2014 eiga sai flyer

SCREENING SCHEDULES
ABREEZA AYALA CINEMA 2
Date
SCREENING SCHEDULES
AYALA CENTER CEBU CINEMA 4
Time
Symphony in August
(8月のシンフォニー ―渋谷2002-2003)
Tamako in Moratorium
(もらとりあむタマコ)
10:30 am
1 :0 0 pm
7 :0 0 pm
A UG UST 7 (THURSDAY)
Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
10:30 am
H omeland (家路)
1 :0 0 pm
Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
10:30 am
Like Father, Like Son
1 :0 0 pm
(そして父になる)
7 :0 0 pm
AUGUST 9 (SATURDAY)
Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
Like Father, Like Son
JULY 27 (SUNDAY)
7 :0 0 pm
A UG UST 8 (FRIDAY)
Tamako in Moratorium
(もらとりあむタマコ)
JU LY 26 (SATURDAY)
PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP MONTH
A UG UST 6 (WEDNESDAY)
H omeland (家路)
JU LY 25 ( FR IDAY)
SHANG CINEPLEX CINEMA 2, EDSA, MANDALUYONG CITY
(そして父になる)
4:30 pm
7 :0 0 pm
H omeland (家路)
FDCP CINEMATHEQUE DAVAO
Time
JU LY 3 (T HU RSDAY)
7 :0 0 pm
H omeland (家路)
4:30 pm
7 :0 0 pm
Tug of war! ( 綱引いちゃった)
1:30 pm
A Story of Yono
4:30 pm
su ke (横道世之介)
JU LY 10 (T
(そして父になる)
7:30 pm
HU RSDAY)
hospitalité (歓待)
1:30 pm
Tamako in Moratorium
(もらとりあむタマコ)
4:30 pm
FLY , DAKOTA , FLY! (飛べ！ダコタ)
1:30 pm
Momoiro sora o (ももいろそらを)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(この空の花～長岡花火物語)
4:30 pm
7:30 pm
hospitalité (歓待)
7:30 pm
Symphony in August
(8月のシンフォニー ―渋谷2002-2003)
1:30 pm
Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
4:30 pm
Until the Break of Dawn
7:30 pm
(ツナグ)
JULY 6 (SUNDAY)
JU LY 29 (TUESDAY)
JU LY 9 (WEDNESDAY)
Like Father, Like Son
JU LY 4 ( FR IDAY)
JU LY 5 (SATURDAY)
AUGUST 10 (SUNDAY)
Tamako in Moratorium
(もらとりあむタマコ)
Date
JU LY 11 (FR IDAY)
Tug of war! ( 綱引いちゃった)
1:30 pm
The Kirishima Thing
(桐島、部活やめるってよ)
4:30 pm
Like Father, Like Son
7:30 pm
(そして父になる)
JULY 12 (SATURDAY)
The Kirishima Thing
(桐島、部活やめるってよ)
1:30 pm
10:30 am
1:30 pm
FLY , DAKOTA , FLY! (飛べ！ダコタ)
4:30 pm
Tamako in Moratorium
(もらとりあむタマコ)
1:30 pm
Tug of war! ( 綱引いちゃった)
ROBO-G (ロボジー)
4:30 pm
A Story of Yono
7:30 pm
REUNION
4:30 pm
Momoiro sora o
(ももいろそらを)
su ke (横道世之介)
1:30 pm
10:30 am
Hearts Together
FLY , DAKOT A, F LY! (飛べ！ダコタ)
1:30 pm
4:30 pm
Until the Break of Dawn
4:30 pm
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(この空の花～長岡花火物語)
Symphony in August
(8月のシンフォニー ―渋谷2002-2003)
7:30 pm
Hearts Together
(心をひとつに)
(ツナグ)
JU LY 31 (THURSDAY)
Things Left Behind
(ひろしま～石内都・遺されたものたち～)
10:30 am
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(この空の花～長岡花火物語)
1:30 pm
Momoiro sora o
4:30 pm
(ももいろそらを)
(心をひとつに)
Things Left Behind
(ひろしま～石内都・遺されたものたち～)
1:30 pm
Momoiro sora o
4:30 pm
(ももいろそらを)
Tamako in Moratorium
(もらとりあむタマコ)
10:30 am
hospitalité (歓待)
1:30 pm
A Story o f Yonosuke (横道世之介)
4:30 pm
JULY 13 (SUNDAY)
Wolf Children (おおかみこどもの雨と雪)
1:30 pm
Like Father, Like Son
4:30 pm
(そして父になる)
Unti l the Brea k of Dawn (ツナグ)
7:30 pm
JULY 8 (TUESDAY)
AUGUST 1 (FRIDAY)
FLY , DAKOT A, F LY! (飛べ！ダコタ)
7:30 pm
H omeland (家路)
JULY 7 (MONDAY)
JU LY 30 (WEDNESDAY)
(遺体～明日への十日間)
7:30 pm
AUGUST 2 (SATURDAY)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(この空の花～長岡花火物語)
10:30 am
REUNION
1:30 pm
(遺体～明日への十日間)
The Kirishima Thing
(桐島、部活やめるってよ)
4:30 pm
For details, contact:
The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM)
AUGUST 3 (SUNDAY)
