The Gomorrahizer
03-10-2008, 11:59 AM
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Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (http://www.u333.com/) is scheduled to release Makoto Tanaka (http://macoto.system.to/)'s The Vanished (Ame no machi) - not to be confused with Naoto Kumazawa's Vanished (Oyayubi sagashi) - on VCD and DVD (NTSC, region 3, English subtitles) in Hong Kong on March 14th; the VCD and DVD are available for pre-order from DDDHouse.com (Haus Ltd.) for only $5.64 U.S. and $9.62 U.S., respectively. The movie is set to be screened at this year's Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (http://www.bifff.org/) (BIFFF) and Japanisches Filmfestival Hamburg (http://www.nihonmedia.de/). Progressive Pictures K.K. (http://www.progpic.co.jp/) (Puroguresshibu Pikuchâzu K.K.) released it theatrically in Japan on March 25, 2006. Eleven Arts Inc. (http://www.elevenarts.net/) is the international sales agent for it.
The screenplay for The Vanished (Ame no machi) was written by Tanaka in collaboration with Satoko Okudera, based on the eponymous short story "Ame no machi" (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4101263310/) by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The movie stars Sôkô Wada (http://www.dig-company.co.jp/talent/wada/wada.htm) (a.k.a. Toshihiro Wada), Yôko Maki (http://www.flyingbox.co.jp/topics/MY/maki.htm), Riko Narumi (http://www.ken-on.co.jp/riko/), Tsutomu Takeshige (http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/OFFICE/MENBER/takeshige/takeshige.html), Mitsuki Nagashima (http://www.carotte-t.com/nagashimamituki.html), Chihiro Maebashi, Tôru Shinagawa (http://www.knockoutinc.net/profile/shinagawa.html), Ken Mitsuishi (http://www.dongyu.co.jp/profile/ken_mitsuishi/actor_temp.html), Ken Yasuda (http://www.office-cue.com/profile_media/profile.php?t=3), Noriko Eguchi (http://www.knockoutinc.net/profile/eguchi.html), Shungiku Uchida (http://www.knockoutinc.net/profile/syungiku.html), Asami Katsura (http://www.queens-ave.com/katsura01.html), Hideyuki Kikuchi (see above), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (http://www.kikuchinaruyoshi.com/) (he also composed/performed the closing theme song for the movie), Kôichi Ueda (http://www1.bbweb-arena.com/antenne/antenne_003.htm), Moeko Ezawa (http://shibuya.cool.ne.jp/lighthouse/ezawa.shtml), and Kôjirô Kusanagi.
Here's a synopsis for The Vanished from Eleven Arts' website: "Sôta Kaneishi, a freelance writer for a lowbrow tabloid magazine, visits a local town to investigate the mysterious case of a dead child whose internal organs are completely missing. While he is interviewing a doctor in the town morgue, the dead child suddenly jumps off the stretcher and runs away. With the help of Fumio Kôsaka, a female member of the town hall staff, Sôta further investigates the incident of the sudden disappearance of a group of children that happened there 35 years ago. They find a photo album of children at the now-deserted elementary school, and one of the children in a photo, taken 35 years ago, is the dead boy who ran off from the hospital..."
DDDHouse.com: The Vanished H.K. VCD & DVD (http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_details.php?ProductID=8305)
The Vanished trailer #2 (http://www.elevenarts.net/Feature/Titles/TheVanished/trailer.mov) (QuickTime; Japanese w/ English subtitles)
The Vanished trailer #1 (http://www.gomorrahy.com/images/the_vanished_tr1.wmv) (Windows Media Video; Japanese w/o subtitles)
Eleven Arts: The Vanished (http://www.elevenarts.net/Feature/Titles/TheVanished/)
BIFFF: The Vanished (http://www.bifff.org/spip.php?page=films&id_article=436&lang=en)
http://www.gomorrahy.com/images/ame_no_machi_mb02.jpg
Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (http://www.u333.com/) is scheduled to release Makoto Tanaka (http://macoto.system.to/)'s The Vanished (Ame no machi) - not to be confused with Naoto Kumazawa's Vanished (Oyayubi sagashi) - on VCD and DVD (NTSC, region 3, English subtitles) in Hong Kong on March 14th; the VCD and DVD are available for pre-order from DDDHouse.com (Haus Ltd.) for only $5.64 U.S. and $9.62 U.S., respectively. The movie is set to be screened at this year's Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (http://www.bifff.org/) (BIFFF) and Japanisches Filmfestival Hamburg (http://www.nihonmedia.de/). Progressive Pictures K.K. (http://www.progpic.co.jp/) (Puroguresshibu Pikuchâzu K.K.) released it theatrically in Japan on March 25, 2006. Eleven Arts Inc. (http://www.elevenarts.net/) is the international sales agent for it.
The screenplay for The Vanished (Ame no machi) was written by Tanaka in collaboration with Satoko Okudera, based on the eponymous short story "Ame no machi" (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4101263310/) by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The movie stars Sôkô Wada (http://www.dig-company.co.jp/talent/wada/wada.htm) (a.k.a. Toshihiro Wada), Yôko Maki (http://www.flyingbox.co.jp/topics/MY/maki.htm), Riko Narumi (http://www.ken-on.co.jp/riko/), Tsutomu Takeshige (http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/OFFICE/MENBER/takeshige/takeshige.html), Mitsuki Nagashima (http://www.carotte-t.com/nagashimamituki.html), Chihiro Maebashi, Tôru Shinagawa (http://www.knockoutinc.net/profile/shinagawa.html), Ken Mitsuishi (http://www.dongyu.co.jp/profile/ken_mitsuishi/actor_temp.html), Ken Yasuda (http://www.office-cue.com/profile_media/profile.php?t=3), Noriko Eguchi (http://www.knockoutinc.net/profile/eguchi.html), Shungiku Uchida (http://www.knockoutinc.net/profile/syungiku.html), Asami Katsura (http://www.queens-ave.com/katsura01.html), Hideyuki Kikuchi (see above), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (http://www.kikuchinaruyoshi.com/) (he also composed/performed the closing theme song for the movie), Kôichi Ueda (http://www1.bbweb-arena.com/antenne/antenne_003.htm), Moeko Ezawa (http://shibuya.cool.ne.jp/lighthouse/ezawa.shtml), and Kôjirô Kusanagi.
Here's a synopsis for The Vanished from Eleven Arts' website: "Sôta Kaneishi, a freelance writer for a lowbrow tabloid magazine, visits a local town to investigate the mysterious case of a dead child whose internal organs are completely missing. While he is interviewing a doctor in the town morgue, the dead child suddenly jumps off the stretcher and runs away. With the help of Fumio Kôsaka, a female member of the town hall staff, Sôta further investigates the incident of the sudden disappearance of a group of children that happened there 35 years ago. They find a photo album of children at the now-deserted elementary school, and one of the children in a photo, taken 35 years ago, is the dead boy who ran off from the hospital..."
DDDHouse.com: The Vanished H.K. VCD & DVD (http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_details.php?ProductID=8305)
The Vanished trailer #2 (http://www.elevenarts.net/Feature/Titles/TheVanished/trailer.mov) (QuickTime; Japanese w/ English subtitles)
The Vanished trailer #1 (http://www.gomorrahy.com/images/the_vanished_tr1.wmv) (Windows Media Video; Japanese w/o subtitles)
Eleven Arts: The Vanished (http://www.elevenarts.net/Feature/Titles/TheVanished/)
BIFFF: The Vanished (http://www.bifff.org/spip.php?page=films&id_article=436&lang=en)
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