Los Angeles screenings of 'Ten Nights of Dreams'
L.A. THEATRICAL PREMIERE OF "TEN NIGHTS OF DREAMS"
August 22-28
IMAGINASIAN CENTER, LOS ANGELES
251 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.theimaginasian.com/la
Directed By Takashi Shimizu, Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, Yudai Yamaguchi, Akio Jissoji, Masaaki Kawahara, Suzuki Matsuo, Miwa Nishikawa,
Atsushi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Cast: Kyôko Koizumi, Suzuki Matsuo, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Umenosuke Nakamura, Keisuke Horibe
Distributor: Cinema Epoch
`I had a dream like this...` Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache.
Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
The ten episodes are directed by legendary late filmmaker Kon Ichikawa, who previously adapted Soseki's Kokoro for film in 1955; the late Akio Jissoji (Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, Rampo Noir); horror maestro Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge); Blue Ribbon Best Director Miwa Nishikawa (Yureru); Nobuhiro Yamashita (Linda Linda Linda); actor/director Matsuo Suzuki (Otakus in Love, Welcome to the Quiet Room); J-horror standbys Atsushi Shimizu (The Wish), Keisuke Toyoshima (Tales of Terror), and Yudai Yamaguchi (Battlefield Baseball); and the new directing team of Final Fantasy character designer Yoshitaka Amano and gaming guru Masaaki Kawahara.