hospitalité (歓待)
10:30 am
ROBO-G (ロボジー)
1:30 pm
Things Left Behind
(ひろしま～石内都・遺されたものたち～)
4:30 pm
cor. Makati Avenue, Makati City 1226
Tel: 811-6155 to 58
Fax: 811-6153
E-mail: email@jfmo.org.ph
Website: http://www.jfmo.org.ph
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jfmanila
© 2014 HOMELAND FILM PARTNERS
Homeland
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家路 (Ieji)
The Kirishima Thing
桐島、部活やめるってよ (Kirishima bukatsu yamerutteyo)
2014 | 118 min | Drama , Feature | Color | DCP | HD (16:9) | Uncompressed 5.1ch
WOWOW, PONY CANYON, HORIPRO, Bitters End, IMAGINE, INC., Heart-s Co.Ltd., L’espace
Vision Co.kLd, Solid-Jam Inc.
Director: KUBOTA Nao
Producer: AOKI Takehiko , SADAI Yuji , MORI Tadashi
Cast: MATSUYAMA Kenichi (Jiro), TANAKA Yuko
(Tomiko), ANDO Sakura (Misa), UCHINO Seiyo (Soichi)
Screenplay: AOKI Kenji
Cinematography: ITAKURA Yoko
Sound Recording: MORI Eiji
Lighting: SUGIMOTO Shuji
Music: KAKO Takashi
2012 | 103 min | Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD | Cinema Scope (1:2.35) | Dolby Digital
“Kirishima” Film Club
© 2014 Homeland Film Partners
© 2012 “Kirishima” Film Club
© Ryo Asai / SHUEISHA
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Synopsis:
Directed by Yoshida Daihachi, whose FUNUKE Show Some Love, You Losers! was an
Earthquake, it tells a story of family members who rediscover their connections with
adaptation of Asai Ryo’s bestselling novel. It became an extraordinarily long-running
hit in Japan as it was spread around as being coming-of age movie for a new
In post-nuclear accident Fukushima, Jiro (Matsuyama Kenichi) returns to his
A rumor that Kirishima, the most popular student in school, is going to withdraw from
after-school activities sends the other cool kids into an uproar. This has little effect on
movie. The emotions of the school’s various student factions gradually intersect, and
during the shooting of Maeda’s movie, little incidents occur that sway their hearts.
Premiere: World Premiere: 2014 Berlin International Film Festival
Film Festivals, Awards: 2014 Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama
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横道世之介 (YokomichiYonosuke)
2013 | 160 min | Drama, Romance, Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD | HD (16:9) | Dolby Surround
NIKKATSU, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, BANDAI VISUAL, Mainichi Newspapers, Amuse Soft Entertainment, TEN CARAT, SHOWGATE, Bungei Shunju,
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (JAPAN), TV TOKYO, TELEVISION OSAKA, BS JAPAN, Yahoo! Japan
Director: OKITA Shuichi
Producer: NISHIGAYA Toshikazu, YAMAZAKI
Yasushi
Cast: KORA Kengo (YOKOMICHI Yonosuke),
YOSHITAKA Yuriko (YOSANO Shoko), IKEMATSU
Sosuke (KURAMOCHI Ippei)
Original Story: YOSHIDA Shuichi
Screenplay: OKITA Shuichi, MAEDA Shiro
Cinematochrapy: KONDO Ryuto
Editor: SATO Takashi
In 1987, a youth named Yonosuke (Kora) who is unable to decline the requests of
others leaves his hometown of Nagasaki to start university life in Tokyo. One day as he
is juggling classes and extracurricular activities, he goes to a driving school and meets
Shoko (Yoshitaka), the daughter of a company president, who takes a liking on him.
