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SUMMARY:Come Back Anytime (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Come Back Anytime\nまた いらっしゃい \nThursday\, April 4\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by John Daschbach • 2021 • Documentary • 81 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nJoin us to celebrate National Ramen Day with our screening of Come Back Anytime! This is the first film in our food-themed series\, Cinema Umami. Stay tuned for further announcements. \nSelf-taught ramen master UEDA Masamoto and his wife Kazuko have run their Tokyo ramen shop\, Bizentei for more than forty years. Together with their customers\, they have created a welcoming place of community. On the weekends\, they venture together across the Japanese countryside\, harvesting pears\, bamboo shoots\, and wild mountain yams.  \nAn intimate portrait of Japan’s culture of food\, community\, and work\, Come Back Anytime features gorgeous scenery\, mouth-watering dishes\, and a delightful cast of regular customers. It’s a heartwarming reminder of life’s simplest pleasures: a delicious meal\, relaxed conversations with friends\, and a special place to call one’s own.  \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \nJohn Daschbach is a Tokyo-based American filmmaker who fell in love with film at the Dartmouth College Film Society while growing up in Hanover\, New Hampshire. After studying literature in college\, he dove into film editing while studying with legendary editor\, Ralph Rosenblum at Columbia University. After embracing the digital revolution of the late 90s\, he’s been making independent films\, and editing others’\, ever since. Come Back Anytime is his second feature\, first documentary\, and first cinematography credit. \n 
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SUMMARY:DownTown Dance (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:DownTown Dance\n歌えマチグヮー (utae machigwaa) \nTuesday\, April 9\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by NITTA Yoshitaka • 2012 • Documentary • 89 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nIn the Okinawan dialect\, the word for market is “machigwaa”\, which is used aptly in the film’s original Japanese title.  \nDownTown Dance follows the passionate residents of a shopping district in Naha City\, Okinawa Prefecture. Once a lively market thriving for over 60 years\, the district has lost its energy over time. The documentary sheds light on the volunteers who strive to revitalize the market\, using “music” as their main approach. In a time when the hollowing out of cities is being decried\, the locals are fighting to restore urban vitality and to keep their district open. The market gradually comes to life with the Sakae-machi Market Night Stall Festival. At the centre of it all are the “Oba Rappers”\, a trio of ladies who are leading the way in bringing music and dance to their town. \nThis the first screening in our upcoming Keep Dancin’\, Okinawa! film series. Stay tuned for more announcements! \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nPre-screening sanshin performance:\nSanshin musicians SHINZATO Kano and and SHIMADA Sakura will be performing Okinawan songs before the film to kick off our film series with traditional music. Together with HIGA Natsuyo\, the trio are part of a newly formed music group “Tororo.” \nThe sanshin (三線) is an Okinawan musical instrument and precursor of the mainland Japanese shamisen (三味線). Often likened to a banjo\, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body\, neck and three strings. \n\nMany thanks to our community partner\, the Toronto Kyuyokai (Okinawa Kenjinkai)\, for their support! The Toronto Kyuyokai is an association comprised of Okinawan immigrants\, descendants and those who have an interest in all things Okinawan. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nBorn in Tokyo\, NITTA Yoshitaka graduated from Keio University and joined NHK in 1992.  \nIn 2009\, he became independent and established his own video production company\, Eurasia Vision\, and continues to produce documentaries in a variety of media including television and film. \n  \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Mantles of Transience with live Q&A (film screening) @ Textile Museum of Canada
DESCRIPTION:Mantles of Transience  うつろいの時をまとう\n*Please note this screening is NOT at the Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n \nTuesday\, April 23\, 5:30 PM – 7:45 PM (ET)\nDoors open 5:00 PM | Film Screening | @ Textile Museum of Canada (55 Centre Ave Toronto\, ON) \nDirected by MIYAKE Nagaru • 2022 • Documentary / Fashion • 95 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nCreated by a couple of Japanese fashion designers\, the clothing brand matohu fuses innovative designs with the traditional Japanese concept of beauty. In a series of beautiful images\, Mantles of Transience takes you from the artists’ workshop to nature\, where they find inspiration. Their goal? Highlighting the hidden beauty in everyday life\, which we tend to overlook. Witness the production of their latest collection\, Nagori\, and learn about the rewarding life philosophy behind this one-of-a-kind fashion brand. \nIn-person film screening to be followed by a lives Q&A with the founders of matohu\, Mr. HORIHATA Hiroyuki and Ms. SEKIGUCHI Makiko. \n\nDesigners’ Profile:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nHORIHATA Hiroyuki\, after finishing Graduate School at the Doshisha University\, and\nSEKIGUCHU Makiko\, after graduating from the Kyorin University\, both took the Men’s Design course offered under the Apparel Design program in the Bunka Fashion College.\n1998: After graduating\, they worked for 5 years as pattern makers at COMME des GARCONS and Yohji Yamamoto.\n2003: Both resigned and moved to UK and started working for London based designer Bora Aksu’s 04-05 A/W collection.\n2005: Launched own brand matohu and started participating in Japan Fashion Week from 2006.\n2009: Received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix New Designer Award and the Shiseido Sponsorship Award. \n\nAbout matohu:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nmatohu (まとふ pronounced ma-tou) has two meanings. One is the Japanese word matou\, which refers to clothes softly draping or wrapping the body.\nThe other is matou\, the volitional form of the Japanese verb for wait (matsu) with the meaning of “let’s wait.” Instead of consuming and discarding things\, matohu calls on people to wait until their own sense of aesthetics has matured.\nWith the concept of creating new clothes that sustain the Japanese sense of aesthetics\, matohu offers designs born from the history\, culture\, and terroir of Japan in original styles authentic to the Japanese experience. \n\nDirector Profile: \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBorn ​1974 in Japan. While still studying at Tama Art University\, MIYAKE Nagaru created experimental films in pursuit of physicality and participated in film festivals in and outside Japan. Since 1995\, he has been directing documentary films about traditional performing arts and the communities such traditions are rooted in. He continues to pursue the possibilities of the communication and physicality in the physical express
