Our good friends, Subway Cinema have once again started this year’s NY Asian Film Festival over the weekend. With a great selection of films and 8 years of hard work, it is sure to be a success. We had the chance to attend the press screening of Be Sure to Share directed by Shion Sono on Monday night. Sono is best known as a cinematic provocateur who caught the attention of the West when he had 54 schoolgirls leap to their deaths in front of a train to kick off his 2002 film, Suicide Club. Since then he has kept up his reputation with films like Exte -Hair Extensions- (2007) and Love Exposure (2008). Love Exposure, another feature at the festival, is his wild four hour exploitation extravaganza about God, religion, the Virgin Mary, up skirt photography, martial arts, sex and porn. Be Sure to Share is about a young man Shiro and his father who happens to be dying from cancer. The movie follows their relationship back to Shiro’s childhood when his father was a tough soccer coach. There were bonding and heartwarming moments in the film. If you’re interested in watching this movie, Be Sure to Share will be the closing night film of the NYAFF on July 5th at the Japan Society.

In addition to Be Sure to Share, there are over 25 Japanese films and many films from China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Malaysia.

The full schedule can be seen here:
http://www.subwaycinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160

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