Domiziano Arcangeli Stars In Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf

DOMIZIANO ARCANGELI STARS IN SAMURAI AVENGER: THE BLIND WOLF Los Angeles, CA – February 16th, 2009:   Domiziano Arcangeli stars as the villainous Nathan Flesher in actor/director Kurando Mitsutake’s SAMURAI AVENGER: BLIND WOLF.   This film is a tale of revenge and swordplay “new age action hybrid sushi western” reminiscent of the classic ZATOICHI series. Kurando Mitsutake plays the swordsman known as Blind Wolf who lost his family and his sight eight years ago at the hands of the villainous Nathan Flesher (Arcangeli).  Obsessed with revenge, Blind Wolf trains as a samurai for eight years to prepare to face his old foe.  When Blind Wolf finally comes to call on Flesher, he finds that he also has to contend with seven highly trained assassins who lie in wait looking to claim the price on his head. An epic bloodbath ensues. SAMURAI AVENGER: BLIND WOLF will be making its world premiere at Fantasporto.  Fantasporto, also known as Festival Internacional de Cinema de Porto, is considered to be one of the three biggest genre festivals in the world.  The event is being held at Oporto, Portugal, from February 20th thru 28th, 2009.  SAMURAI AVENGER: BLIND WOLF will screen on the first day.  Actor, director and co-writer Kurando Mitsutake will be attending. The film is scheduled to be at several film festivals around the world in the weeks to come.  It will play at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California on Friday, February 27th, 2009.  The film we be part of a competitive category called “After Hours” which is in the “New Visions” category. SAMURAI AVENGER: BLIND WOLF will also be screening at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2009 in Japan.  The event takes place from February 26th thru March 2nd, 2009.  The film will be shown in the “Fantastic Off-Theater Competition,” the only competitive category at the festival.  Kurando will be appearing along with actress Amanda Plummer; editor/co-writer John Migdal; and DP Keiko Nakahara. Domiziano Arcangeli has appeared in more than sixty films, television series and numerous theatrical productions, in Italy and the United States.   Domiziano began his career at the age of thirteen performing in The Good Soldier for academy Award Winning Director Franco Brusati which led to work with many celebrated directors of Italian Cinema such as Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Tinto Brass, Umberto Lenzi and Bruno Mattei, to name a few.  On television, Domiziano has appeared a regular on the popular television series  ZALMAN KING’S CHROMIUM BLUE for Showtime Beyond Networks as well as appearing in several notable TV productions such as CANNIBAL WORLD for Cinemax and SIN’S KITCHEN on Showtime. Domiziano was recently awarded the 2008 Golden Halo Award for Acting Achievement by the Southern California Motion Pictures Council in honor of his career in Italy and the United States.  He recently produced and starred in the award winning thriller HOUSE OF THE FLESH MANNEQUINS.  He was also recently cast in Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow up to BORAT entitled BRÜNO for Universal Pictures. For more information on Domiziano Arcangeli, visit www.domizianoarcangeli.com For more information on SAMURAI AVENGEAR: BLIND WOLF, visit www.samuraiavenger.com For more information about Fantasporto, visit: www.fantasporto.com For more information on Cinequest, visit www.cinequest.org For more information on the Yubari International Fantastic film Festival 2009, visit http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php Aine Leicht, HNH Entertainment HNHENT@gmail.com www.hnhent.com (323) 309-5585

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