The Japan Foundation, Toronto The Toronto Japanese Film Festival and the Department of East Asian Studies present a special screening of A Terminal Trust 終の信託 at Innis Town Hall with an introduction by director Masayuki Suo and star Tamiyo Kusakari Written … Continue reading →
The Japan Foundation, Toronto Nordic Nights of the Consulates of Iceland and Finland in cooperation with The University of Toronto Department of East Asian Studies and Innis Town Hall present Nordic Nippon Nights at Innis Town Hall This summer, escape the heat with … Continue reading →
The Japan Foundation, Toronto Nordic Nights of the Consulates of Iceland and Finland in cooperation with The University of Toronto Department of East Asian Studies and Innis Town Hall present Nordic Nippon Nights at Innis Town Hall This summer, escape the … Continue reading →
GOETHE FILMS: Retrospective: Wenders in the Cities 6-part film series On the occasion of his 70th birthday, GOETHE FILMS travels to the places that feature large in the oeuvre of Wim Wenders, who was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear … Continue reading →
Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari •この空の花：長岡花火物語 Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi/2012 /160 min/blu-ray/colour Out of the blue, newspaper reporter Reiko gets a letter from her ex-boyfriend Kenichi, inviting her to see the famous Nagaoka fireworks festival and a performance of a play … Continue reading →
Ikiru • いきる Directed by Akira Kurosawa/B&W /1952/143 min/blu-ray Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), a devoted single father, has mindlessly rubber-stamped documents at city hall for 30 years to support his son. When he receives a diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer, he … Continue reading →
Directed by: Isshin Inudo, Shinji Higuchi Starring: Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Koichi Sato 2012, 145" (historical action comedy) Nearing the end of Japan’s long years of civil war, with Toyotomi Hideyoshi one short step away from … Continue reading →
Directed by: Yasuhiro Yoshida Starring: Ayaka Miyoshi, Shinobu Otake, Kaoru Kobayashi 2013, 114" (drama) Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father on the Okinawan island of Minami-Daito, population 1,200. Because the island is too small to support a high … Continue reading →
Directed by: Shinobu Yaguchi Starring: Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, Hideaki Ito 2014, 116" (comedy) Yuki is 18, a take-life-as-it-comes young lad just out of high school, where he has failed his university-entrance exams and been dumped by his girlfriend. Looking at … Continue reading →
Directed by: Shuichi Okita Starring: Kengo Kora, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ayumi Ito 2013, 160" (comedy/drama) In 1987, Yonosuke leaves his rural hometown to start university life in Tokyo. Good-natured, socially awkward and goofily handsome , he quickly makes friends, joins the samba club, and works as … Continue reading →
