Japanese films at Tokyo Filmex 2007
Posted on Wednesday, 26 September 2007 at 11:05 pm
The bloke they’ve got doing some of the English translations for Filmex must be an absolute genius, and impossibly handsome to boot. Please note I’m not talking about Jason Gray (no offense matey).
Cinematographer Yamazaki Yutaka and director Yukisada Isao have also been confirmed as members of the competition jury.
Competition
Musunde-Hiraite
Director: Izumi Takahashi
Cast: Namiki Akie, Hirosue Hiromasa
Filmex page
Seppun (The Kiss)
Director: Manda Kunitoshi
Cast: Koike Eiko, Toyokawa Etsushi, Nakamura Toru
Official homepage
Filmex page
Special Screenings
To Each His Own Cinema (opening ｆｉｌm)
Directors: various (includes Kitano Takeshi)
Filmex page
Special Program: Yamamoto Satsuo (see my Yamamoto primer here)
Senso to Heiwa (Between War and Peace)
Akai Jinbaori (The Scarlet Cloak)
Niguruma no Uta (A Song of the Wagon)
Shinobi no Mono (A Band of Assassins)
Akai Mizu (Red Water)
Kizudarake no Sanga (The Tycoon)
Nippon Dorobo Monogatari (The Burglar Story)
Supai (The Spy)
Shiroi Kyoto (The Ivory Tower)
Nise Keiji (The Bogus Detective)
Zatoichi Royaburi (Zatoichi Breaks Jail)
Botan Doro (The Bride From Hades)
Check out the rest of the programme at www.filmex.net.