4 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Distribution Workshop has closed a waste to Japan connected Juno Mak’s Cannes Midnight title Sons Of The Neon Night, which was been acquired by starring Japanese supplier Toho-Towa.
The Hong Kong crime drama, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Sean Lau Ching-wan, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Louis Koo, will beryllium released theatrically successful Japan successful nan 2nd 4th of 2026.
The film, which is Mak’s 2nd arsenic a director, received its world premiere astatine past year’s Cannes movie show successful nan Midnight conception and was selected for nan Gala conception of nan Tokyo International Film Festival, wherever it generated beardown assemblage discussion. The movie features an original euphony taxable by nan precocious Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Set successful a surreal, snow-covered type of Hong Kong, nan movie opens pinch a gunfire successful Causeway Bay followed by nan decease of a pharmaceutical tycoon successful a infirmary bombing. As nan tycoon’s boy seeks to swipe retired nan supplier waste and acquisition and build a drug-free caller world, a warfare driven by blood-bound family ties and a powerfulness struggle betwixt a supplier empire and nan authorities begins.
Toho-Towa president Toshi Yamasaki said: “This marks our 2nd collaboration pinch Jeffrey Chan and his team, and it is simply a awesome pleasance for america to erstwhile again person nan opportunity to activity pinch specified an outstanding team. We are genuinely excited to bring Sons Of The Neon Night, different 1 of their singular films, to audiences successful Japan.”
Distribution Workshop antecedently collaborated pinch Toho-Towa connected Chinese head Cheng Er’s play spy play Hidden Blade, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
Mak antecedently directed 2013 action scary movie Rigor Mortis, which he besides produced pinch Japanese scary maestro Takashi Shimizu.
