Takayuki Hirao's Pompo The Cinephile. 2021 映画大好きポンポさん Directed by Takayuki Hirao. The Cinéphile is like Vincente Minnellis The Bad and the Beautiful but anime.
The Cinéphile is like Vincente Minnellis The Bad and the Beautiful but anime. Pompo the Cinephile is out this week with a two-day preview currently happening at select locations and a theatrical release in select markets nationwide on April 29. Pompo is a talented and gutsy producer in Nyallywood the movie-making capital of the world.
The question is only whether these films will take a realistic view of the industry showing the warts and all which usually means just more warts or whether they show Hollywood in a favorable often fantastical light.
The question is only whether these films will take a realistic view of the industry showing the warts and all which usually means just more warts or whether they show Hollywood in a favorable often fantastical light. One day Pompos movie buff assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. There were challenges for Hirao to tell Pompo s story within that time frame but it pushed him to make. The 43-year-old Kagawa native and onetime aspiring mangaka started his career at the Madhouse studio as a production assistant and storyboarder but directed the first episode of Paranoia Agent under Satoshi Kon no less before decamping for ufotable.
