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<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Dear KineJapan, </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Please forgive my self-promotion, but I wanted to send a full list of the Japan specific films and events taking place at the 2013 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival which will take place from November 13-23.</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br></div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">We have a total of three feature </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">films</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> (<i>SAKE-BOMB</i>, <i>Tiger Mask</i>, <i>Hafu</i>) and six shorts (<i>Memory Sculptor</i>, <i>People Aren't All Bad</i>, <i>No Longer There</i>, <i>Honorable Journey</i>, <i>Cycloid</i>, <i>Box of Hearts</i>) that are either produced by or star </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Japanese</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> or </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Japanese </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Americans. Here are some brief descriptions for each and details of the screenings. </span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">SAKE-BOMB *Launch Night <span class="il">Film</span>*</b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Wed, Nov 13, 7:00 PM International House of Philadelphia</b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Director Junya Sakino | </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Japan</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">, USA | 82 min.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">A sarcastic and self-deprecating Asian-American must take his naive </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Japanese</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> cousin on a road trip along the California coast to find his ex-girlfriend. Starring Gaku Hamada (<i>Fish Story</i>).</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Tiger Mask</b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Fri, Nov 15, 8:30 PM International House of Philadelphia</b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Director Ken Ochiai | </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Japan</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> | 87 min.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">The masked professional wrestler and timeless hero, Tiger Mask is back in a state-of-the-art Marvel superhero inspired costume sure to wow a new generation of movie lovers. Starring Eiji Wentz (<i>Kitaro</i>, <i>Nodame Cantabile The Movie</i>) and Sho Aikawa (<i>Dead or Alive</i>, <i>Gozu</i>).</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Sci Fi Horror Genre Shorts Program<br>Sat, Nov 16, 12:00 PM International House of Philadelphia<br></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Genre fans will love this FREE program! Subjects include Thai spirit mediums, Cantonese techno stalkers and </span><span class="il" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Japanese</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> memory erasers.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "></span><blockquote style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border: none; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Memory Sculptor<br></b>Director Ken Ochiai | <span class="il">Japan</span> | 17 min.<br>Memory Sculptors, who can enter the human brain to erase memories, faces the toughest job to date: erasing ineradicable memory. But what happens when people fight to keep their memories?</span></blockquote><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> </span></span><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Odds & Ends Variety Shorts Program</b><br><b>Sun, Nov 17, 1:00 PM International House of Philadelphia</b><br>Ranging from Hip Hop music videos to locally produced documentary shorts and everything in between, this FREE program cannot be missed!<br><br></span></div><blockquote style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border: none; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><div><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">People Aren't All Bad</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Director Matthew Hashiguchi | USA | 4 min.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A short doc interview with a <span class="il">Japanese</span> American Internment Camp Survivor.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No Longer There</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Director Nobuyuki Miyake | <span class="il">Japan</span> | 23 min.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A dental prosthetic technician day dreams about the young woman whose dentures he is creating. As days go by he grows close to this woman he has never met except for in the intimate imaginary world of his own creation. But what happens when this man and woman meet in the real world?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Honorable Journey</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Director Stephen Menick | USA | 16 min.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A short doc about the 70-year struggle of <span class="il">Japanese</span>-Americans who came of age during World War II. Narrated by George Takei, the <span class="il">film</span> features conflicts of loyalty to tradition, family and country, played out against the backdrop of war.</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br><b>Family Friendly & Animation Shorts Program<br>Sat, Nov 23, 2:30 PM Asian Arts Initiative<br></b>Including stop motion, claymation, hand illustration and CGI these short <span class="il">films</span> and animations are fun for the whole family! And it's FREE!<br><br></span></div><blockquote style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border: none; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><div><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cycloid</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Director Tomoki Kurogi | <span class="il">Japan</span> | 3 min.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A touching hand drawn animation showing the interconnectivity of our planet.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Box of Hearts</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Director Asako Ushio | USA | 7 min.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jenny gives her single father Cody dating tips while he makes her an elaborate bento box lunch.</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br><b>Hafu *Festival Finale <span class="il">Film</span>*<br>Sat, Nov 23, 5:30 PM Asian Arts Initiative<br></b>Directors Megumi Nishikura, Lara Perez Takagi | <span class="il">Japan</span>, USA | 87 min.<br>What does it mean to be multiracial in a nation that once proudly claimed itself mono-ethnic? Watch the lives of five “hafu” as they explore their mixed-race identities in <span class="il">Japan</span>.<br></span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">*Co-Director Megumi Nishikura expected in attendance for post <span class="il">film</span> Q&A*</span><br></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b>Full details of the program can be found here - </b><a href="http://phillyasian.festivalgenius.com/2013/films" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">http://phillyasian.festivalgenius.com/2013/films</a></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b>Link to online program guide - </b><a href="http://issuu.com/paaff/docs/paaffprogram2013_final" target="_blank" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">http://issuu.com/paaff/docs/paaffprogram2013_final</a></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">I hope to see some of you at the festival, please feel free to contact me off list for hotel information. </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Best regards,</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Rob Buscher</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Programming Director</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">www.paaff.org</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">(+1) 203.449.6140</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></b></div></div>
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