Takita Yojiro’s Completed ‘Silence of Smoke’ Adorns Media Asia FilMart Slate

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNow completed, “The Silence of Smoke” has been added to the FilMart sales lineup of Hong Kong studio Media Asia.

The family drama film is directed by Takita Yojiro, who won the best foreign-language film Oscar in 2008/9 with “Departures.”The film was first teased by Media Asia at an event at the market in 2019 with the film’s lead actors Han Geng, Zhang Guoli and actress Xu Qing in attendance.The story is a heart-wrenching tale of a young cake-maker’s growth and discovery following his father’s death.Although the man is the heir to eight generations of bakers, his cakes lack standout quality.

When his father refuses to divulge the family secret, he instead moves into mass catering for movie crews. The father dies before he is able to pass on the secret ingredient and the man only comes to understand his father, his methods and motivation when he searches through his father’s possessions and researches their genealogy.

Media Asia refreshed its sales slate ahead of Berlin’s European Film Market and its other FilMart offerings remain largely unchanged.The lineup is headed by “Walled In” (previously called “Kowloon Walled City”), an action thriller by Soi Cheang (“Accident”) that is adapted from the cult manga series “City of Darkness” and is now in production.