Help on Asano Tadanobu Retrospective

[Stephen Cremin]

I'm writing for some help on the Asano retrospective I'm hosting in 
London in June.  Its suddenly grown into a two-screen event so I'm 
considering increasing its scale.  I've marked those films which have a 
subtitled print with "***".  Have I left any out?  I believe the Hong 
Kong prints of "PiCNiC" and "Tokyo Biyori" also have English subtitles?  
Any others?  And can anybody suggest the best individual to contact if 
clearing "Swimming Upstream" (aka "Goldfish") for the festival?  While 
Asano only has a minor role, like "Samehada" it's adapted from a 
Mochizuki manga.

1990 Swimming Upstream (Bata-Ashi Kingyo) ***
	 (Pants no Ana: Kira Kira Boshi Mitsuketa!)
1991 Waiting for the Flood (Aitsu)
1992 The Rocking Horsemen (Seishun Dendeke deke deke)
1993 FRIED DRAGON FISH (Fried Dragon Fish)?[TV] ***
	 The Town That Never Sleeps (Nemurenai Machi: Shinjuku-zame)
1994 The Quiet Days of the Firemen (119)
1995 (Yon Shimai Monogatari)
	 Maboroshi (Maboroshi no Hikari) ***
1996 PiCNiC (Picnic)
	 Helpless (Helpless) ***
	 ACRI: The Legend of Homo Aquarellius (ACRI) ***
	 Swallowtail Butterfly (Swallowtail) [Cameo] ***
	 [Focus] (Focus) ***
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1997 Labyrinth of Dreams (Yumeno Ginga) ***
	 Tokyo Biyori (T?ky? Biyori)
1998 Love & Pop (Love & Pop)
	 Falling into the Evening (Rakkasuru Y?gata) [Cameo] ***
	 (Nejishiki)
1999 Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl (Samehada Otoko to Momojiri Onna) 
***

Forthcoming films starring Asano include Christopher Doyle's "KUJAKU", 
Tezka Macoto's "HAKUCHI", Tsukamoto Shinya's "Twins" (temporary title) 
and Okuyama Kazuyoshi's new production (post-Shochiku).  I notice that 
"KUJAKU" has a Japanese distributor, so have its production problems 
been exaggerated?

Again, any general comments on Asano are very welcome.

Big thank you. 


Stephen Cremin
Director, London Pan-Asian Film Festival

PS: I was kindly sent correct contact details for Fukuma Kenji in Wales 
and a report on the "success" of the Golden Harvest cinema in Toronto, 
so KineJapan has certainly worked for me over the past six months.


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