Japanese Releases on 26/2/2000

[Mark Schilling]

Stephen asked about Asian film releases in Tokyo this weekend. He's got
everything on his list but something called "Hakkyu Suru Kuchibiru" ("Crazy
Lips"?) by Hirohisa Sasaki, who wrote the script for "Ring." Omega Project
is the production company. The blurb in Pia describes the film as
"...erotic, grotesque and pop." Interesting combination, what?  

Bullet Ballet will be released on March 16.

No idea of who's who in "Mars Sweet Home," though according to Pia jazz
singer Shigeko Sasaki plays -- what else? -- a jazz singer who returns home
from New York  for a visit and ends up caring for her ailing father. Chojo
kana? 

Why did "Samurai Fiction" and "Poppoya" hit in Korea, while "Sonatine"
flopped? My guess is that the people buying tickets for the first two
prefer entertainment to art. What else is new?

Mark Schilling
schill at gol.com