Sitges full lineup revealed

[Tokyograph News]

The 40th Sitges Film Festival, which takes place on October 4-14, has announced its complete lineup.

The Japanese titles being screened are:

• "Dainipponjin" - Hitoshi Matsumoto
• "Mushishi" - Katsuhiro Otomo
• "Sukiyaki Western Django" - Takashi Miike
• "Kantoku Banzai!" - Takeshi Kitano
• "Brave Story" - Koichi Chigira
• "Tales from Earthsea" - Goro Miyazaki
• "Tekkon Kinkreet" - Michael Arias
• "Vexille 2077 Nihon Sakoku" - Fumihiko Sori
• "Dororo" - Akihiko Shiota
• "Kuchisake-Onna" - Koji Shiraishi

Naomi Kawase's 2000 film "Hotaru" has been chosen for the Seven Chances section, which is composed of selections by critics.

In addition, Japan has four entries in the short animation program: Koji Yamamura's "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor"; Mirai Mizue's "Lost Utopia"; Shoji Goto's video for the song "UMO" by Japanese band OOIOO; and "Wolfie the Pianist" by Toshiki Iwahori and Yasuyuki Shimizu.

The full list can be found on the official Sitges website.

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