Death-bats and other strange creatures menace the survivors of a worldwide epidemic in the new sci-fi anime movie KING OF THORN.
© 2010 Yuji Iwahara, Enterbrain, Inc./Ibara Committee

New Anime Film to Screen at JAPAN CUTS in New York City
Source: Japan Society
Official Site: Japan Cuts
Official Movie Site: kingofthorn.net
Special Thanks to Shannon Jowett and Tahmid Mannan

Win tickets to see KING OF THORN for free, courtesy of
Jpan Society and SciFi Japan. © 2010 Yuji Iwahara,
Enterbrain, Inc./Ibara Committee

The 2010 New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts: Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema are now in full swing. Running from June 25-July 8 at the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, July 1 – 16 at Japan Society, and midnights June 25/26 and July 2/3 at IFC Center, the combined festival is featuring dozens of films, international and world premiere screenings, Q&A’s with filmmakers, and other special events.

Earlier this month, NYAFF and SciFi Japan held a contest for tickets to the world premiere of the daikaiju movie DEATH KAPPA. Now our friends at Japan Society are presenting SFJ readers with two chances for free passes to selected films playing at Japan Cuts in July.

First up is the North American premiere of KING OF THORN, the new science fiction anime movie film which will screen at the Japan Society on Sunday, July 11 at 6pm. Based on the long-running manga by Yuji Iwahara, the film was released in Japan by Kadokawa Pictures this past May.
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Dual language Anime Expo 2010 logo, courtesy of Anime Expo. © 1992-2010 Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.

Source: Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation press releases
Official Site: anime-expo.org
Special Thanks to Kimberly Groomes

Anime Expo, the nation’s largest anime/manga convention, begins tomorrow and runs through July 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. Check out the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan for full details on AX 2010, and enjoy these final updates regarding expo guests and events.
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Trailer Premieres July 1, 2010 in Los Angeles at Club Nokia
Source: BAM! Marketing, Publicity & Promotions press release
Official Site: club2themax.com
Special Thanks to Chase Wang

Studio Ghibli’s TALES FROM EARTHSEA will finally be released
in the United States. English promotional materials courtesy
of Madman Entertainment. ©2006 Nibariki – GNDHDDT

Club 2 the MAX will present the exclusive trailer of Academy Award winning Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli’s feature TALES FROM EARTHSEA (Gedo Senki) during its activities on July 1, 2010 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles at L.A.

Based on the Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin, TALES FROM EARTHSEA was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of Studio Ghibli co-founder and legend Hayao Miyazaki. The film was theatrically released in Japan on July 29, 2006, with most international markets following in 2007. But distribution in the US was delayed for several years because Hallmark Entertainment had previously optioned the Earthsea books for film and television, and produced the mini-series LEGENDS OF EARTHSEA which aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2004. With Hallmark’s rights having expired, the Walt Disney Company will finally release TALES FROM EARTHSEA through their Touchstone Pictures division. The movie will open in American theaters on August 13, 2010. The English voice cast includes Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, Mariska Hargitay, and Jean Smart.
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A heroic Kappa protects Kanako (Misato Hirata) from deranged Japanese imperialists. Photo courtesy of Fever Dreams. © 2010 Fever Dreams LLC

New Film from the Producers of THE MACHINE GIRL and TOKYO GORE POLICE
Source: Media Blasters, Inc. and Fever Dreams LLC press release
Special Thanks to Victor Bonacore

DEATH KAPPA is the latest is a decades-long line of
Japanese monster movies. © 2010 Fever Dreams LLC

Media Blasters, Inc. and Fever Dreams LLC. are proud to present the world premiere of Special Effects Master Tomoo Haraguchi’s new kaiju epic, DEATH KAPPA, at the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival at the IFC Center on June 25th.

In the tradition of GODZILLA and GAMERA, DEATH KAPPA is a new, exciting chapter in classic old school Japanese monster mayhem! DEATH KAPPA is directed by Tomoo Haraguchi, the veteran creature creator of GAMERA: THE GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE, GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF LEGION and GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRIS and the director of KIBAKICHI.

