Sayonara (2015 film)
Sayonara | |
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Japanese | さようなら |
Hepburn | Sayōnara |
Directed by | Kōji Fukada |
Screenplay by | Kōji Fukada |
Based on | a play by Oriza Hirata |
Produced by | Keisuke Konishi Hiroyuki Onogawa Kōji Fukada Bryerly Long[1] |
Starring | Bryerly Long Geminoid F |
Cinematography | Akiko Ashizawa[2] |
Edited by | Naohiro Urabe Koji Fukada[1] |
Music by | Hiroyuki Onogawa[1] |
Production companies | |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes[2] |
Country | Japan |
Languages | Japanese English French German[2] |
Sayonara (Japanese: さようなら, Hepburn: Sayōnara, lit. "Goodbye") is a 2015 Japanese film written and directed by Kōji Fukada and based on a play by Oriza Hirata. Starring Bryerly Long and Geminoid F, the film was promoted as "the first movie to feature a Gynoid performing opposite a human actor".[3] It premiered in October 2015 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and was scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.[4][3]
Cast[]
- Bryerly Long as Tanya[1]
- Geminoid F[1]
- Hirofumi Arai[1]
- Makiko Murata[1]
- Nijirō Murakami[1]
- Yukio Kibiki[1]
- Jérôme Kircher[1]
- Irene Jacob[1]
Release[]
The world premiere of the film was in October 2015, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.[3] It is scheduled for release in Japan on November 21, 2015.[4]
Reception[]
Critical reception[]
Peter Debruge of Variety called the film a "dreary study of human-robot relations [that] offers little to engage apart from its pretty scenery."[2]
Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "dark, hopeless and pretty depressing [...] post-apocalyptic Japanese mood piece".[1]
Accolades[]
The film was in competition at the 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m Deborah Young (October 24, 2015). "'Sayonara': Tokyo Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Peter Debruge (October 24, 2015). "Tokyo Film Review: 'Sayonara'". variety.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d James Hadfield (October 24, 2015). "Tokyo: 'Sayonara' Filmmakers Debate Future of Robot Actors". variety.com. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "さようなら(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Sayônara at IMDb
- 2015 films
- 2010s Japanese films
- 2015 science fiction films
- English-language films
- Japanese films based on plays
- French-language films
- German-language films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- Japanese post-apocalyptic films
- Japanese science fiction films
- 2015 multilingual films
- Japanese multilingual films