IVL - 400 toei films

[Stephen Cremin]

JINGI NAKI TATAKAI (1973) is BATTLES WITHOUT HONOUR AND HUMANITY, aka 
THE YAKUZA PAPERS, etc.

The English title of KATAKU NO HITO (1986) is HOUSE ON FIRE, starring 
Ogata Ken, Ishida Ayumi, Harada Mieko, Matsuzaki Keiko and Ishibashi 
Renji.  Based on the writing of Dan Kazuo.  Unijapan wrote: "Yoriko is 
the second wife of Kazuo and has the job of raising his five children 
by another woman.  Also she must bear his affair with Keiko, an actress 
to whom he is now attracted.  One of the children suffers from 
encephalitis and Yoriko's lot is hard.  But so is Keiko's."

The English title of HANA NO RAN (1988) is THE RAGE OF LOVE, starring 
Yoshinaga Sayuri, Matsuzaka Keiko, Ogata Ken, Ishida Eri and Matsuda 
Yusaku.  Based on the writing of Nagahata Michiko.  Unijapan wrote: 
"Akiko is the girl destined to become a great poet.  Though still young 
she decides to devote herself not only to poetry but also to her poetry 
master, Yosano Hiroshi.  For him she is ready to forsake her home, her 
parents, her friends.  After nights of love she writes her finest 
verse."

Is IVL a North American based company?  Hong Kong?  It's always 
interesting to see how companies handle large libraries on DVD, for 
example comparing how Panorama pushed out their Shochiku library to how 
Celestial pushed out Shaw Bros, etc.  Panorama seemed to depend on 
interest in Oshima Nagisa and Tora-san in early releases, and I'm not 
sure that strategy did them any favours.  Likewise, it seems a bit 
dangerous for IVL to lead with Fukasaku's female-themed melodramas if 
that's not what people are expecting from the director of BATTLE 
ROYALE.

What years of the Toei catalogue do they have rights to?

Stephen



On Oct 21, 2004, at 11:29 PM, Nuzumaki wrote:

> Beginning next month, IVL will begin a new DVD/VCD series devoted to 
> the classic films of Toei. Each month IVL will release 1-3 Toei films 
> on DVD/VCD. All in all we can expect 400 films, many for first time on 
> DVD.
> The first batch will be released around November 9-11 and will consist 
> of 3 Kinji Fukasaku films (2 are for first time available subbtitelt - 
> and on DVD):
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> Jingi naki tatakai (1973)
> Kataku No Hito (1986)
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> Hana no ran (1988)
> may this series be a great success for IVL.
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> Stefan Nutz
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