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"TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS" Theatrical Premiere August 22 at ImaginAsian Center in Los Angeles!

Please check www.theimaginasian.com/la for up to date showtime information.

"A hundred years ago, the author Soseki Natsume challenged us all by saying 'I am an ambitious man who wants the people of 100 years hence to solve my riddle,' (Quoted from a letter to Sohei Morita on 22nd October, 1906.) The resulting omnibus film, 'Ten Nights of Dream,' brings forth an amazing labyrinth of entertainment brought to life by a selection of Japan's greatest living directors of film. Their bold interpretations, imaginative presentation and fantastic visuals actually solve Soseki's century old riddle and present their audience with a beautiful world of immortal fantasy as so keenly depicted in Soseki's masterpiece, 'YUMEJUYA.'"

Directors:

Akio Jissoji ("Tokyo The Last Megalopolis", "Rampo Noir")
Kon Ichikawa ("The Burmese Harp", "The Inugamis")
Takashi Shimizu ("The Grudge", "Reincarnation")
Atsushi Shimizu ("Eko Eko Azarak", "Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: The Wish")
Keisuke Toyoshima ("Tales of Terror from Tokyo")
Suzuki Matsuo ("Otakus in Love")
Yoshitaka Amano ("Final Fantasy", "Vampire Hunter D" etc.) & Kawahara Shinmei
Nobuhiro Yamashita ("Linda Linda Linda")
Miwa Nishikawa ("Wild Berries", "Sway")
Yudai Yamaguchi ("Battlefield Baseball", "Cromartie High School")

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"THE PINK CONSPIRACY" TO SCREEN THEATRICALLY ON SEPTEMBER 19 IN LOS ANGELES

Please check www.laemmle.com for up to date showtime information.

Dave is convinced that his knockout girlfriend Jamie is cheating on him, despite his best friend Victoria's reassurance that it's all in his head. When his life begins to unravel, Dave's suspicions overwhelm him and he stumbles upon a discovery that turns his world upside down. Dave is shocked to learn that his girlfriend is the leader of a conspiratorial group of ex girlfriends, whose sole purpose is to torment him and ruin his life. Dave soon finds himself tumbling through a series of adventures as he attempts to unveil the truth, all while getting his life back on track. Dave ultimately pieces the puzzle together and finds out the hard way that sometimes true love is worth fighting for.

Stars Mercedes McNab (TV series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel Sarah Thompson (Angel, 7th Heaven) and James Russo (The Postman, Donnie Brasco).

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"YO-YO SEXY GIRL COP" ON DVD NOVEMBER 11!

A sexy spoof on the popular series "Yo-Yo Girl Cop!"

Saki (Mihiro) is a beautiful high school girl secretly working for the Japanese government as a "special student undercover cop." Her uniform includes a pair of see-through underwear.

Attending a prestigious high school, Saki is sent to investigate a student prostitution ring in order to bail her estranged mother out of jail.

Once there, Saki gets bullied and emotionally abused by her classmates because of her "see-through" underwear. Falling in love with a boy named Takuya, Saki is torn between love and duty.

Soon, she befriends a classmate/prostitute Asuka, who is later murdered when her double life is discovered. Joining forces with the girls from the school, Saki takes out her personal revenge on the prostitution ring run by the headmaster and a teacher named Reiko. Her weapon is a yo-yo and her battle cry is "I will never ever forgive you!"

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CINEMA EPOCH ACQUIRES MUSIC DOCUMENTARY "WORKING CLASS ROCK STAR"

The long-awaited music industry documentary “Working Class Rock Star” by Justin McConnell, is being released in North America by distributor Cinema Epoch. The film follows the lives of 3 bands struggling with life on a record label in today’s music industry, and features interviews with: LAMB OF GOD, GWAR, UNEARTH, THE HAUNTED, ARCH ENEMY, FINNTROLL, KATAKLYSM, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, BLEEDING THROUGH, HIMSA, BYZANTINE, DOG FASHION DISCO, TUB RING, 3 MILE SCREAM, BLOODSHOTEYE, Frank Marino, and many more.

Cinema Epoch will release the DVD on November 11. Official film site: www.workingclassrockstar.com


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POLISH SEXY THRILLER "THE UNDERNEATH" ON DVD NOVEMBER 11

When Piotr agrees with his wife Iza to join her former boyfriend Michal for a week-end at his country house, he knows it could prove to be an uncomfortable stay. Michal, owner of a fast growing advertising agency has agreed to hire him to write some jingles, probably at Iza's request, as Piotr's literary writing has not been paying well for some time. Is he still in love with her? Is Iza thinking of going back to him? Upon arriving to the house, Ania, Michal's new girlfriend, greets them, and from that moment on Piotr cannot stop lusting after her. Directed by Marka Gajczaka.


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DUTCH HORROR THRILLER COMING SOON!

Robert Arthur Jansen's DEADLY GAME (aka Complexx) to be released on DVD October 14.

