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Interview: Director Kayoko Asakura Talks ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’
‘I made it a precedence to try and create a very visual form of storytelling!’ (Kayoko Asakura)
Kayoko Asakura is a writer, director, editor and producer. She took on these roles collectively for her first short entitled Off Season released in 2010. Her other work includes the TV movie Kaidan shin mimibukuro hyaku Monogatari (2010) and the short Hide and Seek (2013), a things-are-not-what-they-seem story about a girl who takes private koto lessons. But Asakura’s most ambitious work so far is her debut feature film It’s a Beautiful Day, an American and Japanese produced graphic Read more…
DVD/Blu-ray Review: It’s A Beautiful Day (Kuso subarashii kono sekai)
An Asian/American horror film directed by Kayoko Asakura!
Set in California, It’s a Beautiful Day (‘Kuso subarashii kono sekai’), directed by Kayoko Asakura (‘Hide and Seek’), is an infusion of Asian and American horror with ample gory and brutal moments involving disfigurement that will gratify the most hardened splatter fan.
Ah-Jung, played by Kkobbi Kim, is a Korean student studying in America. She’s been invited by her Japanese friend Takako (Amagi Chika) to accompany her and a group of four other Japanese students on a trip to Read more…
Two Films By Director Kayoko Asakura To Premiere At Bram Stoker International Film Festival
Date: 24 – 27 October 2013
Venue: Whitby Pavilion West Cliff Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 3EN
The 5th Bram Stoker International Film Festival will be hosting the UK premiere of two films by up and coming debut Japanese director Kayoko Asakura. The horror feature “It’s a Beautiful Day” and the ghostly short “Hide and Seek”. This double bill will screen on Sunday 27th October 2013 at 1.30pm. Sourced by Andrew Kirkham (Silk Purse Enterprises) on behalf of Read more…
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