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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Japanese cinema</title>
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		<title>Japanese Horror Classics: GOKE, HAUSU at the Egyptian</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House by Nobuhiko Obayashi (top); Goke, Bodysnatcher from Hell by Hajime Sato (bottom) Schedule and synopses from the American Cinematheque website. Wednesday, September 23 &#8211; 7:30 PM Japanese Cult Classics Double Feature: HOUSE (HAUSU), 1977, Janus Films, 87 min. This long-lost fantasy/horror masterpiece from director Nobuhiko Obayashi has finally surfaced in America. Oshare can’t wait to spend the summer with her father…until he informs her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOKYO SONATA, I LOVE YOU, MAN Buzz</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/asian-cinema/tokyo-sonata-i-love-you-man-buzz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At GreenCine Daily, Vadim Risov on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, which opened this weekend in New York (it&#8217;ll open in Los Angeles on March 27): &#34;Two-thirds of the way in, Tokyo Sonata is a nicely observed low-key drama just unnerving enough to keep you on edge: Kurosawa’s framing is always a bit cluttered and claustrophobic, and his willingness to sit and watch for a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Academy Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 Japanese Academy Awards 2009 Japanese Academy Award winners: Feb. 20, 2009 &#160; Yojiro Takita’s Departures, about an unemployed cellist who finds work as a professional corpse-beautician of sorts, was the big winner at the 2009 Japanese Academy Awards, bagging a total of 10 trophies (out of 13 nominations), including best film, best director, best actor (Masahiro Motoki), best supporting actor (Tsutomu Yamazaki), best supporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RASHOMON: Monday Nights with Oscar</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rashomon-monday-nights-with-oscar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic Rashomon, which officially introduced Japanese cinema to the world at large, will be the next film presented as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Monday Nights with Oscar.” The East Coast premiere of the new digitally restored print of Rashomon will take place on Monday, November 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/batman-gotham-knight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reginald Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) Direction: Shoijiro Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka, Yasuhiro Aoki, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Jong-Sik Nam. Screenplay: Brian Azzarello, Alan Burnett, Jordan Goldberg, David S. Goyer, Josh Olson, Greg Rucka; based on Bob Kane’s character. Voices: Kevin Conroy, David McCallum, Gary Dourdan, Corey Burton, Jason Marsden, Jim Meskimen, Kevin Michael Richardson, George Newbern &#160; &#160; Batman: Gotham Knight is a direct-to-DVD animated film in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SISTERS OF THE GION Kenji Mizoguchi</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sisters-of-the-gion-kenji-mizoguchi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gion no shimai / Sisters of the Gion (1936) Direction: Kenji Mizoguchi. Screenplay: Kenji Mizoguchi and Yoshikata Yoda; from Aleksandr Kuprin’s novel. Cast: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Fumio Okura &#160; Business is contingent upon profitable commercial transactions. Exchanges that removed from human instigation are cold but necessary for survival. Success, no matter strategy or plan, is propelled or hindered by fate, though this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SANSHO THE BAILIFF Kenji Mizoguchi</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sansho-the-bailiff-by-kenji-mizoguchi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sanshô Dayû / Sansho the Bailiff (1954) Direction: Kenji Mizoguchi. Screenplay: Fuji Yahiro; from the old legend and Ogai Mori’s 1915 short story &#8220;Sansho the Steward.&#8221; Cast: Shindô Eitarô, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoshiaki Hanayagi &#160; By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: One of the nostra about Japanese film director Kenji Mizoguchi is that he is ’the most Japanese of all filmmakers.&#8217; Another is that, compared to his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Film Awards &#8211; 2007 Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;It’s almost strange that it’s the first ceremony,&#34; remarked French director Luc Besson at the 1st Asian Film Awards presentation held this evening at Hong Kong’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, as part of the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival which kicked off last night. &#34;Good films come from everywhere,&#34; added Besson. &#34;Artists are like mushrooms, a little sun, a little water and they grow, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GODZILLA IV &#8211; Final</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GODZILLA Review: Part III The DVD set comes with an informative booklet, trailers for both films (though the Gojira trailer lacks subtitles), a &#34;Godzilla: Story Development&#34; featurette, a &#34;Making of the Godzilla Suit&#34; featurette, and commentaries on both films by Godzilla experts Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski. These commentaries are the best bonuses and make up for the rather skimpy extras because both are excellent, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>16 Animated Features Vying for a 2006 Oscar Nod</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release: Beverly Hills, CA &#8212; With 16 animated features submitted for consideration in 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences anticipates that its Animated Feature Film category, for the first time since 2002, may include a full slate of five nominees. The 16 features expected to compete for 79th Academy Awards&#174; nominations are: The Ant Bully Arthur and the Invisibles Barnyard Cars [...]]]></description>
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