(2008/09/01)
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Tezuka Osamu’s animated works are scheduled to be screened at the 21st Tokyo International Festival to be held from October 18, 2008. The lineup includes experimental films and animated TV programs. Works to be shown include the animated feature Marine Express which was aired on the TV program, 24 Hour Television, experimental films including Tales of the Street Corner and Legend of the Forest, and episodes from animated TV series including Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion.
Detailed information is available at the website of the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival.
The schedule and the programs are listed below.
<Schedule>
- October 18, 2008 at Cinemart Roppongi
Marine Express | 11:30 |
Tezuka Osamu Experimental Film Works | 13:45 |
Phoenix –Dawn | 16:20 |
Phoenix 2772 | 20:00 |
- October 19, 2008 at Cinemart Roppongi
The Fantastic Adventure of Unico | 11:30 |
Unico in the Island of Magic | 13:45 |
TV Selection of Tezuka Osamu | 18:40 |
Marine Express | 21:00 |
- October 22, 2008 at Shibuya Bunkamura Le Cinema 1
Tezuka Osamu Experimental Film Works | 19:30 |
- October 24, 2008 at Cinemart Roppongi
The Fantastic Adventure of Unico | 18:30 |
Unico in the Island of Magic | 20:45 |
<Programs>
Program | Title | Director | Production year | Run time |
Tezuka Osamu Experimental Film Works (approx. 80 min.) | Tales of the Street Corner | Original Plan, Plot, Producer: Tezuka Osamu | 1963 | 38 min. |
Jumping | Original Plan, Plot, Director: Tezuka Osamu | 1984 | 6 min. 20 sec. | |
Broken Down Film | Original Plan, Plot, Director: Tezuka Osamu | 1985 | 5 min. 37 sec. | |
Legend of the Forest | Original Plan, Plot, Character Design, Director: Tezuka Osamu | 1987 | 29 min. 20 sec. | |
Unico I | The Fantastic Adventure of Unico | Original Story, Supervisor: Tezuka Osamu | 1981 | 90 min. |
Unico II | Unico in the Island of Magic | Original Plan, Plot: Tezuka Osamu | 1983 | 91 min. |
Feature-length Animated TV program | Marine Express | Original Plan, Plot, Executive Director: Tezuka Osamu Director: Dezaki Tetsu | 1979 | 91 min. |
TV Selection of Tezuka Osamu | Astro Boy (1980) Episode 1: The Birth of Astro Boy Princess Knight Episode1: Prince and Angel Jungle Emperor Leo, Go Ahead Leo! Episode 8: The Secret of the Moonlight Stone Astro Boy (1963) Episode 193 (final): The Greatest Adventure on the Earth | Director: Tezuka Osamu | Respectively | 24 min.x4 =96 min. |
Phoenix I | Phoenix –Dawn | Director: Ichikawa Kon Executive Director of Animation: Tezuka Osamu | 1978 | 137 min. |
Phoenix II | Phoenix 2772 | Original Plan, Plot, Executive Director: Tezuka Osamu Director: Sugiyama Taku | 1980 | 121 min. |