| TAF 2008(March 27 and 30) |
Shochiku Stand at TAF 2008
TAF 2008(March 27 and 30)
Stand: C-09
Cell: 080 3083 9384
Representative: Shion KOMATSU, Takeya ITO, Kiwamu SATO, Satoko ISHIDA, Chiyo MORI
Email:ibd@shochiku.co.jp |
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SKETCHBOOK - Blooming Colors
(original title: SKETCHBOOK - Full Colors)
Directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike
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Director: Yoshimasa Hiraike(Solty Rei, Kaleido star)
From the creators of "Rosen Maiden", "Basilisk","HAMTARO" and "Kyo Kara Maoh!" A popular comic strip is now a TV animation series! The story is about a high school girl, Sora Kajiwara who enters high school and joins the art club. Sora always carries around a sketchbook to draw pictures of beautiful sceneries outside. She also loves to play with cats especially Mike who wanders around the campus. This animation beautifully captures the every day life of Sora and her interesting friends in the high school art club. Viewers will bring back memories of their own high school years! |
Genre: ANIMATION
Running time: 30min x 13 episodes |
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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)
A successful feature film by the director of "Crayon Shin-chan" series. Koichi is a 4th grade student living in Tokyo. One day, he finds a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa"(=A Japanese mythical water creature), and names it "Coo". Koichi and Coo become good friends, but Coo could not adjust to the modern life style and starts to miss his family. Koichi and Coo decide to go on a road trip to find his peers. |
Genre: ANIMATION / Family
Running time: 138min |
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KUNG FU KID
(Original Title: KUNG FU KUN)
Directed by Issei Oda
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Director: Director: Issei Oda (Arch Angels)
Starring: Zhang Zhuang, Pinko Izumi (Learning Circle, "Oshin" series)
A great action entertainment of a little Kung-fu genius comes on screen, Zhang Zhuang, selected among 2,000 applicants, shows his Shaolin skills and lovely charm, supported by high quality CGI and dramatic wire action.
A little Shaolin/Kung-fu genius, Kung Fu is blown away to Japan by his master from China to defeat the "last opponent" in order to be conferred full Mastership of Kung Fu. Appealed by his spirit and charm, Tai Chi skilled Izumi and her grand daughter Reiko take care of Kung Fu, as he searches for his last opponent. When Reiko is abducted by evil organization, Kung Fu finally finds out who his last opponent is. |
Genre: Action/Comedy
Running time: 98 min |
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10 PROMISES TO MY DOG
(Original Title: Inu to Watashi no Jyu no Yakusoku)
Directed by Katsuhide Motoki
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Director: Katsuhide Motoki (Kitaro, Drug-store Girl, Free & Easy series)
Starring: Lena Tanaka(Kitaro, Give it All), Ryo Kase (Letters From Iwo-Jima, HANA), Etsushi Toyokawa (Love Letter)
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother... |
Genre: Animal / Drama
Running time: 117 min |
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KITARO
(original title: Gegege no Kitaro)
Directed by Katsuhide Motoki
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Director: Katsuhide Motoki ("Free & Easy" series, Drugstore Girl)
Starring: Starring: Eiji Wentz(Brave Story -voice), Yo Oizumi (Howl's Moving Castle -voice, Sprited Away - voice)
A smash box office hit reaching US$25 million domestically. A popular animation adapted into live-action using cutting edge CGI from studios around the world, including Centro Digital Pictures ("Kill Bill"). Kitaro is a half human, half creature who keeps an eye on the human society to save them from the evils. He finds that a powerful magical stone had been brought into the human world, and stops it from falling into the wrong hands. |
Genre: ACTION / FAMILY
Running time: 103 min |
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Untitled KITARO Project
Directed by Katsuhide Motoki
Coming Summer 2008 |
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Director: Katsuhide Motoki (10 Promises to My Dog,KITARO)
Starring: Eiji Wentz (Brave Story -voice, KITARO), Lena Tanaka (10 Promises to My Dog, KITARO), Yo Oizumi (Spirited Away -voice, KITARO)
KITARO, a smash hit of 2007 reaching US$25million, is reborn as an action fantasy for not only kids, but for older audience, with a subplot of "forbidden love" between a human and yokai - monsters as an axis of the film. A half human, half yokai hero Kitaro and his buddies, performed by returning cast members, investigate a series of mysterious disappearance and finds out that it is somehow related with the "forbidden love" tragedy 1,000 years ago. Behind these incidents, there was conspiracy by the evil yokai and his followings. As Kitaro fights against these enemies, he goes through an internal conflict over his identity. Will Kitaro be able to shutter the vicious cycle and bring love and peace to the world? |
