Source: Third Window Films press release Official Movie Site: ikiteru.jp (Japan), thirdwindowfilms.com/isnt-anyone-alive (UK) Special Thanks to Claire Marty
On October 22nd, ISN`T ANYONE ALIVE? (????????????, Ikiteru mono inai noka, 2011) comes to DVD in the United Kingdom from distributor Third Window Films. A North American release has not been announced. ISN`T ANYONE ALIVE? stars Shota Somentani (HIMIZU, SADAKO 3D, A MAN WITH STYLE), Murakami Jun (YAKUZA WEAPON, HIMIZU, LAND OF HOPE) and Mai Takahashi (STRANGE CIRCUS, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR) and was directed by Gakuryu Ishii (previously known as Sogo Ishii). With CRAZY THUNDER ROAD (1980), BURST CITY (1982), THE CRAZY FAMILY (1984), ANGEL DUST (1994), ELECTRIC DRAGON 80000V (2001) and more, Ishii has been amusing us with his talent of totally overstepping genre boundaries with striking images and music. In his latest feature film he has adapted the Shiro Maeda play `Isn`t Anyone Alive`, an avant-garde story of 18 young students dying one after another. When people talk about a bizarre urban myth at a University hospital people start dying inexplicably one after another... With the air of this `energy void` throughout, the world of this absurd black comedy starts to take over the world. Cast Shota Sometani Rin Takanashi Hakka Shiraishi Asato Iida Mai Takahashi Yumika Tajima Ami Ikenaga Kota Fudauchi Keisuke Hasebe Hiroaki Morooka Tatsuya Hasome Eri Aoki Konatsu Tanaka Kiyohiko Shibukawa Shoshiro Tsuda Tateto Serizawa Chizuko Sugiura Jun Murakami Crew Director: Gakuryu Ishii Original Story and Screenplay: Shiro Maeda Producer: Hironobu Osaki Screen Adaptation: Gakuryu Ishii Cinematographer: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto Assistant Cinematographer: Shigenori Miki Recording: Takenori Misawa Production Designer: Toshihiro Isomi Assistant Director: Yoshimasa Fujie Casting: Fumiaki Nishikawa Hair and Makeup: Asuka Hosokura Film Editor: Gakuryu Ishii, Takahiko Takeda VFX and Post-production Supervisor: Kazuyuki Iwaya Music: Shin Ishii Main Theme Guitar Player: Hisako Tabuchi Music Arrangement and Supervisor: Michiaki Katsumoto Associate Producers: Gakuryu Ishii, Hiroaki Kanenobu, Eiji Hashimoto, Hironobu Osaki In Corporation with Kobe Design University Production: DRAGON MOUNTAIN LLC. World Sales: Phantom Film Co. Ltd © DRAGON MOUNTAIN LLC. Product Details DVD Release Date: October 22, 2012 Rating: 15 Running Time: 113 minutes Number of discs: 1 SRP: £10.95 Specifications: Region 2, PAL Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer Original Japanese Audio in 5.1 Surround Sound Removable English Subtitles Bonus Features: Theatrical Trailer
About Third Window Films
The Third Window Films brand was born in 2005 when its film-loving founders grew bored of the stream of worn-out shock horror vehicles from the Far East. Third Window Films works hard to bring you the wonderful world beyond long-haired ghost films and mindless Hollywood action copies, sourcing the finest works in new Far Eastern cinema. We strive to represent a rich variety of film genres, be they dramas, comedies, political satires, action or anything else in between. Expect everything from the unknown and cult to the off-beat and even the occasional mainstream masterpiece... or expect nothing but quality Asian cinema! Let Third Window Films be your window to the East!
For more information on ISN`T ANYONE ALIVE?, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: