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  • Howling Box Office

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    Looks like Miyazaki has another hit on his hands. Famed director Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film “Howl’s Moving Castle” chalked up 1.48 billion yen in box-office revenue and attracted an audience of 1.1 million people during its first two days of release, a record for a domestic film, Toho Co said Monday. For its first…

  • Shorts #02

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    I didn’t wake up early enough to catch the RESMIX Korea program this morning, but I made it to Shorts #02, and really enjoyed a lot of the shorts presented. Stefan Nadelman — director of last year’s great TERMINAL — was on hand after the program to talk about his contribution this year, ONE STEP…

  • By Design

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    This afternoon I went to the Laforet Museum for the Resfest‘s By Design program. I never miss this, and again this year I was not disappointed. MK12, probably my favorite MG (motion graphics) group out there, had 2 entries — finally giving me a chance to see the Funkstorung video they made in all its…

  • Resfest 2004

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    The JAPAN TIMES has an article up on this weekend’s Resfest. Tokyo became a stop in 1999, one of the first beyond the original five cities. Japan also has been a major source of contributors. Last year saw Junji Kojima and Kentaro Kobayashi’s “Japanese Tradition (Relationships)” win the Audience Choice Award. This time, look for…

  • Three Digital Shorts

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    Lots of digital film action happening this upcoming weekend, along with the Resfest at the Laforet Museum. This is the 2004 edition of Jeonju International Film Festival’s project producing short films of three selected Asian filmmakers. This year the three are Bong Joon-ho (“Memories of Murder” ), Yu Likwai (“Love Will Tear Us Apart”) and…

  • FILMeX 2004

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    Tokyo is of course all about design in October, and then film in November, what with the Resfest and FILMeX festivals both happening. Launched with the aim to introduce a new wave of filmmakers and cinematic trends, Tokyo Filmex is held for the fifth time this year. The program is once again convincing enough to…

  • No Sexy Honey

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    Last night I finally got to see the live-action CUTIE HONEY movie. My verdict? Well, it’s deliciously camp, yet not sexy enough. I mean, it’s Cutie Honey, she’s SUPPOSED to get naked, right! They tried to make this into a family film (this is quite funny when you realize that the director is none other…

  • Jerome Olivier

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    I had a meeting with someone at Montoak yesterday — about a new writing thing that I’ll get into in a week or so when things get more official — and following a bit of walking around, I met up with Yuko and we went back to Montoak for a drink on the terrace. It…

  • Short Shorts Film Festival Asia 2004

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    From REALTOKYO: Held since 1999, “Short Shorts” is the only showcase event in Japan dedicated to short movies, and now finally a section focusing on Asian works is being launched. Even for this first installment there was a flood of entries from throughout Asia, and from the total of 412 submissions 51 titles were selected…

  • Tetsujin 28

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    There’s something I really like about this teaser poster for the live-adaptation of TETSUJIN 28 (also known as Gigantor in the North America), which comes out next Spring. The official site for the film also has a teaser trailer, but you don’t really see much. Update (16/08/23): The image is no longer available.