NYAFF 2008 lineup to include 27 Japanese movies

Posted by kevin at 2:49am on Friday, June 6, 2008 EDT

Filed under: Events

The schedule for Subway Cinema‘s 2008 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) will include 43 movies to be screened at two venues in New York City from June 20th to July 6th, with 27 of them originating from Japan. Of particular note is the world premiere of Ryo Iwamatsu’s much-anticipated Then Summer Came, starring Joe Odagiri, Yoshio Harada, and Kumiko Aso. I’m personally excited to see Arch Angels getting some love, since it was one of the funner movies of 2006 and deserves to finally get some attention. Delcea Mihaela Gabriela will be a household name soon, mark it down. I also predict Chanbara Beauty, aka Onechanbara will change lives and eventually bring about world peace. Okay, enough blabbering! Check out the schedule and trailer for the event below. I patiently, lovingly highlighted the Japanese movies and added Subway Cinema links where available.

World Premiere
Then Summer Came (Japan, 2008)

International Premieres
Action Boys (Korea, 2008)
Tamami (Aka Akanbo Shojo) (Japan, 2008)
The Butcher (Korea, 2008)
Chanbara Beauty (Japan, 2008)
King Naresuan 1 (Thailand, 2007)
Most Beautiful Night In The World (Japan, 2008)
Public Enemy Returns (Korea, 2008)

North American Premieres
*Adrift In Tokyo (Japan, 2007)
Assembly (China, 2007)
Dog In A Sidecar (Japan, 2007)
Dororo (Japan, 2007)
*Fine, Totally Fine (Japan, 2007)
L: Change The World (Japan, 2007)
Love On Sunday (Japan, 2006)
Love On Sunday 2: Last Words (Japan, 2007)
Like A Dragon (Japan, 2007)
Sasori (Hong Kong/Japan, 2008)
Shamo (Hong Kong, 2008)
Tokyo Gore Police (Japan, 2008)
The Shadow Spirit (Japan, 2007)
*United Red Army (Japan, 2007)

US Premieres
Bodyguard 2 (Thailand, 2007)
Happiness (Korea, 2007)
Kala (Indonesia, 2007)
M (Korea, 2007)
*Sad Vacation (Japan, 2007)
This World Of Ours (Japan, 2007)