Fwd: No Borders, No Limits: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema

[Marc Walkow]

Thanks for the reminder email, Aaron. I'd originally sent this out a  
few weeks ago - this series is actually being organized and booked  
through my company, Outcast Cinema. Mark is, of course, the person  
who put it together originally for the Udine Far East Film Festival  
in 2005, and he is acting as special curator for
a new series at JS called "Monthly Classics," of which our Nikkatsu  
Action series is the first installment.

These eight titles are also available for booking in other US and  
Canadian venues. Right now we're looking at a small tour in the first  
half of 2008, if Nikkatsu continues to be cooperative.

Three of the films - WARPED ONES, LIKE A SHOOTING STAR, and A COLT IS  
MY PASSPORT - will also be screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin,  
Texas, on September 24-26.

All films will be shown in new (well, circa 2005) prints with new,  
digital English subtitles.

Thanks,

Marc


> Mark is curating an exciting series at the Japan Society this year:
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>> Monthly Classics
>> NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema
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>> Monthly Classics features Mark Schilling(Variety) as its first  
>> guest curator, selecting 8 Nikkatsu studio films long overlooked  
>> by critics and audiences, presented here for the first time in the  
>> U.S. with new digital subtitles.
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>> LAUNCH SCREENING
>> A Colt is My Passport
>> Friday, September 28
>> 7:30 pm
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>> With rival gang members in pursuit, a cool-headed killer attempts  
>> a daring escape after a hit. Introduced by the curator with  
>> reception and book-signing.
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>> The Warped Ones
>> Friday, November 9
>> 7:30 pm
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>> After learning the woman he raped is pregnant with his child,  
>> Akira discovers his actions do have consequences.
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>> Like a Shooting Star
>> Friday, December 14
>> 7:30 pm
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>> Goro is a Tokyo hitman who steals a convertible and heads for Kobe  
>> to hide out.
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>> Red Handkerchief
>> Friday, January 18
>> 7:30 pm
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>> Ishihara plays a detective trying to crack a big drug case that  
>> goes awry when he fatally shoots the witness.
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>> Gangster VIP
>> Friday, February 22
>> 7:30 pm
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>> When Goro decides to leave the yakuza, tragedy intervenes and he  
>> sets out for revenge.
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>> Plains Wanderer
>> Friday, March 14
>> 7:30 pm
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>> Taki, a man with the looks of a Western hero, travels Japan’s back  
>> roads and fight alongside the Ainu people.
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>> Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast
>> Friday, April 4
>> 7:30 pm
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>> Joe becomes the unwilling savior of a pure-hearted, simple-minded  
>> prostitute on the run from her pimp.
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>> Roughneck
>> Friday, May 2
>> 7:30 pm
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>> Yuji takes up with a hot springs geisha, the lover of a local  
>> boss, whose gang is facing stiff competition from an outside rival.
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>> LOCATION
>> Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street at First Avenue
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