Get the latest gossip
‘Black Ox,’ 70mm Epic Premiering in Tokyo, Picked up by Asian Shadows (EXCLUSIVE)
“Black Ox,” a powerful rural drama from Japan’s Tsuta Tetsuichiro, has been picked up for world sales by Asian Shadows.
“ Black Ox,” a powerful rural drama from Japan’s Tsuta Tetsuichiro, has been picked up for world sales by Hong Kong and Beijing-based agency Asian Shadows. The Japan-set film is inspired by the “Ten Ox-Herding Pictures” a series of short poems and illustrations from the Zen Buddhist tradition that depict the path to enlightenment and spiritual awakening. Asian Shadows has handled numerous ambitious works from the region including six films by Wang Bing – “Man in Black”; “Three Sisters” (named best film of the Orrizonti section at Venice in 2012); “Alone,” which played at the 2013 Rotterdam festival; “Til Madness Do Us Part” (out of competition at Venice in 2013; “Ta’ang” (Berlinale Forum 2016); and “Mrs Fang” (winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2017) – as well as Rima Das’ Toronto and San Sebastian title “Village Rockstars,” “Coming Home Again” by Wayne Wang and “Zero” by Soda Kazuhiro.
Or read this on Variety
