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SUMMARY:Tremble All You Want (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Tremble All You Want\n勝手にふるえてろ \nTuesday\, March 11\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | “White Day” Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by OHKU Akiko • 2017 • Comedy/ Romance • 117 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nYoshika (MATSUOKA Mayu)\, a 24-year old office clerk\, is in her tenth year of unrequited love for Ichimiya (“Ichi”\, or “One”)\, a fellow student from middle school. Now “Two”\, a persistent co-worker\, asks her out. As no one has ever done this before\, she is pleased\, but their relationship does not seem to catch fire. This cannot be said for the futon in her apartment\, which bursts into flame from contact with an electric heater. The fire is extinguished\, but her brush with death makes her determined to see Ichi again\, and she sets to work organizing a reunion of classmates who\, by and large\, don’t remember her at all. Obsessed with her imaginary “One”\, and timid with regard to the real “Two”\, Yoshika struggles to find herself\, torn between fantasy and reality\, and between what she really wants and what she really doesn’t. Vivacious in her own mind\, drab to the outside world\, Yoshika is the heroine of a true romantic comedy for the present day. \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \nAfter graduating from university and spending the early part of her as a comedian and TV personality\, OHKU Akiko started her career as a filmmaker. Her directorial debut was Igai to Shinanai\, and is well known for subsequent films\, Tokyo Serendipity\, Tokyo Nameless Girl’s Story\, Tadaima\, Jacqueline\, Monster\, Fantastic Girls Deeree Girls. Tremble All You Want is her third collaboration with MATSUOKA Mayu (Shoplifters\, A Silent Voice).\n \n\nWhat is White Day? \nIn Japan\, White Day is celebrated on March 14\, one month after Valentine’s Day. It was popularized in the 1980s as a “reply day\,” when men would reciprocate the presents they had received from women a month earlier\, usually chocolates and other confectionary. In recent years\, there are those who continue to practice Valentine’s and White Day traditions\, while there have also been cultural shifts around gender norms\, societal expectations\, and even financial viability surrounding these practices. White Day is also observed in China\, South Korea\, Taiwan\, and Vietnam. \n \n 
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SUMMARY:Still Walking (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Still Walking\n歩いても 歩いても \nTuesday\, March 18\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by KORE-EDA Hirokazu • 2008 • Family / Drama • 114 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nThe lyrical\, profoundly moving Still Walking is KORE-EDA Hirokazu’s most personal work to date. Created as a tribute to his late mother\, the film depicts one summer day in the life of the Yokoyama family\, gathered together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.  \nRather than focus on big dramatic moments\, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines (especially cooking) to evoke a family’s entire life\, its deep regrets and its daily joys. Featuring vivid\, heartrending performances (ABE Hiroshi\, KIKI Kirin\, NATSUKAWA Yui) and a gentle naturalism that harks back to the director’s earlier\, documentary work\, Still Walking is an extraordinary portrayal of the ties that bind us. \nStill Walking is the “Summer” film of our Seasonal Impressions series. \nThis event is now fully booked and registration is closed. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding! \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nAfter graduating from the Literature Department of Waseda University\, KORE-EDA Hirokazu (是枝 裕和) joined TV Man Union\, a large\, independent television production company\, where he has directed many prize-winning documentaries. \nHis directorial debuts\, Maborosi (1995) and After Life (1998) brought him international acclaim. Into the new millennium\, Director Kore-eda’s films were frequently selected at the Cannes Film Festival\, including Distance (2001)\, Nobody Knows (2004\, Best Actor Award for YUYA Yagira\, Cannes’ youngest recipient)\, Air Doll (2009)\, Like Father\, Like Son (Jury Prize\, 2013)\, Our little Sister (2015) and After the Storm (2016). In 2018\, his film Shoplifters was awarded Cannes’ highest honour\, the Palme d’or\, as well as being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Award. In recent years\, he reached a turning point in international co-productions with The Truth (2019) in France\, and Broker (2022\, Cannes Festival Best Actor Award for Song Kang-ho) in South Korea. In 2023\, his latest feature Monster won Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. \nIn Japan\, Director Kore-eda has won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the Japan Academy Film Prize for Our Little Sister\, The Third Murder\, and Shoplifters\, as well as Best Screenplay for The Third Murder and Shoplifters.\n \n\n \n 
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SUMMARY:Perfect Days (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Perfect Days \nTuesday\, March 25\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by Wim Wenders • 2023 • Drama / • 124 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer\n \nIn a world of fleeting moments\, find the beauty that lasts. \nA perfect song that hits at just the right moment\, the play of sunlight through leaves\, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breath­taking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders.  \nIn a radiant\, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness\, YAKUSHO Kōji plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol OZU Yasujiro\, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now. \nPerfect Days is the “Autumn” film of our Seasonal Impressions series. \nThis event is now fully booked and registration is closed. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding! \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nWim Wenders (born 1945) came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of German Cinema during the 1970’s and is now considered one of the most important figures in contemporary film. In addition to his many prize-winning feature films\, his work as a scriptwriter\, director\, producer\, photographer and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films. \nHis career as a filmmaker began in 1967 when Wenders enrolled at the newly founded University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich). Parallel to his studies\, he also worked as a film critic for a number of years. Upon graduating from the academy in 1971\, he founded\, together with fifteen other directors and authors\, the Filmverlag der Autoren\, a film distribution company for German auteur films\, which organized the production\, rights administration and distribution of their own independent films. \n \n\n \n 
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SUMMARY:Love Letter (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Love Letter \nThursday\, March 27\, 6:30PM (ET) \nDoors open 6:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by IWAI Shunji • 1995 • Romance / Drama • 117 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer\n \nHiroko (NAKAYAMA Miho) attends the memorial service of her fiancé\, FUJII Itsuki\, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki’s mother says that their old house is gone\, Hiroko finds the address listed under his name and sends him a letter. Surprisingly\, she receives a reply\, and discovers it came from his old classmate\, a girl who also happens to also be called FUJII Itsuki. \nWith impeccable visual direction highlighting a snow-filled Hokkaido and an unforgettable performance from NAKAYAMA Miho playing dual leading roles\, this 1990s spectacle remains a winter classic that has stood the test of time. \nThis screening marks the 30th anniversary of IWAI Shunji’s feature directorial debut\, and but it also serves as a heartfelt tribute to NAKAYAMA Miho\, who tragically passed away late last year. We celebrate her career and legacy as an actor and singer\, forever immortalized by her astounding work in Love Letter\, and beyond \nLove Letter is the “Winter” film of our Seasonal Impressions series. \nFree admission. Register below. \nThis event is now fully booked and registration is closed. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding! \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nIWAI Shunji was born on January 24\, 1963\, in Miyagi Prefecture\, Japan. Ever since 1988\, Iwai has been an avid creator in a variety of visual fields including TV dramas and music videos\, and his unique and outstanding visual style has become to be known as “Iwai Aesthetic” – attracting much attention. In 1995\, Iwai made his feature film directorial debut with Love Letter. His representative works include Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)\, April Story (1998)\, All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)\, Vampire (2011)\, and Last Letter (2018). In 2012\, Iwai wrote the lyrics for “Flowers Will Bloom\,” the theme song to support the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. In October 2023\, his latest feature film\, Kyrie\, was released. Iwai continues to work across diverse genres both domestically and internationally\, maintaining a borderless creative presence.  \n\n \n 
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