100 Yen Love (film screening)
September 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
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100 Yen Love
百円の恋
Tuesday, September 16, 6:00PM (ET)
Doors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall
Directed by TAKE Masaharu • 2014 • 113 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer
32-year-old Ichiko lives at home in self-indulgent grunginess with her parents and recently divorced younger sister. After leaving home, Ichiko finds a job at a 100 yen shop (dollar store). Ichiko falls in love with a boxer and suddenly life starts to change for her. 100 Yen Love is more of a character-driven indie drama than a traditional boxing film, centered around the powerful performance of ANDO Sakura (Love Exposure, Shoplifters) as a depressed Tokyo woman down on her luck fighting to regain her self-respect. Ando won the Best Actress award at the prestigious Japan Academy Film Prize for her star turn as the anti-heroine.
Japan’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, 100 Yen Love had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival where it won the Japanese Cinema Splash Best Picture Award. The film was nominated for five awards, including Best Film, at the Japan Academy Film Prize, winning Best Actress and Best Screenplay.
100 Yen Love is part of our Body & Soul: Japanese Sports Cinema series.
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Director Profile:
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1967, TAKE Masaharu (武 正晴) graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1986, during the course of his studies, he began making independent films. He then moved on to work as an assistant director for directors like ISHII Takashi or SAI Yoichi, and on well-received films such as Memories of Matsuko (2006). He then made his feature film debut with Boy Meets Pusan (2007). He achieved breakthrough with the film 100 Yen Love (2014), receiving critical acclaim as well as a nomination of Best Director at the Japan Academy Film Prize. Take’s work often explores themes of alienation, perseverance, and dignity in the face of adversity and brings a deep empathy to his characters. His latest work includes the successful Netflix series The Naked Director (2019).
