Gyo at Terrorcotta Far East Film Festival
The upcoming Terracotta Far East Film Festival should be familiar to anybody with an interest in Asian films. Well news has broken that they will screen Gyo on Friday the 13th of April at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square as part of Terror-cotta’s horror triple-bill which also includes Zombie 108 and the J-Horror classic Ju-On: The Grudge directed by Takashi Shimizu.
Gyo is one of the most well known stories from Manga-ka Junjo Ito (Tomie, Spiral) who is no stranger to having his weird fiction on the big screen as the numerous Uzumaki live-action film shows. Word of warning – contains so many spoilers.
Directed by Takayuki Hirao (Garden of Sinners) and produced by anime studio Ufotable (Garden of Sinnersi, Coyote Ragtime Show) the story conerns a young couple visiting Okinawa and its beautiful beaches when they find themselves caught in the middle of a land invasion by dead fish.
The anime will be screened on Friday 13th April with doors opening at 20:35. Tickets cost £18 and can be bought here.
