For the first time Japanese cinema is included in the programme. A spectacular film in the best samurai tradition, '13 Assassins' by a cult director Takashi Miike, is among the titles from Japan, becoming one of the most important Polish premieres at the fifth Five Flavours. With '13 Assassins', a remake of Kudo Eiichi's film from 1963, Takashi Miike makes a successful attempt to match up to the granddad of all samurai films, Akira Kurosawa’s "Seven Samurai". Set in the feudal Japan, the film tells a story about 13 samurai who – under Shinzaemon Shimada's command – are hired to remove Lord Naritsugu, a powerful and sadistic feudal ruler.
Japanese cinema is represented also by the selected titles from Sushi Typhoon studio which distributes films by directors like Takashi Miike, Sion Sono and Noboru Iguchi. Despite the studio was created only in 2010, it managed to gather the interest of the audience and critics very rapidly. Because of its highly entertaining profile, Sushi Typhoon 'seeks to satisfy audiences who crave the good taste of bad taste, and for whom too much is never enough'.
Five Flavours Film Festival presents both contemporary and classic films from South-East and East Asia. Screenings are accompanied by discussions with film directors and producers (among whom were Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Ho Tzu Nyen, Chuyen Bui Thac in the previous years) and special events (exhibitions, lectures, concerts) which aim to present wider cultural, social, historic contexts of the region and its countries.
The fifth edition takes place from the 20th to 25th of October in Warsaw in Muranow and KINO.LAB cinemas. The festival hits the road in November visiting other Polish cities, including Krakow and Poznan.
Kino Muranow
1 Andersa St
KINO.LAB
CCA Ujazdowski Castle
2 Jazdów St
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