Hama Maiku

Wed Jul 10 12:35:32 EDT 2002

I haven't been able to see this series and, as I live in the UK, maybe
never will, but I've been trying to follow what's happening with the series
from afar.   Maybe somebody can clarify the situation for me?  I've seen
the three films by Hayashi Kaizo; since then I've noticed that Aoyama
Shinji has directed an installment which has been playing at European film
festivals this year.  Is this part of the TV series?  What's the format of
the series?  And is there a long list of noted filmmakers taking part?  I
now hear that British director Alex Cox is in negotiations to direct an
installment.  You can follow these negotiations in his weekly filmmaker's
diary posted on the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/gateways/author/coxalex/index.shtml

Seemingly the series is being referred to as YOKOHAMA MIKE for
English-speaking purposes.

Any suggestion that some of the episodes might play at film festivals would
be good news for me, since I don't suppose the TV series will ever be shown
in the UK.

Does anyone have any information?

Regards,

Robert Wiliamson

                    "M Arnold"                                                                                                
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                    09/07/2002 08:10                                                                                          
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I don't think there's been any discussion about the Hama Maiku TV series
yet.  If any of you saw last week's first episode, how was it?

I decided to watch the 2nd episode last night, probably the first time in
more than a year that I've sat down to see an actual TV broadcast.  And
what
a surprise!  Probably the coolest thing from Japanese TV I've seen since
watching afternoon reruns of Tantei Monogatari when I was in college.  I
missed a few minutes at the beginning and can't say anything conclusive
about the story right now, but I'm planning on watching next week.

Right after the show's abrupt ending, the friendly channel four newspeople
announced that they'd be talking about the "Yodo-go group" in their report
in a few minutes.  It seems that six people, one of the suspects' wives
(Fukui Takako) and five of the children, are planning to return to Japan on
September 10th.  The news also showed brief footage of three of the Yodo-go
daughters returning on May of last year.  As they went past the cameras on
their way out of the airport I saw someone who looked suspiciously like
Amamiya Karin walking with them...

Michael Arnold

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