DEATH KAPPA mixes high tech towering terror with traditional Yokai folklore! When an extreme imperialist group’s experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic explosion, the dire consequences are of global proportions. A giant monster attacks in the midst of the nuclear fallout and Japan’s defenses are helpless against it. Mankind’s only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the “Death Kappa.” The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate titanic duel between good and evil with the earth’s very survival at stake!
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Source: Barbican Centre, Sarah Harvey Publicity press release
Special Thanks to Helene Muron

The 2005 anime film MOBILE SUIT Z GUNDAM: A NEW
TRANSLATION – HEIRS TO THE STARS will be shown at the
Barbican Centre on July 20th. Photo courtesy of VIZ
Media. © 2005 Sotsu, Sunrise

The Barbican Centre in London continues their JAPANIMATION event series in July with MOBILE SUIT Z GUNDAM: A NEW TRANSLATION – HEIRS TO THE STARS. The screening will be introduced by anime expert and author Helen McCarthy (The Anime! Movie Guide, Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation, and founder of the magazine AnimeFX).

JAPANIMATION
MOBILE SUIT Z GUNDAM: A NEW TRANSLATION – HEIRS TO THE STARS (Kido Senshi Zeta Gundamu I: Hoshi o Tsugu Mono, 2005)
Tuesday 20 July, 8:30pm
Dir. Yoshiyuki Tomino
94 min
cert tbc

The first feature in the film trilogy based on the GUNDAM ZETA anime series, in celebration of its 20th anniversary and updated for a 21st Century audience. MOBILE SUIT Z GUNDAM: A NEW TRANSLATION – HEIRS TO THE STARS is set in the year 0087, when the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) are waging a bloody war against the Earth Federation’s elite military force, the Titans. A magnificent mecha trip and a must-see for fans of the anime, the gorgeous animation is an amalgam of the digitally remastered original with completely new footage. Shigeaki Saegusa’s musical score from the TV series is also reused for the film with the addition of new songs by Japanese pop star Gackt.
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Source: 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing press release
Official Movie Site: 20th Boys (Japan), 4digitalmedia.com/20cb (UK)
Special Thanks to Alexandra Beedell and Louise Rivers

Three SciFi Japan readers have each won the UK DVD
collection 20TH CENTURY BOYS TRILOGY: THE COMPLETE SAGA!
Photo courtesy of 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing.
©1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts/Shogakukan. ©2008
“20th Century Boys” Film Partners

SciFi Japan would like to thank 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing, and everyone who entered our recent “20TH CENTURY BOYS: THE COMPLETE SAGA” giveaway competition. The following randomly drawn entrants correctly answered the contest question:

Steven Sloss
Robert Phillips
Emma Anderson

Congratulations to all the winners! Each of you has won a free copy of the new 20TH CENTURY BOYS TRILOGY: THE COMPLETE SAGA 4 disc box set from 4Digital Media. Organic Marketing has already shipped out the DVDs.
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The giant monsters Hangyolas and Death Kappa clash in the new movie DEATH KAPPA, making its world premiere this Friday at the 2010 New York
Asian Film Festival. Photo courtesy of NYAFF. © 2010 Fever Dreams LLC

Who Will See Japan’s Latest Daikaiju Film for Free, Courtesy of NYAFF and SciFi Japan?
Source: Subway Cinema/New York Asian Film Festival
Special Thanks to Kristen Osborne and Grady Hendrix

Nuclear radiation turns an innocent yokai into a murderous monster. Photo
courtesy of Fever Dreams. © 2010 Fever Dreams LLC

Thank you to everyone who entered New York Asian Film Festival and SciFi Japan’s contest for free passes to the world premiere of the new daikaiju movie DEATH KAPPA. The screening takes place at the IFC Center on the night of Friday, June 25 at 12:15 AM. The IFC Center is located at 323 Sixth Avenue (between 3rd and 4th Streets), New York, NY 10014.

The following randomly drawn entrants correctly answered the contest question:

Vincenzo Averello
Carlotta Bombard

Congratulations to the winners! Each of you has won a pair of tickets to see the feature film DEATH KAPPA.

