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	      So Dark Nights 
(Konnani kurai yoru)  
by Yutaka KOIDE  
Guest curator: Shozo ICHIYAMA (Tokyo FILMeX festival) 
	      Rinko’s dog Bon bites a girl and is to be put  down. To save her dog she steals another one that looks just alike him to use  as a scapegoat. During the robbery she accidentally kills a person and finds  herself needing a scapegoat of her own. 
	      Credits: 
	        Japan 2009, Video, 95 min, Japanese with English subtitles 
	        Director, writer, producer & world sales: Yutaka KOIDE 
	        Director of photography: Yuta TOKINAGA 
	        Music: Genzo TAKEHISA 
	        Cast: Rie MIYAZAWA, Aki MORITA 
	      Short: 
	        The Prince of Milk 
	        Japan 2008, video, 15 min, Japanese with English subtitles 
	        Director: Eisuke NAITO 
	       Some Good Advice for a Ten-Year Old Guest Curators at Nippon Connection   2010 
             
We are happy to announce that we have three guest curators who will   be presenting programs at this year’s NIPPON CONNECTION: legendary film critic   Tokitoshi Shiota, who is also program director of the Yubari International   Fantastic Film Festival and actor in films by Takashi MIKE and Shinya TSUKAMOTO;   Shozo Ichiyama, producer for Office Kitano and artistic director of the TOKYO   FILMeX festival; and author Tom Mes, co-founder of midnighteye.com.  
	        
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		  Thursday, April 15, 2 p.m. Festival centre 
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