Third Window Films
Third Window Films is a UK-based distributor of movies from East Asia founded in 2005. They have provided distribution for numerous award-winning films, such as Oasis, Himizu, Villain, Kotoko, Memories of Matsuko '', etc.
In 2011, Third Window Films opened a branch office in Japan, Third Window Films Japan, to handle international co-productions. Their first co-production, The Land of Hope directed by Sion Sono, won the NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012.
In 2013, they created the first international large-scale co-production for a Japanese comedy, with Yosuke Fujita's Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats. The project brought in Tucker Film in Italy, Joint Entertainment in Taiwan, Rapid Eye Movies in Germany and partnered them with Japan's TV Man Union and Phantom Films. Third Window Films setup distribution deals as well for all 5 countries.
In 2015, they fully produced the Japanese independent film Lowlife Love directed by Uchida Eiji. The film is a 100% production of Third Window Films and stars many well-known Japanese actors such as Denden, Shugo Oshinari, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Kanji Tsuda, Yoshihiko Hosoda and Houka Kinoshita.
They followed up Lowlife Love with the 2017 production Love and Other Cults also directed by Uchida Eiji. The film was also an independent production of Third Window Films and starred some of the biggest names in Japanese cinema such as Sairi Ito and Suga Kenta.
In 2019 Third Window Films produced Tezuka's Barbara, an adaptation of the Osamu Tezuka manga directed by his son Makoto Tezuka. The film featured Christopher Doyle as the cinematographer and starred two of Japan's most famous names in ex-SMAP star Goro Inagaki and actress Fumi Nikaido.