More NYAFF/Japan Cuts ticket contests are coming up, so keep checking back with SciFi Japan for more chances to see some of the other great films playing at these festivals!
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More than 50 Asian Films to Screen at Huge Festivals in New York City
Source: Subway Cinema, Japan Society
Special Thanks to Kristen Osborne, Grady Hendrix, Tahmid Mannan, and Shannon Jowett

Beginning June 25th, New York City once again plays host to America’s leading large-scale festival of popular Asian cinema. Subway Cinema’s New York Asian Film Festival (June 25- July 8 ) and Japan Society’s JAPAN CUTS: Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema (July 1-16) combined will feature more than 50 movies, world and US premieres, exclusive Q&A’s with filmmakers, and other special events. This year also marks the fourth annual collaboration between JAPAN CUTS and NYAFF, who will co-present several films at the Japan Society from July 1-4.
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Get a Bundle of 20TH CENTURY BOYS Goodies for Free, Courtesy of VIZ Pictures and SciFi Japan
Source: VIZ Pictures
Official Movie Site: 20thboysfilms.com (US), 20th Boys (Japanese)
Special Thanks to Rieko Fuji

VIZ Pictures is offering SciFi Japan readers the chance to win
a free 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION Gift Pack. Photo
courtesy of VIZ Pictures. © 1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio
Nuts /Shogakukan © 2008 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners

A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION is the third and final chapter of the mega hit 20TH CENTURY BOYS sci-fi action film trilogy from Japan. Attracting attention as the biggest film project of the century in the Japanese film industry, the production of the trilogy cost over $60 million, stars over 300 all-star cast members, with shooting taking place for an entire year.

To celebrate the new Region 1 DVD release of this film, VIZ Pictures is giving SciFi Japan readers in the United States and Canada a chance to win a free 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3 Gift Pack. The pack includes a 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION US theatrical poster, a ‘Tomodachi’ T-shirt featuring the infamous Friend symbol, a mini-flag, and a 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3 button.

All three films in the 20TH CENTURY BOYS movie series are now available on DVD in North America from VIZ Pictures. The suggested retail price is $24.92 each.
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The giant monster Hangyolas rampages through the streets of Yokohama like he owns the place in DEATH KAPPA. Japan’s latest daikaiju movie will be
making its world premiere at the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival. Photo courtesy of NYAFF. © 2010 Fever Dreams

See the Latest Japanese Giant Monster Movie for Free, Courtesy of NYAFF and SciFi Japan
Source: Subway Cinema/New York Asian Film Festival
Special Thanks to Kristen Osborne and Grady Hendrix

The New York Asian Film Festival is offering SciFi Japan
readers a chance for free tickets to the premiere
screening of DEATH KAPPA. © 2010 Fever Dreams

Next week sees the launch of the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts: Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema. Running from June 25-July 8 at the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, July 1 – 16 at Japan Society, and midnights June 25/26 and July 2/3 at IFC Center, the combined festival will feature dozens of films, international and world premiere screenings, Q&A’s with filmmakers, and other special events.

Last year’s NYAFF daikaiju double feature of MONSTER X STRIKES BACK and GEHARHA also included an exclusive video message from director and FX makeup great Tomoo Haraguchi (the 90s Gamera trilogy, GAMERA THE BRAVE, SAKUYA, UZUMAKI, KIBAKICHI, REIGO: THE DEEP-SEA MONSTER VS THE BATTLESHIP YAMATO) introducing his latest project, DEATH KAPPA… an “old school” Japanese giant monster movie done in the spirit of those creature classics of decades past. DEATH KAPPA is a Tokyo Shock original production from Media Blasters, Nikkatsu (GAPPA, THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER), and Fever Dreams (MACHINE GIRL, TOKYO GORE POLICE).

