Tourism (film)

Tourism is a 2017 pseudo-documentary film written and directed by Daisuke Miyazaki.[1] An international co-production of Japan and Singapore, it stars Nina Endo as Nina, a Japanese part-time factory worker who, after winning free airline tickets, travels to Singapore with her friend Su (played by SUMIRE).[2]

Tourism
Promotional release poster
Directed byDaisuke Miyazaki
Written byDaisuke Miyazaki
Starring
Release dates
  • November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11) (ArtScience Museum)
  • July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13) (Japan)
Running time
77 minutes
Countries
  • Japan
  • Singapore
Languages
  • Japanese
  • English
  • Malay

Tourism was first screened at Singapore's ArtScience Museum in 2017, as part of the museum's "Specters and Tourists" exhibition.[2] The film had its international premiere at the Japan Cuts film festival on 29 July 2018,[3][4] and received a theatrical release in Japan on 13 July 2019.[2][5]

Cast

Release

Tourism was first screened at Singapore's ArtScience Museum from 11 November to 17 December 2017, as part of the museum's "Specters and Tourists" exhibition.[2] "Specters and Tourists" was a two-part film installation commissioned by the ArtScience Museum and the Singapore International Film Festival.[6][7][8] The first part of the installation featured scenes from other films directed by writer-director Daisuke Miyazaki, presented on multiple screens; the second part of the installation was Tourism.[6]

Tourism had its international premiere at the Japan Cuts film festival on 29 July 2018.[3][4] It received a theatrical release in Japan on 13 July 2019.[2][5]

Critical reception

Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave Tourism three out of five stars, calling it a "slight-but-likable road movie".[2] Film Pulse's Adam Patterson called the film "a pleasantly lowkey riff on alienation and materialism within a globalizing society shot in pseudo-documentary style, replete with quirky dance sequences, Snapchat filters, ghosts and a mysterious child narrator."[4]

References
  1. "宮崎大祐『TOURISM』インタヴュー" [Daisuke Miyazaki "Tourism" Interview]. Outside in Tokyo (in Japanese). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. Schilling, Mark (10 July 2019). "'Tourism': Not quite the trip of a lifetime". The Japan Times. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. "Tourism". Japan Society. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. Patterson, Adam (11 June 2018). "2018 Japan Cuts Announces Lineup". Film Pulse. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. "型破り、自由に撮った旅 映画「ＴＯＵＲＩＳＭ」、宮崎大祐監督". The Asahi Shimbun. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. "ArtScience Museum and Singapore International Film Festival co-present Specters and Tourists". Adobo Magazine. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. @ArtSciMuseum (31 October 2017). "Seen through the eyes of #Miyazaki #SpectersAndTourists is a 2 part film installation we commissioned w/ @SGIFFest bit.ly/2z0Gs8h" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via Twitter.
  8. @ArtSciMuseum (10 November 2017). "Making plans for this weekend? We're thrilled to present #SpectersAndTourists a moving image exhibition by Japanese filmmaker #DaisukeMiyazaki in partnership w/ @SGIFFest. Our show opens today until December 17 and is absolutely free of charge! bit.ly/2m8f9DS #MBSxSGIFF" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via Twitter.
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