Tadanobu Asano’s new film, Father-Daughter Love, officially entered the Moscow Film Festival.

Poster of My Man

　 　 1905 movie network news A new film co-starred by Tadanobu Asano and Nikaidou Fumi.My man(Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri) officially entered the main competition unit of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival, which will open on June 19th, 2014.

　 　 Moscow Film Festival, together with Cannes, Venice and Berlin Film Festival, is called the four major film festivals in the world. Founded in 1959, it is held every two years, and changed to once a year in 1999. The main purpose of the film festival is to promote the exchange of experience and mutual cooperation among filmmakers from all countries by showing films with artistic value and ideological content. So far, the works of famous Japanese directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kaneto Shindo have appeared at the Moscow Film Festival. In 2013, the film starring Miki Yoko, which was shortlisted in the main competition unit, won the special prize of the jury, which is the first time that Japanese films have won this honor after 48 years.

　 　 For this finalist, Asano said that "My Man was selected from many excellent works, and I am very grateful to the judges for their affirmation. I am very happy that more people can enjoy this film with the opportunity of showing it at the Moscow Film Festival. I think there should be many fans in Russia. "

　 　 The heroine Erjitang also said frankly, "This is a work that symbolizes my destiny. My heart pounded at the thought of being shown in Moscow. " It tells the nervousness of the second-class hall after learning that the film was shortlisted. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, the director of the film, said, "It was a very good opportunity for Japanese films to go global with the guidance of directors Akira Kurosawa and Kaneto Shindo. At this long-established film festival, I am particularly happy that My Man was shortlisted, and I am very much looking forward to the local audience’s evaluation of this film."

　 　 "My Man" is adapted from a novel of the same name written by Ichiki Sakura, which won the Naoki Award in 2008. The story tells the story of a teenage girl Hua (Nikaidou Fumi) who was orphaned at the age of 10, who met Chun Wu (Tadanobu Asano), the man who adopted her, after the earthquake, and the two who had been longing for love for a long time fell in love in Hokkaido. The 36th Moscow International Film Festival will be held from June 19th to 28th, 2014 local time, and the film My Man will be released in Japan on May 20th, 2014.