New issue of Vertigo Magazine is Japanese special

Worldwide independent film magazine Vertigo, which is published in the UK and can most likely be found nationwide in Borders, have let us know about their latest issue which features an extended focus on Japanese film, including a free Takeshi Kitano cine-manga (live action stills laid out in the manga comic book style).

• “The latest issue of Vertigo magazine is out in the shops, it features a a 48 page book of photographs by Takeshi Kitano featuring Catherine Breillat, Gus Van Sant, Hong Sang-Soo, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.”

  “This issue of Vertigo magazine also includes”¦”¦ Takeshi Kitano, Kiyoshi Kurowsawa, Ryuichi Hiroki, Tetsuaki Matsue Interviewed; Joji Koyama in the Artists’ Pages; Tetsuaki Matsue on Extremes of Independence; Jasper Sharp on Sex, Violence and Politics in Pink Cinema; Sono Sion and Chris Marker reclaimed; The Rise of Japanese Documentaries; Radical Underground Film.”

Read more at the Vertigo Magazine website.