| Genre: ACTION / FANTASY |
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SHRILL CRIES OF SUMMER
(original Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
Directed by Ataru Oikawa
Coming Summer 2008 |
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Director: Ataru Oikawa (TOMIE, Apartment 1303)
Starring: Gouki Maeda, Rin Asuka, Airi Matsuyama
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to become suspicious that Rena, Mion and the others that Keiichi trusted may be deeply involved in successive murders that occur every summer, the situation around Keiichi gradually starts to turn. As if the girls' characters had completely changed, a sewing needle is found in his food, he is chased by mysterious men, and is involved in an accident which could have killed him. He could no longer trust anyone, and then... One mystery leads to another, bringing out a shockingly bloody ending!!! |
| Genre: HORROR / THRILLER |
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ICHI
(Original title: ICHI)
Directed by SORI
Coming Fall 2008 |
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Director: SORI (VEXILLE, Ping Pong)
Starring: Haruka Ayase (The Magic Hour, HERO), Takao Osawa (Midnight Eagle, Helen the Baby Fox), Shido Nakamura (Letters from Iwo Jima, Yamato)
The famed ZATOICHI comes back to the screen once again - ICHI, in a female character. The story follows, Ichi, a blind shamisen-instrument player, always facing people who treat her coldly or try to take advantage of her. However, Ichi stands tall in dignity, and her emotions burst with action with the sword that she swings to fight back. Through the eyes that Ichi cannot see, we reach her soul and the true relief when she finally connects with others by finding love and friendship. |
| Genre: ACTION |
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Franz Kafka's A COUNTRY DOCTOR
(original Title: Kafka Inaka Isha)
Directed by Koji Yamamura
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"Franz Kafka's A COUNTRY DOCTOR" won the Nelvana Grand Prize for Best Independent Short Animation in the OTTAWA International Animation Festival 2007!!
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: Animation
Running time: 21min |
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LOVE AND BERRY - Magic of Happiness
(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
Running time: 52min |
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MUSHIKING The King of Beetles SUPER BATTLE MOVIE -Altered Beetles of Darkness-
(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
Running time: 53min |
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VEXILLE
(original title: Vexille 2007 Nihon Sakoku)
Directed by SORI
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Director: SORI (Ping Pong, producer for APPLESEED)
A full CG animation film from the creators of APPLESEED. 2077. 10 years has passed since Japan had left the United Nations to go into isolation. They have completely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field. 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 to become a threat to the human beings. The US government sends in a special force team SWORD, lead by a female commander Vexille, to investigate what is happening inside Japan. |
Genre: ACTION / SCI-FI / CGI Animation
Running time: 109min |
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TOKKO
Original Story: based on the manga, "TOKKO", from Toru Fujisawa, the creator of the "GTO" series.
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Voice: Kenichi Suzumura as SHINDO (Gundam SEED DESTINY: voice of Shinn Asuka), Fumiko Orikasa as SAKURA (BLEECH: voice of Rukia Kuchiki), Kana Ueda as KUREHA (KASHIMASHI: voice of Hazumu Osaraki)
Akemi Kanda as SAYA (Negima!: voice of Magister Negi Magi)
From the creator of "GTO", Toru Fujisawa comes a new suspense action animation, "TOKKO".
A bloody massacre happens in the crime city Tokyo. 10 years later, Shindo Ranmaru and other survivors from the deadly massacre joins special secret police force "TOKKO" to fight against evil creatures committing brutal crimes. In order attain special power against these creatures, they make a deal with another creature called "PHANTOM" in exchange for their own lives. |
Genre: DRAMA / ROMANTIC COMEDY
Running time: 117 min |
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NORABBITS' MINUTES
Directed by Yuichi Ito
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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 |
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