Oguri’s “Surely Someday” to open Yubari film festival

“Surely Someday,” the directorial debut of popular actor Shun Oguri (27), has been chosen as the opener of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. The festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, announced the news on Wednesday, along with other details about the festival’s program.

The festival is being held from February 25 to March 1 in Yubari, Hokkaido. The screening of “Surely Someday” will be its world premiere, as the film opens in Japan on July 17. The coming-of-age movie stars Keisuke Koide, Ryo Katsuji, Go Ayano, Ryohei Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Muro, and Manami Konishi. Coincidentally, Oguri starred in Takashi Miike’s “Crows ZERO II,” which opened the festival last year.

The digital remaster of Yoji Yamada’s 1977 masterpiece “The Yellow Handkerchief” will make its world premiere, and the 2008 American remake of that film will get its Japan premiere. The closing film of the festival will be Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

Other films in the lineup are “Bushido Sixteen,” “Kokou no Mesu,” and “Sweet Little Lies.” Foreign works include “Green Zone,” “The Hurt Locker,” and “The Princess and the Frog.” Including short films, a total of 69 works will be screened.

More information will be available soon on the festival website.

Source:
Oricon