Tourism is a 2017 pseudo-documentary film written and directed by Daisuke Miyazaki.[1] An international co-production of Japan and Singapore, it stars Nina Endo as Nina, a Japanese part-time factory worker who, after winning free airline tickets, travels to Singapore with her friend Su (played by SUMIRE).[2]
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| Directed by | Daisuke Miyazaki |
| Written by | Daisuke Miyazaki |
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Tourism was first screened at Singapore's ArtScience Museum in 2017, as part of the museum's "Specters and Tourists" exhibition.[2] The film had its international premiere at the Japan Cuts film festival on 29 July 2018,[3][4] and received a theatrical release in Japan on 13 July 2019.[2][5]
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editTourism was first screened at Singapore's ArtScience Museum from 11 November to 17 December 2017, as part of the museum's "Specters and Tourists" exhibition.[2] "Specters and Tourists" was a two-part film installation commissioned by the ArtScience Museum and the Singapore International Film Festival.[6][7][8] The first part of the installation featured scenes from other films directed by writer-director Daisuke Miyazaki, presented on multiple screens; the second part of the installation was Tourism.[6]
Tourism had its international premiere at the Japan Cuts film festival on 29 July 2018.[3][4] It received a theatrical release in Japan on 13 July 2019.[2][5]
Critical reception
editMark Schilling of The Japan Times gave Tourism three out of five stars, calling it a "slight-but-likable road movie".[2] Film Pulse's Adam Patterson called the film "a pleasantly lowkey riff on alienation and materialism within a globalizing society shot in pseudo-documentary style, replete with quirky dance sequences, Snapchat filters, ghosts and a mysterious child narrator."[4]
References
edit- ^ "宮崎大祐『TOURISM』インタヴュー" [Daisuke Miyazaki "Tourism" Interview]. Outside in Tokyo (in Japanese). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Schilling, Mark (10 July 2019). "'Tourism': Not quite the trip of a lifetime". The Japan Times. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Tourism". Japan Society. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Patterson, Adam (11 June 2018). "2018 Japan Cuts Announces Lineup". Film Pulse. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b "型破り、自由に撮った旅 映画「ＴＯＵＲＩＳＭ」、宮崎大祐監督". The Asahi Shimbun. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b "ArtScience Museum and Singapore International Film Festival co-present Specters and Tourists". Adobo Magazine. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ @ArtSciMuseum (31 October 2017). "Seen through the eyes of #Miyazaki #SpectersAndTourists is a 2 part film installation we commissioned w/ @SGIFFest http://bit.ly/2z0Gs8h" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ @ArtSciMuseum (10 November 2017). "Making plans for this weekend? We're thrilled to present #SpectersAndTourists a moving image exhibition by Japanese filmmaker #DaisukeMiyazaki in partnership w/ @SGIFFest. Our show opens today until December 17 and is absolutely free of charge! http://bit.ly/2m8f9DS #MBSxSGIFF" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via Twitter.