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I remember talking to Shusuke Kaneko the day news broke that Hideo Nakata would be taking on this film. At the time it seemed hard to exactly fathom how they would approach the material but little doubt that as successful of hits as the Death Note films were that it was inevitable that there would be infinite numbers of knock off related feature films and anime. L: Change the World turned out to be one very strange action movie where it seemed the lifted the character of L into more of a routine save the world studio action film. It felt like a really strange fusion of James Bond and Death Note with a killer and hilarious final airplane sequence (more from Mark Schilling and Rodney Perkins).

I met Hideo Nakata at the recent NIFFF film festival. I mainly talked to him and his wife, as well as compared notes on the Nobuo Nakagawa (Lady Vampire was my favorite of his shown) retrospective going on as well as we all wanted to greatly see Adrift in Tokyo.

Related Coverage:
::: Interview I did with Hideo Nakata on L: Change the World
::: Interview I did with Hideo Nakata (Part 1) – Twitch
::: Interview I did with Hideo Nakata (Part 2) – Twitch
::: Interviewing Xavier Gens, Hideo Nakata & Jesus Franco on Remakes – Twitch
::: L: Change the World Movie Wallpaper #1 (Cinema is Dope)
::: Detroit Metal City Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Death Note: The Last Name Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Death Note Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

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Official digital that was used in its original international release.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

 

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, September 1, 2008

In the first image at the top we have Yoshino Kimura with binoculars.

The second image features Yoshinori Okada.

The third image features (left to right): Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yoshino Kimura and Naoki Tanaka.

Fine, Totally Fine from director Yousuke Fujita, won top honors at Nippon Connection earlier this year. When you see Tokyo! at Fantastic Fest this year, be sure and look for a nice little cameo by Yoshiyoshi Arakawa in it during Bong Joon-ho’s segment of Shaking Tokyo. Admittedly it’s not much but it certainly made me laugh!

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper Images (Cinema is Dope)
::: Jasper Sharp on Fine, Totally Fine
::: Mark Schilling on Fine, Totally Fine

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Image Source:
Official stills that were used in the original Japanese release of the film.

Related Links:
::: Official Site

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, August 31, 2008

I missed seeing Miki Satoshi’s, Adrift In Tokyo (Tenten) at the 8th NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) as I was interviewing Jaume Balagueró on REC 1 & 2 at the time. I’m doing what I can to hopefully bring it to Austin someday, but no telling when that might be. I’ve lost track on when this is coming out on DVD with English subtitles, though Evokative Films from Canada seems poised to release it soon.

Related Coverage:
::: Adrift in Ever Morphing Tokyo – Jason Gray
::: Review by Mark Schilling
::: Udine Report: ADRIFT IN TOKYO Review (Todd @ Twitch)
::: Vampire Queen meets Miki Satoshi
::: Are You Having A Laugh? An Interview With Miki Satoshi – Interview by Mark Schilling
::: Miki Satoshi Pictures from Udine 10

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Image Source:
Official poster artwork used in the original Japanese release for the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Colorful Japanese poster artwork, that shows us perhaps the atypical nature of the film with the lead characters shown backwards setting off on a journey in Miki Satoshi’s, Adrift In Tokyo (Tenten).

This film will be screening twice at the 8th NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) – screening details here.

Related Coverage:
::: Adrift in Ever Morphing Tokyo – Jason Gray
::: Review by Mark Schilling
::: Udine Report: ADRIFT IN TOKYO Review (Todd @ Twitch)
::: Vampire Queen meets Miki Satoshi
::: Are You Having A Laugh? An Interview With Miki Satoshi – Interview by Mark Schilling
::: Miki Satoshi Pictures from Udine 10

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Image Source:
Official poster artwork used in the original Japanese release for the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

More amazing Japanese poster artwork for Takashi Miike’s Crows Zero (Kurôzu zero). Surprisingly enough in the past 7 days this film has been the most popular title among site readers. In addition and I haven’t said this enough here if your a big fan of Miike then definitely check out the Tom Mes book on Miike – Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike.

Related Coverage:
::: Japanese Poster Artwork
::: Review by Mark Schilling
::: AFM: CROWS 0 Review (Todd @ Twitch)

Amazon.com Link: Buy the Tom Mes (Midnight Eye) book on Miike – Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

Eiga Chirashi = mini poster/flyer’s from Japan

Image Source:
Official still used in the original Japanese artwork for this film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile