Presentata la tredicesima edizione del Far East Film Festival, che si terrà nella città di Udine dal 29 aprile al 7 maggio. Il film a sorpresa della serata d'apertura sarà l'atteso The Lost Bladesman, diretto da Alan Mak e Felix Chong, con protagonista Donnie Yen. La scelta dei cinquanta titoli in concorso, già svelati nei giorni scorsi, è in grado di soddisfare qualsiasi amante del Cinema asiatico, che a Udine potrà trovare ogni genere di pellicola in grado di assecondare i suoi gusti. A far la parte del leone è la Cina, che tra le tante pellicole in gara vede anche l'ultimo film di Zhang Yimou, Under the Hawnthorn Tree. Ma non mancano altri nomi d'eccellenza, come Don't breaking my heart del maestro di Hong Kong Johnnie To (storico amico della rassegna), lo spettacolare dramma Aftershock sul terremoto del 1976 a Tangshan e il nuovo thriller di Dante Lam The Stool Pidgeon. Gli amanti di questo genere avranno anche una corposa selezione dalla Corea, con titoli interessanti come Bedevilled, The Man from Nowhere e Troubleshooter. Tutto ciò senza dimenticare naturalmente il corto di Park Chan-wook, Nighfishing, girato con Iphone, il remake cinese di What Women Want con due star come Andy Lau e Gong Li e lo spin-off giapponese di Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night. Come ogni anno non manca la retrospettiva, dedicata in quest'occasione alla commedia asiatica, intitolata ASIA LAUGHS! che, attraverso 22 titoli dai tempi del cinema muto fino agli anni '90, ripercorre il modo di ridere di cinesi, taiwanesi, gli hongkonghesi (con l'omaggio a Michael Hui), malesi, filippini, coreani e giapponesi. Il focus è invece concentrato su Asakura Daisuke e sulla compagnia Kokuei, pioniera nel genere "Pink Eiga", ossia il cinema erotico giapponese, con 16 film in programmazione pronti a tracciare la trasformazione del genere soft erotico attraverso gli ultimi 50 anni. CHINA Aftershock, FENG Xiaogang, China 2010, melodrama, Italian Premiere Buddha Mountain, LI Yu, China 2011, drama, Italian Premiere The Piano in a Factory, ZHANG Meng, China 2010 musical-drama-comedy, Italian Premiere Under the Hawthorn Tree, ZHANG Yimou, drama, China 2010, Italian Premiere Welcome to Shama Town, LI Weiran, black comedy, China 2010, European Premiere What Women Want, CHEN Daming, China 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere Wind Blast, GAO Qunshu, China 2010, action, Italian PremiereHONG KONG Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Johnnie TO, Hong Kong 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere The Drunkard, Freddie WONG, Hong Kong 2010, drama, European PremiereLover's Discourse, Derek TSANG & Jimmy WAN, Hong Kong 2010, romance, European Premiere Perfect Wedding, Barbara WONG, Hong Kong 2010, romantic comedy, International Festival Premiere Punished, Law Wing Cheong, Hong Kong 2011, thriller, International Festival PremiereThe Stool Pigeon, Dante LAM, Hong Kong 2010, action thriller, Italian PremiereSOUTH KOREA Bedevilled, JANG Cheol-soo, South Korea 2010, thriller, Italian Premiere Cyrano Agency, KIM Hyeon-Seok, South Korea 2010, comedy, European PremiereFoxy Festival , LEE Hae-young, South Korea 2010, erotic comedy, International Festival Premiere Haunters, KIM Min-suk, South Korea 2010, action fantasy, International Festival Premiere The Man from Nowhere, LEE Jeong-beom, South Korea 2010, action thriller, Italian Premiere My Dear Desperado, KIM Kwang-sik, South Korea 2010, romantic comedy