Gamers from all over Holland have gathered at a game convention to find out about the latest game. After the convention, most of the gamers go home, but for a few of them, the night has just begun. They've all received text messages saying that they should stay in the building after everyone has left and play the game. Since the prize money is 1 million euros, they all decide to stay. What they don't know is that the subject of the game is surviving - in real life. They soon realize that they're trapped inside the building with a serial killer after them.



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THRILLER "SALT" TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 14

In the tradition of `Diabolique!` What begins as a childish prank quickly devolves into protracted murder. When the true nature of an abusive husband's twisted extra-marital relationship is revealed to his all too innocent wife, she then begins to have an affair with his sister. Together, the two women plot the ultimate revenge, and the stage is set for sexual manipulation, violence and terror.

Directed by Bradford Tatum and starring Stacy Haiduk (TV's "Heroes"), SALT will debut on DVD October 14.

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"ASIAN STORIES" SET FOR JULY THEATRICAL RELEASE

WINNER OF THE VC FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD

Starring James Kyson Lee, Kirt Kishita, Kathy Uyen, Lauren Mary Kim and directed by Ron Oda and Chris Chin, "ASIAN STORIES" will have its theatrical release starting July 25 at the ImaginAsian Center in Los Angeles.

Jim is a young closefisted Chinese American living in LA who desperately finds himself with a stack of white flower themed disposable cameras, fleur-de-lis invitations, a number of champagne bottles, and a ten-thousand dollar engagement ring bill. The only thing missing is a bride. In financial debt and miserable for having his fiancé leave two weeks prior to Valentine's day, Jim tries to resurface his dignity and wash away his wretchedness by asking his best friend, a Japanese hitman whose passion for cooking fancy entrees extends far beyond his kitchen, to kill him just in time to miss the Hallmark holiday. With less than four days to live, Jim, while wearing his wedding tuxedo the entire time, treks to the mountains to find his fate, meet a pizza delivery boy with lucky charms, the funeral spot of his choice, and a girl.


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CINEMA EPOCH ACQUIRES AUSTRALIAN ROAD THRILLER!

Releasing on August 5. Available for pre-order on Amazon.com

A film by Michael Andre and Nikka Kalashnikova

Part crazed road film part acidic commentary on the power struggle of the sexes; JUPITER LOVE is a turbo-charged film that grips the viewers with its twists of sexual psychopathology. A digital artist is driving to her first solo exhibit when a lone male driver pulls up along side and starts videotaping her. She sexually teases & taunts him. Crazed and enraged he repeatedly rams her car but she reacts by laughing at him. What follows is an allegorical decent to the raw nerve of male sexual-psychosis. His deepening obsession is followed by stalking fits of rage and a paranoid monologue.


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TOKYO DECADENCE RETURNS TO DVD ON AUGUST 5!

Long out of print, the cult classic returns to DVD.

A timid Japanese college girl, Ai, tries to make ends meet as a S&M bondage girl for hire within a world of wealthy businessmen & lavish Tokyo penthouses. Her quest for true love and happiness contrasts with the dark nighttime in Tokyo, ridden with perverse sex and drugs. From the writer of "Audition." Music score by Academy Award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto.

The DVD will be presented in a:

-- 16x9 anamorphic video presentation in its original uncut version

-- Interview with Ryu Murakami and Ryuichi Sakamoto

-- Film Essay by Japanese film critic Nicholas Rucka

-- Still Gallery

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CLASSIC JAPANESE FILMS COMING SOON!

BAD GIRL MAKO (Furyo Shojo Mako) (1971)
Director: Koreji Kurahara
Cast: Junko Natsu
Cult classic from Nikkatsu Studios. Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a nightclub everynight with her bad company. When her lover Hideo is murdered by the gang, Mako swears vengeance on all of those responsible.

TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS (Hishu Monogatari) (1977)
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Cast: Kyoko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada
Seijun Suzuki’s sole directorial effort from the 1970s follows a professional model poised for success in the golfing magazine fashion world. Pure Suzuki madness ensues when she is confronted by a sexy female blackmailer.

YELLOW FANGS (Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi) (1990)
Director: Sonny Chiba/Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Bunta Sugawara
Yuki’s family is killed by a huge maneating bear, and her childhood friend Eiji and his fellow hunters set off in search of the murderous beast. Although she cannot join them as women are forbidden from entering the mountains, she is determined to pursue a perilous quest for revenge. Based on a true story.

THE HEARTBREAK YAKUZA (Saraba itoshiki hito yo) (1987)
Director: Masato Harada
Cast: Hiromi Go, Mariko Ishihashi, Kazuya Kimura, Koichi Sato
A precursor to John Woo’s “The Killer” about an up and coming Yakuza member who accidentally blinds a childhood friend during a shootout. An impressive early work by director Masato Harada. The Japanese title was later used as a Sony Playstation game.



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