Film Festivals, Awards: 2012 Tokyo International Film Festival
Special Screenings: 2013 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Vision Express
rated
2012 | 111 min | Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD | American Vista (1:1.85) | Dolby Digital
NTV, VAP, TOHO, D.N. dreampartners, YTV, Twins Japan
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Until the Break of Dawn
rated
ツナグ (Tsunagu)
2012 | 129 min | Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD | Cinema Scope (1:2.35) | Dolby Digital
Director: MIZUTA Nobuo
Producer: IINUMA Nobuyuki, SHIMODA Atsuyuki
Cast: INOUE Mao (NISHIKAWA Chiaki), TAMAYAMA Tetsuji (KUMADA Kimio), MATSUZAKA Keiko
(NISHIKAWA Yoko)
Screenplay: HABARA Daisuke
Music: IWASHIRO Taro
Cinematography: NAKAYAMA Koichi
Lighting: ICHIKAWA Tokuju
Production Design: SHIMIZU Takeshi
Sound Recording: TSURUMAKI Hitoshi
Editor: HIRASAWA Shogo
© 2012 “Tug of War!” Film Partners
Synopsis:
A warmhearted comedy directed by Mizuta Nobuo (No More Cry!!!) about the struggles
of a women’s tug-of-war team that attempts to promote their hometown through
sports. Its screenplay is provided by Pacchigi! series scribe Habara Daisuke.
Chiaki (Inoue Mao), who works in the public relations department of the Oita City
government, is tasked with organizing a women’s tug-of-war team to generate
publicity for the city. She ropes in the idiosyncratic employees of a school lunch center
on the verge of being shut down, and together they strive to win a national tug-of-war
tournament with the center’s future at stake.
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Director: HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
Producer: ITO Takuya, KOBAYASHI Seiichiro
Cast: MATSUZAKA Tori (SHIBUYA Ayumi), KIKI
Kilin (SHIBUYA Aiko),
Original Story: TSUJIMURA Mizuki
Screenplay: HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
Music: SATO Naoki
Cinematography: NAKAYAMA Koichi
Lighting: MATSUMOTO Norito
Sound Recording: KOMIYA Hajime
Production Design: HANATANI Hidefumi
Editor: ITO Junichi
Synopsis:
A heartwarming fantasy adapted from the eponymous novel by Naoki Prize-winning
author Tsujimura Mizuki. A young man becomes an apprentice “Tsunagu,” an emissary
who can reunite the living with the dead for one time only, and grows through learning
about the bonds between people.
Ayumi (Matsuzaka Tori) seems to be just an ordinary high school student, but he is actually
being trained by his grandmother Aiko (Kiki Kilin) to take on the role of “Tsunagu.” As
he facilitates reunions for a diverse range of clients - an arrogant middle-aged man
who lost his mother to cancer, a high school girl whose friend died in a bicycle accident,
return - he develops various doubts. Can the living be saved by meeting their deceased
loved ones again? And what of the dead? These doubts lead Ayumi to seek the truth
regarding the mysterious deaths of his own parents.
