Japanese films in montreal film fest

[Anne McKnight]

    There is a good handful of Japanese films playing at the Monreal world
film fest; this includes SHINOHARA Tetsuo's _Inochi_ in the big competition.
See program at http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en_prog_index.html for English;
http://www.ffm-montreal.org/fr_prog_index.html for French.

    Many of the films will be screened in the Cinéma Impérial, which usually
houses the Fantasia Film Fest, which was unfortunately cancelled this year
due to renovations.

    Films screening in the focus on J-cinema are as follows (check the
individual film to see whether subs are in English and/or French):

DOG STAR, 2001 / 35 mm / Colour / 125 min, Dir. Takahisa Zeze;

GO, 2001 / 35 mm / Colour / 122 min, Dir. Isao Yukisada;

KASEI NO KANON, 2001 / 35 mm / Colour / 121 min, Dir. Shiori Kazama;

KUROSAWA AKIRA KARANO MESSAGE: UTSUKUSHII EIGAWO, 2000 / 35 mm / Colour /
123 min, Dir.???;

MOHOHAN, 2002 / 35 mm / Colour / 124 min, Dir. Yoshimitsu Morita;

MR. ROOKIE, 2002 / 35 mm / Colour / 118 min, Dir. Satoshi Isaka;

ORIUME, 2001 / 35 mm / Colour / 115 min, Dir. Hisako Matsui;

PICARESQUE, 2002 / 35 mm / Colour / 133 min, Dir. Hidehiro Ito;

SHIRO INU TO WARUTSU WO, 2002 / 35 mm / Colour / 99 min, Dir. Takashi
Tsukinoki;

YURISAI, 2001 / 35 mm / Colour / 100 min, Dir. Sachi Hamano.