Fantasia International Film Festival 2023

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Deep Sea Deep Sea
Deep Sea and The First Slam Dunk
Baby Assassins 2 (Country: Japan; Year: 2023; Director: Yugo Sakamoto; Writer: Yugo Sakamoto; Stars: Oto Abe, Tatsuomi Hamada, Junpei Hashino, Joey Iwanaga, Saori Izawa)
Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organisation's rules. Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as part-time workers. Suddenly two other assassins are after them.
The Concierge (Country: Japan; Year: 2023; Director: Yoshimi Itazu; Writer: Satomi Ooshima, based on the manga by Tsuchika Nishimura)
A young woman takes on a new job as a concierge at the elegant and expansive Arctic Department Store, where the customers are all animals and the most valued among them are members of extinct species.
Deep Sea (Shen Hai) (Country: China; Year: 2023; Director: Tian Xiaopeng; Writer: Tian Xiaopeng; Stars: Tingwen Wang, Xin Su, Kuixing Teng, Yang Ting, Jing Ji, Haoran Guo)
A girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden.
The First Slam Dunk (Country: Japan; Year: 2022; Director: Takehiko Inoue, Yasuyuki Ebara; Writer: Takehiko Inoue; Stars: Masaya Fukunishi, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Katsuhisa Hôki, Tetsu Inada, Ryota Iwasaki)
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent with a long history of getting dumped by girls. After enrolling in Shohoku High School, Hanamichi becomes interested in a girl named Haruko who loves the game of basketball.
Kurayukaba (Country: Japan; Year: 2023; Director: Shigeyoshi Tsukahara; Writer: Shigeyoshi Tsukahara; Stars: Hakuzan Kanda, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Raikou Sakamoto)
A detective heads into a city's maze-like underbelly on a case.
Mad Cats Mad Cats
Mad Cats and Kurayukaba
Mad Cats (Country: Japan; Year: 2023; Director: Reiki Tsuno; Writer: Reiki Tsuno; Stars: Hikari Aiko, Asachill, Amanda B, Maari Iwata, Chiyuki Kanazawa)
Taka, a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his brother Mune. Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl along the way, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners.
Sand Land (Sando Rando) (Country: Japan; Year: 2023; Director: Toshihisa Yokoshima, Hiroshi Kôjina; Writer: Hayashi Mori, Akira Toriyama; Stars: Mutsumi Tamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Chô, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Nobuo Tobita)
The world is a desolate wasteland called Sand Land, inhabited by humans and demons. Water costs a lot of money so the people thirst constantly. An old sheriff asks Beezlebub to help find the elusive Phantom Lake. Along with Thief, they go head to head with the king's army and discover the truth behind many mysteries.
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