MANILA
CEBU
Synopsis:
A comedy screened in the section “Japanese Eyes” at the 23rd Tokyo International
Film Festival. The director, Fukada Koji, is a member of the production team of the
theatrical troupe Seinendan (Artistic Director: Hirata Oriza) who has received high
comically depicts the inevitable transformation of an ordinary family upon the arrival
of a certain visitor. Kobayashi Mikio (Yamauchi Kenji) runs a small printing factory in
downtown Tokyo and lives a quiet life with his wife Natsuki (Sugino Kiki) and his family
until one day a man appears claiming to be the son of a wealthy man who once
DAVAO
ROBO-G
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ロボジー
2011 | 111 min | Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD
Fuji Television Network, TOHO, DENTSU, ALTAMIRA PICTURES
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Director: YAGUCHI Shinobu
Producer: KAMEYAMA Chihiro, MASUI Shoji
Cast: IGARASHI Shinjiro (SUZUKI Shigemitsu),
YOSHITAKA Yuriko (SASAKI Yoko), HAMADA Gaku
(KOBAYASHI Hiroki)
Screenplay: YAGUCHI Shinobu
Cinematography: YANAGIJIMA Katsumi
Music: Mickey YOSHINO
Things Left Behind
ひろしま　石内都・遺されたものたち
(Hiroshima Ishiuchi Miyako Nokosareta Monotachi)
rated
G
2012 | 80 min | Documentary | Color | Blu-ray DVD
NHK, Things Left Behind, LLC
rated
飛べ！ダコタ(Tobe Dakota)
2013 | 109 min | Drama, Historical, Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD | American Vista
(1:1.85) | Dolby Digital Surround EX | ASSYU JAPAN
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Director: ABURATANI Seiji
Producer: IYOKI Toshiro
Cast: HIGA Manami (MORIMORO Chiyoko), KUBOTA
Masataka (KIMURA Kenichi), EMOTO Akira
(MORIMOTO Shintaro)
Screenplay: ABURATANI Seiji, YASUI Kuniho,
TOMOMATSU Naoyuki
Cinematography: KOMATSUBARA Shigeru
Music: UZAKI Ryudo
Synopsis:
The latest from writer-director Yaguchi Shinobu, who has produced a string of hits
including Happy Flight with his unique viewpoint and outstanding comedic sensibility.
Mickey Curtis (KAMIKAZE TAXI), credited as Igarashi Shinjiro, gives a wonderful perConsumer electronics company employee Kobayashi (Hamada Gaku) is ordered to
develop a bipedal robot, but fails miserably. He comes up with a plan to pass off a
inside the suit perfectly, but...
2012 Hong Kong International Film Festival, I See It My Way | 2012 Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival, Nippon Gone Crazy | 2012 Fantasia International Film Festival | 2012 Sitges International Fantastic
Symphony in August
8月のシンフォニー　―渋谷　2002～2003
(Hachigatsu no Symphony - Shibuya 2002 2003)
rated
G
2009 | 118 min | Drama, Children/Family, Animation | Color | 35mm | Dolby Digital |
WAO Corporation
© 2009 Symphony in August Production Committee
© “FLY, DAKOTA, FLY!” partners
Director: NISHIZAWA Akio
Producer: MURAKAMI Masahiro
Cast: FUKUEN Misato, TAKAHASHI Keiko,
TAKAHASHI Kazuya, YAMAMOTO Gaku, TAKAGI
Wataru, YOSHINO Hiroyuki, MIZUSHIMA Takahiro,
ANDO Hitomi
Screenplay: NISHIZAWA Akio
Original Story: KAWASHIMA Ai
Character Design: RYUNO Tatsuo
Art Director: KUDO Tadashi
Chief Animation Director: RYUNO Tatsuo
Director of Photography: HAYASHI Miyuki
Music: KURIYA Makoto
Synopsis:
A drama based on a true incident that occurred in the aftermath of World War II. It depicts
a friendship that transcends national borders between the crew of a British Air Force plane
that makes an emergency landing on Sado Island and the local residents who helped it
Synopsis:
January 14th, 1946. A British Air Force “Dakota” VIP transport plane headed for Tokyo
makes an emergency landing in a small village on Sado Island. The islanders have
mixed feelings about the stranded crew, but decide to come to their aid. Chiyoko (Higa
Aimi), the daughter of the village headman, also does her best to help.
However, reality is cruel, and she just can’t seem to make her debut. Feeling her hopes
crushed, Ai sets her mind to do “1000 roadside live shows” to inspire herself.
REUNION
Momoiro sora o
遺体～明日への十日間～ (Itai Asu e no to-kakan)
2012 | 105 min | Drama, Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD
Fuji Television Network
rated
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twork
Synopsis:
Labor of love that sincerely takes on the truth of the 3.11 disaster through in-depth
research by Kimizuka Ryoichi of “Nobody to Watch Over Me”, based on author Ishii
Kota’s writing about the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in “ITAI, SHINSAI TSUNAMI
NO HATENI.” World premiere screening held at the 36th Montreal World Film Festival.
