Shinsedai Cinema Festival, July 12-15

Tonight, the 4th annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival celebrating Japanese film gets underway in Toronto.

The opening night film will be 劇場版　神聖かまってちゃん　ロックンロールは鳴り止まないっ (Ringing in Their Ears) by 入江悠 (Yu Irie). The film is about the lives of various people in the week leading up to a concert by the red-hot rock band "Shinsei Kamatte." The movie opens with a music video Back.

This will be followed by Takashi Makino's Enter the Cosmos: Takashi Makino Special. The program is a collection of experimental works.

The closing night film will be Masafumi Yamada's 天使突抜六丁目 (Tentsuki). The crime drama depicts a man Noburu who gets entangled with the yakuza and meets a mysterious woman while on the run.

The festival continues to July 15 at the Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave.


4th annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival Schedule

Thursday, July 12th

7:00PM
Ringing in Their Ears
w/ Back

9:30PM
Enter the Cosmos: Takashi Makino Special

Friday, July 13th

7:00PM
Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
w/ KiyaKiya

9:00PM
Zero Man vs. The Half Virgin
w/ Dark on Dark

Saturday, July 14th

1:30PM
The Naked Summer
w/ Tsuki-Yomi

4:30PM
From the Great White North: Yubari Fanta Special

7:00PM
End of the Night
w/ Who Opens the Door?

9:30PM
Battle Girls & Bondage: A Pink Double Bill

Sunday, July 15th

1:30PM
Hiroshima Nagasaki Download
w/ On This Side

4:00PM
Good for Nothing
w/ Socrates Excelsa

6:00PM
Beyond Anime: The Outer Limits

8:00PM
Tentsuki
w/ The Feet