Although it is impossible to see them all, granted people I know try and actually take a week or so off work to get as many on a possible (I will not name any names), there are a few that I though I would try to get out and see.
Alien vs. Ninja
World Premiere
Saturday, July 3, 6 PM
Synopsis according to the japan Society:
"In medieval Japan, no one can hear you scream. And no one can prepare you for the arrival of a great big honking rubber alien who wants to party in space-invader style--meaning tearing off heads and ripping out intestines. This sick extraterrestrial freak even wants to impregnate our species with its hideous jelloid babies. It's unstoppable. It's unkillable. It's unbeatable! Almost--it's not ninja-proof."
Seriously, how could you go wrong with that. Pure mindless entertainment.
Next on the list a little suspense that should prove macabre:
Confessions
告白(Kokuhaku)
U.S. Premiere
Thursday, July 1, 9 PM
Sunday, July 4, 2 PM
Synopsis according to the japan Society:
Tetsuya Nakashima made Memories of Matsuko, the greatest musical about a dead bag lady ever filmed. Now he's back, four years later, with this darkly gleaming masterpiece. It's a showcase for Takako Matsu, who plays a middle school teacher whose four-year-old daughter is murdered. Some dodgy evidence convinces her that two of her students are the killers, and she engages in psychological warfare with her entire class in a highly unhealthy attempt to make them confess.
If you liked Tokyo Gore Police, you are sure to love this.
Mutant Girls Squad
戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説 (Sento shojo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu)
International Premiere
Saturday, July 3, 8:30 PM
Synopsis according to the japan Society:
In 2009, Tak Sakaguchi (Versus), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) and Noboru Iguchi (RoboGeisha), came to the New York Asian Film Festival, got drunk and decided to make a movie together. The result: this splatter-ific, kick-tastic, raunchy riff on the X-Men movies. It takes three directors to make a movie this messed up.
A complete list of films, synopsis' and show times can be found on the Japan Society's web site http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts
