Masters of Horror / misc. news

[tetsuwan at comcast.net]

So I guess this is where he hooked up with John Carpenter, since Takashii's listed as the director of the next film in the never ending Halloween sequels.

And didn't he say he wasn't directing horror movies anymore?

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> > http://www.sho.com/site/mastersofhorror/home.do 
> 
> I can't access the page from Japan . . . 
> 
> A few weeks ago I gave a rushed pronunciation lesson to an actress who was 
> preparing to do an English language audition for a Miike project. She 
> mentioned something about a TV episode, but we couldn't figure out why Miike 
> was doing the auditions in English. Maybe this explains it. The one page of 
> script she showed me had something to do with foreigners and prostitutes in 
> Japan. At any rate I guess she made it past the first round, but didn't get 
> the part. 
> 
> In barely related news, last night I took a break from studies to meet her 
> and a pink director friend to see the Smog/Joanna Newsom concert in Shibuya. 
> While we were there we bumped into director Meike (not Miike) Mitsuru. 
> Afterwards, as we traded thoughts about the two ridiculous opening bands, 
> Meike told us that his 2004 film Bitter Sweet (previously known as "Noko 
> furin: torareta onna") is going to play the late show at Pole Pole Higashi 
> Nakano starting on December 10. It stars Konatsu, the late Hayashi Yumika, 
> Ishikawa "KIN" and Sano Kazuhiro, and I think I remember an interesting 
> cameo somewhere in the middle . . . Those of you who missed it at the 
> Shinjuku Kokusai Gekijo might want to take a look. 
> 
> And speaking of Hayashi Yumika, the recent issue of PG (No. 100) is a jumbo 
> sized tribute to her with photos, a filmography, and numerous comments from 
> pink directors and actors. 
> 
> Michael Arnold 
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