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programme part: Late Night Screenings 3

Friday, 5. June 22:30, Europa cinema

Sunday, 7. June 22:30, Europa cinema

Fuminori Kizaki

Fuminori Kizaki

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Afro Samurai: Resurrection / Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Fuminori Kizaki

Japan, United States / 2009 / 88' 0''

Director: Fuminori Kizaki

Production: GONZO

Distribution: Spike TV, Funimation

Animation: Hiroya Iijima

Screenplay: Prema stripu Takeshija Okazakija; Yasuyaki Mutuo, Leo Chu, Eric Garcia, Josh Filakov, Eric Calderon

Editing: Kyoshi Hirose

Music: The RZA

Sound: Sound Box

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Grey DeLisle, Yuri Lowenthal

Synopsis

Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and nowhere are the flames of hatred more intense than in the eyes of Sio…

Fuminori Kizaki

Highly acclaimed for his dynamic style in showcasing action scenes and crafting characters, Fuminori Kizaki made his directorial debut at GONZO with "Basilisk". He has since taken the helm of "Afro Samurai" and its sequel "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" for the studio.

He is a graduate of Tokyo Animators College and has worked on such productions as "Blue Gender'', ''Ghost in a Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' and ''The Galaxy Railways'' for Studi Hercules and GONZO's ''Gravion'' and ''Gravion Zwei''.


Selected festivals: IAFF Stuttgart