
Blu-ray release: ‘Your Lovely Smile’
By Phil Mills | Aug 10, 2024
Third Window Films are bringing the 2022 Japanese comedy-drama ‘Your Lovely Smile’ (あなたの微笑み) to UK Blu-ray on August 12, 2024.
Written and directed by Lim Kah-Wai, the film follows an indie filmmaker as he tries to get a film screened in Japan’s so-called mini theatres. The cast includes Hirobumi Watanabe, Shogen, Hikaru Hirayama, Hironobu Tanaka, and Yoshi Yatabe.
Synopsis: A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with independent filmmaker Hirobumi Watanabe, who also struggles to release his own movies in real life.
Features:
• Interview with director Lim Kah-Wai (29 minutes)
• Interview with film festival programmer Yoshi Yatabe (20 minutes)
• Deleted and Extended Scenes (24 minutes)
• Trailer
‘Your Lovely Smile’ is available to pre-order now from arrowfilms.com or terracottadistribution.com.
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