Walking the Shanghai Dog

[Alex Zahlten]

There are more dog movies coming up soon, following up the resurge seen this
past year- one of them is a omnibus dog film (!?) featuring episodes from
several directors; 

Alex Zahlten


> The news services reported that Shinozaki Makoto's Inu to arukeba 
> (Walking the Dog) was awarded the Asian New Talent Award for Best Film 
> at the 7th Shanghai International Film Festival. It may seem curious 
> that Shinozaki, who has directed Okaeri and Wasurerenu hitobito, as 
> well as a couple video movies, would be classified as a "new talent", 
> but the festival rules stipulate that a film is eligible if it is one 
> of the director's first three films. Inu to arukeba is Shinozaki's 
> third theatrical film. The jury said "The script showed subtlety and 
> maturity, blending humor and serious drama with exceptional 
> smoothness." Inu to arukeba is one of a number of dog movies to be 
> released in the last few years in what could be called--jokingly, of 
> course--the "dog days" of Japanese cinema.
> 
> The press here is mainly taking it up because Tanaka Naoki, of the 
> popular TV comedy due Kokoriko, stars in the film.
> 
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