Night Fishing, PARKing CHANce, South Korea 2011, horror fantasy, Italian Premiere Romantic Heaven, JANG Jin, South Korea 2011, fantasy drama, International Festival PremiereThe Showdown, PARK Hoon-jung, South Korea 2011, action thriller, International Festival PremiereTroubleshooter, KWON Hyeok-jae, South Korea 2010, action thriller, European Premiere The Unjust, RYOO Seung-wan, South Korea 2010, corruption thriller, Italian Premiere Villain & Widow, SON Jae-gon, South Korea 2010, comedy-thriller-drama, International Festival PremiereJAPAN Cannonball Wedlock, MAEDA Koji, Japan 2011, comedy drama, International Festival PremiereConfessions, NAKASHIMA Tetsuya, Japan 2010, revenge drama, Italian Premiere The Lady Shogun and Her Men, KANEKO Fuminori, Japan 2010, period drama, International Festival Premiere The Lightning Tree, HIROKI Ryuichi, Japan 2010, mystery-romance, European Premiere Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night, NAGAE Toshikazu, Japan 2010, horror, International Festival PremiereSABI♂SABI♀ - Quirky Guys and Gals, FUJITA Yosuke, MATSUNASHI Tomoko, OH Mipo, SEKIGUCHI Gen, Japan 2011, omnibus comedy, International Festival PremiereSeaside Motel, MORIYA Kentaro, Japan 2010, black comedy, European PremiereUnderwater Love, IMAOKA Shinji, Japan 2011, pink musical, European PremiereVillain, LEE Sang-il, Japan 2010, dark romantic drama, European PremiereWandering Home, HIGASHI Yoichi, Japan 2010, drama, Italian PremiereYakuza Weapon, Yudai YAMAGUCHI, Tak SAKAGUCHI, Japan 2011, violent-action-comedy, Italian PremiereTHE PHILIPPINES Here Comes the Bride, Chris Martinez, The Philippines 2010, fantasy comedy, European Premiere Rakenrol, Quark Henares, The Philippines 2011, rock-n-roll youth, World Premiere Wanted:Border, Ray Defante Gibraltar, The Philippines 2010, drama, International Festival Premiere THAILANDA Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Puttipong Promsakha Na SAKONNAKORN & Wasin POKPONG, Thailand 2010, romantic-teen-comedy, European Premiere Bangkok Knockout, Panna RITTIKRAI, Morakot KAEWTHANEE, Thailand 2010, martial arts, European Premiere Mindfulness and Murder, Tom Waller,Thailand 2011, detective thriller, European PremiereINDONESIABelkibolang, Sidi SALEH, EDWIN, Wisnu Surya PRATAMA, Azhar LUBIS, Anggun PRIAMBODO, Rico MARPAUNG, Tumpal TAMPUBOLON, Ifa ISFANSYAH, Omnibus drama, Indonesia 2010, Italian Premiere TAIWANNight Market Hero, YEH Tien Lun, Taiwan 2011, comedy, European Premiere VIETNAMFloating Lives, NGUYEN Phan Quang Binh, Vietnam 2010, drama, European PremiereSINGAPOREForever, WEE Li Lin, Singapore 2011, dark romance, European Premiere MONGOLIAOperation Tatar, Baatar BAT-ULZII, Mongolia 2010, black comedy, International Festival Premiere MALAYSIA Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah, Mamat KHALID, Malaysia 2010, horror comedy, International Festival Premiere SERU, WOO Ming Jin & Pierre ANDRE', Malaysia 2011, horror, International Festival Premiere + SURPRISE FILM! ASIA LAUGHS! A SURVEY OF ASIAN COMEDY FILMSL'ASIA RIDE! PANORAMA DEL CINEMA COMICO ASIATICO Tribute to Michael HuiChicken and Duck Talk, Clifton KO, Hong Kong 1988Games Gamblers Play, Michael HUI, Hong Kong 1974The Private Eyes, Michael HUI, Hong Kong 1976The Warlord, LI Hanxiang, Hong Kong 1972Tribute to Segawa Masaharu The Drifters: Hey Suckers!! Here We Come!!, SEGAWA Masaharu, Japan 1975 A Man's Weak Point, SEGAWA Masaharu, Japan 1973Topsy-Turvy Journey, SEGAWA Masaharu, Japan 