Named after Yasujiro Ozu’s custom-made, tatami-level tripod, Kani Releasing is dedicated to leveling the gaze and furthering the understanding of Asian cinema in North America. Kani aims to expand the canon, bolster up-and-coming filmmakers and reintroduce repertory classics in context.
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A product designer invents a flawless soybean machine and attracts the ire of his bosses in this zany satire of cosmopolitan Kuala Lumpur.
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Leslie Cheung stars as Sing, a filmmaker making his softcore debut. An electrifying look at the world of Hong Kong Category III filmmaking.
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A Hong Kong teenager wins a trip to Japan and unleashes a chaotic chain of events. Masashi Yamamoto's unhinged globalization mini-epic.
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A bohemian drug-dealer discovers an abandoned building on the outskirts of Tokyo. Director Masashi Yamamoto's defining 1987 punk statement.
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24-year-old office worker Yoshika daydreams about former high school crush Ichi until Ni, a clumsy colleague, bursts her fabulous bubble.
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Ai wakes from a night out to find footage of a sexual encounter on a porn share site. Recourseless, she resorts to a strange solution.
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Lonely, alienated Sonya struggles to keep her family-owned funeral home afloat. Until an unexpected corpse lands illicitly at her doorstep.
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When the domineering Señora Pina asks her favorite son to name his inheritance, she sparks a feud that boils over into all-out filial war.
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Carefree Takashi would rather play the bongo under the starlight... But a Tokyo family is determined to open a countryside café in his home.
Darkside Cinema (Corvallis, OR)
Northwest Film Forum (Seattle, WA)
The Westdale (Hamilton, ON)
Cornell Cinema (Ithaca, NY)
Inquiries: info@kani-releasing.com
Theatrical Bookings: theatrical@kani-releasing.com
Press: press@kani-releasing.com
