Comments on: Films 1-2010

By: Shindo shinagami | Dkroofingsidin

Shindo shinagami | Dkroofingsidin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:07:57 +0000

[...] NEW PEOPLE: Films 1-2010 | San Francisco’s Japanese Shopping …Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Naruse in Shindo. …. Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue “Shinigami” death god named Ryuk. [...]

By: Thinking Outside the Multiplex | Commentary Track

Thinking Outside the Multiplex | Commentary Track — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:43:29 +0000

[...] Midnight Sun – Kaoru is a talented teenage musician who suffers from an unusual disease, Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP). This means that Kaoru must always stay away from all sunlight, since XP means that her body cannot repair the damage caused to her skin cells by ultraviolet light. Kaoru understandably faces a number of challenges when she falls in love with a young man who she has seen standing at a nearby bus stop before the sun rises – but she also again starts to push herself to try to accomplish some things she had given up on in the face of her disease. This 2006 romantic drama from Japan starts Friday, January 8, at the Viz Cinema in San Francisco (at the theater’s website, scroll down for information on Midnight Sun); the film’s Japanese site can be found here, I think – I’m not 100% certain, though, since my computer apparently needs some sort of software update to view the site. [...]

By: Thinking Outside the Multiplex | Commentary Track

Thinking Outside the Multiplex | Commentary Track — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:50:30 +0000

[...] Oh! My Buddha – Jun is a Japanese teenager who has just been enrolled in a private Buddhist school for boys. His parents have sheltered him all of his life, but now he wants to be a guitar hero like his idol, Bob Dylan – and he is always thinking about girls. That summer, his friend tells him about a youth hostel on an island – a hostel where the young men and women all supposedly practice “free love.” Jun and his friend decide to spend the summer on the island – and Jun’s life takes a turn towards adulthood. This seventies-set Japanese comedy – which was directed by actor Tomorowo Taguchi (Tetsuo, the Iron Man) – starts Friday at the Viz Cinema in San Francisco. The theater’s site (linked above) has more information and a trailer, which lacks English subtitles. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a trailer with English subtitles out there yet – even under the film’s IMDb title, The Shikisoku Generation. [...]

By: Daido Moriyama DVD in stores Jan. 26th! « Viz Pictures

Daido Moriyama DVD in stores Jan. 26th! « Viz Pictures — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:26:41 +0000

[...] DVD release event at VIZ Cinema. Get your DVD, small goodies and watch the movie on the big screen for only $25! The event is on 1/26 at 7:30pm. [...]

By: Animation On Display’s VIP Party at NEW PEOPLE | NEW PEOPLE

Animation On Display’s VIP Party at NEW PEOPLE | NEW PEOPLE — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:43:56 +0000

[...] Saturday, January 30th Death Note from 7:30pm Death Note II: The Last Name from 10:00pm At VIZ Cinema [...]

By: CAAM Home : Hit Me With Music Vol. 2 at Viz Cinema

CAAM Home : Hit Me With Music Vol. 2 at Viz Cinema — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:31:31 +0000

[...] direction in this world, music is sometimes the only thing that can reach their young hearts. VIZ Cinema will continue to introduce movies that are strongly supported by their love for [...]