Trailer for Takeshi Kitano’s “Achilles and the Tortoise”
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on June 20, 2008 6:00am EDT (4 years ago)
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
From Jason Gray comes the news that the release date for Takeshi Kitanos latest movie, Achilles and the Tortoise (Akiresu to Kami) has been set for September 20, 2008. The movie’s title comes from one of Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea’s paradoxes; which surmises that motion, time, and change are all illusions. In the film Kitano plays Machisu, a man who was born into an affluent family, but loses both his parents suddenly as a child and decides to follow his dream of becoming a painter. Kanako Higuchi (Ashura, Memories of Tomorrow) plays his wife, who continues to be supportive of his painting throughout the years even though he’s never had any success and sometimes gets discouraged himself. Yourei Yanagi and Kumiko Aso play the same couple in their younger years. Check out the new trailer below.
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- achilles and the tortoise
- akiko kobayashi
- akira nakao
- al kitago
- art
- aya enjoji
- beat kiyoshi
- bobby ologun
- eri fuse
- eri tokunaga
- kanako higuchi
- kei sunaga
- kumiko aso
- makoto otake
- mansaku fuwa
- mari hayashida
- mariko tsutsui
- masato ibu
- matazo mimata
- nao omori
- naomasa musaka
- omiya nomatsu
- painting
- ren osugi
- reo yoshioka
- sanae matsuzaka
- shoji maruoka
- susumu terajima
- takashi nishina
- takeshi kitano
- takeshi ohbayashi
- taro suwa
- tsutomu takeshige
- umi yamano
- yourei yanagi
- yuki kazamatsuri
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