Japanese Films playing in Singapore

DopeKidz fat_platypus at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 8 01:27:39 EST 2002


For those interested, the Japanese Film Festival
(showing a grand total of 3 films) is on this week in
Singapore, while the Singapore Film Festival starts
next month

Japanese Film Festival in Singapore:
http://www.cathay.com.sg/home/home.html

The trilogy opens with the much-anticipated haunting
story 'DARK WATER' (Hono Gurai Mizu No Soko Kara)
directed by Hideo Nakata, well-known for making the
popular Japanese horror blockbuster 'THE RING',
follows a young woman's battle for her daughter's
custody, which descends into a supernatural maelstrom.

'WATERBOYS', a film festival favourite, created by the
producers of the internationally acclaimed 'SHALL WE
DANCE'.  Waterboys is a wacky drama about a group of
male synchronize swimming team, braving through all
sorts of obstacles in order to make it to the
competition with a unique routine.

Not forgetting the devotees of Japanese Manga,
'KOCHIKAME', an action comedy animation, originated
from a popular long-running TV series, has now been
made into a full-length animated feature film.  This
story revolves round how the police solves a crime
committed by a bomb terrorist. 

Singapore Film Festival will be showcasing the below
Japanese films:

http://www.filmfest.org.sg

A WOMAN'S WORK
Director: Otani Kentaro

BAD COMPANY
Director: Tomoyuki Furuyama

DESERT MOON
Director: Aoyama Shinji

HARMFUL INSECT
Director: Akihiko Shiota

HUSH!
Director: Hasiguchi Ryosuke

JAPANESE DEVILS
Director: Matsui Minoru

UNLOVED
Director: Manda Kunitoshi

WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE
Director: Shohei Imamura



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