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Lovers' Kiss (Japan 2002)
Kamakura prime story.
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)
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?

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)
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.

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)
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.

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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