This year, the New York Asian Film Festival is hosting the world premiere of DEATH KAPPA on Friday, June 25th as part of their “IFC@Midnight” series. Even better: our friends at NYAFF have offered SciFi Japan readers a chance to win free tickets to attend the premiere!
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J-Pop Idol Erina Mano will attend and perform at the world premiere of her feature film debut, KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO, in Los Angeles.
Photo courtesy of Japan Film Society. © 2010 BS-i, King Records

J-Pop Idol Erina Mano to Attend and Perform at Premiere Screening of Her Feature Film Debut
Source: Japan Film Society, BAM! Marketing, Publicity and Promotions press releases
Additional Material: Kai Saari
Official Site: Facebook.com/TalesofTerror (US), shinmimi.net (Japan)
Official Twitter Profile: Twitter.com/ShinMimi

KAI-KI is the latest chapter in the long-running TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO
AND ALL OVER JAPAN franchise, which adapts urban legends and ghost stories.
Photo courtesy of Japan Film Society. © 2010 BS-i, King Records

J-Pop’s #1 idol and Hello! Project singing sensation Erina Mano will be attending and performing at the world premiere of her break-out feature film role in KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO (怪談新耳袋-怪奇) on July 1, 2010 (World Premiere at noon and 2nd screening at 3:00 pm) at the world famous venue, Club Nokia, in Los Angeles, California. Advance tickets for both events are now available at club2themax.com.

KAI-KI: TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO is based on the hit Japanese TV franchise TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO AND ALL OVER JAPAN and is comprised of two separate short stories: TSUKIMONO: THE POSSESSED and NOZOMI, both starring Erina Mano. The film was written by Ryuta Miyake and directed by Makoto Shinozaki (TOKYO ISLAND), and features the song “Returning Home” performed by Ms. Mano.

Erina Mano will be in attendance at both screenings and will also partake in a Q&A session with audience members and perform a mini-live concert at the event as well. In addition, she will also be take part in a fan meet & greet and a mini-autograph session for a limited time at the event. Also in attendance will be legendary J-Idol producer Andrew Tamon Niwa (the man behind Pocky 4 Sisters, Tokyo Shojo, and Miyazaki Aoi; in addition to Miss Mano) and the acclaimed horror/ghost-folktale aficionado and Tales of Terror author Hirokatsu Kihara, whose work inspired the hit Japanese TV series and now the highly anticipated theatrical release.
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Anime Expo 2010 logo, courtesy of Anime Expo. © 1992-2010 Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.

Source: Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation press releases
Official Site: anime-expo.org
Material Compiled by Kyle Byrd
Special Thanks to Kimberly Groomes

BLACK LAGOON: ROBERTA’S BLOOD TRAIL will make its
world premiere at Anime Expo 2010.

Located in Los Angeles, CA, Anime Expo is the nation’s largest anime/manga convention. The event serves as a key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and explore various aspects of anime/manga, as well as for members of the industry to conduct business. AX 2010 will be held July 1 – July 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California.

Attendees, Press and Industry Members are invited to view the video coverage site of the 2009 convention at AXBackstage.org and to register for the 2010 convention at anime-expo.org.

This year’s Anime Expo is offering several interesting registration options for attendees. The new Premier Fan package, filled with fun and exclusive benefits, is available to anyone who registers for a 4-day pass and books a hotel room within the AX hotel block before June 21st. Attendees who purchase tickets to the AX concert will save 50% when bought along with a 4-day Expo pass. Visit the official site for complete details.
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Three SciFi Japan readers in the United Kingdom will win free 20TH CENTURY BOYS TRILOGY: THE COMPLETE SAGA DVD sets from 4Digital Media and Organic
Marketing. Photo courtesy of 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing. ©1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts/Shogakukan. ©2008 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners

Source: 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing press release
Official Movie Site: 20th Boys (Japan), 4digitalmedia.com/20cb (UK)
Special Thanks to Alexandra Beedell and Louise Rivers

Note: This contest is only open to fans living in the United Kingdom. Any entries from outside the UK will not be accepted.

