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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit! (Guilala no Gyakushu — Toyako Summit Kiki Ippatsu) will be screening in the Out of Competition section of the 65th Venice International Film Festival (listing). The 65th edition of the Venice International Film Festival runs from August 27th to September 6th. In October it will screen at the 41st Sitges Film Festival.

I first found out about this project at Nippon Connection film festival last year when I interviewed Minoru Kawasaki (read here). A kaiju style throw down with Takemajin (Takeshi Kitano and/or voice of) vs. Guilala certainly on paper and in these images looks to be one hell of a delicious treat. Mark Schilling wasn’t crazy about the film (read review), yet I still reserve hope. After all, Rug Cop certainly wasn’t as entertaining as Executive Koala, but it still had many great and hilarious moments.

Related Coverage:
::: Let The Stomping Begin! The Full GUILALA Trailer Is Here! - Twitch
::: All that glitters may not be Takemajin - Ryuganji
::: The true form of Takemajin revealed for all to see! - Twitch
::: Minoru Kawasaki Reviving GUILALA! - Twitch
::: Synapse Films presents The Minoru Kawasaki Collection - Twitch

Synopsis from the 65th Venice International Film Festival :

On July 7th 2008, at Lake Toya in Hokkaido, Japan, the G8 Summit is being led by eight leaders of the world in an international conference hall by the lake. The main agenda of the Summit is the environment. Meanwhile, China’s Mars probe crashes into Sapporo city, only thirty miles away from Lake Toya. The monster Guilala appeares from the crash site, and destroys the city of Sapporo by spitting out giant fire balls. Although the Japanese government wants to cancel the Summit, the U.S. President decides to stay and fight against the monster for the public ratings, encouraging other leaders to follow. Now the G8 Summit has become the “Space Monster Task Force Headquarters”. Putting at stake the prestige of their countries, the world leaders plan and execute strategic operations, such as the “Great Roman” tactics, or the deadly poisoning from the Russians. However, they all end in failure and finally a nuclear weapon is about to be launched, putting the world in even greater danger. When the world is close to its final destruction, two journalists find a key to defeat the monster Guilala… A legendary giant called Take-majin is summoned to fight the monster. Will the world ever see peace again?

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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Leave it to Minoru Kawasaki (read interview) to fuse in some humor on the red carpet at Cannes this year!

::: “GIRARA Strikes Back” started selling advance tickets! ! Cannes Film Festival and landed! !
via official Minoru Kawasaki blog

Translation via Google and be sure to check the link above for accompanying photo with his post

This advance is also appear GIRARAFIGYUA with this column. I mean, but I think it’s worthwhile to 2,000 yen. Hey, go away quickly. Contacts theater can only be purchased beginning. GIRARA finishing with each passing day. Oh now a TV magazine in an interview published by their spree. German television interviewer the transformation came from the director. Music recording session, meetings, KARAKORE, OHANASHI big-name actors and a ticker tape long, making meeting, FIRUMUKARAKORE, MA Nare DORI industry and the world. Regrets, but most could not be dead. Tossed about by me. Photo SOI is the Cannes Film Festival in GIRARA We are going out. GIRARA the red carpet. Say hi to the world.

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One additional image in my series of images from Executive Koala (Koara kachô). This marks an incredible rare image and I’m glad to share it with fellow fans.

You can read my interview with filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki at Twitch (read here).

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

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Well, sadly this is it for Executive Koala (Koara kachô) high res imagery that I have on file. I hope you have enjoyed the three images I’ve posted for it. For those that haven’t seen the film or a remote clue of Minoru Kawasaki cinema, I can only imagine you must be scratching you head wondering what the hell this movie is about!

You can read my interview with filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki at Twitch (read here).

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CAPTION THIS:
Your a frog working a convenience store. How do you great customers and/or tell out of line customers to behave?

You can read my interview with filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki at Twitch (read here).

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I’ve been bad bad bad in not posting any images from Japanese cinema in quite awhile. Someone even asked me at the recent 40th Sitges when I would be posting another one. I promised them I had something diabolically cool in mind when I got back to the states. So here tonight I present my diabolically cool image from what I think is one of the best comedies and office satire films this decade, Executive Koala (Koara kachô). Enjoy!

You can read my interview with filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki at Twitch (read here).

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Minoru Kawasaki Interview - “I want to be silly for the rest of my life!”

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