1969The Greatest Civil War, WANG Tian Lin (WONG Tin Lam), Hong Kong 1961How to Get a Wife, CHUN Kim, Hong Kong 1961Pedicab Driver, Sammo HUNG, Hong Kong 1989Labor's Love, ZHANG Shichuang, China 1922, silent movie Mr. Wang Got a Meal Hardly, TANG Jie, China 1939Tomboy, FANG Peiling, China 1936Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan (Part 1 & Part 2), LEE Hsing, Taiwan 1959Who is the Real Tycoon?, Kevin CHU (CHU Yen-ping), Taiwan 1980 Under the Sky of Seoul, LEE Hyung-pyo, South Korea 1961An Upstart, KIM Soo-yong, South Korea 1961Jack and Jill, Mar S. TORRES, The Philippines 1954Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Mike DE LEON, The Philippines 1980Mat Bond, Mat SENTOL, M. AMIN, Malaysia - Singapore, 1967Ali Baba & The Mouldy Bachelors, P.RAMLEE, Malaysia, 1961PINK WINK - A TRIBUTE TO ASAKURA DAISUKEAbnormal Family, SUO Masayuki, Japan 1984, Adultery Diary, SATO Toshiki, Japan 1996An Aria on Gazes, SATO Hisayasu, Japan 1992Blue Film Woman, MUKAI Kan, Japan 1969Blue Sky, ZEZE Takahisa, Japan 1989High Noon Ripper, TAKITA Yojiro, Japan 1984Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands, YAMATOYA Atsushi, Japan 1967Last Bullet, SANO Kazuhiro, Japan 1989 Lead Tombstone, WAKAMATSU Koji, Japan 1964Lunch Box, IMAOKA Shinji, Japan 2004Rape Case - No Indictment, WATANABE Mamoru, Japan 1979 Rustling in Bed, TAJIRI Yuji, Japan 1999Slow Motion, ENOMOTO Toshiro, Japan 1996Wet Peony, UMEZAWA Kaoru, Japan 1970 Yariman, SAKAMOTO Rei, Japan 2008
Speciale Far East Film Festival 13
Il programma del Far East Film Festival di Udine
Presentata la tredicesima edizione del Far East Film Festival, che si terrà nella città di Udine dal 29 aprile al 7 maggio. Il film a sorpresa della serata d'apertura sarà l'atteso The Lost Bladesman, diretto da Alan Mak e Felix Chong, con protagonista Donnie Yen. La scelta dei cinquanta titoli in concorso, già svelati nei giorni scorsi, è in grado di soddisfare qualsiasi amante del Cinema asiatico, che a Udine potrà trovare ogni genere di pellicola in grado di assecondare i suoi gusti. A far la parte del leone è la Cina, che tra le tante pellicole in gara vede anche l'ultimo film di Zhang Yimou, Under the Hawnthorn Tree. Ma non mancano altri nomi d'eccellenza, come Don't breaking my heart del maestro di Hong Kong Johnnie To (storico amico della rassegna), lo spettacolare dramma Aftershock sul terremoto del 1976 a Tangshan e il nuovo thriller di Dante Lam The Stool Pidgeon. Gli amanti di questo genere avranno anche una corposa selezione dalla Corea, con titoli interessanti come Bedevilled, The Man from Nowhere e Troubleshooter. Tutto ciò senza dimenticare naturalmente il corto di Park Chan-wook, Nighfishing, girato con Iphone, il remake cinese di What Women Want con due star come Andy Lau e Gong Li e lo spin-off giapponese di Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night. Come ogni anno non manca la retrospettiva, dedicata in quest'occasione alla commedia asiatica, intitolata ASIA LAUGHS! che, attraverso 22 titoli dai tempi del cinema muto fino agli anni '90, ripercorre il modo di ridere di cinesi, taiwanesi, gli hongkonghesi (con l'omaggio a Michael Hui), malesi, filippini, coreani e giapponesi. Il focus è invece concentrato su Asakura Daisuke e sulla compagnia Kokuei, pioniera nel genere "Pink Eiga", ossia il cinema erotico giapponese, con 16 film in programmazione pronti a tracciare la trasformazione del genere soft erotico attraverso gli ultimi 50 anni.
