Far East is coming!

Far East is coming! L’attesissima tredicesima edizione del Far East Film Festival (29 aprile – 7 maggio) di Udine è finalmente alle porte ed è di ieri l’annuncio della line-up di quest’anno. Ben 87 le pellicole proposte per 12 cinematografie, tra cui la new entry Mongolia, ma a farla da padrone saranno come sempre Cina (8 film), Hong Kong (7), Corea del Sud (12) e Giappone (11). Nonostante il festival sia rinomatamente dalla parte del cinema popolare e quindi consigliato a tutti, appassionati e non, sono presenti anche quest’anno le pellicole di valore. Inizio col botto con l’ultima pazzia di Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Joint Security Area), un horror di 33 minuti intitolato Night Fishing girato col cellulare! Per il Giappone non mancano neppure i film più acclamati dell’annata, Villain e Confessions, oltre alle ultime interessanti fatiche di Higashi Yoichi (Wondering Home) e Hiroki Ryuichi (The Lightning Tree)

Ma per darvi un’idea complessiva di quello che troverete nella dieci giorni friulana vi ripropongo la lista completa dei film presenti, sottolineando in rosso quelli che sembrano più interessanti:

ALL THE FILMS AT A GLANCE FEFF 13

CHINA
Aftershock, FENG Xiaogang, China 2010, melodrama, Italian Premiere
Buddha Mountain, LI Yu, China 2011, drama, Italian Premiere
The Piano in a Factory, ZHANG Meng, China 2010 musical-drama-comedy, Italian Premiere
Under the Hawthorn Tree, ZHANG Yimou, drama, China 2010, Italian Premiere
Welcome to Shama Town, LI Weiran, black comedy, China 2010, European Premiere
What Women Want, CHEN Daming, China 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere
Wind Blast, GAO Qunshu, China 2010, action, Italian Premiere

HONG KONG
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Johnnie TO, Hong Kong 2011, romantic comedy, European Premiere
The Drunkard, Freddie WONG, Hong Kong 2010, drama, European Premiere
Lover’s Discourse, Derek TSANG & Jimmy WAN, Hong Kong 2010, romance, European Premiere
Perfect Wedding, Barbara WONG, Hong Kong 2010, romantic comedy, International Festival Premiere
Punished, Law Wing Cheong, Hong Kong 2011, thriller, International Festival Premiere
The Stool Pigeon, Dante LAM, Hong Kong 2010, action thriller, Italian Premiere

SOUTH KOREA
Bedevilled, JANG Cheol-soo, South Korea 2010, thriller, Italian Premiere
Cyrano Agency, KIM Hyeon-Seok, South Korea 2010, comedy, European Premiere
Foxy Festival, LEE Hae-young, South Korea 2010, erotic comedy, International Festival Premiere
Haunters, KIM Min-suk, South Korea 2010, action fantasy, International Festival Premiere
The Man from Nowhere, LEE Jeong-beom, South Korea 2010, action thriller, Italian Premiere
My Dear Desperado, KIM Kwang-sik, South Korea 2010, romantic comedy
Night Fishing, PARKing CHANce, South Korea 2011, horror fantasy, Italian Premiere
Romantic Heaven, JANG Jin, South Korea 2011, fantasy drama, International Festival Premiere
The Showdown, PARK Hoon-jung, South Korea 2011, action thriller, International Festival Premiere
Troubleshooter, KWON Hyeok-jae, South Korea 2010, action thriller, European Premiere
The Unjust, RYOO Seung-wan, South Korea 2010, corruption thriller, Italian Premiere
Villain & Widow, SON Jae-gon, South Korea 2010, comedy-thriller-drama, International Festival Premiere

