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Member's Sneak Peek, Box Office Opening!
Just 22 days until the Opening Night of the 2005 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival! Here are some updates! Check out the On-Line Festival Program here. We've just mailed all HIFF Ohana Members a copy of the Festival's Commemorative Program Guide. HIFF Ohana members can buy tickets on-line or at the Festival Box Office beginning this Friday, September 30. On-line and in-person ticket sales for the General Public starts next Friday, October 7. Festival Miniguides will be available at select Starbuck's starting October 7. HIFF Ohana members are also invited to a special sneak peek screening of YEAR ZERO IN THE NORTH tomorrow, Thursday, September 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Theatres. Please use the tickets mailed earlier, or contact call 528-3456 ext 11 or email us! Year One in the North"They are samurai in name only." Director Isao Yukisada (CRYING OUT LOVE IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, HIFF Spring '05) returns to the screen with his epic drama of a samurai clan in exile in YEAR ONE IN THE NORTH! YEAR ONE stars the acclaimed Sayuri Yoshinaga (star of 100 films - including Kon Ichikawa's THE MAKIOKA SISTERS - and winner of three Best Actress Awards from the Japanese Academy) and Ken Watanabe (TAMPOPO and THE LAST SAMURAI). Set in the 1870s, YEAR ONE revolves around a group of samurai and their families who are forced from their homes on Awajishima island in the Inland Sea by the new Meiji government and relocated to the freezing wilds of Hokkaido. Ken Watanabe portrays samurai Hideaki Komatsubara, the leader of this band of pioneers, as they struggle to survive in an unfamiliar and unforgiving environment. After filming THE LAST SAMURAI, Watanabe says "I got very interested in this film which deals with the same period. I felt this was a film I had to do. Samurai in YEAR ONE are samurai in name only. They carry a sword, but it's only a symbol. They decide to discard their warrior lifestyle and adjust to the new system, but it's a struggle for them.'' Click through for more from Ken Watanabe and Mark Schilling's review in the Japanese Times! Presented by NGN and Toei Film Studios.
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YEAR ONE IN THE NORTH, from Director Isao Yukisada. 
Starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and Ken Watanabe!
An epic drama of a samurai clan in exile! 