Alivehoon
アライブフーン | Japan | 2022
North American Premiere
Japan | Action/Drama | 2022 | 120 minutes | in Japanese w/English subtitles
Director: Ten Shimoyama
Starring: Shuhei Nomura, Ai Yoshikawa
Film Source: Nikkatsu Films
Japan Cinema Showcase special Emcee: Mark Schilling, author/critic of Japan Times
There will be free small popcorn per person claimed at the concession counter.
SYNOPSIS
A drift team on the verge of shutting down scouts out Koichi Oba, a shy, introverted gamer who is incredibly talented at Esport driving games. Koichi demonstrates his mastery in a real car, but he is up against professional drivers who challenge him in races of life and death. Koichi's blossoming technique, passion, courage, and teamwork break down the barriers between the virtual and the real, taking him and his team to new extremes. This is the birth of the fastest, most precise race movie ever filmed. A new world where gamers reach high for the pinnacle of real-life drifting—a film about what happens when you push past your limits.
Drifting, a contest of strength, speed, and beauty was born and developed in Japan. The sound of the engines shaking the earth, the fierce white smoke, the acrobatic and dynamic competition has gone on to dazzle the entire racing world. ALIVEHOON, the ultimate in drifting entertainment, captures all of its appeal!
Supervised and performed by drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya, with actual appearances by the world's top racers, the unbelievable stunt driving all live, with zero CG! The ultimate in spectacular thrills, spills, and precision driving by some of the world’s best drift racers comes to the big screen!
STILL GALLERY
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Ten Shimoyama
Born 1966 in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. Since making his debut as a music video director at the age of 24 with Toshinobu Kubota's “Be Wanabee,” Shimoyama has directed music videos and live videos for many of Japan's top artists, including Keisuke Kuwata, Southern All Stars, B'z, and EXILE.
Shimoyama also worked on “Another Heaven”, “The New Kindaichi Files” and numerous TV commercials for industry majors including Panasonic and SONY. He made his feature film debut with “Cute” in 1997. Since then, Shimoyama has worked on “St. John's Wort”, “Shinobi – Heart Under Blade”, “Kikaider: The Ultimate Human Robot”, etc. His Netflix original drama “Erased”, is currently distributed in 191 countries around the world.
