(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.