CHINA
Aftershock, FENG Xiaogang, China 2010, melodrama, Italian Premiere
Buddha Mountain, LI Yu, China 2011, drama, Italian Premiere
The Piano in a Factory, ZHANG Meng, China 2010 musical-drama-comedy, Italian Premiere
Under the Hawthorn Tree, ZHANG Yimou, drama, China 2010, Italian Premiere
Welcome to Shama Town, LI Weiran, black comedy, China 2010, European Premiere
What Women Want, CHEN Daming, China 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere
Wind Blast, GAO Qunshu, China 2010, action, Italian PremiereHONG KONG Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Johnnie TO, Hong Kong 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere The Drunkard, Freddie WONG, Hong Kong 2010, drama, European PremiereLover's Discourse, Derek TSANG & Jimmy WAN, Hong Kong 2010, romance, European Premiere Perfect Wedding, Barbara WONG, Hong Kong 2010, romantic comedy, International Festival Premiere Punished, Law Wing Cheong, Hong Kong 2011, thriller, International Festival PremiereThe Stool Pigeon, Dante LAM, Hong Kong 2010, action thriller, Italian PremiereSOUTH KOREA Bedevilled, JANG Cheol-soo, South Korea 2010, thriller, Italian Premiere Cyrano Agency, KIM Hyeon-Seok, South Korea 2010, comedy, European PremiereFoxy Festival , LEE Hae-young, South Korea 2010, erotic comedy, International Festival Premiere Haunters, KIM Min-suk, South Korea 2010, action fantasy, International Festival Premiere The Man from Nowhere, LEE Jeong-beom, South Korea 2010, action thriller, Italian Premiere My Dear Desperado, KIM Kwang-sik, South Korea 2010, romantic comedy Night Fishing, PARKing CHANce, South Korea 2011, horror fantasy, Italian Premiere Romantic Heaven, JANG Jin, South Korea 2011, fantasy drama, International Festival PremiereThe Showdown, PARK Hoon-jung, South Korea 2011, action thriller, International Festival PremiereTroubleshooter, KWON Hyeok-jae, South Korea 2010, action thriller, European Premiere The Unjust, RYOO Seung-wan, South Korea 2010, corruption thriller, Italian Premiere Villain & Widow, SON Jae-gon, South Korea 2010, comedy-thriller-drama, International Festival PremiereJAPAN Cannonball Wedlock, MAEDA Koji, Japan 2011, comedy drama, International Festival PremiereConfessions, NAKASHIMA Tetsuya, Japan 2010, revenge drama, Italian Premiere The Lady Shogun and Her Men, KANEKO Fuminori, Japan 2010, period drama, International Festival Premiere The Lightning Tree, HIROKI Ryuichi, Japan 2010, mystery-romance, European Premiere Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night, NAGAE Toshikazu, Japan 2010, horror, International Festival PremiereSABI♂SABI♀
- Quirky Guys and Gals, FUJITA Yosuke, MATSUNASHI Tomoko, OH Mipo,
SEKIGUCHI Gen, Japan 2011, omnibus comedy, International Festival
PremiereSeaside Motel, MORIYA Kentaro, Japan 2010, black comedy, European PremiereUnderwater Love, IMAOKA Shinji, Japan 2011, pink musical, European PremiereVillain, LEE Sang-il, Japan 2010, dark romantic drama, European PremiereWandering Home, HIGASHI Yoichi, Japan 2010, drama, Italian PremiereYakuza Weapon, Yudai YAMAGUCHI, Tak SAKAGUCHI, Japan 2011, violent-action-comedy, Italian PremiereTHE PHILIPPINES Here Comes the Bride, Chris Martinez, The Philippines 2010, fantasy comedy, European Premiere Rakenrol, Quark Henares, The Philippines 2011, rock-n-roll youth, World Premiere Wanted:Border, Ray Defante Gibraltar, The Philippines 2010, drama, International Festival Premiere THAILANDA
