London Film Festival to Screen Astro Boy, Air Doll and Legend of Kamui

Humberto Saabedra

BFI LogoThe 53rd Times BFI London Film Festival has announced that it will screen the live action adaptation of Yoshiie Go-da’s Air Doll manga directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, the Astro Boy CG adaptation produced by IMAGI and screenwriter David Bowers, based off of Osamu Tezuka’s seminal manga and the live-action adaptation of The Legend of Kamui by Yoichi Sai based off of the bespoke manga by Sanpei Shirato.

The film festival wil run from October 14th to the 29th in and around London.

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