Uzumasa Limelight

Name: Uzumasa Limelight
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy
Released: December 5, 2014
Duration: 103 min

2014

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Eleven Arts | Release Date: December 5, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Uzumasa (Kyoto) is considered the Hollywood of Japan. It has produced many “jidaigeki” films (period dramas with sword fighting) that are loved by many Japanese, and are highly praised all over the world. These films wouldn’t be what they were if it weren’t for the “kirareyaku” (actors whose main job is to be killed by the lead star). MenUzumasa (Kyoto) is considered the Hollywood of Japan. It has produced many “jidaigeki” films (period dramas with sword fighting) that are loved by many Japanese, and are highly praised all over the world. These films wouldn’t be what they were if it weren’t for the “kirareyaku” (actors whose main job is to be killed by the lead star). Men who are killed, without ever being in the limelight. This story is about those men, the unsung heroes of classic jidaigeki films. Actors who loved and respected the art, even when the production of classic jidaigeki films began to dwindle. [Eleven Arts]… Expand

Director: Ken Ochiai

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 4, 2014

Directing with an old-fashioned tenderness toward his unassuming star, Ken Ochiai conjures a swan song to a waning art form and those who practice it. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Dec 4, 2014

Drenched in nostalgia, this loving tribute to the unsung heroes of cinema has immense appeal. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Dec 4, 2014

It’s Fukumoto’s wonderfully weathered countenance that makes Ochiai’s film such an elegiac delight. On it, you can see the entire history of samurai cinema, or at least that essential part of it that died often, and beautifully so. Read full review

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