January 15, 2006

YIFFF: Ryûhei Kitamura's LOVEDEATH, w/ Shinji Takeda, NorA, Eiichirô Funakoshi, Kôhei Ôtomo, Izam, Masakatsu Funaki, Hideo Sakaki, Aya Sugimoto, Shigeru Izumiya, Yinling of Joytoy, Riki Takeuchi, et al.

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lovedeath_ps.jpgRyûhei Kitamura's approximately 3-hour long movie LoveDeath is scheduled to be screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2006 (Yûbari Kokusai Fantasutikku Eigasai 2006) - "YIFFF" for short - in Hokkaido, Japan on February 24th at 10:30 p.m. (22:30).

The screenplay for LoveDeath was written by Kitamura and Isao Kiriyama, based on a story by manga-ka Tsutomu Takahashi. The movie's cast apparently includes Shinji Takeda, NorA, Eiichirô Funakoshi, Kôhei Ôtomo, Izam, Masakatsu Funaki, Hideo Sakaki, Aya Sugimoto, Shigeru Izumiya, Leo Morimoto (Morimoto Reo), Yinling of Joytoy (Inrin obu Joitoi), Naomasa Musaka, Susumu Terajima, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Toshiyuki Kitami, Hitoshi Ozawa, and Riki Takeuchi.

YIFFF: LoveDeath (English)
YIFFF: LoveDeath (Japanese)

» Posted by The Gomorrahizer at January 15, 2006 05:27 AM
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Reader Comments

Wow where did this come from? Oh well Im looking forward to it anyway I guess, cant find any info on the manga its based on though.

» Posted by Ramen89 at January 15, 2006 06:25 AM

3 Hours?!!? Oooooooooh. Kitamura films are TOO long. And yes, what is the word on the manga and storyline? It's all very interesting that it is playing at a festival but what is the movie about?

» Posted by Mack at January 15, 2006 08:14 AM

ooh, nice cast!

» Posted by Datura at January 15, 2006 08:48 AM

Any idea on what its actually about?

» Posted by Ramen89 at January 15, 2006 09:02 AM

any links to a trailer ???

» Posted by Lostzenfound at January 15, 2006 12:41 PM

A 3 hour Kitamura film? All his others drag on and on as it is...why add another hour of that? What a jackass.

» Posted by Jake Brahm at January 15, 2006 12:42 PM

Its strange, it seems to be quite an 'old' cast, Im looking forward to seeing Susumu Terajima, I think hes awesome.

» Posted by Ramen89 at January 15, 2006 04:33 PM

Personally I am not a fan. I feel his films have zlich for character development or emotional involvement. None have had plot lines that remained interesting over the running time of the entire movie... Which leaves the action scenes. I might be alone on this one, but I personally think Kitamura's action scenes are frightfully boring. They are not especially well choreographed, I don't care about the characters in the fight, and most of all the "action" goes on so long it becomes about as exciting as the string of Coke and Ford commercials they play at the local multiplex. Lifeless characters punching eachother is NOT exciting. Though characters we CARE about punching eachother can be...
Maybe I'm just bitter over not being won over by his somewhat shoddy Godzilla film... though I'm not the only one on that, the film received a generally dour response by fans here in tokyo. Sigh..

» Posted by gingersoll at January 15, 2006 07:36 PM

I actually love his films, he's highly entertaining even on a low budget,so, ofcourse I am looking forawrd to this film. Thankfully Hideo Sakaki will be in it, which is always a plus. I do think that is one of the best actors ever to be repeat cast member of Kitamaru.

» Posted by Thesanya at January 28, 2006 01:44 AM

Is there any new info on this? An official website? Trailer?

I need to see it!

» Posted by crazybee at April 11, 2006 12:47 AM

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