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Ryusuke Hamaguchi Took His Japanese Method Into a Four-Country Production. Now Theatrical Economics Must Catch Up
‘Soudain’ proved Ryusuke Hamaguchi can scale his method through a European-Japanese co-production. Its long theatrical journey will test the business around auteur cinema.
Asia Leaders
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Turned a Haunted Vacuum Into Thailand’s Breakout Film. Now He Has to Build Beyond the Festival Circuit
After ‘A Useful Ghost’ won the Critics’ Week Grand Prix, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke must convert festival discovery into durable financing and distribution.
Asia Leaders
Park Chan-wook Moved From Cannes Competitor to Jury President. The New Role Tests What Auteur Power Can Build
Park Chan-wook’s 2026 Cannes jury presidency marked a new kind of authority. The test is whether auteur prestige can strengthen Korean cinema’s production system.