Duel Project Licensed for American Release

TLA Video, the American distributor of Sion Sono’s disturbing film Suicide Circle, has confirmed its acquisition of American distribution rights to Yukihiko Tsusumi’s recent film 2LDK. (The title “2LDK” is the Japanese abbreviation for an apartment with two bedrooms, a living room, dining room, and kitchen.) 2LDK is a violent satire about an argument between two female roommates that progressively escalates into a bloody battle with samurai swords and chainsaws. The film was made as part of the Duel Project, a friendly competition between directors Yukihiko Tsusumi and Ryuhei Kitamura to make a short film about a duel between two characters set in a single location.

TLA Video also confirmed that Ryuhei Kitamura’s half of the Duel Films Project, the supernatural samurai swordplay action film Aragami, has already been licensed for American release by a so far undisclosed distributor.

Source: Fangoria Magazine