BLACK OX

BLACK-OX_1
BLACK-OX_2
BLACK-OX_3
BLACK-OX_4

FILM INFO

Title in Mandarin

黑之牛

Year

2024

Film Status

Completed

Duration

113 min

THEME / GENRE

FANTASY

Director

TSUTA Tetsuichiro

Producer

ICHIYAMA Shozo, HUANG Yin-yu, Eric NYARI, TSUTA Tetsuichiro

Cast

LEE Kang-sheng, Fukuyo, TAKA Min

Production Company

Nikoniko Film, Fourier Films Inc., Moolin Films, Moolin Production, Cineric Creative., Cinema Inutile

Festivals & Awards

2022 TAICCA – Investment
2020 Golden Horse FPP

Participation Goal

Sales
International Distribution
Festival Screening

In 19th-century Japan, transitioning towards modernization, a man attempts to reconnect with nature while plowing fields with an ox. The film explores the relationship between man and ox, inspired by the “Ten Ox-Herding Pictures,” a series of short poems and illustrations from Zen tradition that depict the path to enlightenment and spiritual awakening. Director Tetsuichiro Tsuta’s second feature film is a unique epic period piece set in the wilderness of Shikoku, in southwestern Japan, where the director was born. This film is also the first narrative feature in Japanese film history to be shot on 70mm film.

SALES CONTACT

Company

MOOLIN FiLMS, LTD.

JOB TITLE

Producer

Contact

HUANG Yin-yu

Email

huang@moolinfilms.com

Tel

+81 3 4658 886