On May 31st the epic sci-fi movie trilogy 20TH CENTURY BOYS will be released on DVD in the United Kingdom as a 4 disc box set 4Digital Media. The COMPLETE SAGA DVD set includes a special Edition 24 Page Book with an extra disc packed full of 4 hours bonus extras making the Japanese thriller trilogy a “must have” for manga and Japanese cinema fans. To celebrate the upcoming release, 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing have offered free copies of the 20TH CENTURY BOYS: THE COMPLETE SAGA for 3 lucky SciFi Japan winners.
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Source: 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing
Special Thanks to Alexandra Beedell

Six SciFi Japan readers have each won a free JU-ON:
WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST UK DVD! Photo
courtesy of 4Digital Media and Organic Marketing.
© 2009 Toei Video Co., Ltd. /Cell

SciFi Japan would like to thank 4Digital Media, Organic Marketing, and everyone who entered our recent “JU-ON: WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST DVD” giveaway competition. The following randomly drawn entrants correctly answered all contest questions:

Gareth Earls
Craig Sheppard
Michael O’Sullivan
Keiko Taylor
Paul Shepherd

plus runner-up Hassni Malik

Congratulations to all the winners! Each of you has won a free copy of the new JU-ON: WHITE GHOST and JU-ON: BLACK GHOST Double Feature DVD from 4Digital Media. Organic Marketing has already shipped out the DVDs.
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Source: VIZ Pictures
Official Movie Site: k20themovie (US), K-20 (Japanese)
Special Thanks to Rieko Fuji

A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

Three SciFi Japan readers have each won a K-20: THE
FIEND WITH TWENTY FACES Gift Pack containing the
DVD and poster. Photo courtesy of VIZ Pictures. © 2008
“K-20″ Film Partners

Thank you to everyone who entered VIZ Pictures and SciFi Japan’s contest for a free K-20: THE FIEND WITH TWENTY FACES DVD Gift Pack. The following randomly drawn entrants correctly answered all contest questions:

Christopher Zabawa
Jake Burhenn
Joseph W Whalen

Congratulations to the winners! Each of you has won a Gift Pack containing the K-20: THE FIEND WITH TWENTY FACES DVD and theatrical poster. VIZ Pictures will be shipping the Gift Packs shortly so keep an eye on your mailbox.

More contests are planned for 2010— including another VIZ DVD giveaway for 20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION— so keep checking back with SciFi Japan for more chances to win some cool stuff!
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Two-Part Film Festival Begins Tomorrow in Los Angeles
Source: American Cinematheque

KAGEMUSHA (The Shadow Warriror) © 1980 Toho
Co., Ltd.

The American Cinematheque joins the UCLA Film & Television Archive for a two-part retrospective celebrating the career of one of cinema’s most inventive and artful masters, Akira Kurosawa. Enraptured with the works of classic Hollywood director John Ford, Kurosawa skillfully borrowed elements from American genre films and wove them into the elegant tapestry of his Japanese works, which range from contemporary noirs to epic period pieces. Some of his greatest films include RASHOMON, THE SEVEN SAMURAI and RAN, though these three stunners hardly account for the entirety of his oeuvre, which spanned decades. Kurosawa’s career as a director featured a long-running professional relationship with actor Toshiro Mifune, whose charismatic, hyperbolic presence illuminated many of Kurosawa’s best films.

Centennial Celebration: The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Part I— running at the Egyptian Theatre May 14 – 23, 2010— is a retrospective of Kurosawa’s work, co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, which also will include screenings of DODES’KA-DEN, STRAY DOG, HIGH AND LOW, KAGEMUSHA, HIDDEN FORTRESS, YOJIMBO, SANJURO and I LIVE IN FEAR.
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Watch Episode 1, Chat with Friends, and Talk with the Producer at 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST
Source: VIZ Media press release
Official Movie Site: manga.com/watchandchat/monster
Special Thanks to Jane Lui

Viz Media and Manga.com are hosting a live stream and
chat today for Episode 1 of NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER.
Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2004 Naoki Urasawa, Studio
Nuts/ Shogakukan, VAP, NTV

Manga Entertainment and VIZ Media are joining forces to bring anime fans a live event. Starting Thursday, May 13th at 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST, fans will be able to watch a live streaming of NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER on Manga.com. Catch episode 1 of the critically acclaimed series (rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences), chat with your friends and other fans of this anime classic, and take a trivia test at the same time. VIZ moderators will also be on hand to answer questions about the show.

For anyone who misses the event, the same watch and chat experience will be available for episodes 1 and 36 through Friday, June 11th.

