Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) People49810 People47982 Masahiro Kobayashi 4 Masahiro Kobayashi Profession Directors 4 Nationality Japan 4 Related People Luc Dardenne 1 David Cronenberg 1 Anthony Hopkins 1 Juliette Binoche 1 Ang Lee 1 Tony CW Leung 1 Jiang Wen 1 Events Cannes Film Festival 3 2005 Cannes Film Festival 2 2007 Swiss Locarno Film Festival 1 Locarno International Film Festival 1 Iraqi Hostage Crisis 1 Second Gulf War 1

Japanese film win top prize at Swiss Locarno filmfest Japanese director Masahiro Kobayashi won the top prize at Switzerland's Locarno film festival on Saturday with a languid story of love between the mother of a murderer and the father of the victim. 2007-08-12 People: [Masahiro Kobayashi] [Anthony Hopkins] Activities: [2007 Swiss Locarno Film Festival] After a cool start, critics say Cannes picking up CANNES, France - Film critics were left cold by early showings at the Cannes Film Festival this year, but things finally warmed up with the return of tried and tested veterans at the world's top cinema showcase. 2005-05-16 People: [Juliette Binoche] [Luc Dardenne] [Masahiro Kobayashi] [David Cronenberg] Activities: [2005 Cannes Film Festival] Film tackles Japan's hostage "taboo" in Cannes CANNES, France - Japanese director Masahiro Kobayashi had harsh words for his homeland on Thursday when presenting "Bashing", his new film about a freed hostage who is rejected by society when she returns home. 2005-05-13 People: [Masahiro Kobayashi] Activities: [2005 Cannes Film Festival] [Iraqi Hostage Crisis] East is Best at Cannes Cannes - Jiang Wen stirred critics with his black-and-white tragic-comedy. Wong Kar-Wai impressed with his latest meditation on love. Edward Yang wowed them with a slice of contemporary Taiwan. And Shinji Aoyama thrilled them with his philosophical epic on death. 2000-05-22 People: [Jiang Wen] [Tony CW Leung] [Ang Lee] [Masahiro Kobayashi] Headlines Japanese film win top prize at Swiss Locarno filmfest 2007-08-12 After a cool start, critics say Cannes picking up 2005-05-16 Film tackles Japan's hostage "taboo" in Cannes 2005-05-13 East is Best at Cannes 2000-05-22 Most-viewed East is Best at Cannes 2000-05-22 Japanese film win top prize at Swiss Locarno filmfest 2007-08-12 Film tackles Japan's hostage "taboo" in Cannes 2005-05-13

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