , therefore , when h begins to pursue a career as an artist toward the end of the book . many artists , through their work , pursue an ideal of telling the truth , of speaking the truth and letting it be known . although the character h may hesitate , out of necessity , to voice his opinions , the author has used effective honesty in giving us a look at the difficult ethics and the surrealistic everyday life in wartime japan .
the military exercises continue . h fires live ammunition for the first time and discovers that he is a good shot . another military exercise involves students simulating leaping up from a hiding place in the ground and throwing a grenade at an enemy tank .
furuta is one of the members of the second middle school rifle club , and he encourages h to join .
i know it !
h burst out .
it ' s a nice aria , isn ' t it ,
he added self - consciously .
three men in black who ' d got onto the roof from the drying platform leapt on him from in front and behind and pinned him down . there was a short struggle with loud cries of
hey ! stop !
before someone called out
got him !
and the young man disappeared with them over the roof to the other side .
this movie portrays the life of a tailor and his family from their boy ' s viewpoint . the locale is kobe , japan before , under and after the ww2 . the husband and wife are protestant christians , minority in japanese society even today . the father looks confident as a tailor , always having positive view of life . the mother has strong sense of mission as a christian , sometimes excessively strong faith . for the boy , having such mother sometimes makes his daily life difficult , but thanks to his father who even takes him to his foreign clients , the boy learns a lot in life . as the nation goes towards militarism and fascism , tribulations come to the christian home . as people see christians close to foreigners and thus suspect them of spying . the father ' s attitude for each issue is reassuring . from his attitude after the war , we can see it is not only his faith but also his pride as a professional tailor that support him . as a movie that portrays japan around the war , and as a movie that portrays a family , i think shonen h will be seen for long . since the plot is written from the child ' s viewpoint , it has simple plot structure , without any side stories . therefore everyone may have own sentiment . as for acting performance , the boy and the girl act very well . when the girl is sent for evacuation , getting on the train , she is nearly crying . the boy quirks his face to make her laugh , and the girl ' s face becomes half smiling and half crying . her face is unforgettable .
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h didn ' t take the military secret bit too seriously : the charcoal man was known for telling tall stories .
h found himself liking the delivery boy more and more and decided that as a mark of respect he ' d give him the nickname
red label .
the next time he went to visit , he told him about it . to his surprise , the smile was wiped off his face in a flash .
no , thank you !
he said in a loud voice ,
you stick to ' noodles ' —i don ' t want any ' red label .
'
right away , we are given a hint of the public paranoia that will increase over time . so early in the book , this instance of subtle public fear is an almost unnoticed foreshadowing of events to come , since it is combined with other apparently pleasant details of everyday life . h becomes friendly with a man from the noodle shop . when noodles ( as h calls him ) invites h up to his apartment to listen to records , h is so taken with the music that he calls noodles
red label ,
after the labels on the record collection .
although h ' s parents were keen on education , they believed that homework should be done after the evening meal , and that those daylight hours when the children were not at school were a time for them to play . thanks to that , once h got back from school every day he was free to amuse himself in the hills or on the beach without interference . all in all , h ' s days were a busy round of fun .
possibly the proprietor of the noodle shop had been taken in by the police as well , since the shop didn ' t open again for about a week after that . and from then on , the neighbors took care never to mention noodles again . when h plucked up courage and asked the proprietor ' s wife ,
where ' s your delivery boy now ?
the woman looked annoyed .
h ' s father morio also helps the boy understand other people ' s reactions . when h asks morio why the usually soft - spoken young man at a local shop bellowed out a speech welcoming his draft notice , morio points out that
he probably has this basic idea that it ' s a man ' s duty to give up his life for his country ,
and even though his
mother and the others in his family don ' t want to lose him ,
he
may well have wanted to declare to himself and everyone else that [ he ] … was a real man now .
h also sees morio himself slowly becoming more circumspect , even in his conversations with his son , since the child ' s bragging that his father has a picture postcard of a tall building in america is enough to get morio dragged into the police station for questioning .
h was particularly fond of the sea . rushing out of the house wearing nothing but a loincloth , he would race down the street and plunge straight into the water .
no , i won ' t tell anybody ,
said h .
herelet ' s swear on it .
he crooked a finger and held it out .
