The Garden of Evening Mists (film)

The Garden of Evening Mists
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Lin Shu-yu
Screenplay by	Richard Smith
Based on	The Garden of Evening Mists Novel by Tan Twan Eng
Produced by	Najwa Abu Bakar[a] Elyce Chin Syahrul Imran Shariffudin
Starring	Lee Sin-je Hiroshi Abe Sylvia Chang David Oakes John Hannah Serene Lim Tan Kheng Hua Julian Sands
Cinematography	Kartik Vijay
Edited by	Soo Mun Thye
Music by	Onn San
Production companies	Astro Shaw HBO Asia National Film Development Corporation Malaysia CJ Entertainment
Distributed by	Astro Shaw (Malaysia) HBO Asia (United States)
Release dates	4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) (BIFF) 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) (Taiwan) 26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) (Hong Kong) 16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) (Malaysia & Singapore) 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) (Japan)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Malaysia
Languages	English (partial Japanese, Malay, Cantonese)

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^[b] 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.^[1]

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.

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