‘Look Back’ Director Hirokazu Koreeda On Learning To Live With Ghosts
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda premiered his live-action adaptation of 'Look Back' at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, bringing Tatsuki Fujimoto's 2021 manga about young artists Fujino and Kyomoto to the screen.
- Kore-Eda initiated the project three years ago after discovering Fujimoto's work during the pandemic, finding resonance in its story of artists overcoming despair to create again.
- Casting Natsuki Deguchi and Aju Makita as the older protagonists, Kore-eda applied a 'catcher-pitcher' sensibility to guide the actors' performances and dynamic interaction.
- Reception remains mixed; critics praised the film's 'lingering poignancy' while others called the live-action adaptation 'disappointingly superficial' compared to the faithful 2024 anime.
- Known for humanist works like 'Shoplifters,' Kore-eda continues exploring family dynamics while expressing interest in eventually tackling period pieces like 'Chushingura'.
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‘Look Back’ Review: Once Past the Over- Preciousness of a Child’s World, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Manga Adaptation Becomes a Moving Tribute to Friendship
There’s barely an adult in sight in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back,” where anyone out of school age is marginalized practically to the point of superfluidity. Like much in the first half of this sweet — at times too sweet — adaptation from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same title, also made into an animated film […]
Venice (Italy), 7 Sep (EFE).- Two girls, the shared dream of becoming manga cartoonists and, in the background, fate and its mysteries. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda this Monday put a tender touch to the Venice Festival with ‘Look Back’, a delicate and colorful drama about the ways of life and loss. [...] La entrada Manga, friendship and broken dreams: Koreeda becomes tender in the Mostra with ‘Look Back’ was first published in HolaNews.
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Monday afternoon, the Japanese filmmaker signed a very nice adaptation of a manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto. A story of friendship with the feminine between two aspiring mangakas that moved the audience of the Mostra. ...
Only a few months after having generally disappointed with Sheep in the Box, Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with this much-anticipated adaptation of the manga Look Back.
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