Complete New York Asian Film Festival Lineup Announced! (We Mean It This Time!)

SUBWAY CINEMA

presents the final line-up of

THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2008!!!

June 20 ­ July 6, 2008
at the IFC Center (June 20 ­ July 3)
323 Sixth Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets

and Japan Society (July 3 ­ July 6)
333 East 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues

What the heck, right? We figured if we built it, you might come, so this year we¹re presenting the biggest New York Asian Film Festival in human history, showing 43 films and two programs of short films. It¹s either the start of something big or we¹re going out with a bang!

We¹re also deeply honored that our opening night film will be the world premiere of THEN SUMMER CAME starring Joe Odagiri and Yoshio Harada. Written and directed by award-winning playwright, producer, screenwriter and actor, Ryo Iwamatsu, it will be released in Japan in mid-July. Director Iwamatsu will be the guest of the New York Asian Film Festival and not only has he acted in dozens of films like ZEBRAMAN and this year¹s NYAFF presentation, ADRIFT IN TOKYO, but he is also available for interviews. He will introduce the screening of THEN SUMMER CAME on June 20 and conduct a Q&A afterwards.

And this will be the first year the New York Asian Film Festival has jury duty. Our crack team of jury members include New York Post critic Vincent Musetto, acclaimed author Maitland McDonagh, Time Out New York critic Dave Fear, the exhibitions coordinator and head honcho of the legendary Anthology Film Archives, John Mhiripiri and last but not least, the director of award-winning breakdance documentary, PLANET B-BOY, Benson Lee.

Because there aren¹t enough great movies in New York this summer, here¹s the list!


World Premiere
THEN SUMMER CAME (Japan, 2008)

International Premieres
ACTION BOYS (Korea, 2008)
TAMAMI (aka AKANBO SHOJO) (Japan, 2008)
THE BUTCHER (Korea, 2008)
CHANBARA BEAUTY (Japan, 2008)
KING NARESUAN 1 (Thailand, 2007)
MOST BEAUTIFUL NIGHT IN THE WORLD (Japan, 2008)
PUBLIC ENEMY RETURNS (Korea, 2008)

North American Premieres
*ADRIFT IN TOKYO (Japan, 2007)
ASSEMBLY (China, 2007)
DOG IN A SIDECAR (Japan, 2007)
DORORO (Japan, 2007)
*FINE, TOTALLY FINE (Japan, 2007)
L: CHANGE THE WORLD (Japan, 2007)
LOVE ON SUNDAY (Japan, 2006)
LOVE ON SUNDAY 2: LAST WORDS (Japan, 2007)
LIKE A DRAGON (Japan, 2007)
SASORI (Hong Kong/Japan, 2008)
SHAMO (Hong Kong, 2008)
TOKYO GORE POLICE (Japan, 2008)
THE SHADOW SPIRIT (Japan, 2007)
*UNITED RED ARMY (Japan, 2007)

US Premieres
BODYGUARD 2 (Thailand, 2007)
HAPPINESS (Korea, 2007)
KALA (Indonesia, 2007)
M (Korea, 2007)
*SAD VACATION (Japan, 2007)
THIS WORLD OF OURS (Japan, 2007)

New York Premieres
*ACCURACY OF DEATH (Japan, 2007)
*ALWAYS 2: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET (Japan, 2007)
ARCH ANGELS (Japan, 2006)
BODYGUARD 1 (Thailand, 2004)
*DAINIPPONJIN (Japan, 2007)
KING NARESUAN 2 (Thailand, 2007)
MAD DETECTIVE (Hong Kong, 2007)
THE REBEL (Vietnam, 2007)
SHADOWS IN THE PALACE (Korea, 2007)
SPARROW (Hong Kong, 2008)
*SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO (Japan, 2007)
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES (Japan, 2006)
X-CROSS (Japan, 2007)
*YASUKUNI (Japan, 2008)

Not a Premiere But Still a Great Movie
ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET (Japan, 2005)

And don¹t forget the two programs from Korea¹s Mise en Scene Short Film Festival, which includes what we think is the best Korean film of 2007, ³Out Family, Our Puppy² directed by Park Jae-Young, who will attend the festival as our guest.

* this indicates that a film is being presented in conjunction with JAPAN
CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 2 ­ 13 at Japan Society).

Related Links

• Check the official festival website here