"Black Ox" - The first feature-length film in Japan to use 65mm film (in parts) | Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter |
| Researched by: Shinnosuke Hobo (in70mm.com correspondent, Japan) & Thomas Hauerslev | Date: 31.10.2024 |
 "Black Ox" World Premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival 2024Black Ox is the story of a former hunter-gatherer who loses connection to his spirituality in the process of becoming a farmer and becoming "Japanese" during the nation's period of westernization in the 19th century. The film stars Lee Kang-sheng, known for his work with director Tsai Ming-liang, and Tanaka Min as a Zen monk, with music by Sakamoto Ryuichi. Inspired by "The Oxherding Pictures", which depicts the path to enlightenment using ten poems and drawings of cows, this film directed by Tsuta Tetsuichiro is the first feature-length film in Japan to use in part 70mm film. Title in Mandarin: 黑之牛. Wold Premiere Year: 01.11.2024. Duration: 113 min. Presented digitally. Production Company: Nikoniko Film, Fourier Films Inc., Moolin Films, Moolin Production, Cineric Creative., Cinema Inutile 65mm camera system: iXL8/70 (iWERKS) Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Fukuyo(Ox), Tanaka Min, Sumori Ryubun, Kei Takei Credit: Director/Screenplay/Editor： Tsuta Tetsuichiro. Producer： Ichiyama Shozo. Producer： Eric Nyari. Producer： Huang Yin-yu. Producer： Alex C. Lo. Cinematographer： Aoki Yutaka. Screenplay： Kubodera Koichi. Production Designer： Heya Kyoko. Costume： Otsuka Mitsuru. Music： Sakamoto Ryuichi | More in 70mm reading: “Lay Me By The Shore” Short Film in 35mm and 65mm 65mm Horror Short "Daughter of Dismay" "Violet" Partly Photographed in 8-perf 65mm in70mm.com News Peripheral Vision, Scopes, Dimensions and Panoramas in70mm.com's Library Presented on the big screen in 7OMM 7OMM and Cinema Across the World Now showing in 70mm in a theatre near you! 70mm Retro - Festivals and Screenings |
 Synops:In 19th-century Japan, transitioning towards modernization, a man attempts to reconnect with nature while plowing fields with an ox. The film explores the relationship between man and ox, inspired by the “Ten Ox-Herding Pictures,” a series of short poems and illustrations from Zen tradition that depict the path to enlightenment and spiritual awakening. Director Tetsuichiro Tsuta’s second feature film is a unique epic period piece set in the wilderness of Shikoku, in southwestern Japan, where the director was born. This film is also the first narrative feature in Japanese film history to be shot on 70mm film. Source 2024.tiff-jp.net pavilion.taicca.tw and more | |
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