Director Hikari on set for 'Rental Family.' 2025. ph: James Lisle / © Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures/Everett ...
Google Assistant and Alexa may pretend to have “personality,” but they really don’t. Telling a joke when asked does not make any of them a great raconteur. This is fine for two reasons. First, it’s ...
The Oscar-winner plays a struggling actor living in Tokyo, who begins working for a company that provides performers for personal role-play situations. By Frank Scheck Oscar winners, especially those ...
Japanese director Hikari is one of cinema’s fastest rising stars. In 2019, she debuted her first full-length film, 37 Seconds, to critical acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival. The ...
If you are an aspiring filmmaker be sure to watch my illuminating conversation on this week’s episode of my Deadline video series, Behind The Lens. My guest is the director and co-writer of the new ...
Hikari‘s delicately calibrated and sweetly moving comedy "Rental Family" (co-written with Stephen Blahut) stars Brendan Fraser as an American expat in Japan. Working as an actor, he stumbles into a ...
A shoot in Tokyo is already being planned. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer In a competitive situation, Searchlight Pictures has nabbed rights to Rental Family, a comedy-drama that has Beef director ...
Hikari’s Chapter 2 story in Octopath Traveler 2 has him reuniting with an old friend in Montwise. This walkthrough will provide tips for the arena battles and final boss fight in this part of his ...
If you are an aspiring filmmaker be sure to watch my illuminating conversation on this week’s episode of my Deadline video series, Behind The Lens. My guest is the director and co-writer of the new ...