January 31, 2007
A Japanese Treat for UK Residents - K. Kurosawa, Toyoda and more!
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The UK's Japan Foundation is touring a series of non-genre Japanese films with the astute slogan "Move over Ozu." The series was programmed with advice from Midnight Eye's Jasper Sharp, and that should be reason enough to check it out. The six selected films are:
Hush! (Ryosuke Hashiguchi) - Midnight Eye's Review
Sway (Miwa Nishikawa) - Midnight Eye's Review
Hanging Garden (Toshiaki Toyoda) - Todd's Review
A Laughing Frog (Hideyuki Hirayama)
Licence to Live (Kiyoshi Kurosawa) - Midnight Eye's Review
Canary (Akihiko Shiota) - Midnight Eye's Review
"Does modern Japanese cinema have more to it than ghosts, guns and gangsters? The 4th Japan Foundation touring film programme concentrates on the idea of family in modern Japan and aims to showcase an alternative to the Japanese films that we are usually exposed to in the West. From comedy, to drama, to social criticism, the programme tries to portray the change in attitudes and relationships in today’s Japanese society. "
Screening are to take place at various cinemas around the UK throughout February and March 2007: Watershed (Bristol), Filmhouse (Edinburgh), Showroom Cinema (Sheffield), Queens Film Theatre (Belfast), Riverside Studios (London)
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» Posted by Kurt at January 31, 2007 06:32 PM
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Riverside Studios is a wee far from me as I live on the east end of London - what a shame! I'll give it a try though.
» Posted by Simone at February 2, 2007 06:21 PM
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