ACF 315: NYAFF schedule and guests announced!

Scene from Yoroi Samurai Zombie

Subway Cinema has just released the schedule for this years New York Asian Film Festival. Included are planned guest appearances and those films being co-presented with Japan Society's JAPAN CUTS film series, which dove-tails with NYAFF.

IFC Center:

Friday 6/1912:00

Empress & the Warriors (95)2:00

Eye in the Sky (90)3:45

Gehara / Monster X (115)

- followed by a presentation by Tokyo Shock about their upcoming kaiju production, DEATH KAPPA

6:30 Warlords (110)

9:00 Written By (89)
- Lau Ching-wan and Wai Ka-fai in attendance

11:30 Pink Film Program 1 (126)

12:00 Yoroi Samurai Zombie (90)

Saturday 6/20
11:30 Dream (97)

1:30 Comrades in Arms (91)

3:30 Plastic City (92)

5:30 The Longest Nite (85)
- Lau Ching-wan and Wai Ka-fai in attendance

8:15 K-20 (138)

11:15 When the Full Moon Rises (108)

12:00 Samurai Princess (83)

Sunday 6/21
11:30 20th Century Boys (143)

2:15 20th Century Boys 2 (141)

5:00 Magazine Gap Road (89)
- director Nick Chin in attendance

7:20 Written By (89)
- Wai Ka-fai and Lau Ching-wan in attendance

9:45 Dachimawa Lee (99)

Monday 6/22
11:00 Cape No. 7 (129)

1:25 Antique (112)

3:35 Eye in the Sky (90)

5:20 Comrades in Arms (91)

7:15 Ip Man (106)

9:30 The Clone Returns Home (111)

Tuesday 6/23
11:00 Old Fish (108)

1:05 High Noon (106)

3:10 Equation of Love & Death (93)

5:10 Quick Gun Murugan (97)

7:15 Warlords (110)

9:30 Rough Cut (114)
- actor So Ji-Seob in attendance

Wednesday 6/24
1:25 Children of the Dark (138)

4:00 If You Are the One (125)

6:30 Rough Cut (114)
- actor So Ji-Seob in attendance (and Rising Star of Asia award presentation)

9:15 Crush and Blush (102)
- actress Kong Hyo-Jin in attendance

Thursday 6/25
11:00 Plastic City (92)

1:00 Old Fish (108)

3:10 Magazine Gap Road (89)
- director Nick Chin in attendance

5:00 Crush and Blush (102)
- actress Kong Hyo-Jin in attendance

7:15 Breathless (131)

10:00 House (88)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura & Noboru Iguchi introduction, and video message from the director (and his daughter)

Friday 6/26
11:00 Rainbow Troops (120)

1:15 Snakes & Earrings (124)

3:40 MSFF short Program 1 (89)

5:30 Dachimawa Lee (99) + intro by actress

7:30 Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (85)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi in attendance, followed by a party for the audience

9:45 Yoroi Samurai Zombie (90)
- Tak Sakaguchi in attendance

11:55 Pink Film Program 2 (132)
- director Daisuke Goto in attendance

12:15 Hard Revenge Milly (120)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura in attendance

Saturday 6/27
11:00 Exodus (95)

1:00 Fish Story (113)

3:15 MSFF Short Program 2 (95)
- director Lee Su-Jin in attendance

5:40 Antique (112)

8:00 Be a Man! Samurai School (111)
- director Tak Sakaguchi in attendance

11:00 Tokyo Gore Night (170)
- almost every Japanese guest in attendance, plus director Noboru Iguchi’s 40th birthday party

12:00 The Forbidden Door (111)

Sunday 6/28
11:00 Gehara / Monster X Strikes Back(115)

1:15 Five Deadly Venoms (99)

3:20 Pride (127)5:50 The Forbidden Door (111)

8:10 Rainbow Troops (120)

10:30 Lalapipo (119)

Monday 6/29
11:00 Written By (89)

12:50 Exodus (95)

2:50 Ip Man (106)

5:00 Be a Man! Samurai School (111)
- Tak Sakaguchi in attendance

7:40 Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (85)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi in attendance

9:40 Children of the Dark (138)

Tuesday 6/30
11:30 Go Go 70’s (118)

1:45 K-20: Legend of the Mask (138)

4:30 Samurai Princess (83)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura in attendance

6:30 Hard Revenge Milly (120)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura in attendance

9:15 Climbers High (145)

Wednesday 7/11
1:00 The Clone Returns Home (111)

1:15 The Equation of Love & Death (95)

3:15 When the Full Moon Rises (108)

5:30 Quick Gun Murugan (97)

7:30 Dream (97)

9:30 If You Are the One (125)

Thursday 7/21
1:15 Climbers High (145)

2:00 Breathless (131)4:30 Cape No. 7 (129)

7:00 Snakes and Earrings (124)

9:30 Go Go 70s (118)

Scene from Love Exposure

JAPAN SOCIETY:
Wednesday 7/1
6:30 Vacation (112)

9:00 The Magic Hour (136)

Thursday 7/2
6:15 Fish Story (112)

8:45 All Around Us (140)

Friday 7/3
4:00 Vacation (112)

6:15 Love Exposure (237)
- Sion Sono in attendance, followed by a party for the audience

Saturday 7/4
11:45 20th Century Boys (142)

2:30 20th Century Boys 2 (139)

Sunday 7/5
12:00 The Magic Hour (136)

2:45 All Around Us (140)

5:30 Pride (126)

8:15 Be Sure to Share (109)
- director Sion Sono and actor Eiji Okuda in attendance

NYAFF Schedule @ Subway Cinema News, click here.

NYAFF Guest List @ Sbway Cinema News, click here.

For Subway Cinema News post on If you Are The One!!! from director Feng Xiaogang and starring Shu Qui, click here.

For info about the New York City Air Sex Finals this Friday, June 12th, 2009, which is co-sponsored by Subway Cinema/NYAFF and organized by the folks behind the Alamo Drafthouse and Austin's Fantastic Fest, click here.