An addendum to Stephen's comment about the new Sogo Ishii jidai geki. I recently spoke to the people at Suncent Cinema Works, who told me that Ishii has just started shooting in Tohoku. They are aiming for Cannes, preferably a competition slot. They are going to send me their line-up next week, so I should have more details then. Mark Schilling (schill at gol.com)