US Theatrical Release and DVD News Source: ImaginAsian Entertainment, Media Blasters, Inc. Official Movie Site: EXTE-Movie Special Thanks to Adriana da Rosa As if the start of the New York Asian FIlm Festival was not enough fun for the Big Apple, Media Blasters Releasing and Tokyo Shock have announced the exclusive New York City theatrical release of HAIR EXTENSIONS. The theatrical engagement begins today, Friday, June 20th and runs through Thursday, June 26th at The ImaginAsian Theater, 239 E. 59th Street in Manhattan. HAIR EXTENSIONS (Ekusute a.k.a. EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS, 2007) 35mm/108 min./Color/1:85.1 Flat/Japanese language, English subtitles/Unrated Japanese customs agents discover a huge amount of human hair along with the bald corpse of a young girl. The dead girl`s hair begins to grow, which arouses the curiosity of Yamazaki (Ren Osugi of AUDITION, CURE, and ZEBRAMAN), a mortuary employee with a hair fetish. Now a mad hair-peddler with an endless stock of locks, Yamazaki hocks his wares to salons to be used for hair extensions.
Meanwhile, Yuko (Chiaki Kuriyama of KILL BILL Vol. 1 and BATTLE ROYALE), an up-and-coming hair stylist at the Gilles De Rais hair salon, is entrusted with the care of her timid and frightened niece Mami (Miku Sato) whose body bares the signs of abuse. It`s not long before death surrounds them and their extension-wearing clientele. The hair seems to have a life of its own, along with lethal and vengeful intentions. Now Yuko and Mami must untangle the mystery before more deaths occur. Directed by Sion Sono (SUICIDE CLUB), HAIR EXTENSIONS will make your hair stand on end! Media Blasters Releasing a New York City-based independent distribution company. Upcoming feature film releases include TOKYO GORE POLICE and Takeshi Miike’s CROW ZERO. Previous releases include Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, Asia Argento’s SCARLET DIVA, SHADOW: DEAD RIOT and DEATH TRANCE. On July 29th, Media Blasters will also release HAIR EXTENSIONS in a 2 Disc Special Edition DVD. The set will include the feature film in 16×9-enhanced 1.85:1 widescreen with Japanese and English 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks, plus a "Making Of" featurette, deleted scenes, a music video, and TV spots. The HAIR EXTENSIONS DVD has a suggested retail price of $29.99.