Based on the Eisner Award-nominated manga (also published by VIZ Media), NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER is a must-see for any true fan of anime, suspense or crime dramas, and follows in a fine tradition of psychological crime noir ranging from Hitchcock and Mickey Spillane to SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and CSI!
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An ominous house beckons from a hilltop in writer/director Nobuhiko Obayashi’s horror movie HOUSE, one of the strangest films ever produced by Toho.
Photo courtesy of Janus Films. © 1977 Toho Co., Ltd.

Bizarre Japanese Horror Film Now Playing in American Theaters
Author: Kyle Byrd
Official Movie Site: janusfilms.com/house

HOUSE poster art by Sam’s Myth for the current US
theatrical run. Photo courtesy of Janus Films. © 1977
Toho Co., Ltd.

When sitting down to review a film like Nobuhiko Obayashi’s HOUSE (Hausu), one has to dismiss everything they know about film criticism. It’s a film that is truly one of a kind, so the “rules” of film criticism are almost impossible to apply to it. When Toho mega producer Tomoyuki Tanaka gave TV commercial director Nobuhiko Obayashi a small chunk of money to make a horror film, its doubtful that he realized he was funding what would be one of the oddest films to come out of Toho Studios.

HOUSE is a film that is truly beyond description. Obayashi took the imaginative musings of his 11-year-old daughter and turned them into what could be the most bizarre film I’ve ever seen (which is saying a lot).

Shrouded in obscurity, the film was never released in the United States. Lucky for us, the good folks at Janus Films happened to unearth this rare gem. It wasn’t enough that they decided they’d give the film a Criterion DVD release… they felt this movie had to be seen by an audience first. HOUSE has been given a limited theatrical release and I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen with an enthusiastic crowd.
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Source: VIZ Pictures
Official Site: 20thboysfilms.com
Special Thanks to Rieko Fuji

Attendees of VIZ Cinema’s screening of 20TH CENTURY
BOYS 3: REDEMPTION will get an advance copy of the
DVD and a poster. Photo courtesy of VIZ Pictures.
© 1999, 2006 Naoki Urasawa, Studio Nuts/ Shogakukan.
© 2009 “20th Century Boys” Film Partners

20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION (20-Seiki Shonen: Saishusho-Bokura no Hata, 2009), the final chapter of the smash hit sci-fi action trilogy based on the manga by Naoki Urasawa, will be available on Region 1 DVD starting June 1st. VIZ Pictures is celebrating the upcoming DVD release with a special one-night-only film screening event this month at the VIZ Cinema in San Francisco.

VIZ Pictures presents a YUKIHIKO TSUTSUMI Film, Based on a manga by NAOKI URASAWA
20TH CENTURY BOYS 3: REDEMPTION
2009/Japan/35mm/with English subtitles/155 min./Color/16:9 anamorphic

Day: Thursday, May 20th
Time: 7pm
Place: VIZ Cinema (NEW PEOPLE B-Level, 1746 Post St., SF, CA 94115)
Ticket: $25 (including movie ticket, DVD, poster & more!)
$10 (movie ticket only) No discounts apply
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The rarely seen THE DEVIL’S TEMPLE wraps up Japan Society’s six month series of chambara (sword fighting) films. Photo courtesy of Japan Society.
© 1969 Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

Japan Society Concludes “The Double-Edged Sword” Chambara Film Series on May 14th
Source: Japan Society
Special Thanks to Tahmid Mannan

New York – The final screening of Japan Society’s latest Monthly Classics film series “The Double-Edged Sword: The Chambara Films of Shintaro Katsu & Raizo Ichikawa” has arrived! Curated by film expert and author Chris D. (Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film), the series pays tribute to two Japanese screen legends in their most respected, representative and stylish chambara (sword fighting) films. On Friday, May 14, the series finishes off with a clang, screening Kazuo Ikehiro’s THE LONE STALKER (6:30 PM) and Kenji Misumi’s THE DEVIL’S TEMPLE (8:30 PM), two rare and wonderfully unique films for the series’ stars: Raizo Ichikawa and Shintaro Katsu.
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