Japanese Pop Culture VenueWelcomes The Holiday Season And
Presents Eatrip, DOCUMENTARY Of AKB48 to becontinued, And
GANTZ II: Perfect AnswerAt The Bay Area’s Hottest Movie Theatre
NEW PEOPLE, the nation’s only entertainmentcomplex dedicated to Japanese popular culture, has announced a trio of Japaneselive-action films to screen on Saturday, December 17th at thevenue’s SF Film Society | NEW PEOPLE Cinema. The screenings willinclude the culinary documentary Eatrip,which plays at 1:00pm, the newly released music biopic, DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 to be continued, which plays at 3:00pm and againat 8:30pm, and finally the action-packed conclusion of the celebrated GANTZsci-fi saga with a showing of GANTZ II:Perfect Answer at 5:00pm. Tickets are $10.00 each per film. Information andadvance tickets are available at: www.newpeopleworld.com.
Filmgoersthat bring their movie ticket to NEWPEOPLE, The Store, located in the building’s lobby, before or after eachshow will receive $10.00 off any NEW PEOPLE Entertainment DVD or Blu-ray releasethat day.
Eatrip Screensat 1:00pm
The film takes audiences on an intriguingjourney throughout Japan and features interviews with interesting personalitiesfrom a variety of walks of life to look at how life can be led richly throughthe daily ritual of eating. To eat is more than a necessity – it’s a universal experience all humanbeings share. In the film, Yuri Nomuraembarks on an insightful journey throughout Japan to examine the daily ritualsof eating among people from different walks of life. Actor Tadanobu Asano, singer UA, and fashion designerJurgen Lehl are among those featured. From the Tsukiji fish market to a farm inOkinawa, Eatrip offers poignantinterviews with intriguing personalities including the head monk of a famousBuddhist temple; a distributor of Japanese soup stock (Bonito broth); anOkinawan woman leading a self-sustainable lifestyle devoid of modernconveniences; a tea ceremony master, and a musician and writer who recitespoems about food. Eatrip is availablenow on DVD from NEW PEOPLE Entertainment.
DOCUMENTARYof AKB48 to be continued Screens at 3:00pm & 8:30pm
Thenew music biopic follows the unstoppable all-femaleJapanese pop idol group, AKB48, on their incredible rise to fame. AKB48 was conceived in 2005 by YasushiAkimoto, one of Japan’s most respected music producers. Beginning as a smallall-girl singing group based in the Akihabara district of Tokyo – the city’sbustling electronics and anime/pop culture shopping Mecca – AKB48 has grown to60 members and topped Japan’s Oricon music charts with the two best-selling popsingles in 2010 as well as another two singles ranking in the Top 10. The filmwas just released by NEW PEOPLE Entertainment on DVD on December 1st.
GANTZ II:Perfect Answer Screens at5:00pm
The GANTZsaga meets its ultimate conclusion in GANTZ II:Perfect Answer, which offers an intensely gripping story-line yetto be known to even readers of the original manga series. Determined toresurrect his friends who have died on previous missions, Kei and other memberstrapped in the world of GANTZ aim to score the 100 points needed to breakthrough and regain their freedom. Butwith the emergence of a mysterious man investigating the Gantz members, Gantzbegins to act up and the next target shocks the members. Some fight for love,some for justice but what will each member have to sacrifice? GANTZ is based on a popular manga seriescreated by Hiroya Oku and star leadingJapanese actors Kazunari Ninomiya (Letters fromIwo Jima) and Kenichi Matsuyama (DeathNote, Detroit Metal City). GANTZ II:Perfect Answer will be released by NEW PEOPLE Entertainment on DVD andBlu-ray on January 17th, 2012.
The SF Film Society | NEW PEOPLE Cinema is a 143-seat subterranean theatre located at 1746 Post Street in San Francisco’s Japantown and features plushseating, digital as well as 35mm projection, and a THX-certifiedsound system.
