Dear Friends,
We are pleased to inform you that Toho International Co.,
Ltd. will be attending the upcoming Marche du Film 2004 to present a wide
variety of Japanese films including the following new titles:
1) "CRYING OUT LOVE, IN THE CENTER OF THE
WORLD"
An emotional love story based on a Japanese best seller novel that
has sold more than 2 million copies and has become a national phenomenon.The
disappearance of his fiancee, Ritsuko, puzzles Sakutaro. He travels to Shikoku
in search of her, to a town where he experienced his first love, Aki, a high
school classmate. The young lovers enjoyed the springtime of their lives, but,
Aki learns that she suffered from leukemia and her days were numbered…
Screening at Cannes: 9:30 am on May 16 (Sun.) at Riviera 6
Japanese official website: http://aiosakebu.yahoo.co.jp/
2)
"GODZILLA: TOKYO SOS"
A monster action film. As the combat among Godzilla,
Mothra and Mechagodzilla begin, new giant monsters are heading for Tokyo.
Is it man's friend or foe? What will become of Tokyo? The final battle of
monsters sets the stage for an unimaginable
catastrophe...
Besides this newest film, we
have also 25 Godzilla sequels. Please ask us more details!
3) "MILK WHITE"
A smash hit love story of a man losing his sight.
Takayuki is a grade school teacher in Tokyo. One day, he learns that he
will lose his sight sooner or later. He resigns from school and returns to his
hometown of Nagasaki where his mother and sister live. When Yoko, his
girlfriend, follows him to Nagasaki, he must deal with his feelings for her and
his worries about the future.
4) "RED MOON"
A passionate love story of a woman who loved many
men to survive war. Based on Rei Nakanishi's bestseller "The Red Moon", the
film depicts what happened to the novelist's mother during the war in Manchuria.
Japan sent thousands of colonists Manchuria, some of whom, like
Namiko(heroine)'s husband, made a fortune there, but Japan's defeat toppled
their success. While the Soviet invasion plunged the colonists into misery,
Namiko survived days of hardship in postwar Harbin thanks to her strong
will.
5) "LIKE ASURA"
A well-made family
drama that was an official entry at the Montreal Film Festival 2003 and a
multiple award winner at the Japanese film awards including the Japanese Academy
Awards. Four sisters have respective problems. Tsunako, a widow, is
intimate with a restaurant owner who is married. Makiko incidentally discovers
her husband's secret rendezvous with his secretary. Takiko hires a private
detective to tail her father, but unexpectedly he woos her. Sakiko is crazy
about a young boxer, who, after she marries him, gets fatally wounded in the
ring. The sisters are worried about each other, sometimes hostile to each
other and, deep in their hearts, jealous of each other. New from
Yoshimitsu Morita ("The Family Game","Los Paradise",
etc.).
6) "ROBOCON"
A touching initiation story of youths.
Satomi is an apathetic student at a technical college. One day at the advice of
the class teacher, she joins Robot Club #2. At the school, there are two Robot
Clubs: elitist Robot Club #1 and fallout Robot Club #2, which has only two
active members and little activities.
Both of the clubs attend a local robocon(robot
contest) where similar clubs compete each other with their robots. Robot Club #2
loses, but the contest's judges choose the club as one of the few
representatives for the area at the national contest because of their robot's
unique features. Robot Club #2, which is otherwise a team of losers, is elated
and for the first time in their lives find what they really want to do: to
win this heaven-sent opportunity to prove them. Their true robocon starts
now...
7) "SPY SORGE"
A spy suspense film and also the last film by
the famed master director, Masahiro Shinoda of "Silence", "Double Suicide" and
"Gonza, the Spearman". The Soviet Union under Stalin was perplexed at the
beginning of World War II. How could they protect their vast country from the
Nazi invasion in the west and Japanese military advancement in the east? Without
help, they could never repel the invaders. Then came a secret message from a
Russian spy in Japan; "Japan has no intention to invade the Soviet Union." On
the heels of it, Stalin sent his Far-East Army to defend Stalingrad against the
Nazis, thus turning the course of the war. That single piece of information led
the Soviets to victory.
Richard Sorge, the spy who stole top secrets from
the Japanese and German governments for the Soviet Union, when arrested by the
Japanese police, said, "There are no longer any secrets in Japan for me to
steal." His skill in gathering information were exceptional. Handsome and
virile, he had a forceful personality. He had all the qualities of a
talented spy and an ace journalist. He was also a charming
playboy.
8) "KILLERS"
Japan's five top movie directors have gathered to
make an action-packed omnibus movie "Killers". Mamoru Oshii who made "Ghost in
the Shell", Kazuhiro Kiuchi of "Partners in Crime" fame, Toshimichi Ohkawa who
directed the "Crime Hunter" series, and two promising young directors, Shuji
Kawata and Takanori Tsujimoto whose talents are highly acclaimed by the former
three. Each episode is a thrilling pageant of action and gunplay...
Furthremore, our company
is also handling numerous Japanese classic titles, such as films by Akira
Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, or Samurai films, Janaese animations
etc....
Contact at Cannes
Attendees: Masaharu Ina (Director)
Yukio
Kotaki (Sales Manager)
Booth: Riviera D-6
Phone:
04-9299-3239 (Booth)
06-7415-4580 (Masaharu Ina's mobile phone)
06-7415-4581 (Yukio Kotaki's mobile phone)
Please contact myself to set up a meeting during
the market.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
Yukio Kotaki
Sales Manager
TOHO INTERNATIONAL
CO., LTD.
1-7-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
Tel: +81 3
3213 6821, Fax: +81 3 3213 6825
e-mail: y_kotaki@toho.co.jp