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SUMMARY:Mantles of Transience with live Q&A (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Mantles of Transience  うつろいの時をまとう \n \nWednesday\, April 24\, 6:00 PM (ET)\nDoors open 6:00 PM | Film Screening | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by MIYAKE Nagaru • 2022 • Documentary / Fashion • 95 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nCreated by a couple of Japanese fashion designers\, the clothing brand matohu fuses innovative designs with the traditional Japanese concept of beauty. In a series of beautiful images\, Mantles of Transience takes you from the artists’ workshop to nature\, where they find inspiration. Their goal? Highlighting the hidden beauty in everyday life\, which we tend to overlook. Witness the production of their latest collection\, Nagori\, and learn about the rewarding life philosophy behind this one-of-a-kind fashion brand. \nIn-person film screening to be followed by a live Q&A with the founders of matohu\, Mr. HORIHATA Hiroyuki and Ms. SEKIGUCHI Makiko. \n\nDesigners’ Profile:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nHORIHATA Hiroyuki\, after finishing Graduate School at the Doshisha University\, and\nSEKIGUCHU Makiko\, after graduating from the Kyorin University\, both took the Men’s Design course offered under the Apparel Design program in the Bunka Fashion College.\n1998: After graduating\, they worked for 5 years as pattern makers at COMME des GARCONS and Yohji Yamamoto.\n2003: Both resigned and moved to UK and started working for London based designer Bora Aksu’s 04-05 A/W collection.\n2005: Launched own brand matohu and started participating in Japan Fashion Week from 2006.\n2009: Received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix New Designer Award and the Shiseido Sponsorship Award. \n\nAbout matohu:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nmatohu (まとふ pronounced ma-tou) has two meanings. One is the Japanese word matou\, which refers to clothes softly draping or wrapping the body.\nThe other is matou\, the volitional form of the Japanese verb for wait (matsu) with the meaning of “let’s wait.” Instead of consuming and discarding things\, matohu calls on people to wait until their own sense of aesthetics has matured.\nWith the concept of creating new clothes that sustain the Japanese sense of aesthetics\, matohu offers designs born from the history\, culture\, and terroir of Japan in original styles authentic to the Japanese experience. \n\nDirector Profile: \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBorn ​1974 in Japan. While still studying at Tama Art University\, MIYAKE Nagaru created experimental films in pursuit of physicality and participated in film festivals in and outside Japan. Since 1995\, he has been directing documentary films about traditional performing arts and the communities such traditions are rooted in. He continues to pursue the possibilities of the communication and physicality in the physical express
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SUMMARY:The Makioka Sisters (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:The Makioka Sisters\n細雪 \nTuesday\, April 30\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by KON Ichikawa • 1983 • Drama / Romance • 140 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \n“The Makioka Sisters“ film screening on April 30 is now fully booked and registration is closed. There will be no waiting list.  However\, on the day of the event\, we will have an in-person waiting line starting 60 minutes before the event on a first-come\, first-served basis for cancelled seats. We cannot guarantee your admittance\, but if you are willing to take a chance\, please join the line. \nThis lyrical adaptation of the beloved novel by TANIZAKI Junichiro was a late-career triumph for director ICHIKAWA Kon. Structured around the changing of the seasons\, The Makioka Sisters (細雪 / Sasame-yuki) follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business\, in the years leading up to the Pacific War. The two oldest have been married for some time\, but according to tradition\, the rebellious youngest sister cannot wed until the third\, conservative and terribly shy\, finds a husband. This graceful study of a family at a turning point in history is a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs\, shot in rich\, vivid colors.\n—The Criterion Channel\n \nCo-presented with the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto\, in celebration of springtime and cherry blossom season. \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nBorn in 1915\, ICHIKAWA Kon was a world-renowned Japanese film director who was credited with introducing Western-style comedy to Japan in the 1950s. Later in his career\, Ichikawa’s work became concerned with more-serious subjects such as antiwar sentiment. \nIchikawa graduated from the Ichioka Commercial School in Ōsaka. He made his first motion picture\, Musume Dojo-ji (The Girl at Dojo Temple)\, a puppet drama based on a traditional Kabuki play\, in 1946 for the Shintōhō Motion Picture Company. Sambyaku rokujūgo ya (1948; Three Hundred and Sixty-five Nights) was his first big box-office success. He collaborated with his wife\, WADA Natto\, a screenwriter\, on the screenplays for many of his early films. \nIn the 1950s\, Ichikawa and Wada developed the genre of the verbally witty comedy in Japan in such films as Ashi ni sawatta onna (1953; The Woman Who Touched the Legs)\, a remake of an earlier silent comedy\, and Pū-san (1953; Mr. Pū). Two of Ichikawa’s later features\, Biruma no tategoto (1956; The Burmese Harp) and Nobi (1959; Fires on the Plain)\, are strong antiwar statements. Of the films that followed\, Kagi (1959; Odd Obsession)\, Yukinojō henge (1963; An Actor’s Revenge)\, and Matatabi (1973; The Wanderers) are notable for Ichikawa’s delicate treatment of the material and the strikingly beautiful visual composition of each scene. \nOne of his greatest achievements was the documentary Tōkyō Orimpikku (1965; Tokyo Olympiad)\, in which he emphasized the attitudes and responses of the spectators and competitors over the outcome of the events. His later work included a television serialization of The Tale of Genji and a number of popular suspense melodramas.
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