PiCNiC, Shunji Iwai's 1996 film, screens in a 4K remaster as part of a double feature with Iwai's Undo. The pairing opened September 25 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and other venues, with a stage greeting set for September 26 at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku.
PiCNiC is being handled as half of a double feature rather than a standalone reissue. The 4K remaster of the 1996 Iwai film screens alongside the 4K remaster of Undo, Iwai's 1994 film starring Tomoko Yamaguchi and Etsushi Toyokawa. The program started September 25 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and other venues.
The pairing places PiCNiC in a specific corner of Iwai's filmography. The remastering work on the 16mm footage was difficult, Iwai said, because of the experimental push and pull processing used on the source material. The double feature follows the previously announced 4K release of Swallowtail Butterfly in September.
Promotion for the run moved past the screenings themselves. Trailers for both films and a comment video from Iwai were released, and a stage greeting with Yamaguchi, Toyokawa, and Iwai is scheduled to follow the September 26 screening of the Undo remaster at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku. That event puts the two lead actors back on stage with the director for the double feature.
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A stage greeting with Tomoko Yamaguchi, Etsushi Toyokawa, and director Shunji Iwai will follow the September 26 screening of the Undo 4K remaster at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku. The event marks the double feature of Undo and PiCNiC. Trailers for both films and a comment video from Iwai were also released.
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Shunji Iwai's 1994 film Undo, starring Tomoko Yamaguchi and Etsushi Toyokawa, will screen as a 4K remaster starting September 25 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and other venues. It will be shown as a double feature with PiCNiC (1996), also in a 4K remaster. Iwai noted the remastering work was difficult due to the 16mm footage and experimental push and pull processing.