Tom Mes
@midnightmes
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Writes and talks about Japanese movies a lot. New book JAPANESE FILM AND THE CHALLENGE OF VIDEO out now.
Joined November 2013
RT @FilmsRadiance: Our June releases are out now! Including a provocative American portrait of girlhood (in UHD), an affecting docu-drama c….
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Midori and I had the honour of interviewing the legendary Tadanori Yokoo at his studio for an upcoming Radiance release. .
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Fans of film noir in particular should run not walk to get this set!.
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With a slew of 4K restorations, at last the rediscovery of Takashi Ishii, one of Japan's most fascinating writer-directors. His films are ultra-stylish, challenging, gorgeous, beguiling, frightful, unsavoury, and exciting all at once.
Takashi Ishii: 4 Tales of Nami.A 4 disc box set of films from the late director, made between 1992-1994. All feature new HD masters in a L.E. digipack (2000 units) w/booklet @jaspersharp & loads of bonus features. Out August 25.Order @Terracotta_Dist.
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Really happy with all these enthusiastic responses to the Arrow V-Cinema set. I haven't had confirmation, but I too hope there's more coming!.
Dear @ArrowFilmsVideo and @midnightmes - more V-Cinema please. The Bullets and Betrayal boxset was superb and the inclusion of Masaki Tanioka’s introduction to each movie helps to get into that V-Cinema groove. A+++
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In addition to my commentary, I also contribute a visual essay on director Tokuzo Tanaka. As more of his films become available in remastered editions, I thought I'd kick off what will hopefully be a reappraisal of this former assistant to Kurosawa and Mizoguchi.
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My latest production for @FilmsRadiance is one of the underrated greats of 1960s chanbara.
UK/US: An underappreciated great of Samurai cinema, an honourable swordsman finds himself framed, exiled and hunted in the breathtaking THE BETRAYAL. This world Blu-ray premiere includes select-scene commentary by @midnightmes and a visual essay by Philip Kemp.
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Happy 20th anniversary @thirdwindow ! You've done trailblazing work in expanding the horizon of Japanese film releasing. Here's to many more!
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RT @thirdwindow: Gakuryu Ishii's adaptation of Kobo Abe's legendary novel THE BOX MAN 箱男 is out in 1 month time, on June 30!!.To get you re….
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A high-profile lawyer tweeting about today's Sion Sono press conference mistyped the director's name 園子温 as 園子 - Sonoko, a fairly common girl's name. Not surprisingly, it's already taking on a life of its own
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The gist of today's Sion Sono press conference: "It's all lies. I'm the only victim here.".Reporter: "But a judge acknowledged your sexual improprieties as fact.".Sono: "That was just an afterword to the real verdict. It doesn't count.".
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A few days ago, the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan announced Sono would hold a press conference about "Fighting back against accusations of sexual impropriety" - sexual impropriety now established as fact in a court of law.
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Also from the verdict: "it is considered to be true that the plaintiff (Sono Sion) made sexual advances on Chiba Milla" - something Sono had repeatedly claimed was a lie, including in the now deleted Asian Movie Pulse interview from several months ago.
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Sono also demanded an apology, which the judge deemed unnecessary, and the original compensation demanded by Sono was around $75,000, a multitude of what he was awarded. Sono also has to pay 80% of the trial fees.
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the judgment also concludes that Sono had a pattern of sending "messages requesting sexual acts to multiple actresses when their position as a director and new actress were clear".
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Verdict came in today in the civil suit by Sion Sono against actor/influencer Yuki Matsuzaki, who tweeted about the director's alleged sexual misconduct in 2022. Matsuzaki was ordered to pay a small fine (roughly $1500) and delete the tweet, but. (thread).
I’ve just received the full ruling in the civil defamation lawsuit filed against me (Yuki Matsuzaki) by filmmaker Sion Sono. And… I must say, I am very pleased with the outcome. Key Points from the Ruling:.1) The truthfulness of my tweet could not be fully proven. Therefore, I.
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It was quite a trip doing the commentary for this fascinating adaptation of Kobo Abe's challenging and multilayered novel, and I hope I did it justice.
Gakuryu Ishii’s adaptation of the legendary Kobo Abe novel THE BOX MAN 箱男 is out on bluray June 30!.A project 40 years in the making.Starring Masatoshi Nagase and Shogun star @asano_tadanobu!.Pre-order the limited edition “box” slipcase @Terracotta_Dist .
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Proud of the role I played in bringing these films back into circulation. Fantastic job by Arrow and. this is just the beginning.
Featuring nine explosive gems from the Japanese video underworld and loaded with brand-new extras - Gear up and lock in for some of the best 🇯🇵 crime cinema around!. V-CINEMA ESSENTIALS: BULLETS AND BETRAYAL 😎 Coming to Limited Edition 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 Blu-ray April 28/29
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Having him ride a scooter was inspired by Roman Holiday - plus the fact that Matsuda's didn't have a driver's license.
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Off on a location shoot with @shin_hayasaka and @lotus_nemu. This is Yusaku Matsuda's scooter from the Detective Story TV series
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