Written By: Ken HulseySources: Twitch / Subway Cinema News / Avery Guerra
If you have been paying any attention to the Asian cinema news posted here at Monster Island News for the past two years or so, you should be very familiar with many of the films in the line-up at this New York Asian Film Festival.
The event, that runs from June 25th to July 8th, will feature screenings of the Japanese giant monster flick, "Death Kappa", the Korean monster movie, "Chaw", the Japanese pop-culture mash up, "Alien vs Ninja", the Japanese super hero anime done 'live-action', "Yatterman", and the girl with the clay bikini, "The Ancient Dogoo Girl."
Those should sound a little familiar to you.
If not, here are some details:
Death Kappa
The storyline revolves around failed pop star Kanako, who returns to her hometown to live with her beloved grandmother. Yet no sooner does she return home than a pair of crazed couples out on a drinking binge run over and kill her grandma. With the old woman gone, Kanako takes to running the family shrine, but to make matters worse, the drunken killers managed to disturb that structure—which is the keeper of kappa, one of Japan’s many yokai creatures, in this case a benevolent, human-like turtle. Resurrected, the kappa is welcomed into town by the villagers.
Meanwhile, unknown to anyone in town, Yuriko, the granddaughter of a long-dead mad scientist, has chosen to continue her ancestor’s twisted experiments. Funded by Japanese nationalists seeking to bring the country back to military prominence, Yuriko works to complete his quest to develop a half-human/half-fish super-soldier. All hell breaks loose when Yuriko’s plans are thwarted, and she detonates an atomic weapon that causes both the kappa and one of the gill men to grow to monster-sized proportions. It is at this point that the showdown begins between the enlarged gill man, known now as Hangyoras, and Death Kappa.
Chaw
Shock and fear wash over the quiet, peaceful town of Sameri when ecologist (Soo Ryeon) discovers the body parts of a girl in the mountains. Officer Kim Kang Su (Uhm Tae Woong), newly transferred from Seoul, gets assigned to the case, but it soon transpires this is no ordinary homicide. Cheon Il Man (Jang Hang Seon), the victim’s grandfather, is convinced that the culprit is a giant man-eating boar, and more will be claimed if the beast isn’t taken down. Kim’s own mother has gone missing, and may have already fallen victim. All interested in capturing the boar for reasons of their own, Kim, Cheon, Soo Ryeon, opportunistic hunter Baek (Yoon Je Moon), and detective Shin (Park Hyuk Kwon) head into the dangerous wilds, but will they make it back out alive?
Alien vs Ninja
Once upon a time in Japan, there was a band of great Ninja warriors led by Yamata called Iga Ninja. One day they witness a flash in the sky and a roaring giant ball of fire crashes into the distant forest. The warriors rush into the deep woods in an attempt to identify the mysterious fireball. There, instead of finding predictable enemies, they are stunned to face never-seen-before creatures with claws and fangs, the aliens!
The hungry brutal aliens start to savage and feast on the Ninja warriors, leaving only a few to survive. Yamata and his warriors swear to avenge their comrades' deaths and risk their lives to challenge the aliens. However, none of the Ninja weapons, neither their swords nor their throwing stars, has any affect on the alien warriors. Now the Japanese greatest Iga Ninja face the biggest challenge ever!
Yatterman
Yatterman is a 2009 film directed by Takashi Miike and based on the classic 1970s television show of the of the same name.
While The villains trio voice actors Noriko Ohara and Kazuya Tatekabe are participant as live guests, this might be the first installment from Time Bokan Series and The Remake Version of Yatterman to not feature Villain voice actor Jōji Yanami.
The film premiered in Japan on March 7, 2009.
The Ancient Dogoo Girl
By chance, the withdrawn, and socially awkward teenage son of a bumbling archaeologist, named Makoto Sugihara finds a strange breastplate buried in the woods. When he places his palm on the breast plate, its design gets burned into his palm and awakens a girl named Dogu-chan, a hyperactive ykai hunter from the Jomon period. Because he had touched her breastplate, Makoto is now bound to Dogu-chan as she adapts to modern day life, forcing Makoto to go with her as she fights ykai in magic armor along with her animated Dogoo statuette companion Dokigoro while slowly prying Makoto out of his shell, whether he likes it or not.
A complete listing of all the films and showtimes can be found over at - Subway Cinema News
Here is the address:
New York Asian Film Festival
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
70 Lincoln Center Plaza,
New York, NY 10023
Tickets go on sale June 10th, check http://www.filmlinc.com/ & http://www.japansociety.org/ & http://www.ifccenter.com/ for details.
Reportedly, a website for the event is scheduled to launch soon, but in the meantime, check out this kick-ass trailer that has landed on Youtibe to promote the event:
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