In the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, a junior high school
gymnasium in Iwate Prefecture’s Kamaishi City is used as a morgue. Aiba (Nishida
Toshiyuki) worked in the funeral business, and offers to volunteer at the morgue.
Film Festivals, Awards: 2012 Montreal World Film Festival, World Greats | 2013 Shanghai International
Film Festival, Global Village - Japan Film Week
rated
ももいろそらを (Momoiro sora o)
2011 | 113 min | Feature | Monochrome | Blu-ray DVD
Michaelgion Inc.
Director: KIMIZUKA Ryoichi
Producer: TAKAHASHI Masahide, FURUGORI
Shinya, SEINO Maki, MAEDA Kuga
Cast: NISHIDA Toshiyuki (AIBA Tsuneo), OGATA
Naoto (DOMON Kenichi), KATSUJI Ryo (OIKAWA
Yuta)
Original Story: ISHII Kota
Screenplay: KIMIZUKA Ryoichi
Cinematography: KAYANO Naoki
Editor: HOGAKI Junnosuke
Music: MURAMATSU Takatsugu
© 2013 Fuji Television Ne
この空の花 -長岡花火物語
(Kono sora no hana Nagaoka hanabi monogatari)
rated
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2012 | 160 min | Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD
Nagaoka movie production Committee, PSC
Director: OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
Producer: OBAYASHI Kyoko, WATANABE Chiga
Cast: MATSUYUKI Yasuko (ENDO Reiko), TAKASHIMA Masahiro (KATAYAMA Kenichi), HARADA
Natsuki (INOUE Wakako)
Screenplay: OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, HASEGAWA Koji
Editor: OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, SANBONGI Hisaki
Cinematography: KATO Yudai (J.S.C), SANBONGI
Hisaki, HOSHI Takashi
Theme Song: ISE Shozo
Director: Linda HOAGLUND
Producer: KOTANI Ryota, Linda HOAGLUND,
HASHIMOTO Yoshiko, HAMANO Takahiro
Cast: ISHIUCHI Miyako
Cinematography: YAMAZAKI Yutaka
Editor: William LEHMAN
Music: TAKEISHI Satoshi, NAGAI Shoko
© Nagaoka movie production Committee, PSC
© NHK / Things Left Behind Film, LLC 2012
Synopsis:
Documentary about photographer Ishiuchi Miyako’s attention-grabbing exhibition
“Hiroshima,” held at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, Canada. Photographs
of dresses, shoes and other clothes of those who perished in the atomic bomb in
Hiroshima. Ishiuchi has continually photographed the mementos of Hiroshima atomic
Synopsis:
Drama by “Exchange Student” director Obayashi Nobuhiko, set in Niigata Prefecture’s
Nagaoka City. A female newspaper reporter undergoes a number of unusual
experiences as she covers the people of Nagaoka. It elicits Nagaoka’s beautiful
landscape and history of overcoming numerous wars and disasters through a fantastic
tale.
photographs, transcending time and national borders. Directed by Japan-raised
American director Linda Hoaglund.
Out of the blue, local newspaper reporter Reiko (Matsuyuki Yasuko) gets a letter from
her former lover Kenichi (Takashima Masahiro) saying that he wants her to see the
Premiere: World Premiere: Vancouver International Film Festival 2012
Film Festivals, Awards: TOKYO FILMeX 2012 | The New York International Documentary Festival 2013
FLY, DAKOTA, FLY!
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
© Fuji Television, TOHO, DENTSU, ALTAMIRA PICTURES
Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., STV / MMT/ SDT/ CTV/ HTV/ FBS
© 2012 “TSUNAGU” Film Partners
FILM VENUE
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Director: FUKADA Koji
Producer: SUGINO Kiki , FUKADA Koji
Cast: YAMAUCHI Kenji (KOBAYASHI Mikio), SUGINO
Kiki (KOBAYASHI Natsuki), FURUTACHI Kanji
(KAGAWA Hanataro), Bryerly LONG (Anabelle),
ONO Eriko (KOBAYASHI Eriko), HYODO Kumi
(KOBAYASHI Seiko)
Screenplay: FUKADA Koji
Editor: FUKADA Koji
Artistic Director: HIRATA Oriza
Executive Producers: MATSUBARA Osamu,
ADACHI Makoto, ONO Kousuke, MIYATA Mikiyo,
IWAKURA Tatsuya
Cinematographer: NEGISHI Kenichi
Synopsis:
A coming-of-age drama based on a serialized newspaper novel by Yoshida Shuichi.
