
This year the festival offers 60 movies from Asia: 5 from China, 26 from Japan, 20 from Korea, 6 from Hong Kong, 1 from Taiwan, and 2 from Thailand.
As usual, we will concentrate our interest on the Japanese program that includes 4 anime (in total you can also find 33 other animated features — 29 shorts and 8 movies — from various countries). Besides Momotaro, Sacred Sailors, which is probably one of the first anime ever produced in Japan, there’s nothing out of the ordinary among those titles — although we’ve noticed that there’s lots of manga adaptations. Here's a list of all the Japanese titles (with links to full description):
Anime:
- Harmony / Hamoni : 2015 / 120 mins / Dir.: Takashi Nakamura, Michael Arias. [Trailer, Wikipedia]
- I Can See You : 2016 / 9 mins / Dir. Gu Jie. [Trailer]
- Momotaro, Sacred Sailors / Momotaro, Umi No Shinpei : 1945 / 74 mins / Dir.: Mitsuyo Seo. [Wikipedia]
- Pigtails : 2016 / 28 mins / Dir.: Yoshimi Itazu (Production I.G). Adaptation of the manga Mitsuami no kami-sama by Machiko Kyo.
Live-Action:
- As the Gods Will / Kamisama no iu toori : 2014 / 116 mins / Dir.: Takashi Miike. Based on the manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Akeji Fujimura. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- Assassination Classroom: Graduation / Ansatsu Kyoshitsu -Sotsugyou Hen- : 2016 / 118 mins / Dir.: Eiichiro Hasumi. Second part of an adaptation of Yuusei Matsui’s manga. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- Bakuman : 2015 / 120 mins / Dir.: Hitoshi Ohne. Adaptation of the manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata (Death Note) [AsianWiki, Eigapedia, IMdB]
- A Bride for Rip Van Winkle / Rip Van Winkle no Hanayome : 2016 / 179 mins / Dir.: Shunji Iwai (adapting his own novel). [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailers on Vimeo & Youtube]
- Chihayafuru / Chihayafuru Kami no Ku Part 1 & Part 2 : 2015-16 / 111 mins &112 mins / Dir.: Nori Koizumi. Adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu’s acclaimed manga series. [AsianWiki, Trailers Part 1 & Part 2, Wikipedia]
- Creepy / Kuripi: Itsuwari no Rinjin : 2016 / 130 mins / Dir.: Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Based on the novel by Yutaka Maekawa. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- HK2: Hentai Kamen [Masked Pervert] 2: The Abnormal Crisis : 2016 / 118 mins / Dir.: Yuichi Fukuda. Based on the comedy manga series written and illustrated by Keishū Ando. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer]
- Les hommes d’une autre planète / Jumborg Ace & Giant / Yuk Wud Jaeng Pob Jambo : Thailand / 1974 / Dir.: Chen Hun-Ming. Based on a Japanese tokusatsu / super sentai TV series produced by Tsubaraya Pro (Ultraman). [IMdB, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- If Cats Disappeared from the World / Sekai kara neko ga kietanara : 2016 / 93 mins / Dir.: Akira Nagai. Adapted from the bestseller by Genki Kawamura. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Official webpage, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- The Inerasable / Zange - Sunde wa Ikenai Heya : 2015 / 107 mins / Dir.: Yoshihiro Nakamura. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- Kaijyu Mono / Daikaiju Mono : 2016 / 120 mins / Dir.: Minoru Kawasaki. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer]
- Kiyamachi Daruma : 2015 / 116 mins / Dir.: Hideo Sakaki. Adapted from screenwriter Hiroyuki Maruno’s own novel. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer]
- Library Wars: The Last Mission / Toshokan Sanso: The Last Mission : 2015 / 120 mins / Dir.: Shinsuke Sato. Based on the light novel and manga by Hiro Arikawa. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Official webpage, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- Lowlife Love / Gesu no Ai : 2015 / 110 mins / Dir.: Eiji Uchida. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Official website, Trailers on Vimeo & Youtube]
- Parasyte: Part 1 / Kiseiju & Parasyte: Part 2 / Kiseiju Kanketsu-hen : 2014-15 / 107 mins & 117 mins / Dir.: Takashi Yamazaki. Based on the manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki. [AsianWiki Part 1 & Part 2, IMdB, Trailer Part 1 & Part 2, Wikipedia Part 1 & Part 2]
- Terraformars / Terafomazu : 2016 / 108 mins / Dir.: Takashi Miike. Adaptation of Yu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana’s manga. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Teaser, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- Too Young to Die! / Too Young To Die! Wakakushite Shinu : 2016 / 125 mins / Dir.: Kankuro Kudo. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer]
- The Top Secret: Murder in Mind / Himitsu the Top Secret : 2016 / 148 mins / Dir.: Keishi Otomo. Based on Reiko Shimizu’s manga. [AsianWiki, Trailer, Wikipedia]
- Ultraman X the Movie / Gekijōban Urutoraman Ekkusu Kita zo! Warera no Urutoraman : 2016 / 73 mins / Dir.: Kiyotaka Taguchi. Based on the 41st Ultraman TV series produced by Tsuburaya, this movie celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Ultraman universe! [Trailer, Wikipedia]
- What a Wonderful Family! / Kazoku wa Tsurai yo : 2016 / 108 mins / Dir.: Yoji Yamada. [AsianWiki, IMdB, Trailer, Wikipedia]
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