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Oscar-winning Japanese director Takita to shoot Chinese-language film

Xinhua, April 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Oscar-winning Japanese director Yojiro Takita is working on his first Chinese-language film with China's Magilm Pictures, the company announced on Wednesday.

"Wen Yan," which literally means "smell vapor," is scheduled to start shooting this year.

It revolves around the relationship between a son and his father in their family bakery, according to Takita, whose 2008 drama "Departures" won Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

Magilm Pictures made the announcement with the director in town for the Beijing International Film Festival. Endi