PLASTIC Opens at Metrograph + Lumiere
Daisuke Miyazaki & Ide Kensuke coming to New York!
We’re delighted to partner with Metrograph for a limited engagement run of Daisuke Miyazaki’s Plastic (2023) as part of their Japanese Soundtrack of Youth series. This marks our 2nd collaboration with Daisuke Miyazaki, following our home video release of his existential horror film Videophobia (2019) — and you’ll soon be able to add Plastic and more of Miyazaki’s headstrong indie filmmaking to your video collection.
Daisuke Miyazaki’s tender, colourful, terribly charming tribute to headstrong youthful romance and the transcendent power of pop is inspired (and soundtracked) by musician Kensuke Ide’s eclectic, electrifying 2020 concept album—a record framed as being the work of a fictional ’70s glam rock group, Exne Kedy and the Poltergeists, and their mysterious frontman. In Plastic, rock obsessives Jun and Ibuki (Takuma Fujie and An Ogawa) bond over their mutual love for the reclusive Kedy’s music, falling in love while trying to track their idol down, only to drift apart during the Covid-19 pandemic… until the surprise announcement of a Poltergeists reunion presents them with the possibility of a fresh start.
Director Daisuke Miyazaki & composer and bandleader Ide Kensuke will be present in New York City for an introduction and Q&A on Oct. 4 & 6 at Metrograph.
In addition to the run at Metrograph, Lumiere in Los Angeles is planning a nearly exhaustive retrospective of Miyazaki’s work, starting this weekend! Some of these are part of our catalog, yet a few are still undistributed in the United States… so make a point of heading out if you’re in the area. Miyazaki’s is a remarkably coherent body-of-work, addressing the specific, youthful alienation of living in a globalized Japan.
Five Films By Daisuke Miyazaki at Lumiere Cinema, Los Angeles:
Videophobia (Sept. 21st, 19:00)
Yamato (California) (Sept. 28th, 19:00)
Tourism (Oct. 5, 19:00)
Plastic (Oct. 11-17, 20:15)
#MITO (Sept. 19, 19:00)
Plastic:
Oct. 4-10, Metrograph, NYC,
Oct. 4, Plaza Theatre, Atlanta,
Oct. 18-20, Refocus Film Festival, Iowa City
Nov. 2, Alamo Manhattan, NYC
Nov. 2, Alamo DTLA, Los Angeles
Reminder: Tokyo Uber Blues in Los Angeles & more
We also wanted to remind you that Tokyo Uber Blues premieres next week as part of Laemmle’s Culture Vulture series — September 23 and 24 across Claremont 5, Town Center 5, Monica Film Center and Glendale locations in Los Angeles.
Director Taku Aoyagi will be attendance, and is excited to meet you.
Also screening at:
Sept. 25, 2024 at Suns Cinema, Washington DC, 9:10pm
Sept. 30, 2024, 14:00 at University of Southern California (TCC) with Q&A
Oct. 2, 2024 onwards, 2024 at Darkside Cinema, Corvallis, Oregon
Oct. 4, 2024, 20:45 + Oct. 6, 16:00, Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
Oct. 4, 2024 onwards, Lark Theatre, Larkspur, CA
Nov. 15, Maysles Documentary Center, New York City, Schedule TBA
See you soon! — Kani Releasing
