The 2015 J-POP Summit and the 2015 Japanese Film Festival in San Francisco are having a joint opening night on August 7th at 8:00 PM with the screening of Electric Dragon 80000V, starring Tadanobu Asano, who’s probably best known around here as Hogun in the Thor movies. The event is being held at the Castro Theatre, and tickets can be purchased for $25.00 here: http://jpop2015.brownpapertickets.com Asano will be on hand to introduce the film and have a Q&A session. Also in attendance will be anime director Kenji Morimoto of Studio 4℃, and DJ/EDM producer Ken Ishii, who will lead a collaborative DJ set.
All in all, it sounds like a great time. The J-POP Summit runs August 8th and 9th at the Fort Mason center, and you can check out more at www.J-POP.com. The San Francisco Japanese Film Festival runs from August 7th-16th at the Castro Theatre and New People Cinema in Japantown. You can get tickets and see the schedule at www.JFFSF.org.
The film itself sounds wild. Check out this synopsis from the press release:
“In the film, Electric Dragon 80000V, Dragon Eye Morrison (played by Tadanobu Asano) is a reptile investigator who suffers from an intermittent explosive disorder caused by brain damage he sustained in a childhood accident. He manages to find a way to survive and control his urges to destroy with his love of reptiles and an electric guitar. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt Buddha (played by Masatoshi Nagase), an electric repairman turned vigilante who has acquired powerful electro-conductive powers after sustaining a childhood accident, goes after crime bosses and gangsters that take advantage of electric signals. Holding an obsessive hatred towards Morrison, Thunderbolt Buddha challenges him to a final showdown on the rooftops of Tokyo.”
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