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'' Playback'', August 11, 2020. The film stars Theodor Aoki and Maximilian Aoki as two cello-playing brothers in

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, who become embroiled in the criminal underworld when a bag of money belonging to a criminal hitman accidentally ends up in their possession. The film was the first-ever acting role for both Theodor and Maximilian Aoki, real-life sibling cellists from Hamilton who also composed the film's score.Graham Rockingham
"Director Warren P. Sonoda returns to Hamilton to film crime drama with city’s cello-playing Aoki brothers"
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'', August 17, 2020. Their father, Edward Aoki, also has a supporting role in the film as another hitman; the film's cast also includes Yodit Tewoderos, Rhett Morita, Jennifer Lynn Walton, Dax Lough, Danilo Reyes, Colette Zacca and Ali Kazmi. The film's soundtrack includes a cello-based re-recording by Jay Semko of "Things I Do for Money", a 1987 single by Semko's band

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. The film premiered at the

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in 2019, and was commercially released to

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platforms in August 2020 after its planned theatrical release was scuttled by the

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. The film did, however, receive a special theatrical

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screening in Hamilton on July 22, 2020. Faustine Pelipel received a nomination for Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film at the 2020

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awards.Greg David
"Nominees announced for 19th Annual DGC Awards"
''TV, eh?'', September 21, 2020.

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* {{Authority control 2019 films 2019 crime drama films Canadian crime drama films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario Films set in Ontario Films directed by Warren P. Sonoda Films about Japanese Canadians Films about cellos and cellists 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films English-language crime drama films