JAPAN
Cannonball Wedlock, MAEDA Koji, Japan 2011, comedy drama, International Festival Premiere
Confessions, NAKASHIMA Tetsuya, Japan 2010, revenge drama, Italian Premiere
The Lady Shogun and Her Men, KANEKO Fuminori, Japan 2010, period drama, International Festival Premiere
The Lightning Tree, HIROKI Ryuichi, Japan 2010, mystery-romance, European Premiere
Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night, NAGAE Toshikazu, Japan 2010, horror, International Festival Premiere
SABI♂SABI♀ – Quirky Guys and Gals, FUJITA Yosuke, MATSUNASHI Tomoko, OH Mipo, SEKIGUCHI Gen, Japan 2011, omnibus comedy, International Festival Premiere
Seaside Motel, MORIYA Kentaro, Japan 2010, black comedy, European Premiere
Underwater Love, IMAOKA Shinji, Japan 2011, pink musical, European Premiere
Villain, LEE Sang-il, Japan 2010, dark romantic drama, European Premiere
Wandering Home, HIGASHI Yoichi, Japan 2010, drama, Italian Premiere
Yakuza Weapon, Yudai YAMAGUCHI, Tak SAKAGUCHI, Japan 2011, violent-action-comedy, Italian Premiere

THE PHILIPPINES
Here Comes the Bride, Chris Martinez, The Philippines 2010, fantasy comedy, European Premiere
Rakenrol, Quark Henares, The Philippines 2011, rock-n-roll youth, World Premiere
Wanted:Border, Ray Defante Gibraltar, The Philippines 2010, drama, International Festival Premiere

THAILAND
A Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Puttipong Promsakha Na SAKONNAKORN & Wasin POKPONG, Thailand 2010, romantic-teen-comedy, European Premiere
Bangkok Knockout, Panna RITTIKRAI, Morakot KAEWTHANEE, Thailand 2010, martial arts, European Premiere
Mindfulness and Murder, Tom Waller,Thailand 2011, detective thriller, European Premiere

INDONESIA
Belkibolang, Sidi SALEH, EDWIN, Wisnu Surya PRATAMA, Azhar LUBIS, Anggun PRIAMBODO, Rico MARPAUNG, Tumpal TAMPUBOLON, Ifa ISFANSYAH, Omnibus drama, Indonesia 2010, Italian Premiere

TAIWAN
Night Market Hero, YEH Tien Lun, Taiwan 2011, comedy, European Premiere

VIETNAM
Floating Lives, NGUYEN Phan Quang Binh, Vietnam 2010, drama, European Premiere

SINGAPORE
Forever, WEE Li Lin, Singapore 2011, dark romance, European Premiere

MONGOLIA
Operation Tatar, Baatar BAT-ULZII, Mongolia 2010, black comedy, International Festival Premiere

MALAYSIA
Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah, Mamat KHALID, Malaysia 2010, horror comedy, International Festival Premiere
SERU, WOO Ming Jin & Pierre ANDRE’, Malaysia 2011, horror, International Festival Premiere

Come ogni anno, inoltre, il Far East dedica due retrospettive a generi o personalità dell’estremo oriente: quest’anno è il turno della commedia asiatica e, quello che ci (mi) interessa di più, dei pinku eiga, i film erotici giapponesi, con 15 pellicole che spaziano dagli anni Sessanta ai nostri giorni, tra i quali sono presenti vere e proprie chicche, come il delirante film di Yamatoya, sceneggiatore geniale e bizzarro, in una delle sue poche prove alla regia, o uno dei film minori e praticamente invisibili del mio Wakamatsu, Namari no bohyo.

Di seguito la lista:

PINK WINK – A TRIBUTE TO ASAKURA DAISUKE

Abnormal Family, SUO Masayuki, Japan 1984
Adultery Diary, SATO Toshiki, Japan 1996
An Aria on Gazes, SATO Hisayasu, Japan 1992
Blue Film Woman, MUKAI Kan, Japan 1969
Blue Sky, ZEZE Takahisa, Japan 1989
High Noon Ripper, TAKITA Yojiro, Japan 1984
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands, YAMATOYA Atsushi, Japan 1967
Last Bullet, SANO Kazuhiro, Japan 1989
Lead Tombstone, WAKAMATSU Koji, Japan 1964
Lunch Box, IMAOKA Shinji, Japan 2004
Rape Case – No Indictment, WATANABE Mamoru, Japan 1979
Rustling in Bed, TAJIRI Yuji, Japan 1999
Slow Motion, ENOMOTO Toshiro, Japan 1996
Wet Peony, UMEZAWA Kaoru, Japan 1970
Yariman, SAKAMOTO Rei, Japan 2008