KON ICHIKAWA BACK IN DIRECTOR'S SEAT

Everyone's reporting this one, but I had to spread the word: Japan's iconoclastic master director, Kon Ichikawa, is back in the director's chair at the grand old age of 91. He's been selected by Kadokawa to shoot the remake of his 1976 hit, THE INUGAMI CLAN.

The film will star its original lead, Koji Ishizaka, and Kadokawa has put a slower shooting schedule in place to accommodate their elderly director. I'm excited to see the final results, and hoping that it'll continue to buff up Japan's reputation as the land of the aging directors (Suzuki Seijun, Kinji Fukasaku - now deceased - are the other two biggies).

(Thanks to Hoga Central for the tip)