Win free tickets to see ‘Villain’ by Lee Sang-il (Hula Girls) at the ICA!
UK RELEASE DATE: 19 August 2011
With over twenty companies bidding for the film adaptation rights, and many of Japan’s top directors vying for the project, Lee Saing-li’s adaptation of Shuichi Yoshida’s award-winning novel Villain was one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2010. A critical hit at festivals both at home and abroad, Villain swept the board at the Japan Academy Awards, receiving fifteen nominations in thirteen categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Score, and winning awards in all four acting categories. Villain was also selected by the famous Kinema Junpo critics’ organization as best Japanese film of the year.
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NOMINATED for 15 Japanese Academy Awards
WINNER of 5 Japanese Academy Awards including:
Best Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor and Music Score
WINNER ‘Best Actress – Eri Fukatsu’ – Montreal Film Festival
WINNER ‘Best Actor – Satoshi Tsumabuki’ – 53rd Blue Ribbon Awards
WINNER ‘Best Japanese Film of 2010’ – Kinema Junpo
Starring: Eri Fukatsu (The Magic Hour, Bayside Shakedown)
Satoshi Tsumabuki (Tokyo!, Villon’s Wife, Pandemic)
Hikari Mitsushima (Love Exposure, Death Note, Sawako Decides)
Masaki Okada (Confessions)
Third Window Films is one of the leading distributors of contemporary Japanese cinema in the UK. Every year Third Window aims to further expand the UK audience’s knowledge of Japanese cinema through a large variety of Japanese titles. Previous releases have been titles such as ‘Memories of Matsuko’, ‘Kamikaze Girls’, ‘Fine Totally Fine’, ‘Kakera: A Piece of Our Life’, ‘Fish Story’ and more. In 2011 we will be releasing ‘Confessions’ the latest from ‘Memories of Matsuko’ director Tetsuya Nakashima, Gen Takahashi’s police corruption epic ‘Confessions of a Dog’, ‘Cold Fish’- Sion Sion’s follow up to ‘Love Exposure’ and many more. For more information please go to http://www.thirdwindowfilms.com
Competition
Third Window Films has kindly given the Japan Society 3 pairs of tickets to attend their screenings of ‘Villain’ by Lee Sang-il which opens at the ICA on 19th August 2011.
To enter – simply send your name, email address and daytime telephone number to events@japansociety.org.uk by 5.30pm on Monday 8th August 2011 with “‘Villain’ by Lee Sang-il Competition” in the subject line. If you do not have email, please telephone the Japan Society office on 020 7828 6330. The winner will be chosen at random and notified accordingly. Tickets will be available to pick up from the box office on the day.
*Please note that this competition is only open to members of the Japan Society. Both individual and corporate members may enter.