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Puttipong Promsakha Na SAKONNAKORN
& Wasin POKPONG, Thailand 2010, romantic-teen-comedy, European
Premiere Bangkok Knockout, Panna RITTIKRAI, Morakot KAEWTHANEE, Thailand 2010, martial arts, European Premiere Mindfulness and Murder, Tom Waller,Thailand 2011, detective thriller, European PremiereINDONESIABelkibolang,
Sidi SALEH, EDWIN, Wisnu Surya PRATAMA, Azhar LUBIS, Anggun PRIAMBODO,
Rico MARPAUNG, Tumpal TAMPUBOLON, Ifa ISFANSYAH, Omnibus drama,
Indonesia 2010, Italian Premiere TAIWANNight Market Hero, YEH Tien Lun, Taiwan 2011, comedy, European Premiere VIETNAMFloating Lives, NGUYEN Phan Quang Binh, Vietnam 2010, drama, European PremiereSINGAPOREForever, WEE Li Lin, Singapore 2011, dark romance, European Premiere MONGOLIAOperation Tatar, Baatar BAT-ULZII, Mongolia 2010, black comedy, International Festival Premiere MALAYSIA Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah, Mamat KHALID, Malaysia 2010, horror comedy, International Festival Premiere SERU, WOO Ming Jin & Pierre ANDRE', Malaysia 2011, horror, International Festival Premiere + SURPRISE FILM! ASIA LAUGHS! A SURVEY OF ASIAN COMEDY FILMSL'ASIA RIDE! PANORAMA DEL CINEMA COMICO ASIATICO Tribute to Michael HuiChicken and Duck Talk, Clifton KO, Hong Kong 1988Games Gamblers Play, Michael HUI, Hong Kong 1974The Private Eyes, Michael HUI, Hong Kong 1976The Warlord, LI Hanxiang, Hong Kong 1972Tribute to Segawa Masaharu The Drifters: Hey Suckers!! Here We Come!!, SEGAWA Masaharu, Japan 1975 A Man's Weak Point, SEGAWA Masaharu, Japan 1973Topsy-Turvy Journey, SEGAWA Masaharu, Japan 1969The Greatest Civil War, WANG Tian Lin (WONG Tin Lam), Hong Kong 1961How to Get a Wife, CHUN Kim, Hong Kong 1961Pedicab Driver, Sammo HUNG, Hong Kong 1989Labor's Love, ZHANG Shichuang, China 1922, silent movie Mr. Wang Got a Meal Hardly, TANG Jie, China 1939Tomboy, FANG Peiling, China 1936Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan (Part 1 & Part 2), LEE Hsing, Taiwan 1959Who is the Real Tycoon?, Kevin CHU (CHU Yen-ping), Taiwan 1980 Under the Sky of Seoul, LEE Hyung-pyo, South Korea 1961An Upstart, KIM Soo-yong, South Korea 1961Jack and Jill, Mar S. TORRES, The Philippines 1954Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Mike DE LEON, The Philippines 1980Mat Bond, Mat SENTOL, M. AMIN, Malaysia - Singapore, 1967Ali Baba & The Mouldy Bachelors, P.RAMLEE, Malaysia, 1961PINK WINK - A TRIBUTE TO ASAKURA DAISUKEAbnormal Family, SUO Masayuki, Japan 1984, Adultery Diary, SATO Toshiki, Japan 1996An Aria on Gazes, SATO Hisayasu, Japan 1992Blue Film Woman, MUKAI Kan, Japan 1969Blue Sky, ZEZE Takahisa, Japan 1989High Noon Ripper, TAKITA Yojiro, Japan 1984Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands, YAMATOYA Atsushi, Japan 1967Last Bullet, SANO Kazuhiro, Japan 1989 Lead Tombstone, WAKAMATSU Koji, Japan 1964Lunch Box, IMAOKA Shinji, Japan 2004Rape Case - No Indictment, WATANABE Mamoru, Japan 1979 Rustling in Bed, TAJIRI Yuji, Japan 1999Slow Motion, ENOMOTO Toshiro, Japan 1996Wet Peony, UMEZAWA Kaoru, Japan 1970 Yariman, SAKAMOTO Rei, Japan 2008
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