El próximo sábado día 21 de Noviembre comienza el Tokyo FILMeX 2009, que se alargará hasta el domingo 29. El “hermano menor” del TIFF nos presenta una interesante sección competitiva e informativa, destacando una gran retrospectiva dedicada al cine japones de los años 30, con películas de realizadores de la talla de Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Shimazu o Teinosuke Kinugasa entre otros, además de la clásica retrospectiva internacional, este año dedicada la frances Jean-Pierre Melville.

TOKYO FILMeX Competition

Seven Minutes in Heaven
Israel / 2009 / 94min.
Dir. Omri GIVON

No One Knows About Persian Cats
Iran / 2009 / 106min.
Dir. Bahman GHOBADI

Green Days
Iran / 2009 / 72min.
Dir. Hana MAKHMALBAF

Between Two Worlds
Sri Lanka / 2009 / 83min.
Dir. Vimukthi JAYASUNDARA

Nymph
Tailandia / 2009 / 94min.
Dir. Pen-Ek RATANARUANG

Sell Out!
Malasia / 2008 / 110min.
Dir. YEO Joon-han

How are you, Dad
Taiwan / 2009 / 107min.
Dir. CHANG Tso-chi

Accident
Hong Kong / 2009 / 89min.
Dir. Soi CHEANG

Breathless
Corea / 2008 / 130min.
Dir. YANG Ik-june

Doman Seman
Japón / 2009 / 130min.
Dir. SHIBATA Go

Proyecciones Especiales – Nippon Modern 1930s

Yasujiro Shimazu

First Steps Ashore (Jyoriku Dai Ippo)
1932 / 88min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

Our Neighbor Miss Yae
1934 / 77min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

Okoto and Sasuke (Shunkinsho Okoto to Sasuke)
1935 / 100min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

The Lights of Asakusa (Asakusa no Tomoshibi)
1937 / 77min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

The Trio’s Engagements (Kon-yaku Sanbagarasu)
1937 / 66min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

Ai yori Ai e
1938 / 57min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

Okayo no Kakugo
1939 / 56min.
Dir. SHIMAZU Yasujiro

Heinoshuke Gosho

The Neighbor’s Wife and Mine (Madamu to Nyobo)
1931 / 57min.
Dir. GOSHO Heinosuke

Burden of Life (Jinsei no Onimotsu)
1935 / 67min.
Dir. GOSHO Heinosuke

Woman of the Mist (Oboroyo no Onna)
1936 / 111min.
Dir. GOSHO Heinosuke

Hiroshi Shimizu

Forget Love for Now (Koi mo Wasurete)
1937 / 73min.
Dir. SHIMIZU Hiroshi

Star Athlete (Hanagata Senshu)
1937 / 64min.
Dir. SHIMIZU Hiroshi

Parents (Oya)
1929 / 35min.
Dir. SHIMIZU Hiroshi, OKUBO Tadamoto

Donguri to Shinomi
1941 / 29min.
Dir. SHIMIZU Hiroshi

Yasujiro Ozu

Woman of Tokyo (Tokyo no Onna)
1933 / 47min.
Dir. OZU Yasujiro

Kagamijishi
1936 / 24min.
Dir. OZU Yasujiro

A Straightforward Boy (Tokkan Kozo)
1929 / 14min.
Dir. OZU Yasujiro

Teinosuke Kinugasa

A Trap Cellar (An Actor’s Revenge)
1935 / 98min.
Dir. KINUGASA Teinosuke

Kenji Mizoguchi

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (Zangiku Monogatari)
1939 / 143min.
Dir. MIZOGUCHi Kenji

Kinuyo Tanaka

Flower in Storm (Aizen Katsura)
1938 / 89min.
Dir. NOMURA Hiromasa

The Inner Palace Conspiracy (Oboro Kago)
1951 / 98min.
Dir. ITO Daisuke

The Life of Oharu (Saikaku Ichidai Onna)
1952 / 136min.
Dir. MIZOGUCHi Kenji