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Shochiku Booth at EFM: Martin-Gropius-Bau Stand# 127 |
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| Tel: +49 (0)30 246 497 − 454 Fax: +49 (0)30 246 497 − 455 |
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Satoko ISHIDA (cell) +49 151 146 41 488
Chiyo MORI (cell) +49 151 146 41 489
Email:ibd@shochiku.co.jp |
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Kamogawa HORUMO − Battle League in Kyoto
(Original title: Kamogawa Horumo)
Directed by Katsuhide Motoki
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Director: Katsuhide Motoki (KITORO, KITARO AND THE MILLENNIUM CURSE
, 10 Promises to My Dog)
Original Story: Manabu Makime
Starring:Takayuki Yamada (Crows: Episode 0, Train Man)
Chiaki Kuriyama (The Sky Crawlers- voice, Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol.1)
Sei Ashina (Silk)
A big hit fantasy novel by Manabu Makime has finally been adapted into a combat action comedy film with VFX and animation by GONZO. (creators of “Afro Samurai,” “Brave Story”)
The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragon” which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams, playing the mysterious (and somewhat absurd) game which started over 1,000 years ago in the Heian period.The heat rises as you see the 2,000 CGI created spirits wage fierce battles against the backdrop of breathtaking beautiful city of Kyoto.
Let the battle begin! |
Genre: Fantasy / Action / Game
Running time: 113min |
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Kamogawa HORUMO - Battle League in Kyoto
MARKET PREMIERE |
| Feb 6 (Fri) 20:45 @ CineStar 2 |
| Feb 8 (Sun) 12:30 @ CinemaxX 4 |
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MAI MAI MIRACLE
(Original title: Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho)
Directed by Sunao KATABUCHI
Screening
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Director: Sunao KATABUCHI (”Black Lagoon,” “Princess Arete”, Kiki’s Delivery Service(Assistant Director)
Original Story: Nobuko TAKAGI (“Mai Mai Shinko” published by MAGAZINE HOUSE)
Production by MADHOUSE LTD. (The Perfect World of Kai, Paprika, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
From the assistant director for "Kiki's Delivery Service" (Hayao Miyazaki) and the animation studio of "Black Lagoon" and "The Girl the Leapt Through Time" (MADHOUSE Ltd.) comes a new heartwarming fantasy.
Shinko, a third grade elementary school student loves to imagine and daydream about the world of one thousand years ago. Her fantasies travel far into the days of the Heian Period (year 794-1185)... One day a girl called Kiiko transfers from Tokyo and joins Shinko's class where they become good friends. Before long, the two of them become engulfed in a strange incident of one thousand years ago... |
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Genre: Animation / Fantasy |
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Mai Mai Miracle
MARKET PREMIERE |
| Feb 6 (Fri) 15:30 @ CineStar 5 |
| Feb 7 (Sat) 13:15 @ CineStar 5 |
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Sengoku BASARA−Samurai Kings
(Original title: Sengoku BASARA)
Directed by Itsuro Kawasaki
Coming April 2009
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Director: Itsuro Kawasaki (“Tsubasa Chronicle: The Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom”)
Animation Production: Production I.G (The Sky Crawlers, Ghost in the Shell)
Series Composition: Yasuyuki Muto (Basilisk, Le Chevalier D’Eon)
Based on the video game series produced by: CAPCOM(“Resident Evil”,“Devil May Cry”)
The million-sellers Samurai Action Video Game Series now becomes an exciting animation series by Production I.G.
Set on the stage of Sengoku / Warring States Period (around 1467-1573) where great military commanders all have one goal of conquering Japan and stand as the head of the united kingdom.
A young one-eyed military commander from the north named Date Masamune joins the legendary battle of "Kawanaka-jima" where two power lords Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin were preparing for their battle. Date's goal was to kill both leaders and conquer both territories. |
Genre: Animation TV Series / Samurai Action
Running time: Episodes: 22 min x 13 episodes |
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KAMUI
(Original Title: Kamui Gaiden)
Directed by Yoichi Sai
Coming 2009
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Based on the story by: Sampei Shirato (“Sasuke”)
Director: Yoichi Sai (Blood and Bones, Quill)
Screenplay: Kankuro Kudo (Ping Pong, Zebraman, GO)
Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama(Death Note series, Detroit Metal City)
Koyuki (The Last Samurai)
Suzuka Ohgo (Memoirs of a Geisha)
Hideaki Ito (Sukiyaki Western Django)
Anna Tsuchiya (Sakuran, Kamikaze Girls)
A high concepted US$18M budget Ninja action film, like you have never experienced.
KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja in search for true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret outside of the tribe -- if you are born as Ninja, you must die as Ninja. This brings him to constantly fight for his life against other Ninjas who tries to kill him and hide the secrets within. He does not trust, and he does not love. Showing weakness leads to immediate death.
An incident brings him to an old fisherman's village, where he finally starts to open up to other people. However, his pursuers were just minutes away from setting up a huge trap on Kamui... |
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LOVE LETTERS IN THE DRAWER(working title)
(Original Title: Hikidashino nakano Love Letter)
Directed by Shinichi MISHIRO
Coming Fall 2009
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Director: Shinichi MISHIRO (Notable TV director)
Starring: Takako TOKIWA (Twentieth Century Boys)
Kento HAYASHI (The Battery, Love Fight)
Tomoko NAKAJIMA (The Taste of Tea)
Some feelings that you want to express, remain unexpressed...“I love you...” “Thank you...”, giving another chance to say these words to the one you care.
Everyone has a drawer in their heart that holds precious thoughts that they want to express, but cannot. This film will give you a chance to take a breath and then push you forward to “express your thoughts.” E-mails, Blackberry, Facebook… At a time that is said to have diminished direct and verval communication, this movie will present to you the utmost degree the importance and warmth that words possess. |
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OTOUTO (original title)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Coming Winter 2009
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Director: Yoji Yamada
Screenplay: Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu (Love and Honor, KABEI - Our Mother)
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga (KABEI − Our Mother)
Tsurube Shofukutei (KABEI − Our Mother)
Yu Aoi (Fula Girls, TOKYO!)
Ryo Kase (Letters from Iwo Jima, TOKYO!)
The new film from Yoji Yamada will bring the unreasonable, yet loving, and sometimes sad relationship of family and siblings, depicted through heartfelt laughter and tears.
Following the enormous success of the samurai trilogy that includes 2004 Academy Award® nominated film “The Twilight Samurai” as well as the highly acclaimed “KABEI − Our Mother” which premiered at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival in competition, Yoji Yamada now returns to modern drama for the first time in 10 years.
The film focuses on one foolish brother and his warm and caring older sister. Though it seems that the brother is only a nuisance to the family, the sister takes in the brother’s ridiculousness and keeps her love and care for him. However, an incident brings the sister to break off their relationship, and the brother is left to stand alone in devastation. When they finally reunite, they find that the brother is fighting a fatal disease |
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MR. TADANO’S SECRET MISSION − FROM JAPAN WITH LOVE
(original title: Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi Saigono Gekijo Ban)
Directed by Hisashi Ueda
Completed
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Director: Hisashi Ueda (“Hitoshi Tadano, the Extra Ordinary Assistant Manager” TV Series)
Starring: Katsunori Takahashi (“Hitoshi Tadano, the Extra Ordinary Assistant Manager” TV Series)
Yuri Ebihara (famous fashion model in Japan)
Choi Hong Man (Korean Kickboxer)
Pathetic businessman turning sexy and strong at night, Tadano comes to the rescue!
Pathetic, lame and a typical Japanese businessman during day, but an undercover agent at night… Assistant manager Hitoshi Tadano cannot look more useless during working hours, but he has a second face at night. He is assigned by the CEO of the company to become an undercover troubleshooter on a secret mission to put shady business to rest. He fights his opponents with his incredible Bruce Lee skills, and gets information by making use of his jaw-dropping sexy body that girls cannot resist. The TV series which started in 2003 has become one of the top rated series, also becoming popular in many Asian territories.
