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			Takashi Ito's Film Works A look at three decades of work by one of Japan's leading experimental filmmakers and animators.

			Profound Desires of the Gods The "Holy Grail" of Shohei Imamura's filmography resurfaces on Blu-ray. Time for a profound re-evaluation.

			The Homeless Student An adaptation of the bestseller by a former luminary of the indies scene, Tomoyuki Furumaya.

			Fighting Delinquents Seijun Suzuki's first colour picture announces a good deal of the great man's zaniness and pre-occupations to come.



			Live Tape All you need to make a film is a guitar, a pair of sunglasses, a DV-camera and a single tape.

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			Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom Daisuke Miyao charts the fascinating path of Japan's first global movie star.

Leading figure in contemporary Japanese cinema, Yoichi Sai has gone from assistant director on In the Realm of the Senses to president of the Director's Guild of Japan. Bryan Hartzheim meets up with a major filmmaker as yet largely unrecognized in the West.

Tom Mes dissects the twisted works of Yasuzo Masumura, director of The Blind Beast, Red Angel and Giants and Toys.

An in-depth conversation with one of the most fascinating but also most overlooked filmmakers of the 1960s, Susumu Hani.




July 22 - 25		Shinsedai Cinema Festival Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada


February 5		Love Exposure - [Rapid Eye Movies (Germany). Region 2. German subtitles.]
March 26		Air Doll - [Bandai (Japan). Region 2. English subtitles]

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