Tak Sakaguchi In English

UK DVD News: Yakuza Weapon; Deadball

onnagata — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:43:44 +0000

Horror-film fansite Brutal as Hell spoke with Eureka Entertainment recently and learned about a number of upcoming cult film releases that the UK Distributor has planned. Among them are Yakuza Weapon and Deadball, which are apparently slated to hit stores on March 26, 2012. You lucky UK folks always get everything first!

UK DVD News: Upcoming Cult Releases from Eureka Entertainment.

No word yet on North American releases.

Austin Memories.

onnagata — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:43:29 +0000

Tak Sakaguchi’s Strange Adventures got a significant number of updates recently. Each post contained several shots of Tak wandering around Austin with Kara and Yamaguchi Yûdai. There were also some cool pictures of him at a shooting range with Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan. I don’t have time to create individual posts for each one, so here are the links…

Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5, Post 6, Post 7, Post 8.

Enjoy!

Pictures from Fantastic Fest.

onnagata — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:40:23 +0000

They’re popping up all over the place and will probably continue to do so. Here’s a preliminary roundup: from Nishimura’s blog, from Kara’s yfrog feed (which is constantly updating and worth rechecks), and an assortment from different places (including Nishimura and Kara) that Kami has posted.

Enjoy!

Austin.

onnagata — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:31:59 +0000

Link.

Departure.

onnagata — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:46:49 +0000

Link.

Notes:
I’m not really sure why Kara elected to repost rather than modify the original entry with an extra photograph, but that’s what he did.

Leaving the country.

onnagata — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:59:35 +0000

Link.

Notes:
It would appear that Tak and co. are finally on their way to Texas for this year’s Fantastic Fest. Sushi Typhoon films Karate Robo Zaborgar and Yakuza Weapon will be shown with cast and crew in attendance, and the 10th Anniversary screening of Versus is also set to screen. Check out the festival’s official site (or any of Sushi Typhoon’s websites) for more information.

Tak at work on a new film.

onnagata — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:43:37 +0000

The Passionate Promoter has posted photos of Tak and director Yamaguchi Yûdai working on their next collaboration. According to the blog post, the production appears to be a full-length feature film adaptation of the Snot Rocket series, and it will also star a number of prominent names in Japanese film that the promoter cannot disclose as of yet.

Check out the photos of the shoot here.

Hip-tip to Kami.

Photos, Videos, Now Hiring.

onnagata — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:58:56 +0000

Shiina Eihi (star of numerous Nishimura films like Tokyo Gore Police) attended the recent Sushi Typhoon Matsuri in Tokyo and she posted photos and a report (Japanese only) of her adventures on her blog. There’s some great shots of Tak if you scroll down.

Additionally, Sushi Typhoon’s official Facebook page has tons of photos and videos up – including video of almost all of the recent North American premieres (Japan Cuts and NYAFF in New York; Fantasia in Montreal). Be sure to check them out!

And finally, it’s really starting to hit the point where I just can’t do this much anymore. So if anyone out there is interested in becoming a member of the team, please let me know via comments or email. I’ll do my best to keep the news coming when I can, but without an extra pair of hands a slowdown (I mean an even bigger slowdown than we’ve already seen) is going to be inevitable.

Thanks for your support!

Launch.

onnagata — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:12:18 +0000

Link.

Notes:
In the first picture Tak is sitting in front of a poster for Yakuza’s Daughter, which was just recently released in Japan.

Yakuza Weapon/Deadball screening in Alberta!

onnagata — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:27:44 +0000

Edmonton, Alberta’s DEDfest will screen the two latest Tak films – Yakuza Weapon and Deadball at the end of this month. Yakuza Weapon will be shown at 3pm on Saturday, August 27. Deadball will be shown at 1pm on Sunday, August 28.

DEDfest ticket info

official Yakuza Weapon info page
official Deadball info page

via Twitchfilm.net