Tadano, now faces his largest opponent ever! |
Genre: COMEDY / ACTION
Running time: 115min |
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ICHI
(original title: ICHI)
Directed by SORI
Completed
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Director: SORI (VEXILLE, Ping Pong)
Starring: Haruka Ayase (Happy Flight, The Magic Hour, Cyborg She, HERO) Takao Osawa (Midnight Eagle, Helen the Baby Fox), Shidou Nakamura (Red Cliff, Letters from Iwo Jima, Yamato)
The famed ZATOICHI - a lonesome blind swordsman - comes back to the screen once again, with ICHI, in a female character.
The story follows, Ichi, a lone blind shamisen-instrument player on the road, always facing people who treat her coldly and trying to take advantage of her. However, Ichi stands tall with dignity, and her emotions burst with action with the hidden sword in the walking cane that she swings to fight back. When she is involved in a battle between two yakuza groups, she realizes love for the first time and the border between life and death. |
Genre: ACTION / DRAMA/SAMURAI
Running time: 118min |
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MONSTER X STRIKES BACK / ATTACK THE G8 SUMMIT!
(original title: Guilala no Gyakushu Samitto Kiki Ippatsu)Monster Movie with Political
Satire
Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Completed
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Director: Minoru Kawasaki (The World Sinks Except Japan, The Calamari Wrestler)
Starring: Natsuki Kato (Battle Royale II: Requiem)
Kazuki Kato (Masked Rider the Next, “Hotaru no Hikari” -TV Series)
Guest appearance by Beat Takeshi (Zatoichi, Takeshi's)
A cult monster panic movie from the 60s "Monster X from Outer Space" comes back once again, now attacking the G8 Summit to finish the Earth once and for all!
In the summer of 2008, the G8 summit is being held at Lake Toya, a beautiful resort near the volcano in Hokkaido. At the same time, the Chinese rocket falls into Japan, causing the monster to be born from the spore attached to the rocket. The monster, Guilala, moves toward the summit conference site for the pursuit of volcanic energy. Now the world leaders have to terminate Guilala to show their country's prestige. First mission is missile attack by Japan, then Italy, Germany and... Deadly combat between human beings and the monster from outer space continues, but just when everyone starts to give up, two journalists find a strange group worshipping the legendary “god” at the lakeside. |
Genre: MONSTER
Running time: 98min |
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THE CHERRY ORCHARD - BLOSSOMING
(Original Title: Sakura no Sono)
Directed by Shun Nakahara
Completed
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Director: Shun Nakahara (The Cherry Orchard, Tomie: The Final Chapter-
Forbidden Fruit)
Starring: Saki Fukuda (Yatterman, “Life”-TV Series)
Anne (fashion model for Anna Sui, Louis Vuitton)
Love, Dreams, Passion, Friendship…Six high school girls discover their own “Cherry Orchard.”
Remake of a hit film from 1990,“The Cherry Orchard”which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transfers to this school finds a long lost script of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” which was banned from school 11 years ago. Breaking strict school rules and boundaries, she and her friends decide to perform the play. With sentiment, love, and passion, the girls cherish the moment of their life before taking the next step towards adulthood. |
Genre: DRAMA
Running time: 102mi |
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CHEER CHEER CHEER!
(Original Title: Fure Fure Shojo)
Directed by Kensaku Watanabe
Completed
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Director: Kensaku Watanabe (Loved Gun)
Starring: Yui Aragaki (Sky of Love),
Kento Nagayama
Takashi Naito (ASHURA, Spirited Away - Voice, After Life)
Cheering from your heart makes miracles happen!
Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl Who's only passion is to cheer her idol star baseball player. In order to get his attention, she tries to revive the school's traditional cheer squad, but all she could gather were good for nothing guys who could not find places in school. They start the cheer squad with a disaster, but when they finally find the true meaning of "cheering" someone, their passion becomes power and gives strength to those that are cheered. |
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Running time: 114min |
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PANDA DIARY
(Original Title: Pandaful Life)
Directed by Tadashi Mori
Completed
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Director: Tadashi Mori (notable documentary director)
A beautifully observed and awakening documentary about the lives and the future of Pandas. A Chinese co-production.