It nostalgically depicts the interactions between a good-natured young man and his
friends, while interweaving the past and present. The lead roles are played by Kora
Kengo and Yoshitaka Yuriko, who previously starred together in Snakes and Earrings.
© 2013 “A Story of Yonosuke” Film Partners
綱引いちゃった！(Tsuna hiichatta)
2010 | 100 min | Drama, Children/Family, Feature | Color | Blu-ray DVD
Hospitalité Film Partners 2010, Wa Entertainment
Premiere: World Premiere: Tokyo International Film Festival 2010 | Film Festivals, Awards: Tokyo
International Film Festival 2010 Japanese Eyes, Best Picture Award | Puchon International Fantastic
Film Festival 2011, Vision Express, Netpac Award | International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011
A Story of Yonosuke
Tug of war!
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歓待 (Kantai)
Director: YOSHIDA Daihachi
Producer: KITAJIMA Kazuhisa, EDAMI Yoko
Cast: KAMIKI Ryunosuke (MAEDA Ryoya),
HASHIMOTO Ai (HIGASHIHARA Kasumi), OHGO
Suzuka (SAWAJIMA Aya)
Original Story: ASAI Ryo
Screenplay: KIYASU Kohei, YOSHIDA Daihachi
Music: KONDO Tatsuo
Cinematography: KONDO Ryuto
Lighting: FUJII Isamu
Sound Recording: YANO Masato
Production Design: KASHIYAMA Chieko
Editor: KUSAKABE Mototaka
Synopsis:
The feature directorial debut of Kubota Nao, a television documentary veteran with a
farm, located within the radiation caution zone. Meanwhile, his mother Tomiko (Tanaka
Yuko), older half-brother Soichi (Uchino Seiyo) and sister-in-law Misa (Ando Sakura)
live together in a temporary housing unit.
hospitalité
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Director: KOBAYASHI Keiichi
Producer: HARADA Hiroshi, MATSUSHIMA Sho
Cast: IKEDA Ai (KAWASHIMA Izumi), KOSHINO
Ena (ONO Hasumi), FUJIWARA Reiko (MAYUZUMI
Kaoru)
Sound Recording: HIDAKA Shigeyuki
Wolf Children
おおかみこどもの雨と雪
2012 | 117 min | Animation | Color | DCP | American Vista (1:1.85) | Dolby Digital
NTV, STUDIO CHIZU, MADHOUSE, Kadokawa Shoten, VAP, D.N. dreampartners, YTV,
TOHO, DENTSU, Digital Frontier, STV / MMT / SDT/ CTV / HTV / FBS
© 2012 “WOLF CHILDREN” Film Partners
Sundance Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. This feature
debut from director Kobayashi Keiichi is a fresh evocation of a high school girl’s
adolescence with beautiful black and white cinematography.
Kawashima Izumi (Ikeda Ai), a high school student with a habit of grading newspapers,
street. This arouses her curiosity, which drives her to begin a search for the wallet’s
owner.
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Director: HOSODA Mamoru
Producer: TAKAHASHI Nozomu, SAITO Yuichiro,
ITO Takuya, WATANABE Takashi
Cast: MIYAZAKI Aoi (Hana), OSAWA Takao (Wolf man)
Original Story: HOSODA Mamoru
Screenplay: OKUDERA Satoko, HOSODA Mamoru
Character Design: SADAMOTO Yoshiyuki
Music: TAKAGI Masakatsu
Animation Director: YAMASHITA Takaaki
Art Director: ONO Hiroshi
Color Coordinator: MIKASA Osamu
CG Director: HORIBE Ryo
Illustrator: MORIMOTO Chie
Editor: NISHIYAMA Shigeru
Sound Recording: OBARA Yoshio
Sound Effects: KONNO Yasuyuki
Synopsis:
A feature animation directed by Hosoda Mamoru, whose “The Girl Who Leapt Through
Time” and “Summer Wars” won numerous awards in Japan and abroad. It follows
thirteen years in the lives of a mother and her “wolf children.”
