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Yoshihiro Hanno

Yoshihiro Hanno

Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968, Yoshihiro Hanno (半野喜弘) is an internationally renowned musician/composer whose field of work has been expanding from movie soundtracks to orchestral pieces, as well as electronics music. In 1997 he was highly acclaimed for his electronic music releases in Europe, which led him to move to his homebase to Paris since 2000.

His creation style, which is boundary-free for any genre has made him unique in the music scene. With his score for Hou Hsaio-Hsien film Flowers of Shanghai, which was highly praised as “discovery of a new talent of movie soundtracks”. HANNO has collaborated with leading Asian directors such as Jia Zhang-ke, Yu Lik Wai etc. He was nominated as best composer in Asian Film Award 2009. Also He composed his first orchestra piece called [WAKE] (2007) committed by 32. Winterthur Musikfestwochen in Switzerland. His subtle yet rich elegant music has gained a strong fan base and is constantly evolving. As HANNO says, “My music is a universal hymn to the primitive pain and pleasure of being human”, his sounds keep giving the audience sensational emotions.

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Locust (2025)

In Taiwan, as the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupt across the strait, Zhong-Han, a young silent thug, leads a life divided between his work in a family restaurant and parties in the dark Taipei underworld. But when a questionable businessman wants to buy the ...

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Lightning Over the Beyond (2023)

Progressing from sound to color, Lighting Over the Beyond is a road movie that traces the roots of cinema and the history of war while asking "What is war?" and "What is an enemy?". ...

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Revolver Lily (2023)

In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But ...

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Winter Boy (2022)

Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with w ...

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MAYDAY (2021)

A detective is led by an accidental postcard to investigate an incident at USFK base Camp Long. Camp Long is in ruins with no one coming for twenty years. In the process of gathering, defragmenting, and arranging neglected information, the detective discov ...

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The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020)

Kyoichi, a man with an indecisive personality, constantly cheats. That is, until his wife sends a P. I to investigate his affairs. But what will happen when the man she sent wants to fulfill his own desires? ...

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Hunt Down (2019)

In order to solve a large theft of national treasure, Hongyu, a criminal police officer, and his current wife, Baiyu, and his biological father, Zhenggang, working together with their partner. At the time when the case came to light, these batches of natio ...

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Spring Tide (2019)

Journalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance. ...

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Paradise Next (2019)

Wisecracking Makino shows up from Japan and meets Shima, a yakuza living quietly in Taipei. Makino says he knows about the incident that prompted Shima to come to Taiwan. Shima finds out that someone wants Makino dead, and they both head for Hualien, a cit ...

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Hanalei Bay (2018)

A single mother receives a phone call saying her son had died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii, where she now visits annually on her son's death anniversary. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers who tell her about a young Japanese surfer ...

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My Friend "A" (2018)

Masuda, an aspiring journalist, plans to write an article in order to expose his co-worker Suzuki, who is a psychopathic murderer according to Masuda. ...

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Call Boy (2018)

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is ...

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Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY (2017)

After a 15-year hiatus, The Yellow Monkey, one of Japan's greatest rock bands, reunites in 2016 and goes on tour. They vow never to break up again. Director Daishi Matsunaga of Pieta in the Toilet and Pyuupiru captures them on and off stage examining what ...

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Pigeon Tango (2017)

To repay the gambling debts her boyfriend has left behind after a fatal pigeon racing accident, Barbie, a pole dancer, meets organ dealer Malacca, who extracts her deceased boyfriend's organs. Malacca becomes Barbie's lover in the process. Meanwhile, Yang, ...

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Dragonfly Eyes (2017)

A young woman's life takes a series of unexpected turns after she leaves the Buddhist temple where she has lived most of her adult life. ...

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A Woman Wavering in the Rain (2016)

This is the story of a man living quietly under an assumed identity, when a mysterious woman suddenly appears in his life. It is the directorial debut of soundtrack composer Yoshihiro Hanno. ...

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Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (2016)

Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feveris ...

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Pink and Gray (2016)

Popular actor Rengo Shiraki dies suddenly. Due to his sudden death, unpopular actor Daiki Kawata attracts the spotlight due to his close friendship with Rengo. Did Rengo Shiraki commit suicide or was he murdered? ...

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Mountains May Depart (2015)

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025. ...

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Longing for the Rain (2013)

Linking several genres in a surprising and successful way, Yang Lin's fiction feature debut is an Asian ghost story in which documentary scenes show how incongruous today's reality can look in China. Protagonist Fang Lei lives in material wealth and only h ...

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Ugly (2011)

Kazuya is an aimless photographer in Paris who attempts suicide while visiting the city. He goes to see his half-brother Satoshi who lives there, but finds his two roommates instead and they seem to be hiding something. ...

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Blowfish (2011)

A woman leaves her cheating boyfriend and goes to a remote village in the Taiwanese mountains to deliver a blowfish to a man who won it on an online auction. Immediately, a quiet and unusual relationship develops between the two. ...

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Chinese Vegetables (2011)

A young woman is being offered seeds of a vegetable with incredible energetic properties. The care required by the culture of these vegetables opens internal perspectives to the young woman, which transform her step by step. The insipid routine of this you ...

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Acacia (2010)

"Acacia" revolves around Sekiji Ishida (Antonio Inoki) a former professional wrestler now a lonely retired man. Sekiji then strikes up a friendship with a reserved young boy. ...

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Beautiful Crazy (2009)

Three young girls on their way to adulthood. Xiao-Bu fights over a cigarette with her friend Angel. Ah-Mi sleeps with Xiao-Bu's boyfriend. He is very popular and lets Angel steal a kiss. Can it get any worse? Life with a depressive, alcoholic father, who c ...

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Plastic City (2009)

Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt politicians a ...

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24 City (2008)

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences. ...

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Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)

As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats th ...

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Jour de reve (2005)

A short video by Yuki Kawamura. ...

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voisin (2005)

Branches of trees reflect onto the surface of the water. The movement and colors of the images are completely natural and unprocessed. ...

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Play at dusk (2005)

Smoke, clouds and objects appear in the sky. ...

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All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)

In a future century, after the apocalypse, Gui Dao dynasty controls continental Asia. Zhuai and his younger brother Mian are captured and sent to "Prosperity Camp" for reeducation. They soon discover that the camp's aim is to brainwash people with propagan ...

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Millennium Mambo (2001)

In 2011, Vicky looks back on her life a decade earlier, recalling her turbulent relationship with her controlling boyfriend Hao Hao and her growing connection to a compassionate gangster amid the neon haze of Taipei's nightlife. ...

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Platform (2001)

China's rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe. ...

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Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious "flower houses" are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothe ...

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Movies Starring Yoshihiro Hanno (1)

In The Still Of The Night (2003)

A drama depicting the whereabouts of two pairs of lovers who meet at a cafe at night and intersect. Yamagata, an unsuccessful actor, lies to Yuko, who lives with him, that he is filming, and kills time at a cafe late at night. One night, he meets painter U ...

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