Events
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Tuesday 23 November 2010 at 8:00pm
Close-Up and Zipangu Fest present a collection of Japanese experimental films from the 1960s-1970sClose-Up and Zipangu Fest have collaborated for the 1st annual Zipangu Fest to put together a programme of Japanese independent and experimental...
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Saturday 27 November 2010 at 6:30pm
A drama on the lives of two characters in the AV industry, opening with a wily little animation treat!Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano
Dir. Hisayasu Sato, 105min, 2010...
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Saturday 27 November 2010 at 9:00pm
Double exploitation fun!Mutant Girls Squad
Dir. Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi, 90min, 2010...
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Tuesday 5 October 2010 at 8:00pm
Meet the award-winning experimental filmmaker in LondonThis programme is a survey of the work of Japan's most influential experimental filmmaker, Takahiko Iimura, from his earliest 1960s experiments and conceptual videos to his later videos on...
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Wednesday 24 November 2010 at 3:00pm
Zipangu Fest and JVTA bring you director Tetsuaki Matsue in the flesh at SOASBorn in 1977, Tetsuaki Matsue is at the forefront of the Japanese indie scene. His deceptively simple films subvert and explore the clichés and conventions of the documentary and Adult Video...
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Friday 26 November 2010 at 9:00pm
A selection of nightmarishly morbid animations in the 'erotic grotesque' tradition from the Japanese undergroundThe term ero guro nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense), often abbreviated to ero guro, first came into use in the 1920s to refer to a strain of pulp literature typified by...
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Saturday 27 November 2010 at 9:00pm
Rock and dance into the night with exclusive live musicStave off the winter chill by coming to our house party this Saturday! There's no green room and no barriers, so it's your best chance to grab a drink with our...
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Thursday 25 November 2010 at 6:00pm
Live a little at Zipangu Fest's Live Tape 'Live' Night!Get your groove on with Rock Tanjo: The Movement 70s, a smashing documentary about the birth of 'New Rock' in...
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Wednesday 24 November 2010 at 6:00pm
Zipangu Fest gets off to an artsy start with an intriguing double billZipangu Fest's first standalone event kicks off with RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti, a well-loved documentary in...
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Sunday 28 November 2010 at 5:00pm
Two unforgettable works set in post-WWII JapanNN-891102
Dir. Go Shibata, 1999, 75min -
Tuesday 5 October 2010 at 8:00pm
Meet the award-winning experimental filmmaker in London
This programme is a survey of the work of Japan's most influential experimental filmmaker, Takahiko Iimura, from his earliest 1960s experiments and conceptual videos to his later videos on...
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Wednesday 20 October 2010 at 2:00pm
See this film on Japanese identity at a screening hosted by the Coventry University East Asian Film SocietyPresented by ...
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Friday 29 October 2010 at 7:30pm
Knee socks and deadly DD cups!Kyonyū Dragon (Big Tits Zombie) 3D is directed by Takao Nakano and stars Japanese adult video superstar Sora Aoi, and will be introduced by Festival Director Jasper Sharp.
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Saturday 6 November 2010 at 9:45am
Zipangu Fest presents a Japanese independent postwar classic at the Breaking Boundaries symposium -
Monday 8 November 2010 at 7:00pm
In association with the 24th Leeds International Film Festival, Zipangu Fest presents a rare opportunity to see this gemDir Hiroshi Shimizu, 1948, 86 mins
A rare screening of this powerful work by a director unjustly overlooked in the West, Shimizu’s early classic of independent Japanese cinema features a...
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Friday 12 November 2010 at 7:00pm
See this film on Japanese identity at a screening hosted by the School of Oriental and African Studies, LondonPresented by ...
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Friday 19 November 2010 at 8:00pm
A selection of nightmarishly morbid animations in the 'erotic grotesque' tradition from the Japanese underground.Zipangu Fest has put together a special programme of Japanese underground animation in collaboration with the ...
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Friday 19 November 2010 at 11:00pm
Two deliriously tasteless comic romps from the early days of Departures director Yojiro TakitaZipangu Fest's Late Night Japanese Pinku Double Bill follows the Ero Guro Anime Night at...
