Udine Far East Film

[mark schilling]

Here, at last, is the final list of Japanese films to be screened at the
Udine Far East Film Festival, from April 22 to 29 in Udine, Italy.

 JAPAN
Kamikaze Girls, NAKASHIMA Tetsuya, 2004
Tales of Terror, Various Directors, 2004 (Horror Day)
Crying Out Love in The Center of The World, YUKISADA Isao, 2004
Lady Joker, HIRAYAMA Hideyuki, 2004
Lorelei: The Witch of The Pacific Ocean, HIGUCHI Shinji, 2005
One Missed Call 2, TSUKAMOTO Renpei, 2005 (Horror Day)
We Shall Overcome Some Day, IZUTSU Kazuyuki, 2005

SPECIAL FOCUS ON: NAKAHARA SHUN
The Cherry Orchard, NAKAHARA Shun, Japan 1990
Ichigo.Chips, NAKAHARA Shun and TAKAHASHI Tsutomu, Japan 2005

FOCUS ON DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY/CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Lady Snowblood, FUJITA Toshiya, Japan 1973
Desert Moon, AOYAMA Shinji, Japan 2001

NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS:
THE WORLD OF NIKKATSU ACTION:

Red Quay, MASUDA Toshio, 1958
Rusty Knife, MASUDA Toshio,  1958
Season of Heat, KURAHARA Koreyoshi, 1960
Tales of a Gunman: Quick-Draw Ryu, NOGUCHI Hiroshi, 1960
Plains Wanderer, SAITO Buichi, 1960
Crimson Pistol, USHIHARA Yoichi, 1961
Fast-Draw Guy, NOMURA Takashi,  1961
Dirty Work, SAITO Buichi, 1961
Glass Johnny, KURAHARA Koreyoshi,1962
Red Handkerchief,  MASUDA Toshio, 1964
Black Tight Killers, HASEBE Yasuharu, 1966
A Colt Is My Passport,  NOMURA Takashi, 1967
The Velvet Hustler,  MASUDA Toshio, 1967
Gangster VIP, MASUDA Toshio, 1968
Roughneck, HASEBE Yasuharu, 1969
Stray Cat Rock - Sex Hunter, HASEBE Yasuharu, 1970

Among the Japanese guests coming are Tamura Masaki, Shishido Jo, Masuda
Toshio and Higuchi Shinji (Lorelei).

The tribute to Tamura and two other Asian cinematographers was curated by
Korean producer and festival programmer Hanna Lee. Everything else on the
above list is pretty much my fault.

For more program info, check out the festival site at:

http://194.21.179.166/cecudine/datahost/fef2005/index.htm

The festival is also publishing my book "No Borders, No Limits: The World of
Nikkatsu Action," which
contains an essay on Nikkatsu Action, a history of the Nikkatsu studio,
profiles of actors and directors and
interviews with Masuda and Shishido. The text is in English and Italian, for
a total of 198 pages. One day --
who knows? -- we may sell it on Amazon.

Mark Schilling
schill at gol.com