In our Director-In-Focus segment, we are intending to feature some of Kitano Takeshi's work. We have shortlisted 3 of them and are trying to confirm their participation at the Festival. They are: KIKUJIRO, HANA-BI and KIDS RETURN.As some of the artwork in both KIKUJIRO and HANA-BI were painted by Kitano himself, we had contacted his management Company to explore the possibility of exhibiting them as part of the Festival. However, we were informed that the works were not available for loan. The artwork in HANA-Bi were published in the form of an artbook and the graphic on the left is one of the collections.
3 comments:
his Zatoichi was fun.
2 more suggestions:
The Ants (Ari no Heital), 2005
Directed by Ikeya Kaoru
*World Premiered in HKIFF 2006
The Village Album (Mura No Shashinshu), 2005
Directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara
I saw The Village Album 3 months ago and I loved it! Dunno whether whether The Ants will be shown but one can hope.
Anyways, very happy that you have gone with Kikujiro, Kids Return and Hana-Bi, all Kitano's earlier works. Ganbane!
Does anyone know where to find the Hana-Bi artbook ? I have searched high and low to no avail!
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