In the peaceful and happy life that the pandas seem to be leading, we see that they are not just cuddly and cute animals. With only 1,600 pandas left on earth, every minute of their life is important, and every second leads to their next generation. Co-produced with China, it is the first time to be able to shoot the new born baby panda in the mother's arms. Spending over a year of shooting to follow each pandas, we were able to shoot an extremely rare material on the "way of life" for the pandas, and what they face. A warm feeling and a prayer for the future on earth will sure to follow after watching this documentary. |
Genre: DOCUMENTARY / ANIMAL
Running time: 99min |
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KITARO AND THE MILLENNIUM CURSE
(Original Title: Gegege no Kitaro Sennen Noroi Uta)
Directed by Katsuhide Motoki
Completed
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Director: Katsuhide Motoki (KITARO, 10 Promises to My Dog)
Starring: Eiji Wentz (KITARO, Brave Story −voice)Kie Kitano (Speed Master, “Life”−TV Series)
Ken Ogata (Love and Honor, A Long Walk)
KITARO, a smash hit of 2007 reaching US$25million, is reborn with new characters, new visual and even more action! |
Genre: ACTION / FANTASY
Running time: 119min |
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DEPARTURES
(Original Title: Okuribito)
Directed by Takita Yojiro
Screening
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CHILDREN OF THE DARK
(Original title: Yami no Kodomo-tachi)
Written and Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Completed
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Written and Directed by Junji Sakamoto (Aegis, FACE)
Based on the novel "Children of the Dark" by Yan Sogil (Blood and Bones)
Starring: Yosuke Eguchi (Silk, Synesthesia), Aoi Miyazaki (Eureka, Synesthesia, NANA)
Satoshi Tsumabuki (Dororo, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)
The controversial and shocking reality about child organ sales and child prostitution in Thailand. |
Genre: DRAMA
Running time: 138min |
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KUNG FU KID
(Original title: Kung Fu Kun)
Directed by Issei Oda
Completed
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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. Enter the "Little" Dragon! |
Genre: ACTION / COMEDY
Running time: 98min |
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KABEI - Our Mother
(Original title: KABEI)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Completed
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Director: Yoji Yamada (Love and Honor, The Hidden Blade, The Twilight Samurai)
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga (Year One in the North,The Makioka Sisters)
Mitsugoro Bando (Love and Honor)Tadanobu Asano (Mongol, Cafe Lumiere , Zatoichi)
A strong and emotional drama of a loving mother during WWII and an eternal message for peace. |
Genre: DRAMA
Running time: 133min |
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SHRILL CRIES OF SUMMER
(Original title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
Directed by Ataru Oikawa
Completed
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Director: Ataru Oikawa (TOMIE, Apartment 1303) Starring: Gouki Maeda, Rin Asuka, Airi Matsuyama
A horrific feature adaptation of the best selling PC game, comics (sold over 4 million copies) and TV animation "When They Cry". One doubt breaks the peace… |
Genre: HORROR / THRILLER
Running time: 106mi |
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THE TASTE OF FISH
(Original title: Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime)
Directed by Shingo Matsubara
Completed
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Director: Shingo Matsubara (Ultraman Tiga, Seishun Kakeochi-hen)
Starring: Takao Osawa (Midnight Eagle, Helen the Baby Fox)Lena Tanaka (10 Promises to My Dog, KITARO)
Sometimes life takes you to unexpected places. Food entertainment set in "Tsukiji", one of the largest fish markets in the world! |
Genre: DRAMA
Running time: 116min |
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MASTER OF MARTIAL HEARTS
(Original title: Zettai Shogeki Platonic Heart)
Directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Completed
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Director: Yoshitaka Fujimoto (Girls High)
A sexy girl’s battle action animation is born!A big hit original video animation in Japan. |
Genre: Animation (OVA) / Action / Erotic
Running time: 30min x 5 episodes |
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FREE AND EASY Series
20th episode's coming out in 2009.
Director: Yuzo ASAHARA, Katsuhide MOTOKI, Azuma MORISAKI, Tomio KURIYAMA,
Screenplay: Yoji YAMADA, Toshio SEKINE, Yoshitaka ASAMA and others |
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CINEMA KABUKI
-"NEZUMI KOZO: Noda Version” (original title: Noda-ban Nezumi-kozo)
- “RENJISHI” (original Japanese title)
-“RAKUDA” (original Japanese)
and others
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