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Cinematic Tokyo Program

Founded in 2017, the "Cinematic Tokyo” program showcases short films introducing the various charms of Tokyo.

Schdule:
5/31 mon – 6/21 mon
Venues:
Online Grand Theater
A MIDSUMMER DAY's DREAM
A MIDSUMMER DAY's DREAM
Drama
Shigeyuki Komatsubara / 0:15:50 /Japan/Drama / 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic casts a dark shadow over the world. Japan declares a state of emergency and many shops are forced to shutter. Years later, two people reunite and reminisce about those days. Are those scenes on a rooftop reality or a manifestation of their dreams and wishes?
And Then
And Then
Romance
Jenn Ravenna Tran / 0:17:54 /United States/Romance / 2020
And Then is about two women who meet and grow closer to each other through their insomnia and art. The story follows Mana, a Japanese-American woman who arrives in Tokyo seeking to find a break from her life as an artist, and Haru, a Japanese woman who dreams of becoming an artist herself one day.
BEGIN AGAIN
BEGIN AGAIN
Documentary
Yasu Fujinami / 0:03:10 /Japan/Documentary / 2020
2020 is the year for Tokyo to welcome guests from all over the world. However, the city is eerily quiet, as if the time has stopped. Our documentation of the beautiful moments of the city will sure be the driving force to overcome the unprecedented crisis. Look how our beautiful Tokyo is re-emerging.
Embrace Change (Connect To The Wild)
Embrace Change (Connect To The Wild)
Documentary
Taku Ohmoto / 0:04:43 /Japan/Documentary / 2020
Ryo Haruyama is a performer who experiments with physical abilities using his body and works as a performance coach for his clients. This documentary follows his daily life in the pandemic. It also shows his energetic performance in a natural setting of Okutama in Tokyo.
Farewell, Tokyo
Farewell, Tokyo
Documentary
Ben Wang / 0:13:28 /China & Japan/Documentary / 2021
A Chinese student studying in Tokyo has full of memories of the big city. However, with the corona pandemic, he has to go back to his country. What are his precious memories of Tokyo and his wish as he is on the way back home?
gloom
gloom
Drama
Emily San Pedro & Earl Standerford / 0:13:10 /Japan/Drama / 2021
A recluse is thrown into disarray when she finds herself in an unfamiliar place. As she attempts to make her way back home, her paranoia consumes her, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
Momentum Tokyo
Momentum Tokyo
Video Art
Masaki Hani / 0:06:39 /Japan/Video Art / 2021
I shot various beautiful moments as season changes in Tokyo for over seven years using 4K camera. With corona pandemic continues, those precious moments like festivals, fireworks, and Helloween in Shibuya are unrealistic to us now. I pray for those ordinary days to come back soon.
Numbness
Numbness
Drama
Koei Taga / 0:08:15 /Japan/Drama / 2016
mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.
A lonely guy who is about to lose his own emotion in Tokyo falls in love with a girl.
Tokyo connection
Tokyo connection
Experimental
Andrzej Rudz / 0:03:10 /Japan/Experimental / 2020
5 stories about living in Tokyo.
Tokyo Migration Coming of Age
Tokyo Migration Coming of Age
Drama
Momio Yamamura / 0:18:30 /Japan/Drama / 2020
Sumiko Yagi is 38. She moves to Tokyo to change her ordinary existence and to challenge her ability in the big city. This is a story of Sumiko moving to Tokyo to start her life afresh with overblown expectation.
Where Bibi Went
Where Bibi Went
Drama
Tadasuke Kotani / 0:14:53 /Japan/Drama / 2020
Hinako lives with her cat, Bibi. When she opens up the front door to receive a package, Bibi runs away from the house. Hinako looks for Bibi as the pandemic continues on. During the search, she meets a youthful-looking woman but wearing old fashion clothes standing amongst the Tokyo highrises.
You were my Tokyo
You were my Tokyo
Music Video
Ryo Chita / 0:05:50 /Japan/Music Video / 2020
He left and never came back. She still remembers the tiny room where they lived together. What Tokyo means for her is not the Tokyo Tower or the Skytree, but it was those days together with him. MV ""You were my Tokyo"" by Goodnight Kosugi
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