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While browsing over news, I noticed, that today is the first day of Venice Film Festival...the grand old lady
this years president is Quentin Tarantino! Which makes it even more exciting...
There will be two Japanese films in the main competition...highly recommended Films! Big  shots!!! I'll be waiting fro them!!!!

Noruwei no mori...it's my favourite Murakami novel...but I wonder, if it's really possible to make it into an actual film...heard of it some time ago and being really curious...the actors: Kenichi Matsuyama (! he's really doing many good films lately... as Watanabe), Rinko Kikuchi (!!...she unexpected, exceptional, has a great on-screen-presence...just watched "A map of the sounds of Tokyo" with her, after this film, I think she's a good choice...as Naoko) those are the main...interesting...I can't say much about the other actors: Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kora, Reika Kirishima

Juusan-nin no shikaku...a re-make of the 1963 Kudo Eiichi film, it's said to be a classic...haven't watched it yet, but it's on my list...the exceptional thing of this new film are actually two exceptional things:
first: it's Miike Takashi...he's just great! I love his films! they are unusal, often brutal with weird humour...kinda japanese Tarantino, but with stronger images (in my opinion) (by the way, do you know "Sukiyaki Western Django"?! that's great trash!! and with Tarantino in a small role and Oguri Shun!! YEAH! the first 5 minutes...by the way, it's in english!! O^O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-81VrzGAlkQ&feature=related)
second: we have a cute SMAP-boy (I can't bring myself to actually call them men...) Goro Inagaki...playing a bad guy or rather a "sadistic lord"...sounds like it could be a really fascinating version...full of blood, sweat and tears nevertheless (and a lot of rough language and flying extremities...my humble guess) found this quote: “an epic samurai bloodbath”
+ I just found out: Ihara Tsuyoshi! he was the Baron Nishi in Letters from Iwo Jima...eye-candy *smile*
and quite a lot of other famous actors...

that's it from me ^___^

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OK
first:
"Kinkakuji" (The temple of the golden pavilion" will be made into a stage play, for the first time, with Morita Go (V6) as the main-figure Mizoguchi
I wonder how that one will work out?! It's a hard to adapt piece, quite closed, so much thoughts and inner-monologue, even stream of conciousness sometimes
I've read this over the last two month (I have an english version, so it took me quite a long time and it is a book you can't read to fast, it makes you reflective)...I really like the works Mishima Yukio (author), they are all slightly disturbing. Kinkakuji is definitely one of the best books I've ever read! I have to re-read it
I think I will write about it and my experiences with it in the future...
Feel encouraged to read it!! and if you already have, I will be delighted to share our thoughts about it (I've went to a Mishima-conference held in spring here in Berlin, it was great and I learned so much about him, his work, japanese literature and it's influences and influence as well!)

second:
even more excited!!
Oguri Shun will play Alex in HoriPros Clockwork Orange stage-production (first japanese adaptation on stage!) and maybe he will be involved in the production itself too...
Clockwork Orange is a terrific piece of art!
Oguri-san was really great in Crows Zero but even more in his Caligula performance (it was the reason for me to be his fan, there be some videos around the net!)
I think he could really pull it of. He's a great performer and when he's given the chance with an almost frightening stage profile...

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