British distributors Third Window Films have added three new Korean films to their catalog: Shin Su-won's
Pluto (2012), Yoon Sung-hyun's
Bleak Night (2010), and E-J yong's
Behind the Camera (2013). The distributors will also co-produce
Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats, a new film from director Yosuke Fujita (
Fine, Totally Fine).
Pluto
Pluto is a story of the extremes elite high school seniors are prepared to go to guarantee entry into prestigious universities, and asks what could possibly turn an innocent boy into a monster. June, a transfer student into an elite school, is driven to despair by the year's first examination results. One day he discovers that a mysterious clique of fellow students are sharing secret notebooks, which contain important exam information. In order to get his hands on the notebooks he begs the members of the secret circle to include him. They task him with a series of missions to earn them, turning June into a monster in the process.
Bleak Night
High school student Gi-Tae (Lee Je-hoon) takes his own life. His father (Jo Sung-Ha) feels a heavy sense of guilt and confusion over his son's death. The father was largely absent from Gi-Tae's life. He decides to search for answers on his son's death. Gi-Tae's father finds a picture in his son's desk drawer. The picture consists of Gi-Tae and high school friends Dong-Yoon (Seo Jun-Young) and Hee-Joon (Park Jung-min). Gi-Tae's father is able to locate Hee-Joon. The high school boy is evasive with answers, explaining he transferred to another school prior to Gi-Tae's death. Hee-Joon also mentions that Gi-Tae's best friend was Dong-Hoon. Gi-Tae's father thinks back to his son's funeral and recalls that Dong-Hoon never show up for his best friend's funeral. Gi-Tae's father then asks Hee-Joon to find Dong-Yoon, who has now dropped out of school completely. What happened to these three former best friends?
Behind the Camera
An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.
Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats
After co-producing acclaimed director Sion Sono's latest film
The Land of Hope, Third Window Films have teamed up with companies from Italy, Germany and Taiwan to co-produce the latest film from Yosuke Fujita, the director of
Fine, Totally Fine. The film stars Miyuki Oshima of the famous Morisanchu comedy trio from Yoshimoto talent agency (the most famous in Japan for comedians) in the role of Fuku-chan, a man who is generous, helpful and incredibly nice, but has a deep rooted fear of women due to a traumatic experience from his past.
Fine Totally Fine star YoshiYoshi Arakawa stars alongside as Shimacchi, his co-worker and friend who tries to unsuccessfully set him up with many women, and
Share House no Koiibito actress Asami Mizukawa stars as Chiho, his first love from high school.
Next month, Third Window Films are also bringing to Blu-ray Shinya Tsukamoto's classics
Tokyo Fist and
Bullet Ballet. The two releases will feature brand new restorations from the original negatives done by director Tsukamoto himself.
Tokyo Fist
Once again Tsukamoto steps out from behind the camera and stars as Tsuda, an archetypal Japanese salaryman. He's married to polite and compliant Hizuru (Kaori Fujii), the dictionary definition of an ideal Japanese wife. Their life is happy, at least on the surface, at least until Kojima (played by Tsukamoto's own real life brother, Kôji), a friend from his past, shows up on the scene. As a pro boxer Kôji's business is violence and even before the proverbial sand is kicked in Tsuda's face we can already sense the wonder and jealousy with which he views his brother's transformed body. Only once Kojima seduces Hizuru, revealing that he just doesn't excel at physical violence, but mental and emotional brutality as well, does Tsuda get himself to the gym and into training so he can wreak his revenge with his fists.
Special Features:
- Brand new digital restoration
- Cardboard slipcase with new illustrated designs
- A new and exclusive interview with the director
- Clip from original concert
- New UK Trailer and Original Theatrical Trailer
Bullet Ballet
Goda (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a thirty-something documentary filmmaker. While his work may seem intriguing to some, his life is absolutely average - long hours at the office, drinks after work, an equally busy girlfriend, Kiriko, who he's been with for a decade. No surprises. No detours. No shocks. That is until he returns home one night to find police cars surrounding the entrance to his apartment building and he's told that Kiriko has committed suicide with a bullet to the head. With Japan having some of the strictest set of gun control laws Goda is left with not just the "why" of her suicide, but also the "how", "where" and "who". How did Kiriko get a gun? From where? And most importantly, from who? Goda goes on a quest into the gritty criminal underworld of Tokyo in order to answer these questions, and maybe inhabit the last days of Kiriko's life.
Special Features:
- Brand new digital restoration
- Cardboard slipcase with new illustrated designs
- A new and exclusive interview with the director
- Clip from original concert
- New UK Trailer and Original Theatrical Trailer