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

[nuzumaki@gmx.net]

That series would certainly be a good DVD-release. Udine missed the chance to do so - unfortunately. Hopefully some other company will pick them up. 

best,

Stefan

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> Datum: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:26:23 -0400
> Von: Marc Walkow <marcwalkow at earthlink.net>
> An: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Fwd: No Borders, No Limits: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema

> 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:
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >
> >
> >> Monthly Classics
> >> NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> LAUNCH SCREENING
> >> A Colt is My Passport
> >> Friday, September 28
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> The Warped Ones
> >> Friday, November 9
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> After learning the woman he raped is pregnant with his child,  
> >> Akira discovers his actions do have consequences.
> >>
> >> Like a Shooting Star
> >> Friday, December 14
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> Goro is a Tokyo hitman who steals a convertible and heads for Kobe  
> >> to hide out.
> >>
> >> Red Handkerchief
> >> Friday, January 18
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> Ishihara plays a detective trying to crack a big drug case that  
> >> goes awry when he fatally shoots the witness.
> >>
> >> Gangster VIP
> >> Friday, February 22
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> When Goro decides to leave the yakuza, tragedy intervenes and he  
> >> sets out for revenge.
> >>
> >> Plains Wanderer
> >> Friday, March 14
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> Taki, a man with the looks of a Western hero, travels Japan?s back  
> >> roads and fight alongside the Ainu people.
> >>
> >> Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast
> >> Friday, April 4
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> Joe becomes the unwilling savior of a pure-hearted, simple-minded  
> >> prostitute on the run from her pimp.
> >>
> >> Roughneck
> >> Friday, May 2
> >> 7:30 pm
> >>
> >> Yuji takes up with a hot springs geisha, the lover of a local  
> >> boss, whose gang is facing stiff competition from an outside rival.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> LOCATION
> >> Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street at First Avenue
> >>
> >

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