| TAF 2007(March 22-23,2007) |
Shochiku Stand at TAF 2007
TAF 2007(March 22 and 23)
Stand: G-8
Cell: 080-3083-9384
Shochiku Representatives: Kiwamu Sato, Yuri Isobe, Shion Komatsu, Chiyo Mori
Email:ibd@shochiku.co.jp |
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VEXILLE
(original title: Vexille)
Directed by Fumihiko Sori |
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Director: Fumihiko Sori (PING PONG, Producer - APPLESEED)
From the creators of APPLESEED, comes a Full CG animation Sci-Fi Action film.
2077 - 10 years has passed since Japan had decided to leave the United Nations to go into isolation. They have completely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field which prevents anyone to see what is going inside, nor for people to travel in/out of the country. This was a result to opposing to a treaty which UN has passed, preventing the development of all bio and robot technology which has evolved drastically and has become a threat to the human beings.
When Japan finally begins to move, the US government sends in a special force team SWORD, lead by a female commander Vexille, to investigate what is really happening inside the closed country. |
| Genre: ACTION / CGI Animation |
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VEXILLE
Promo Screening Schedule |
| March 20(Tue) 11:00 |
| Please contact Shochiku
representatives for more information |
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SUMMER DAYS WITH COO
(original title: Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi)
Directed by Keiichi Hara |
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Director: Keiichi Hara ("Crayon Shin-chan" series)
Koichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in the suburb of Tokyo. One day, he picks up a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa"(=A Japanese mythical water creature) sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and names it "Coo". Koichi and Coo become good friends and starts living with his family. However, Coo could not adjust to the life style in Tokyo and starts to miss his family. On a hot summer day, Koichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find his peers.
Directed by one of the top animators of the generation, Keiichi Hara, who had created numbers of box office hit feature films in Japan. |
| Genre: ANIMATION / Family |
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MUSHIKING (working title)
(original title: Mushi King)
Directed by Junpei Mizusaki |
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Director: Junpei Mizusaki
A smash hit card game is now adapted to the big screen. Deep in a green forest,happily lives beetles and elves. The story is about MushiKing,king of beetles and a child elf,Popo who are good friends. However, their peaceful lives were getting threaten by large beetles from counties far away, brought by humans controlled by dark elf Adar. MushiKing, Popo and their friends work together to fight against these evil forces to bring back peace to the forest. |
| Genre: ANIMATION / Action / Children |
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LOVE AND BERRY (working title)
(original title: Love and Berry)
Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki |
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Director: Tomomi Mochizuki (Shinigami no Ballad: momo the girl god of death)
Two 14 year old girls named LOVE and BERRY are trying to enter Magic school. Their task is to make a lonely girl, Yumi happy. They teach Yumi how to dance and have fun dressing up using their magic. Introduced in 2004 as a card game for girls, the popularity has expanded spinning off to books, music CD, dance DVD and other merchandising. Now comes a feature film of this popular franchise. |
| Genre: ANIMATION / Children |
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FRANZ KAFKA'S A COUNTRY DOCTOR
（original Title: Kafka Inaka Isha）
Directed by Koji Yamamura |
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Director: Koji Yamamura ("Mt. Head" Oscar Nomination 2003,Annecy 2003 Grand Prix)
Based on famed Jewish-Czech writer Franz Kafka's short prose, "A Country Doctor" from 1919.
A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers who are "always expecting the impossible from the doctor, " and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything. |
| Genre: DRAMA |
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Le Chevalier D'Eon
(original title: Le Chevalier D'Eon)
Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
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Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Zipang, Get Backers, Hunter × Hunter)
Original Story: Tow Ubukata (FAFNER)
The story follows Chevalier (Knight) D'Eon de Beaumont, a handsome intellect who actually lived in 18th century. As D'Eon pursues the truth of his sister's death, he finds that this was not a mere murder, and the trail leads him ever deeper into a conspiracy which involves the whole European continent. His sister's soul remains in D'Eon to solve the mystery. Truth has been erased in the darkness of history - A great epic that far exceeds imagination is finally revealed in all its intricate detail. |
Genre: ANIMATION / ACTION - Gothic Mystery
Running time: Running Time: 22 min x 24 episodes |
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KITARO (working title)
Directed by Katsuhide Motoki |
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Director: Katsuhide Motoki ("Free & Easy" series, Drugstore Girl)
Starring: Eiji Wentz(voice -Brave Story)
Yo Oizumi (voice -Howl's Moving Castle, Sprited Away)
A popular animation adapted into live-action for the first time using cutting edge CGI from studios around the world, including Centro Digital Pictures ("Kill Bill", "Kung Fu Hustle") and starring Eiji Wentz from the popular duo, WaT.
Kitaro is a half human, half creature (yokai) who keeps an eye on the human society to save them from the evil attacks from another world. He finds that a magical ball that controls all powers had been brought into the human world, and stops it from falling into the wrong hands. |
| Genre: ACTION / Family |
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GENGHIS KHAN - To the Ends of the Earth and Sea
JAPAN AND MONGOLIA co-production / In celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of Mongolia
Directed by Shinichiro Sawaki |
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Director: Shinichiro Sawaki (YAMATO, W's Tragedy)
Starring: Takashi Sorimachi (YAMATO)
Genghis Khan - the man who built history's greatest Empire. People called him "The Blue Wolf".
With a production budget of US$30million, four months on location in Mongolia, this Japan-Mongolia co-production reveals the mystery behind Genghis Khan's life.
Assailed himself by doubts over the secret of his birth, facing conflict and betrayal by his sworn friend, and his mixed feeling of love and hatred for the son who bears the same burden...
Together with the scenes such as an intense battle in which 5, 000 Mongolian Army soldiers appear, and over 27, 000 people mounted as extras to film this entertainment epic, the hero now emerges from the history that has concealed him for so long. |
| Genre: DRAMA / EPIC |
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GHOST TRAIN
(original title: Otoshimono)
Directed by Takeshi Furusawa |
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Director / Writer: Takeshi Furusawa (writer credit for "Doppelganger")
Starring: Erika Sawajiri (SHINOBI, Pacchigi)
"Beware of the haunted tracks." A series of mysterious incidents happen on a commuter train. People who find the same railway pass disappear one after another. A young train operator always spots a body laying on the tracks. Victims are pulled into the tracks as the speeding train arrives... This all seems to be happening around the same tunnel, where it seems to be the nest of all the nightmares. Based on the urban legend of the haunted tracks, the film takes to a dimension where evil lurks in everyday life, awaiting to take in the next victim. |
Genre: HORROR
Running time: 94min |
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