Keisuke Yoshida's film Mentor opened nationwide in Japan on October 16 and has since played to festival audiences in Warsaw and Kaohsiung, with Yoshida attending screenings and Q&As in both cities. The film won the NETPAC Best Asian Film award at the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival and drew 103,822 admissions over its first four days.
Yoshida's current standing rests on one film. Mentor was selected for the competition section of the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival and for Taiwan's 26th Kaohsiung Film Festival before it opened in Japan on October 16, an international run that preceded the domestic release. The film stars Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa as co-leads, with Go Ayano co-starring, and follows two men who reunite after 15 years with a victim of a fire they caused as boys.
Promotion split by character rather than plot. Three character PVs released through the film's official social media covered Ryunosuke (Isomura), Takumi (Suezawa), and Nonomoto (Ayano). The world premiere came at Warsaw, where screenings on October 10 and 11 drew over 200 people to the Palace of Culture and Science, with laughter during the film and applause at the credits. Yoshida attended both Q&As, and the film took the NETPAC Best Asian Film award there, where jurors cited its treatment of forgiveness.
The commercial start was measured. Mentor opened on 204 screens and drew 103,822 admissions with 161.64 million yen in ticket revenue over four days. Coverage then moved to Taiwan, where Isomura and Suezawa attended the Kaohsiung Film Festival with Yoshida. At a press conference on local time the 24th, Suezawa talked through the film's dogeza scene, which Yoshida said he shot as comedy, and Isomura delivered his greeting in the local language and named Ayano as his mentor. The questions in both cities were about craft, including a year of archery training, rather than promotion.
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Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa attended the 26th Kaohsiung Film Festival with director Keisuke Yoshida for a screening of mentor. At a press conference on local time the 24th, Suezawa talked through the film's dogeza scene, which Yoshida said he shot as comedy. The three then sat with local moviegoers for the screening, and Isomura delivered his greeting in the local language and named co-star Go Ayano as his mentor.
Keisuke Yoshida's film Mentor opened October 16 on 204 screens and drew 103,822 admissions with 161.64 million yen in ticket revenue over four days. Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa star, with Go Ayano co-starring. The film also took the NETPAC Best Asian Film award at the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival, where jurors cited its treatment of forgiveness.
Keisuke Yoshida's film Mentor, starring Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa with Go Ayano, held its world premiere in the International Competition at the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival. Screenings on October 10 and 11 drew over 200 people to the Palace of Culture and Science, with laughter during the film and applause at the credits. Yoshida attended both Q&As.
Three character PVs for the film mentor, directed by Keisuke Yoshida and starring Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa as co-leads, have been released through the film's official social media. The PVs cover Ryunosuke (Isomura), Takumi (Suezawa), and Nonomoto (Go Ayano). The film opens nationwide on Friday, October 16, following two men who reunite after 15 years with a victim of a fire they caused as boys.
The film mentor, directed by Keisuke Yoshida, has been selected for the competition section of the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival, which runs October 9 to 18, with a screening set for October 10. It has also been selected for Taiwan's 26th Kaohsiung Film Festival, running October 9 to 26, where Hayato Isomura, Seiya Ozawa, and Yoshida will appear on stage. The film opens nationwide on October 16.