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Jun Ichikawa, 1948 - 2008.
GreenCine Daily — ... , 59, died after collapsing at lunch on Friday and being rushed to a nearby Tokyo hospital.... The morning of his death Ichikawa was editing his last film, buy a suit, which is skedded to preem on October 18 in the ...

Tokyo Film Festival announces 2008 lineup
The Screening Log — ... Among the competing films are Ivy Ho's "Claustrophobia," Jennifer Phang's "Half-Life," Johan Kramer's "Sing for Darfur" and Tetsu Maeda's "School Days with a Pig." The Special Screenings section of the festival features several American films, including Justin Chadwick's "The Other Boleyn Girl," Eric Brevig's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and Andrew Stanton's "WALL-E." John Woo's "Red Cliff" is scheduled to open the festival, which runs through Oct. 26. Click here to see all the films competing for the Sakura. ...

AICN Anime Recommends Anime Masterpieces and Yokai Attack!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — ... , will be a movie rather than an OVA. The feature will premier at the 21st annual Tokyo International Film Festival next month. Trailers/previews Michiko to Hatchin has its own ...

Fests and events, 10/26.
GreenCine Daily — "Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan was awarded the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix at today's conclusion of the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival." Jason Gray has a full report at Screen Daily and lists a few more highlights of the festival at his blog. Continued reading Fests and events, 10/26.... Comments (0) Comments on this Entry:

First Look: Kanji Nakajima's Sci-Fi The Clone Returns Home
FirstShowing.net — ... You can check out four photos below. And if you speak Japanese, you can actually see a trailer on the TIFF site. I think this looks intriguing enough to try and catch at Sundance, but I'm still a bit skeptical. ...