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BERLIN(EFM) 2006 (February 9-19,2006)

SHOCHIKU Booth at EFM stand (#124)
Tel:+49 30 246 497 468 / Fax: +49 30 246 497 469
Representative: Masaki KOGA (cell) + TBD / Kiwamu SATO (cell) + 49 176 1736 8647 Satoko ISHIDA (cell) + 49 176 1736 8649 / Shion KOMATSU (cell) + 49 176 1736 8650 Yuri ISOBE (cell) + 49 176 1736 8652 / Tomohiko KAGEBAYASHI (cell) + 49 176 1736 8651 Akiko SUZUKI (cell) + 49 176 1736 8698 / Email:ibd@shochiku.co.jp

BIG BANG LOVE, JUVENILE A
Directed by MIIKE Takashi
MARKET PREMEIRE

Japan's busiest and most world renowned film director depicts a beautifully sensual world of troubled young men like audiences have yet seen before.
Is hope or despair what they see on the other side of their iron-barred cells?
Genre: Drama
Running time: 85min
"BIG BANG LOVE, JUVENILE A"
Panorama and Market Screening schedule
Feb 11 (Sat) 14:50 at CinemaxX 9
(Press Screening)
Feb 11 (Sat) 17:00 at International
(Panorama)
Feb 12 (Sun) 10:10 at CineStar 7
Feb 14 (Tue) 11:40 at CineStar 1
Feb 17 (Fri) 22:00 at Zoo Palast 1
(Panorama)
Feb 19 (Sun) 14:00 at CinemaxX 7
(Panorama)
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HELEN THE BABY FOX
Directed by Keita Kono
MARKET PREMEIRE
TRAILER

A boy, Taichi, finds a deaf, blind and numb baby fox, lost from its parents in the wilderness. The vet, his soon father to be, comes to the conclusion that it is worthless to try keeping the fox alive and the kindest option is euthanasia. However, Taichi is determined. He connects his situation to the unfortunate animal, and tries to save the fox from darkness.
Genre: Family
Running time: 109min
"HELEN THE BABY FOX"
Screening schedule
Feb 11 (Sat) 13:25 at CineStar 1
Feb 13 (Mon) 20:10 at CineStar 1
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NORABBITS' MINUTES
Directed by Yuichi Ito
MARKET PREMEIRE
TRAILER

Here is the forest between the world of human beings and imaginary animals. In an underground apartment, two rabbits lead happy lives. The story often seems heartwarming, but at the same, brings a cynical laughter.
Genre: CLAY ANIMATION
Running time: 3 min x 5 episodes
"NORRABBITS' MINUTES"
Screening Schedule (Episode No.1)
Feb 11 (Sat) at 13:15 CineStar 1
Feb 12 (Sun) at 10:00 CineStar 7
Feb 13 (Mon) at 20:00 CineStar 1
Feb 14 (Tue) at 11:30 CineStar 1
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SHINOBI
Directed by Ten Shimoyama
TRAILER

The ultimate action movie created with cutting-edge visual effect.  Ninja Action meets Romeo & Juliet.
Genre: ACTION/Samurai
Running time: 101min
Official Website
http://www.shinobi-movie.com
"SHINOBI"
Screening schedule
Feb 10 (Fri) 17:30 at CinemaxX Studio 17
Feb 13 (Mon) 18:00 at CinemaxX Studio 18
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SYNESTHESIA
Directed by Toru Matsuura
TRAILER

"Synesthesia" is a sensibility which cannot be understood by other people.  An incident brings two lonely souls who possess this unsolved puzzle of mind to meet, leading to strange events and a serial murder case.
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Running time: 123min
Official Website
http://www.gimmy-heaven.com
"SYNESTHESIA"
Screening schedule
Feb 10 (Fri) 11:20 at CinemaxX Studio 18
Feb 14 (Tue) 9:45 at CinemaxX Studio 18
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EARLY SUMMER
Directed by OZU Yasujiro

30th Retrospective at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival
Dream Girls. Film Stars of the Fifties
Setsuko Hara
When a woman almost beyond marriageable age suddenly ties the knot, her large family of three generations living under the same roof begins to separate...
Genre: Drama
Running time: 124min
"EARLY SUMMER"
Screening schedule
Feb 12 (Sun) 12:00 at CinemaxX 8
Feb 19 (Sun) 14:00 at Zeughauskino
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THE LIGHTHOUSE
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

30th Retrospective at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival
Dream Girls. Film Stars of the Fifties
Hideko Takamine
A lighthouse keeper returns home for his father's funeral, enters into an arranged marriage, and returns to his workplace. So begins a story spanning twenty years of married life.
Genre: Drama
Running time: 160min
"THE LIGHTHOUSE"
Screening schedule
Feb 13 (Mon) 12:00 at CinemaxX 8
Feb 14 (Tue) 20:00 at CinemaxX 8
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