[KineJapan] Dynamite Graffiti sneak preview at FCCJ

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

Dear KineJapanners,


The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Yurakucho is screening the
enigmatically titled DYNAMITE GRAFFITI, about Japan’s 1980s porn magazine
king, on March 14, with the director and star on hand for the Q&A session
following the screening.


Since FCCJ is a private club, you must reserve your seats through
Screenings Curator Karen Severns: karenseverns at gmail.com.


Be sure to reserve at least two days before the screening, as seats are
limited.


*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 AT 6:30pm**

**Note early start time.*


*DYNAMITE GRAFFITI *

*(**Sutekina Dynamite Scandal**)*

Japan, 2018  138 minutes    Japanese with English subtitles

Followed by a Q&A session with director Masanori Tominaga and star Tasuku
Emoto


In the early years of the bubble era, struggling illustrator Akira Suei
discovered he could make more money in the erotic publishing business than
painting signboards for Tokyo’s increasingly naughty cabarets. By the early
1980s, he had become the Hugh Hefner of Japan, editing in quick succession
three best-selling pornography magazines: New Self, Weekend Super and
Shashin Jidai (Photo Age). Remarkably uninterested in porn himself, he
focused instead on printing the work of distinguished writers like Genpei
Akasegawa, copywriter Shigesato Itoi, editor-illustrator Sinbo Minami and
art-photographers Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama, earning them
international renown and bringing unexpected cachet to his publications.
Until Suei’s empire began to crumble under censorship…



For more (in Japanese): https:// dynamitemovie.jp
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