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Events

Cult!WildJapanfilmseason at the Cornerhouse, Manchester

Friday11toMonday14February 2005

'Duringthe1960sand1970s,asubversiveedgeinfiltratedJapanesecinema,withmanyyoungerdirectorsventingrageandfrustrationagainstthestillprevalentyetoutmodedsocialconventions. Theresult--agoldmineofexcessiveanduniquefilms,rarelyseenincinemasoutsideJapan...untilnow. Theunbridledenergyandpassionofthesefilmsismatchedonlybytheiroutrageousvisualbeauty. It'sasmorgasbordforyoureyes,atripforyourmindandajolttoyourfilm-goingsensibilities.'>?

Cult!,withthesupportofTheJapanFoundation,presentthefollowingfilms at the Cornerhouse, Manchester,whichincludeUKpremiersandrare35mmprints:

• Friday11February 2005:
  • 6:15pm:WomanwithRedHair(AkaiKamiNoOnna)
  • 10:30pm:SchooloftheHolyBeast(SeiJuGakuen)
• Saturday12February 2005:
  • 8:20pm:StreetMobster(GendaiYakuza:Hito-KiriYota)
  • 10:30pm:Shogun Assassin
• Sunday13February 2005:
  • 3:30pm:SwordofDoom(DaiBosatsuTouge)
• Monday14February 2005:
  • 8:30pm:Onibaba

Ticket prices:

• Individualscreenings:
  • Full: GBP 5.00
  • Concessions: GBP 3.70
• Passforthreefilm screenings:
  • Full: GBP 12.75
  • Concessions: GBP 9.75
• Seasonpass(allsixfilm screenings):
  • Full: GBP 21.00
  • Concessions: GBP 15.00

All details may be subject to change. Please check the Cornerhouse and WildJapanwebsitesforfulldetails.

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Onibaba

Dir.KanetoShindou,1964; Cert. TBC;1hr43min;Subtitled>?

• Monday14February 2005:8:30pm

Fordetailsaboutthisfilm screening,seetheCornerhouse website. For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.

SchooloftheHolyBeast(SeiJuGakuen)

Dir.NorifumiSuzuki,1974; Cert. TBC;1hr31min;Subtitled>?

• Friday11February 2005:10:30pm

Fordetailsaboutthisfilm screening,seetheCornerhouse website. For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.

Shogun Assassin

Dir.KenjiMisumi,1980; Cert. 18;1hr26min;Dubbed>?

• Saturday12February 2005:10:30pm

Fordetailsaboutthisfilm screening,seetheCornerhouse website. For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.

StreetMobster(GendaiYakuza:Hito-KiriYota)

Dir.KinjiFukasaku,1972; Cert. TBC;1hr32min;Subtitled>?

• Saturday12February 2005:8:20pm

Fordetailsaboutthisfilm screening,seetheCornerhouse website. For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.

SwordofDoom(DaiBosatsuTouge)

Dir.KihachiOkamoto,1966; Cert. TBC;1hr59min;Subtitled>?

• Sunday13February 2005:3:30pm

Fordetailsaboutthisfilm screening,seetheCornerhouse website. For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.

WomanWithRedHair(AkaiKamiNoOnna)

Dir.TatsumiKumashiro,1979; Cert. TBC;1hr13min;Subtitled>?

• Friday11February 2005:6:15pm

Fordetailsaboutthisfilm screening,seetheCornerhouse website. For more information about this film, see the Internet Movie Database.