Friday, April 15, 2011

Poster for Pink Film Musical "Underwater Love"



Press Release From Rapid Eye Movies:

Dear kappa-friends (and those to be),

An offbeat joint venture: From Germany’s Rapid Eye Movies and Japan’s Kokuei Company comes a whimsical pink film musical about a woman and a sea creature. Directed by pink-film veteran Shinji IMAOKA (Lunch Box, Frog Song), shot by Christopher Doyle the famed cinematographer behind Hero and countless films by Wong Kar Wai and with music by Germany’s Stereo Total, UNDERWATER LOVE - A PINK MUSICAL promises to be unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
UNDERWATER LOVE - A PINK MUSICAL was shot in 5 days, one take only.

UNDERWATER LOVE - A PINK MUSICAL will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on Friday 22nd, 2011 in New York!
Thereafter it will be screended at Udine's Far East Film Festival and then as a market premiere in Cannes. International sales is handled by Films Boutique.

UNDERWATER LOVE - A PINK MUSICAL
a film by Shinji IMAOKA
Japan/Germany 2011, 87 min.

Story:
Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She is just about to be married to her boss. One day, she encounters a Kappa, a water creature living in the lake and learns that it is the reincarnation of Aoki, her first love.
What ensues is a zany spectacle of love, music and sex.

I visited the set of Underwater Love - A Pink Musical (Onna no Kappa, 『おんなの河童』) last summer. In case you missed it, here is my set report.

See previous Underwater Love posts here and there.




1 comments:

twixraider said...

I got that mail today, I try to get a statement from Stereo Total for my viral benefit performance feat. Namazu:

http://namazueshirt.wordpress.com/the-mission/

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