One of the biggest discoveries of the inaugural year of the Shinsedai Cinema Festival were the surreal and humourous short films by Yoshihiro Ito titled Vortex and Others. Now, due to a last minute scheduling change for our 2nd year we are proud to announce the return of Yoshihiro Ito to the Shinsedai Cinema Festival.
Due to contractual issues both DOME Animation and Yu Katsumata’s Oh! Otsuka Drugstore will only be screened in the Jishu Eiga Room once. Both Kazuhiro Goshima’s Different Cities and the Yuki Kawamura Trilogy will continue to be screened multiple times and now joining them will be Yoshihiro Ito’s 1999 55-minute blackly comic romance Have ‘Em Fresh: The Laughing Stomach.
Have ‘Em Fresh: The Laughing Stomach uses food as a way of exploring sensuality, sexuality and emotional and physical possession. Salaryman Sunahara likes his food and so does his new girlfriend, the oddly sensual Yoshino. “If I was born a fish I would want to be eaten by you.” are her forst words to him. Not your typical pick-up line, but then again Yoshino isn’t your typical woman. Their new relationship revolves around one gourmet meal after another comprised of a cornucopia of exotic ingredients… all except for sea urchin, a food Yoshino seems downright frightened of, and one that she insists Sunahara never eats even though it is one of his favorites.
You can read Chris MaGee’s full review of Yoshihiro Ito’s Have ‘Em Fresh: The Laughing Stomach at The Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow. A revised screening schedule for the Jishu Eiga Room will be posted during the festival. Our apologies for any inconvenience this last minute scheduling change may have caused.
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