SPECIAL OPENING EVENT High Definition Digital Cinema Live Transmission We are proud to present this year�fs special screening of Summer Time Machine Blues via long distance HD digital cinema transmission. Utilizing the latest digital technology, HD digital cinema transmission will shape new business models for the broadband, distribution, and exhibition markets. Skip City in Kawaguchi, Saitama, and the Intercross Creative Center (ICC) in Sapporo, Hokkaido have been connected via Gigastream�@Type F, a fiber optic cable provided by NTT Communications. Summer Time Machine Blues will be transmitted in High Definition (1920X1080 pixels) at a bit rate of at least 40Mbps with MPEG-2 or Motion JPEG2000 from Sapporo. 7/16 14:00 2005 / Japan / 100 min / Japanese with English subtitles / HDCAM Cast: Eita, Juri Ueno, Kuranosuke Sasaki Director / Producer: Katsuyuki Motohiro Screenwriter: Makoto Ueda (Studio Europe) A ROBOT Production Presented by ROBOT, TOSHIBA ENTERTAINMENT, Hakuhodo DY MEDIA PARTNERS, IMAGICA Distributed by TOSHIBA ENTERTAINMENT (C) ROBOT/Toshiba Entertainment/Hakuhodo DY Media Partners /IMAGICA Seven college students in the Sci-Fi Club spend their summer days in a steamy clubroom with a broken air conditioning remote control. One day, a time machine magically appears in the corner of the room. The students test the machine by traveling a few days back in time to retrieve the working remote. But one mishap leads to another, and an unexpected adventure unfolds. From director/producer Katsuyuki Motohiro, whose Bayside Shakedown 2 became a mega box office hit in Japan, comes Summer Time Machine Blues. The film stars Juri Ueno, the hot young star from Swing Girls, and Eita, star of the popular television adaptation of theatrical hit Waterboys. An adaptation of the stage play by theatre trope Studio Europe, Summer Time Machine Blues was Motohiro�fs dream project.