Programs
Japanese Filmmakers on the Rise
JPN-DIR
Screening
| Venue | Schedule | Reservation | |
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| Venue | Online Screening | 2022.04.28 [Thu] – | |
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Tokyo 21st October
A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their conversation using cutout animation.
Hiroshi Okuyama / 0:11:45 / Japan / Drama / 2018
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Blood Ties
A bus accident forces an emergency room doctor to make an impossible choice, either save the life of a young boy, or his elderly mother- or lose them both.
Ken Ochiai / 0:07:05 / Japan & United States / Drama / 2021
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Half Kanneth
Ken and Jo are adolescent Japanese-American, and have been imprisoned in the Manzanar War Relocation Camp for three years since the start of the war. After the death of their father, they escape internment to find their Caucasian mother…
Ken Ochiai / 0:22:00 / Japan & United States / Drama / 2008
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Frog In The Well
Joe leaves Tokyo for the first time in 10 years to take a trip across Japan. He travels throughout Japan, Wakkanai, Biwako, and Okinawa. The people he meets along the way, the food and culture, and the trip all help Joe to develop inner strength as a young man.
Ken Ochiai / 0:15:00 / Japan / Drama / 2011
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A Warm Spell
Nao gave up his dream of painting to take over the family-run post office. His older brother, Masanobu, left home to become a doctor. When their mother's funeral brings the two brothers together again, they are forced to confront their old conflicts and resentments.
Toshimichi Saito / 0:25:00 / Japan / Drama / 2014
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Duet
Will, a gifted oboe player, suffers from stage fright. His one joy is to play along with a violinist who performs outside his window everyday. Will's encounter with the violinist gives him the courage to perform in front of others & a new outlook in life.
Toshimichi Saito / 0:12:57 / Japan & United States / Drama / 2010
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The Soundman’s Love
Dustin, a sound technician, fosters a secret love for an actress he meets on set. In order to intercept in the kiss scene between the actress and an obnoxious Bollywood actor, Dustin takes action…
Toshimichi Saito / 0:08:47 / Japan & United States / Romance / 2011
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Gotham Jumble Parfait
A Yakuza-like man splattered with blood sits face-to-face with a younger man dripping with cream soda. A gun on the table and a dead body on the floor. There's also an older waitress and a black customer. Confusion mounts as the man orders four parfaits.
Yuki Saito / 0:15:01 / Japan / Drama / 2015
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A Butter Fly on Her Chest
Her parents’ divorce, her change in lifestyle by moving from Tokyo to the countryside, the parting with her grandmother who was her only source of comfort... To free herself from her confining world, she has a butterfly tattooed on her chest.
Yuki Saito / 0:14:55 / Japan / Drama / 2012
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Deep blue
Yukiko reluctantly returns home with her son Haruki for the 13th anniversary of her mother's death. Her family makes traditional hand-dyed cloth so her father and brother's hands are a deep blue color. At first her parents aren't very welcoming or receptive and she begins to regret returning home.
Kazuhito Nakae / 0:20:00 / Japan / Drama / 2011
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