Cinema Epoch

Cinema Epoch

Type	Private Company
Industry	Film production and distribution
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Key people	Gregory Hatanaka

Cinema Epoch is an independent film distribution & production company based in the U.S. It was founded by distribution veteran and filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka. The company specializes in foreign, independent and cult cinema. The company's first release was the martial arts classic Master of the Flying Guillotine. Its first production was Mad Cowgirl followed by Violent Blue. The company's DVD releases are distributed through E1 Entertainment.

Selected films as Distributor

• Air: The Musical by Jeremy Osbern (2010)
• Maid-Droid by Naoyuki Tomomatsu (2009)
• La journée de la jupe (Skirt Day) by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (2009)
• The Butterfly Tattoo (film) by Phil Hawkins (2008)
• Sea of Dust (film) (2008)
• This Beautiful City (2008)
• Working Class Rock Star by Justin McConnell (2008)
• Demon Pond by Takashi Miike (2008)
• Young Yakuza by Jean-Pierre Limosin (2008)
• Avida by Gustave de Kervern & Benoit Delepine (2008)
• Gallipoli by Tolga Ornek (2008)
• Wool 100% by Mai Tominaga (2007)
• Amateur Porn Star Killer by Shane Ryan (2007)
• Deadwood Park by Eric Stanze (2007)
• Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
• Asian Stories (Book 3) (2006)
• Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
• Mad Cowgirl (2006)
• Gozu (2003)
• Deep in the Woods (2000)
• Life Tastes Good by Philip Kan Gotanda (1999)
• Tokyo Decadence (1992)
• Master of the Flying Guillotine by Jimmy Wang Yu (1977)
• Italian Stallion (1970)
• Slave Widow by Mamoru Watanabe (1967)
• The Bite by Kan Mukai (1965)
• Young Aphrodites by Nikos Koundouros (1963)
• Stray Bullet by Yu Hyun-mok (1960)
• The Spring River Flows East (1947)
• Spring in a Small Town (1948)
• Princess Iron Fan (1941)
• Street Angel (1937)

Production Company

• Le Critique (2010)
• Violent Blue (2010)
• Mad Cowgirl (2006)

External links

• Cinema Epoch website