College student Hana (voice: Miyazaki Aoi) meets a young “wolf man” (voice: Osawa
Takao), and falls in love with him. Eventually, she gives birth to two “wolf children,” Yuki
and Ame, but tragedy strikes the family soon after when the “wolf man” dies. Left to
care for their two young children, Hana makes up her mind to raise them in the remote
countryside so that they may choose whether to live as humans, or wolves.
Like Father, Like Son
そして父になる (Soshite chichi ni naru)
2013 | 121 min | Drama, Feature | Color | DCP | American Vista (1:1.85) | Dolby SR, 5.1ch
Fuji Television Network, Amuse, GAGA Corporation
© 2013 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC./ AMUSE
INC./GAGA CORPORATION
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Director: KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Producer: MATSUZAKI Kaoru, TAGUCHI Hijiri
Cast: FUKUYAMA Masaharu (NONOMIYA Ryota),
ONO Machiko (NONOMIYA Midori), MAKI Yoko
(SAIKI Yukari), Lily FRANKY (SAIKI Yudai)
Screenplay: KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Director of Photography: TAKIMOTO Mikiya
Lighting: FUJII Norikiyo
Sound Recording: TSURUMAKI Yutaka
Editor: KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Synopsis:
under the direction of Kore-eda Hirokazu (Nobody Knows 2004). It questions the
the 2013 Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize and Ecumenical Jury Prize and Audience
Award at San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Ryota (Fukuyama) and his wife Midori (Ono Machiko) learn that their son was swapped
at birth with another boy at a maternity hospital. They enter into talks regarding an
“exchange” with the other parents involved, Yudai (Lily Franky) and Yukari (Maki Yoko),
but Ryota becomes uncertain.
Film Festivals, Awards: 66th Cannes Film Festival, Jury Prize, Special Mention of Ecumenical Jury |
San Sebastian International Film Festival, Audience Award | Vancouver International Film Festival,
Audience Award | Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Audience Award | Abu Dhabi Film Festival,
Child Protection Award for Best Script | Principal Festival Screenings | Toronto International Film
Festival | New York Film Festival | Busan International Film Festival | BFI/London Film Festival| AFI Fest
Film Festivals, Awards: 2012 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia,
International Film Festival, Cinema of Asia Africa
Tamako in Moratorium
もらとりあむタマ子 (Moratorium Tamako)
2013 | 78 min | Feature | Color | DCP | American Vista (1:1.85) | Uncompressed 5.1ch
M-ON! Entertainment, KING RECORDS
© 2012 michaelgion
Synopsis:
A coming-of-age drama that was awarded Best Picture in the Japanese Eyes section of
(Ookamikodomo no Ame to Yuki)
Reiko decides to visit Nagaoka.
© 2013 “Tamako in Moratorium” Film Partners
rated
G
Director: YAMASHITA Nobuhiro
Producer: SAIMI Yasumasa, NEGISHI Hiroyuki
Cast: MAEDA Atsuko (SAKAI Tamako), KAN Suon
(SAKAI Zenji), SUZUKI Keiichi (SAKAI Keisuke)
Screenplay: MUKAI Kosuke
Cinematography: ASHIZAWA Akiko, IKEUCHI
Yoshihiro
Lighting: NAGATA Hidenori, HARA Yoshimi
Editor: SATO Takashi
Theme Song: HOSHINO Gen
Synopsis:
Tamako (Maeda Atsuko) graduates from college and returns to the sports clothing
shop run by her father Zenji (Kan Suon), and spends her days listlessly, not even looka tizzy. Will Tamako be able to take a step forward in her life?
Premiere:World Premiere: 2013 Busan International Film Festival
Film Festivals, Awards: 2013 Busan International Film Festival, A Window on Asian Cinema |
2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Spectrum
Hearts Together
rated
G
心をひとつに (Kokoro o hitotsuni)
Documentary | Color | Blu-ray DVD
Cast: MATSUDA Seiko, Bob James
© NHK
Synopsis:
A two-time Grammy Award-winner smooth jazz keyboardist Bob James and a Japanese
renowned pop singer Seiko Matsuda performed in a charity concert together with
local jazz band in Ofunato, Iwate, praying for recovery from the Great East Japan
message concentrated in their new song “Put our hearts together”.