Biopic screenplays typically attract more prominent performers eager to play roles that the audience is familiar with. These more immense performers aid in the acquisition of larger budgets for films, resulting in broader distribution. If a movie is excellent and well-received, or both, it may generally generate Oscar hype. Take a peek at these biopics from Japan.
1. 26 Years Diary
Lee Su-life Hyon’s life and death are chronicled in 26 Years Diary, a biopic. The film follows a 26-year-old Korean student as he adjusts to life in Japan, including attending school and building a romantic relationship with a Japanese student (played by Mkii). He and a Japanese photographer, Shiro Sekine, perished on January 21, 2001, while attempting to save the life of a man who had fallen onto the rails at Tokyo's Shin-Kubo Station. The song "Okizarisu" by High and Mighty Color is on the film's soundtrack.
2. Anne No Nikki
It is a Madhouse feature film directed by Akinori Nagaoka that was released on August 19, 1995.
3. Ask This Of Rikyu
The 37th Montréal World Film Festival's Best Artistic Contribution Award, the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival's Best Director Award, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award, and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film, and Excellent Leading Actor, were all given to this film.
4. Onoda
Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle is a 2021 French biographical drama film directed by Arthur Harari. The film stars Yuya Endo as Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who refused to believe that World War II had ended and continued to fight on a remote Philippine island until 1974.
5. Asakusa Kid
Takeshi Kitano quits out of university in 1965 and enrolls at the Asakusa France Za, a performance theatre. Senzaburo Fukami, a great performer, takes him on as an apprentice. Takeshi Kitano must maintain an entertainer's attitude not just on stage but also in his daily life, according to Senzaburo Fukami.
6. Pattenrai!! ~ Minami No Shima No Mizu Monogatari
Noboru Ishiguro directed Pattenrai!! Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari !! (A Tale of Water on the Southern Island), a Japanese animated biographical film. On November 15, 2008, the film debuted. It was released in Japan by Joueikai and OyakoEiga. "Don't Give Up on Your Dreams" was the tagline.
7. A Yell From Heaven
Yell From Heaven Tengokukara no ru (Tengokukara no eru) is a 2011 Japanese drama film based on the actual tale of Hikaru Nakasone, who died in 2011. Hikaru Nakasone is an Okinawan altruist who built the "Ajisai Ongaku Mura," a free-to-use music hamlet, and his tale in a 2009 NHK program. Hikaru Oshiro, a character based on Nakasone, is played by actor Hiroshi Abe.
8. The Tenor – Lirico Spinto
The Tenor – Lirico Spinto is a 2014 biography about South Korean tenor Bae Jae-Chul, who sang in various European operas but lost his voice due to thyroid cancer at the height of his career. Bae regained his singing skills and half of his vocal range after a long period of complex rehabilitation with the support of his wife Yoon-hee and close friend and Japanese producer Koji Sawada.
9. Tochuken Kumoemon
It's artist-as-egotistical-monster time, as he reminisces about his previous life in the lead-up to a significant sold-out event in Tokyo despite his smiles and regaling of people around him.
10. Utamaro O Meguru Gonin No Onna
It's not a leap to see films about artists as a mirror of the filmmaker's craft. Here we have concerns about what it means to be an artist in practice - avoiding relationships and always creating.
