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<DIV>So I guess this is where he hooked up with John Carpenter, since Takashii's listed as the director of the next film in the never ending Halloween sequels.</DIV>
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<DIV>And didn't he say he wasn't directing horror movies anymore?</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> > http://www.sho.com/site/mastersofhorror/home.do <BR>> <BR>> I can't access the page from Japan . . . <BR>> <BR>> A few weeks ago I gave a rushed pronunciation lesson to an actress who was <BR>> preparing to do an English language audition for a Miike project. She <BR>> mentioned something about a TV episode, but we couldn't figure out why Miike <BR>> was doing the auditions in English. Maybe this explains it. The one page of <BR>> script she showed me had something to do with foreigners and prostitutes in <BR>> Japan. At any rate I guess she made it past the first round, but didn't get <BR>> the part. <BR>> <BR>> In barely related news, last night I took a break from studies to meet her <BR>> and a pink director friend to see the Smog/Joanna Newsom concert in Shibuya. <BR>> While we !
were there we bumped into director Meike (not Miike) Mitsuru. <BR>> Afterwards, as we traded thoughts about the two ridiculous opening bands, <BR>> Meike told us that his 2004 film Bitter Sweet (previously known as "Noko <BR>> furin: torareta onna") is going to play the late show at Pole Pole Higashi <BR>> Nakano starting on December 10. It stars Konatsu, the late Hayashi Yumika, <BR>> Ishikawa "KIN" and Sano Kazuhiro, and I think I remember an interesting <BR>> cameo somewhere in the middle . . . Those of you who missed it at the <BR>> Shinjuku Kokusai Gekijo might want to take a look. <BR>> <BR>> And speaking of Hayashi Yumika, the recent issue of PG (No. 100) is a jumbo <BR>> sized tribute to her with photos, a filmography, and numerous comments from <BR>> pink directors and actors. <BR>> <BR>> Michael Arnold </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>