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The official website of the movie “Diana from Hong Kong” (English version)
A STUDIO F+ Film
Diana from Hong Kong
Diana from Hong Kong
Hong Kongers and Japanese: Their Different Realities
One-week limited release at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa, Tokyo,
from Saturday 24 May 2025!
Screening with English subtitles!
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Screening time of “Diana from Hong Kong” with English subtitles
5/24 (Sat) 16:15
5/25 (Sun) 13:15 (with a stage greeting after the screening)
5/26 (Mon) - 5/30 (Fri) 20:40
*Please note that the screening times on 24th and 25th are different.
Introduction
The original film soundtrack composed by Ice9 (Kenkichi Sakai),
who composed the film's music, is now available for free on YouTube!
Here is URL :
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIgZDATXBwcutL4ktF9kb1OyUJ_5HI3ZM&si=89ugPGik1vaGb-5y
Introduction
March 4, 2025
Movie information was uploaded on Movie.com!
https://eiga.com/movie/103549/
March 19, 2025
Movie information is now up on the official website of Kinema Junpo!
https://www.kinejun.com/cinema/view/101302
March 21, 2025
Film information was uploaded on the official website of “Pia Film”!
https://lp.p.pia.jp/event/movie/408322/index.html
April 27, 2025
The press release is now available on PR TIMES!
https://newsrelea.se/BxENDq
May 17, 2025
Movie information is now available on the official website of “Cinema Today”!
https://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0031057
May 18, 2025
"Movie Natalie" article appeared on Yahoo! JAPAN News!
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7b96e63462e37e0ef227b1f084c9ad7eb6740c92
May 25, 2025
ASIAN CROSSING, which provides entertainment information from all over Asia, has posted information about the movie "Diana from Hong Kong"!
http://www.asiancrossing.jp/movie/2025/0525/m3.html
Introduction
February 16, 2025
The official website for the film “Diana from Hong Kong” is now available!
March 5, 2025
The film won the Best Independent Film Award at the Dialog Film Festival in Germany. This is the 33rd award this film has received abroad.
March 14, 2025
Selected as a finalist at the Lily Indie Film Fest in Ukraine!
March 16, 2025
Selected as an Official Selection at Sofia World Film Festival, Bulgaria!
March 17, 2025
Selected as an Official Selection at Vizion Independent Zone Film Fest, Ukraine
This much-talked-about film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 12th Antakya International Film Festival in Turkey in 2024, has been shown at film festivals in 13 countries around the world, including the United States, the Netherlands, India, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy, and has won a total of 32 film awards, will be screened in Japan for the first time!
"Diana from Hong Kong" second official poster
“Diana from Hong Kong” International Poster
Introduction
The film is based on the actual events of the "democracy protests" that took place in Hong Kong from 2019 to 2020, and is told from the different perspectives of two Hong Kong women living in Japan, Diana Sato, and a Japanese man, Taku Nagato.
This is a docudrama that combines documentary techniques with dramatic drama.
CAST
Diana Sato
Was born and raised in HK, came to Japan in 2006
Speaks Chinese, English and Japanese
Likes: dad jokes
Dislikes: bugs, tatemae
Taku Nakamura
Born in Japan
Specialty: Batting practice
Likes: Sweet and sour pork (without pineapple)
Dislikes: Electric bath
About STUDIO F+ (studiofplus)
The music for the film “Diana from Hong Kong” was composed by Kenkichi Sakai aka Ice9.
This is the fifth time that Kenkichi Sakai has worked with STUDIO F+, including “Digital Camera of Fate” (2011) and “Santa ga Sannin!?” (2013). For his film “Diana from Hong Kong,” Sakai won the Best Sounding Award at the 2024 Kurdistan International Independent Film Festival (KIIFF).
About STUDIO F+ (studiofplus)
STUDIOF+ (studiofplus), which produces indie films such as "Otaku from America" and "Movie Theater Story 2007~2008",
His first new film in 14 years, "Diana from Hong Kong" (original title: Diana from Hong Kong), is an ambitious work produced, directed, written, filmed and edited by Naoki Fujimoto all by himself.
(STUDIO F+ filmography)
April 2007
While a student in the doctoral program of Nihon University Graduate School of Art, established the independent video production group STUDIO F+ (studiofplus) and began working on video production.
November 2007
A Otaku Guy from America,” a short documentary film produced and directed by the director, was selected for the Kawasaki Short Film Festival.
May 2009
Produced and directed a documentary film “Cinema Story 2007 - 2008” and presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Imaging Science and Technology held at Nagoya University, Japan.
May 2010
Produced and directed an experimental film “Marija's World” at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Imaging Science and Technology held at Nihon University College of Art.
November 2010
Received the Gizmon Award for the short film “Nighttime Phone Receptionist” produced and directed at the first iPhone 3-minute Film Festival.
August 2011
Won the “Popular CM Award” at the “Morinaga Nubo CM Contest” sponsored by filmo for the commercial work produced and directed by the filmmaker.
October 2013
Won the “JCN Kita President's Award,” a judges' special award, for the 30-second commercial “Kita-ku, the City of Writers,” which he produced and directed, in the “Kita-ku Love CM Contest” organized by the cable TV station “JCN Kita.
2014 - 2016
Director and editor of “Business Flash” for Chiba Television Broadcasting
2019 - 2020
In charge of video editing for the official website of NHK Broadcasting Corporation's “Gogo-Nama
etc.
Trailer
Diana from Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
Theater Theater Information
One-week limited release at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa, Tokyo,
from Saturday 24 May 2025!
Screening with English subtitles!
The screening has ended.
Thank you very much for seeing the film at the theater!
Please look forward to the next STUDIO F+ film!
Thank you very much for coming!
Theater Theater Information
CAST
Diana Sato Taku Nakamura Go Yamamoto Mano Monaka Eiji Sato
My friend Shimada Yoshiko Murase Kakiko-san Maruko. Fujinn-m
MUSIC
Ice9 : Kenkichi Sakai
PRODUCED, WRITTEN, PHOTOGRAPHED , EDITED and DIRECTED by
Naoki Fujimoto STUDIO F+