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Shozin FUKUI Special

Shozin FUKUI, born in 1961, is regarded as the cyberpunk icon of Japan and has already worked with such directors as Sogo ISHII and Shinya TSUKAMOTO. His eccentric works have gained a cult status and have been compared to the films of Cronenberg and Lynch.

the hiding

Narumi lives in fear of her ex-boyfriend, but when a mysterious woman named Aiko breaks into her apartment, her problems take an unexpected twist. Reality itself seems to fall apart …

Credits:
Japan 2008, video, 40 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Director, writer & editor: Shozin FUKUI
Production: Akio ENDO, Eitaro TOMORI
Director of photography: Shu KAGEYAMA
World sales: Shozin FUKUI
Cast: Makiko MIZOTE, Aiko SAKAMOTO, Shinichi YONEZAWA

German Premiere

www.honekoubou.jp/en/hiding.html

S-94

Miu and Ice lead a desperate life in an old bunker. The two women are the sole survivors of a deadly virus pandemic that caused a cruel death for humankind. Shozin FUKUI presents a brutal and dark vision of experimental images and sounds.

Credits:
Japan 2009, video, 29 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Director, writer & editor: Shozin FUKUI
Production: Eitaro TOMORI
Director of photography: Shu KAGEYAMA
World sales: Shozin FUKUI
Cast: Nosomi HATSUKI, Yuki TATSUSHIMA, Yuya ISHIKAWA

European premiere

www.honekoubou.jp/en/s94.html

Filmography (shorts and full lenght films): 1986 Metal Days / Gerorisuto; 1988 Caterpillar (Kyatapira); 1991 Pinocchio 964; 1996 Rubber’s Lover; 2007 No Way Out (Derenai)

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Wednesday, April 14, 10 p.m. Festival Centre

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