Vietnamese audiences are excited about movies adapted from comics

Two films adapted from Japanese comics, 'Let's go karaoke' and 'Haikyuu!! The junkyard battle', are loved by Vietnamese audiences thanks to their novel and engaging content.

Audience in Ho Chi Minh City at the screening of "Haikyuu!!: Battle of the Scrapyard", a Japanese film with a revenue of 100 million USD. (Source: Organizing Committee)

This year's Japanese Film Festival in Vietnam has two films adapted from comics (manga), Let's Karaoke and Haikyuu!! The Scrapyard Battle, both of which have received much attention from audiences.

The movie Haikyuu!!: The Scrapyard Battle once achieved a revenue of 100 million USD globally, of which 93 million USD was international revenue, 7 million USD domestic revenue equivalent to over 1 billion Yen.

The film is a dramatic confrontation between two high school volleyball teams, Karasuno and Nekoma, with two symbolic animals being the crow and the cat. In their natural environment, both of them forage from the garbage dump, so the title implies a fierce competition for survival.

However, the drama is not the only factor that attracts audiences, the film also stands out with its themes of survival, friendship and closeness to everyday life. Haikyuu!!: Battle of the Scrapyard was shown commercially and earned 12 million VND at Vietnamese theaters.

During the festival, the film was shown only once in Ho Chi Minh City (November 16) and only once in Hanoi (December 21). Each session was set aside for more than 2 hours for the audience to interact with the organizers and cosplayers (fans who dressed up as the characters). Currently, the screening in Hanoi is sold out, many audiences are waiting to buy resale tickets.

Equally noteworthy was the screening of Let's go karaoke in Hanoi on December 15, which included an exchange with director Yamashita Nobuhiro. The theater occupancy rate was over 60%, with the majority of the audience being female.

Director Yamashita Nobuhiro interacts and signs autographs for Vietnamese fans. (Source: Organizing Committee)

Let's Karaoke is a comedy adapted from the manga of the same name by author Yama Wayama. The film revolves around the strange friendship between a high school student named Satomi and a member of a yakuza gang named Kyouji.

Because he sings badly and is about to participate in a karaoke contest, Kyouji must do everything he can to avoid losing and being punished by the gang boss. When he accidentally discovers Satomi - the captain of a high school choir, he decides to ask him for help. The contrasting but no less intimate relationship between the two main characters makes the audience excited.

Hanoi audiences come to watch "Let's go karaoke" at the National Cinema Center. (Source: Organizing Committee)

In Japan, Karaoke was shown in theaters and earned over 1.5 million USD. The manga version has been released in Vietnam. The audience who came to the screening and the director's meeting were all fans of the story and prepared publications to ask for autographs. Mr. Yamashita Nobuhiro spent over 1.5 hours interacting, answering questions and signing autographs for fans.

The film was shown to audiences in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hai Phong in November and early December. For the program in Hanoi, the film will continue to be shown on December 20 and 28. The December 20 screening is sold out, and the December 28 screening has not yet been opened for sale.

According to director Yamashita Nobuhiro, 20-30 years ago, Japanese people also preferred foreign films, but now domestic films dominate. The genres that are popular in theaters include teenage love, horror, manga and animation.

The December 21 screening of "Haikyuu!!: Battle of the Junkyard" is sold out. (Screenshot)

This year, the Japanese Film Festival in Vietnam attracted attention not only because of its diversity but also because of the appeal of each work: Matched in the thriller genre, Evil Does Not Exist in its narrative and artistic quality, Godzilla-1 in terms of low-budget but convincing special effects... These are contemporary films, in addition, old but world-famous films such as Akira (1980) and Godzilla (1954) were also screened on special occasions.

The film schedule and exchange program are specifically provided on the program's fanpage.

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