Re: Nikkatsu 60s action screening series

[J.sharp]

How could you leave out the Jo Shishido classic Fast Draw Guy!



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From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Nikkatsu 60s action screening series
Date: 17/08/07 05:39

> Dear Kine Japan members,I'd like to announce a Japanese film screening
series that will make its debut at two U.S. venues in late September. The
series is called NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: 1960s NIKKATSU ACTION CINEMA, and is
a slightly smaller selection of the films that originally screened at the
Far East Film Festival in Udine in 2005. My company, Outcast Cinema, has
been working with Mark Schilling (who organized the Udine retro) and
Nikkatsu Studios to put this series together.The eight films in the program
are:THE WARPED ONES / aka SEASON OF HEAT (Kyonetsu no kisetsu, 1960)    
directed by Kurahara Koreyoshi &amp; starring Kawachi TamioPLAINS WANDERER
(Daisogen no wataridori, 1960)     directed by Saito Buichi &amp; starring
Kobayashi AkiraGLASS JOHNNY: LOOK LIKE A BEAST (Glass no Johnny: yaju no yo
ni miete, 1962)     directed by Kurahara Koreyoshi &amp; starring Shishido
JoRED HANDKERCHIEF (Akai hankachi, 1964)     directed by Masuda Toshio &amp;
starring Ishihara YujiroLIKE A SHOOTING STAR / aka THE VELVET HUSTLER
(Kurenai no nagareboshi, 1967)     directed by Masuda Toshio &amp; starring
Watari TetsuyaA COLT IS MY PASSPORT(Colt wa ore no pasupoto, 1967)    
directed by Nomura Takashi &amp; starring Shishido JoGANGSTER VIP (Burai
yori daikanbu, 1968)     directed by Masuda Toshio &amp; starring Watari
TetsuyaROUGHNECK (Arakure, 1969)     directed by Hasebe Yasuharu &amp;
starring Kobayashi AkiraOur first two screening venues will be Fantastic
Fest in Austin, Texas, and Japan Society in New York City. Austin will be
screening three films:A COLT IS MY
PASSPORThttp://fantasticfest.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;filmId=31555209THE
VELVET HUSTLER / LIKE A SHOOTING
STARhttp://fantasticfest.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;filmId=31555593THE
WARPED ONES / SEASON OF
HEAThttp://fantasticfest.bside.com/2007/?_view=_filmdetails&amp;filmId=31556608Japan
Society NY will be presenting the series as a one-per-month film program,
beginning with A COLT IS MY
PASSPORT.http://japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event=828148013&amp;id_performance=1449785411Mark
Schilling will be introducing all three films in Austin and at the first
screening in NY, and will be signing copies of his new book from FAB Press -
coincidentally also titled NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: NIKKATSU ACTION CINEMA -
at both venues.The films will be screened on 35mm, but English subtitles
will be separately projected via a video projector.I hope to tour this
program to other cinematheques and venues in the US and Canada. If other
forum members have any leads or suggestions about other places that might
like to screen the films, or would like to book the series for their own
organization, I'd be happy to hear from them.Thanks,Marc Walkow

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