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Tuesday 23 November 2010 at 8:00pm
Close-Up and Zipangu Fest present a collection of Japanese experimental films from the 1960s-1970s
Close-Up and Zipangu Fest have collaborated for the 1st annual Zipangu Fest to put together a programme of Japanese independent and experimental...
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Wednesday 24 November 2010 at 3:00pm
Zipangu Fest and JVTA bring you director Tetsuaki Matsue in the flesh at SOAS
Born in 1977, Tetsuaki Matsue is at the forefront of the Japanese indie scene. His deceptively simple films subvert and explore the clichés and conventions of the documentary and Adult Video...
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Wednesday 24 November 2010 at 6:00pm
Zipangu Fest gets off to an artsy start with an intriguing double bill
Zipangu Fest's first standalone event kicks off with RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti, a well-loved documentary in...
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Thursday 25 November 2010 at 6:00pm
Live a little at Zipangu Fest's Live Tape 'Live' Night!
Get your groove on with Rock Tanjo: The Movement 70s, a smashing documentary about the birth of 'New Rock' in...
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Friday 26 November 2010 at 9:00pm
A selection of nightmarishly morbid animations in the 'erotic grotesque' tradition from the Japanese underground
The term ero guro nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense), often abbreviated to ero guro, first came into use in the 1920s to refer to a strain of pulp literature typified by...
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Saturday 27 November 2010 at 4:30pm
Hiroshi Shimizu's postwar indie classic comes to LondonChildren of the Beehive
Dir Hiroshi Shimizu, 1948, 86 mins -
Saturday 27 November 2010 at 6:30pm
A drama on the lives of two characters in the AV industry, opening with a wily little animation treat!
Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano
Dir. Hisayasu Sato, 105min, 2010...
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Saturday 27 November 2010 at 9:00pm
Double exploitation fun!
Mutant Girls Squad
Dir. Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi, 90min, 2010...
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Saturday 27 November 2010 at 9:00pm
Rock and dance into the night with exclusive live music
Stave off the winter chill by coming to our house party this Saturday! There's no green room and no barriers, so it's your best chance to grab a drink with our...
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Sunday 28 November 2010 at 5:00pm
Two unforgettable works set in post-WWII Japan
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Dir. Go Shibata, 1999, 75min -
Thursday 16 December 2010 at 6:30pm
A selection of films from Zipangu Fest 2010 travels to the Arnolfini in BristolThe Arnolfini in Bristol has booked in a Zipangu Fest 2010 touring programme. The bustling contemporary arts venue, which attracts half a million visits a year, is bringing Bristol folks a...
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Saturday 15 January 2011 at 7:30pm
An exceptional programme of very rarely seen experimental Japanese films from the 1960s and 1970s on 16mmA night of experimental Japanese films from the 1960s and 1970s, from filmmaker Motoharu Jonouchi (born 1935).
An insight into a decade that was defined by political ferment and avant-garde...
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Wednesday 19 January 2011 at 7:00pm
A rare opportunity to view four films by Japanese filmmaker Motoharu JonouchiHi-Red Centre Shelter Plan (17min)
WOLS (22min)
Shinjuku Station (15min)
Gewaltopia Trailer (15min)Motoharu Jonouchi was one of the...
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Sunday 3 April 2011 at 6:00pm
We've joined the Play for Japan movement to help out Japan's disaster victims.You've seen it on the news, and we haven't stopped wringing our hands worrying after friends and loved ones in Japan. So when our pals at the Japan Society announced a brilliant emergency project...
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Thursday 7 April 2011 at 7:30pm
Missed out on our London event in November? We're headed north to spread the love!We've teamed up with the wonderful Star and Shadow Cinema to bring the best of Zipangu Fest 2010 to Newcastle. The cinema will be playing host to us from 7-17 April 2010, showing a Japanese Film...
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Monday 2 May 2011 at (All day)
Zipangu Fest celebrates the East End Film Festival's 10th anniversaryZipangu Fest is excited to be participating in Movie MayDay, a FREE day of cinema, live music, cinema trails, virtual tours, filmmaking competitions, quizzes and talks blanketing the whole of...
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Thursday 25 August 2011 at 1:00pm
Zipangu Fest's first edition goes out with a bangTo celebrate the close of our first edition, Zipangu Fest is bringing a mixed selection abroad to the first-ever East by Northeast Festival (Aasia sõltumatute filmide festival EVA) in Tallinn,...