[KineJapan] Netflix / Hibana

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum]

Thanks, Alex.  But Netflix has made this series available only to online
streaming subscribers in the US, not to BluRay/DVD subscribers thus far.
In the past I found that Netflix had more older titles available through
their BluRay/DVD services.


Bill Thompson
wct1 at columbia.edu

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via
KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> just in case some don't know about this, Hibana, the first TV series
> produced by Netflix Japan is now available for viewing in all Netflix
> territories.
>
> The series is based on the bestseller by Matayoshi Naoki, and was
> supervised by Hiroki Ryuichi – who also directed three of the ten episodes.
>
> At Nippon Connection (where Hibana also screened) I moderated a talk event
> with the two main actors and director Kuma Shinji, and they talked a bit
> about how the series was designed around Hiroki's vision- and indeed it has
> a strong "Hiroki" feel to it. The series is pretty incomparable to
> conventional Japanese TV dorama on many levels, and feels a lot more
> cinematic than most film from Japan does at the moment. I found it a very
> promising start for Netflix Japan's production activities, and the
> distribution route creates all kind of possibilities. It can be a bit slow
> at times but it's definitely worth watching to the end (some very
> unexpected things happen).
>
> Googling one of the other directors I just notices that the Japan Times
> had an artice on it yesterday:
>
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/09/tv/can-netflixs-hibana-spark-revolution-japanese-tv/#.V1qjbceHpEc
>
> Best!
> Alex
>
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