SHOCHIKU RETROSPECTIVE

Shochiku is 110 years old and the New York Film Festival will screen 44 of their movies (yes...FORTY-FOUR!!!) to celebrate. Well, Shochiku says they'll screen 45, but who's counting?

What'll they be screening? Hard to say, but this retro package has appeared at the Germany FilmFest and there's been some announcements, so here's what looks likely:

THE CASTLE OF SAND, digitally remastered, will open the retro.

These Keisuke Kinoshita movies showed in Germany as part of the celebration:
PORT OF FLOWER (1943 b/w)
ARMY (1944 b/w)
WOMAN (1948 b/w)
CARMEN COMES HOME (1951 color)
TWENTY-FOUR EYES (1954 b/w) *New Print
YOU WERE LIKE A WILD CHRYSANTHEMUM (1955 b/w) *New Print
THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958 color)
SNOW FLURY (1959 color)
THE SCENT OF INCENSE (1964 b/w)
CHILDREN OF NAGASAKI (1983 color)

As well as these:
THE HIDDEN BLACE, by Yoji Yamada (2004)
THE HOUSE OF BUGS, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2005)
FACE, by Junji Sakamoto (2000)
TOKYO LULLABY, by Jun Ichikawa (1997)
SONATINE, by Kitano Takeshi (1993)