The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
November 29, 2019Release Date
The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
November 29, 2019Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Angelica Lee
Teoh Yun Ling
Hiroshi Abe
Nakamura Aritomo
David Oakes
1950s Frederik Gemmell
Julian Sands
1980s Frederik Gemmell
John Hannah
Magnus Gemmell
Sylvia Chang
Older Teoh Yun Ling
Tan Kheng Hua
Emily
Nina Edwards
Costume Design
Serene Lim
Teoh Yun Hong
Penny Tsai Pei-ling
Production Design / Art Direction
Hsuan-Shao Chen
Production Design
Fish Chaar
Kwai Hoon
Heng Soon Lum
Production Design
Syahrul Imran Shariffudin
Producer
Redza Taib
Production Manager
Kartik Vijay
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 29, 2019
Original Name夕霧花園
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
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The Garden of Evening Mists (Chinese: 夕霧花園) is a 2019 Malaysian English-language historical drama film directed by Tom Lin Shu-yu from the screenplay of Richard Smith and adapted from Tan Twan Eng's 2012 novel of same name. A woman, still haunted by her experiences in a Japanese internment camp as a child, travels to Cameron Highlands during the Malayan Emergency and becomes the apprentice of a mysterious Japanese gardener. It stars Lee Sin-je, Sylvia Chang and Hiroshi Abe.
A co-production between Malaysia's Astro Shaw and HBO Asia, the film was filmed on location in Malaysia. It premiered in 2019 in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, 16 January 2020 in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore, and 24 July 2021 in Japan.
The film received generally positive reviews. It received nine nominations at the 56th Golden Horse Awards, winning for Best Makeup and Costume Design, won Best Film at the 2020 Asian Academy Creative Awards and won three awards at the 2021 Malaysia Film Festival.