Asian films in Rotterdam

[Stephen Cremin]

List at bottom is from SCREEN INTERNATIONAL website:
http://www.screendaily.com/index.pl?6909

SUICIDE CLUB (aka SUICIDE CIRCLE) is not a world premiere incidentally.  
It played in the Fantastic Film Section of the Tokyo IFF but I couldn't 
get a ticket for the screening.  Cast includes Ishibashi Ryo, Nagase 
Masatoshi, Hosho Mai, Kikuchi Mika and Sato Tamao.  AGITATOR and 
KATAKURI also played Tokyo IFF.  Mark gave a good review of NAMI in the 
Japan Times months back for those who weren't put off by TIMELESS 
MELODY.  ZIPPER AND TITS didn't get a great review in Variety after 
premiering in Vancouver.

Elsewhere it was announced that Kim Ki-duk's BAD GUY and Zhang Yimou's 
HAPPY TIME(S) would play Berlin, but no news yet of any Japanese 
entries.  Unless someone here has some gossip...

Stephen


European Premieres:
Whispering Sands (Pasir berbisik): Nan Achnas/Indonesia/Japan
Chicken Rice War: K. Chee/ Singapore
Zipper And Tits (Fastener & Chibusa): Koji Shirakawa/Japan
Weekend Plot (Mi Yu Shi Ki Xiao Shi): Zhang Ming/China

International Premieres:
One Fine Spring Day (Bomnaleun Kanda): Jin-Ho Hur/South Korea/Hong Kong
Take Care Of My Cat (Go-Yang-I-Rul Boo-Tak-Hae): Jae-Eun Jeong/South 
Korea
The Happiness Of The Katakuris (Katakuri-Ke No Koufuku): Takashi, 
Miike/Japan
Agitator (Araburu Tamashii Tachi): Takashi Miike/Japan
Wave (Nami): Hiroshi, Okuhara/Japan
One Take Only: Oxide Pang/Thailand
Camel(s) (Nakta(deul)): Park Kiyong /South Korea

World Premieres:
Suicide Club (Jisatsu Circle): Sono Sion/Japan