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New Recomendations vol.8 |
Lovers' Kiss (Japan 2002) |
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Kamakura prime story.
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Rikako and
Tomoaki are high school students. Both are friendless. One night,
the two happen to meet at the sea and then are attracted to
each other. However a new beginning waiting for Tomoaki bothers
Rikako. And there are four other people that hold a little torch
for the two. What is ahead of them as a result of one romance
and four different feelings?
A movie of comic by Akio Yoshida.
Other works: BANANA FISH, YASHA, Sakura no Sono |
Director |
Ataru Oikawa |
Cast |
Aya Hirayama/Aoi Miyazaki/Mikako
Ichikawa/Yuuma Ishigaki |
Official
Website |
http://www.lovers-kiss.net/index.html |
Information |
On screen from January
25, 2003 at Scala-za 2 (Hibiya).
DVD release on Jul. 25 |
8 Femmes / 8 Women (France
2002) |
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Who killed the master? |
8 major French actresses sing and dance in one movie.
One morning the industrialist Marcel is found stabbed in his
room. Eight women are his potential murderers. The house is
isolated in a snowstorm, the phone is dead and one of them
has to be the culprit. Mutual suspisions reveal the various
secrets in their lives. Who murdered the master?
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Director |
Francois Ozon |
Cast |
Catherine Deneuve/Emmanuelle
Beart/Isabelle Huppert/Fanny Ardant/Virginie Ledoyen |
Official
Website |
http://www.gaga.ne.jp/8femmes/ |
Information |
On screen from November
23, 2002 at Cinema Rise (Shibuya), Theatre Cinema (Ginza) and
other theaters.
DVD release on Jul. 21 |
La Repetition/ Replay (France
2001) |
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You are my friend and my lover.
You are me. You are not me. |
Nathalie and Louise had been best friends from their childhood.
Both dreamed of being a stage actress. However when they were
university students, the two fought and break off their friendship.
After 10 years, the two were reunited. Nathalie was on stage
that Louise came to see with her husband. Nathalie's dream
came true, and Louise gave up but was in a happy marriage
with dental technician. Their friendship start again, however
it is unsettled when Louise stole Nathalie's cigarette case.
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Director |
Catherine Corsini |
Cast |
Emmanuelle Beart/Pascale
Bussieres |
Official
Website |
http://www.cinema-angel.com/kanojo-jikan |
Information |
DVD & Video release
on April 25, 2003 |
Youyuan Jingmeng/ Peony Pavilion
(Hong Kong 2001) |
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The sweet singing voice that rings
to my ears.
An unforgettable beautiful bloom. |
Suzhou is a city of water and known to its beautiful garden.
Around 1930, an evening party held by some noble family. There
is Jade who sings a song in a black dress. Ran who is a beauty
in male dinner jacket. She is an independent woman full of
patriotic spirits. She is attracted with pretty Jade, who
married to her cousin as his fifth wife. Ran gets along with
her daughter too but she never sees the sorrow of Jade and
her child. No one really listens Jade sing and Ran became
invaluable to her as time goes by.
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Director |
Yeung Fan |
Cast |
Rie Miyazawa/Joey Wang |
Official
Website |
http://www.groove.or.jp/movies/hana_no_ai/ |
Information |
DVD & Video release
on December 20, 2002 |
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