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The first UK-wide festival devoted to Japanese Film will be staged at the Arnolfini in Bristol between 16th and 19th December 2010, following its successful London tenure during November.
Zipangu Fest 2010 aims to demonstrate the many identities of Japan as depicted by some of the country's most exciting and revered talents, introducing works new and old, previously unseen by mainstream UK film audiences.
The festival includes the UK premieres of Gen Takahashi’s epic Confessions Of A Dog, a gripping indictment of corruption within the Japanese police; Annyong Yumika, an innovative documentary homage to legendary Japanese pink film actress Yumika Hayashi, who was mysteriously found dead after returning home from her 35th birthday celebrations; and the award‐winning one‐take concert film Live Tape, featuring singer‐songwriter Kenta Maeno.
Also featuring are the Zipangu retro screenings of two classic but very different titles rarely shown in the UK: Children Of The Beehive (1948) and NN‐891102 (1999). Directed by one of the masters of Japanese cinema, Hiroshi Shimizu, Children Of The Beehive relates the journey of a group of war orphans (in real life, all orphans were taken in and raised by the director) as they are taken under the wing of a nameless soldier and set out across a shattered, post-war landscape in search of a more certain future. NN‐891102, the debut feature by cult hero Go Shibata, depicts a traumatised Nagasaki survivor’s obsession with recreating the sound of the atomic bomb.
Zipangu Fest Director Jasper Sharp comments: “Our aim is to reach out to as many people as possible and show them just how exciting and diverse modern Japanese cinema is. The beauty of Japanese film is you always know you’re going to see something different, out of the ordinary, and these films definitely fit the bill.”
For more information on the event, visit Arnolfini’s official website here.
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