Jun Ichikawa Makes It To CD

[mark schilling]

Here's a link to my five-star Japan Times review  of "Tokyo Marigold":

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ff20010516a2.htm

The film is more than "OK" -- it is as lyrical and passionate and
accomplished as anything Ichikawa has done, which is saying something.

The kernel of "Tokyo Marigold" was a TV commercial for Ajinomoto that
Ichikawa made with Tanaka Rena and Kiki Kirin in 1998 and that subsequently
won several industry awards. The script, however, is based on a short story
by Hayashi Mariko. The distributor in Japan is Omega Entertainment.
Ajinomoto is not listed among the backers, which include Dentsu, Ten Carat,
Omega Project and C Style.

Mark Schilling
schill at gol.com