he lowered the needle gently onto the record . there was a scratchy noise for a moment , then suddenly the sound of a male voice singing .
based on the autobiographical novel
shonen h
by kappa senoh ( published by kodansha , july 9 , 1999 ) .
so during the summer holiday h ' s mornings were spent climbing in the hills and his afternoons swimming in the sea .
noodles slapped playfully at h ' s head .
i can see you ' re the intellectual type of criminal .
there are certain books a person must read about wwii , and i think this is one of them . it is about a boy growing up in kobe and the war going on around him . the boy , hajime , is unusually perceptive and his father is also very wise . his parents ( especially his mother ) are christians . hajime is good at art and ended up becoming an artist and writer . i looked at kappa senoh ' s biography on google and his real name is indeed hajime senoh . i don ' t personally believe that this book is strictly autobiog
h does not want to be a tailor like his father . instead , his greatest talent is drawing , and at the age of sixteen he resolves to become an artist .
the fellow looked taken aback for a moment , then said ,
it ' s a friend i haven ' t seen for a long time .
h , sensing that he was being treated as an adult , felt pleased and said ,
that doesn ' t bother me . yes , please .
they always drank black tea at h ' s home . he ' d never once had coffee .
but while calogero’s father , lorenzo ( richard h . blake ) , assures him that he was right to clam up — “you did a good thing for a bad man , ” he tells him — lorenzo ( mr . de niro in the movie ) grows increasingly alarmed when sonny begins taking calogero under his wing , giving him the nickname c and having him run errands , quite profitable ones . as boy grows to teenager , his hero worship only increases , and lorenzo and sonny engage in a tense tug of war for calogero’s soul .
the way h rode his bike , unfortunately , was not exactly graceful . they ' d bought him , secondhand , an adult ' s bike , and his feet wouldn ' t reach the pedals if he sat on the saddle , so he had to put his foot through from the side . even so , he got up quite a good speed and would tail the delivery boy closely , singing along with him as he went .
sometimes plain old pasta with red sauce is just what the doctor ordered . “a bronx tale , ” which opened at the longacre theater on broadway on thursday , might be called the musical - theater equivalent of that classic comfort food . it doesn’t break ground or dazzle with an unusual recipe — like , say , mixing rap and american history — but it delivers reliable pleasures with polished professionalism and infectious energy .
living in a temporary dwelling with his family , h gets angry about everything he does not like . under emotional strain , he quarrels with his parents and leaves home . he intends to commit suicide by lying under a train but pulls back at the last minute . for a while he lives in secret in a building at the school . unsure of whether he will be allowed to graduate , he decides to study art . he seeks out a well - known artist , who allows him to work at his studio . the novel ends with h working as a sign painter during the day and studying at night with fellow artists at a studio .
later it turns out that noodles is captured right in h ' s neighborhood ; and that noodles is thought to be a communist informant . but when h hears the neighbors talking about the incident and tries to decipher their meaning , he is brushed aside .
' what ' re dangerous thoughts ? who ' re the secret police ? ' h asked them anxiously , but the grown - ups suddenly clammed up . ' keep your voice down , ' he was told with a look of fierce disapproval .
this is an intensely real , human reaction—one that any reader who has taken a risk ( or considered taking a risk ) in voicing a dissenting opinion will recognize .
he sounded so firm about it that h said in a knowing voice ,
all right , i won ' t . i expect you ' ve got something private to talk about .
a few days after the bombing , h observes the area around hyogo station , which is completely leveled . dead bodies yet to be cremated are visible in the area . it is a sobering moment for h , who as a result of the air raid has been forced to lose any childhood innocence he may have had left :
' so this is war , ' he thought as he gazed over the seemingly endless sea of destruction .
others tend to see h as an odd boy , although he has plenty of friends at school . but he is always questioning authority and asking awkward questions about why things are as they are . he is puzzled by the adults who say that everything that happens in the war is the will of the emperor , since h cannot see how the emperor can possibly be aware of all the things being done in his name . h ' s instincts are pacifistic , and he does not want to join the rifle club because he feels it is too warlike . he makes up his own version of a patriotic jingle , neatly reversing its meaning . he becomes exasperated when he realizes that the newspapers are not telling the truth about the war .