Japan Film Festival- Los Angeles: April 10-26
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:32 amThe Japan America Media Association is hosting the second annual Japan Film Festival–Los Angeles from Friday, April 10 – Sunday, April 19 in Santa Monica, Downtown Los Angeles, and Irvine.
22 feature films in total will be shown, with a number of both North American and Los Angeles premieres. The lineup includes:
Mamoru Oshii's anime hit THE SKY CRAWLERS
LA premiere of ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET- 2 (featuring a cameo by Godzilla)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film RETRIBUTION
LA premiere of EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE
The Japanese American internment camp documentary TOYO'S CAMERA
US premiere of the big budget disaster movie 252: SIGNAL OF LIFE
The comedy drama FUNUKE SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS!
LA premiere of the Zatoichi update ICHI
LA premiere of Katushiro Otomo's live action fantasy MUSHISHI
A tribute to actor Ken Ogata
Schedule, ticket info, photos, poster art, etc are now on SciFi Japan:
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009 ... ril-10-26/
22 feature films in total will be shown, with a number of both North American and Los Angeles premieres. The lineup includes:
Mamoru Oshii's anime hit THE SKY CRAWLERS
LA premiere of ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET- 2 (featuring a cameo by Godzilla)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film RETRIBUTION
LA premiere of EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE
The Japanese American internment camp documentary TOYO'S CAMERA
US premiere of the big budget disaster movie 252: SIGNAL OF LIFE
The comedy drama FUNUKE SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS!
LA premiere of the Zatoichi update ICHI
LA premiere of Katushiro Otomo's live action fantasy MUSHISHI
A tribute to actor Ken Ogata
Schedule, ticket info, photos, poster art, etc are now on SciFi Japan:
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009 ... ril-10-26/