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SUMMARY:KORE-EDA + KIKI: Our Little Sister
DESCRIPTION:KORE-EDA + KIKI \nThis series celebrates the accomplishments of master filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and also the prolific actress Kirin Kiki who sadly passed away in September. We will be screening three films by Kore-eda – two of which includes Kirin Kiki in the cast. Kiki was a frequent collaborator in his films\, including Shoplifters\, her last film\, which won Kore-eda the prestigious Palme D’Or at Cannes earlier this year. \n \nOUR LITTLE SISTER　海街 ダイアリ\nDecember 4\, 2018 6:30 PM  \nDirected by Hirokazu Kore-eda [2015] 128 min. \nThree sisters Sachi\, Yoshino and Chika live together in Kamakura city. When their father\, absent from the family home for the last 15 years dies\, they travel to the countryside for his funeral and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu\, they invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees\, and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four siblings. \nFilms in the series: \nNovember 13 – LIKE FATHER LIKE SON \nDecember 4 – OUR LITTLE SISTER \nDecember 14 – LIKE FATHER LIKE SON \nDecember 18 – AFTER LIFE \n  \nABOUT Director Hirokazu Kore-eda \nABOUT Actress Kirin Kiki
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/koreeda-kiki-our-little-sister/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181127T183000
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SUMMARY:DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan: Harmagedon GENMA TAISEN
DESCRIPTION:Harmagedon: GENMA TAISEN\nハルマゲドン幻魔大戦\nTuesdsay November 27\, 2018 6:30 PM\nDirected by Rintaro\, 1984\nStory & Character design by Katsuhiro Otomo [creator of AKIRA]\n  \nFeature length anime\, 135 minutes\,\nJapanese with English subtitles\nGet spooked with these 70’s and 80’s films that explores some dark\, apocalyptic and mysterious themes coming from Japan during the ‘occult film’ boom that was all the rage during that time in Japan. The films are in conjunction with a special lecture by Japanese film scholar Professor Alex Zahlten in November. Prof. Zahlten will discuss some basic shifts in the relationship to media / the media environment that transpired in Japan during this shifting bubble era. Some viewers may find the films disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. \nHalf the universe has been ravaged by the evil GENMA\, and now they are on their way to Earth. Only by mobilizing the world’s greatest psychics does humanity stand a chance. \nTo learn about other DARK & OCCULT films in the series\, click here > NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE\, TETSUO THE IRON MAN\, VITAL
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dark-occult-genma-taisen/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181119T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181119T224500
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SUMMARY:DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan: House
DESCRIPTION:Special Co-presentation with The Revue Cinema\nHouse ハウス\nMonday November 19\, 2018 9:15 PM\nDirected by Nobuhiko Obayashi\, 1977\n88 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nGet spooked with these 70’s and 80’s films that explores some dark\, apocalyptic and mysterious themes coming from Japan during the ‘occult film’ boom that was all the rage during that time in Japan. The films are in conjunction with a special lecture by Japanese film scholar Professor Alex Zahlten in November. Prof. Zahlten will discuss some basic shifts in the relationship to media / the media environment that transpired in Japan during this shifting bubble era. Some viewers may find the films disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. \nHow to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits\, a demonic house cat\, a bloodthirsty piano\, and other ghoulish visions\, all realized by Obayashi via mattes\, animation\, and collage effects. Equally absurd and nightmarish\, House might have been beamed to Earth from some other planet. It’s one of the most exciting cult discoveries in years.  – CRITERION COLLECTION \n  \nTo learn about other DARK & OCCULT films in the series\, click here > \nFILM WILL BE SCREENING AT THE REVUE CINEMA at 400 RONCESVALLES AVE. \nTicket price has been reduced! More information >hausurevue.eventbrite.ca
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dark-occult-house/
LOCATION:The Revue Cinema\, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181118T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181118T174500
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SUMMARY:Silent Revue: Yasujiro Ozu's TOKYO CHORUS
DESCRIPTION:Special Co-presentation with The Silent Revue\nTOKYO CHORUS 東京の合唱 \nSunday November 18\, 2018 4:15 PM\nDirected by Yasujiro Ozu\, 1931 (PG) 91 minutes\, 35 mm\nFeaturing live piano accompaniment\nDuring Japan’s depression-era Shōwa period\, young father Shinji Okajima loses his job and must find a way to provide for his wife Sugako (Emiko Yagumo) and three children.\n \nFeaturing stunning performances from child actors Hideo Sugawara and five-year-old Hideko Takamine (who would grow up to become one of Japan’s most legendary actresses)\, Ozu conjured a personal\, empathetic viewpoint of a family who\, while struggling\, are bound by their bonds.\nShow More details about Yasujirō Ozu’s TOKYO CHORUS (1931) in 35mm  \nA tribute “to the language of silent film which Ozu undoubtedly recognized as a medium on the verge of disappearance” (Catherine Russell\, Cineaste)\, Silent Revue presents one of the master Japanese filmmaker’s earliest and greatest masterpieces—1931’s TOKYO CHORUS. Oscillating between a warmhearted family comedy and a heart-wrenching\, realist drama\, TOKYO CHORUS is in dialogue with Ozu’s most revered sound films including TOKYO STORY. During Japan’s depression-era Shōwa period\, young father Shinji Okajima (played by the incredible Tokihiko Okada just a few short years before his death at the age of 30) loses his job and must find a way to provide for his wife Sugako (Emiko Yagumo) and their three children. Competing with the material expectations of his spoiled seven-year-old son—who rejects his father’s gift of a scooter after demanding a bicycle—as well as his wife who has her best kimono sold when their daughter becomes ill\, Shinji battles life’s disappointments. \nFeaturing stunning performances from child actors Hideo Sugawara and five-year-old Hideko Takamine (who would grow up to become one of Japan’s most legendary actresses)\, Ozu conjured a personal\, empathetic portrait of a family that\, while struggling\, are strengthened by their familial bonds. Heavily influenced by King Vidor’s 1928 THE CROWD\, Ozu’s TOKYO CHORUS prefigures such moving portrayals of fathers and sons as De Sica’s BICYCLE THIEVES\, while focusing specifically on the isolation and alienation of life in a modern city.  \n\nDirector: Yasujirô Ozu\nCast: Tokihiko Okada\, Emiko Yagumo\, Hideo Sugawara \n\nABOUT THE SILENT REVUE SERIES \n\nSilent Revue is Toronto’s celebrated ongoing exploration of Silent Cinema – the only year-round dedicated selection of silent films in a theatrical venue. Show More about the Silent Revue \nSilent Revue is Toronto’s celebrated ongoing exploration of Silent Cinema – the only year-round dedicated selection of silent films in a theatrical venue. All screenings feature live musicians and are set in the fabulous silent-era Revue Cinema! A talented cohort of musicians accompany these screenings\, including Marilyn Lerner\, William O’Meara\, Jordan Klapman\, Tania Gill and Jeff Rapsis. Silent Revue is generously sponsored by Hollywood Suite.  \n\n\nDETAILS\nPresentation: 35mm \nFeaturing live piano accompaniment by Jordan Klapman\nSilent Revue is curated by media archivist and film critic Alicia Fletcher \n\nPRICING\nGeneral Admission: $15\nBronze Members\, Students & Seniors: $12\nSilver Members: $11\nGold Members: FREE \nPrices include taxes. All membership benefits are available.\nFILM WILL BE SCREENING AT THE REVUE CINEMA at 400 RONCESVALLES AVE. \nFor tickets click here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tokyo-chorus/
LOCATION:The Revue Cinema\, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181113T203000
DTSTAMP:20181101T160223Z
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SUMMARY:KORE-EDA + KIKI: Like Father Like Son
DESCRIPTION:KORE-EDA + KIKI \nThis series celebrates the accomplishments of master filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and also the prolific actress Kirin Kiki who sadly passed away in September. We will be screening three films by Kore-eda – two of which includes Kirin Kiki in the cast. Kiki was a frequent collaborator in his films\, including Shoplifters\, her last film\, which won Kore-eda the prestigious Palme D’Or at Cannes earlier this year. \n \nLIKE FATHER LIKE SONそして父になる\nNovember 13\, 2018 6:30 PM  \n(Second screening on December 14\, 2018) \nDirected by Hirokazu Kore-eda [2013] 120 min. \nSuccessful architect Ryota learns that his biological son was switched at birth with the boy he has raised as his own. As two very different families are mashed together\, the two couples are faced with an excruciating dilemma and must make a life impacting decision between the two sons. \nThis thought provoking drama is a story of personal redemption that unveils the essence of what family truly means in contemporary Japan. \n  \nAwards + Nominations: \n2013 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or \n2013 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of Jury Prize\, commendation from the Ecumenical Jury \n2013 Toronto International Film Festival – Won the Rogers People’s Choice Award \n2013 Vancouver International Film Festival – Peoples Choice Award \n2013 San Sebastián International Film Festival – Wuaki.TV Audience Award \n2013 Japan Academy Awards – Nominated picture and director of the year\, winner of outstanding performance by actor and actress in supporting role \n  \nFilms in the series: \nNovember 13 – LIKE FATHER LIKE SON \nDecember 4 – OUR LITTLE SISTER \nDecember 14 – LIKE FATHER LIKE SON \nDecember 18 – AFTER LIFE \n  \nABOUT Director Hirokazu Kore-eda \nABOUT Actress Kirin Kiki
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/koreeda-kiki-like-father-like-son-1/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181106T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181106T200000
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SUMMARY:DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan: TIDAL WAVE
DESCRIPTION:Tidal Wave 日本沈没\nTuesday November 6\, 2018 6:30 PM\nDirected by Shiro Moritani\, 1975\n86 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles and English dubs\nGet spooked with these 70’s and 80’s films that explores some dark\, apocalyptic and mysterious themes coming from Japan during the ‘occult film’ boom that was all the rage during that time in Japan. The films are in conjunction with a special lecture by Japanese film scholar Professor Alex Zahlten in November. Prof. Zahlten will discuss some basic shifts in the relationship to media / the media environment that transpired in Japan during this shifting bubble era. Some viewers may find the films disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. \nA huge earthquake in the Pacific ocean sends a gigantic tidal wave rushing towards Japan. Panic ensues as the desperate civilians flee the coastal areas. Volcanic eruptions and and firestorms burn cities to the ground. A weather research group discovers that Japan is moving towards the Japanese trench\, which would bring the entire country under the ocean. What will they do to avert the collision course? \nDirected by Shiro Moritani\, with additional sequences directed by Andrew Meyer. Cast includes Keiju Kobayashi and Lorne Greene. Writer Shinobu Hashimoto\, based on the novel by Japanese Science Fiction writer Sakyo Komatsu. \nThe version we are screening is the re-released version by New World Pictures with additional edits and sequences by Andrew Meyer. \nTo learn about other DARK & OCCULT films in the series\, click here > NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE\, TETSUO THE IRON MAN\, VITAL
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dark-occult-tidal-wave/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181101T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181101T200000
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SUMMARY:DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan: Tetsuo The Iron Man
DESCRIPTION:Tetsuo The Iron Man\nThursday November 1\, 2018 6:30 PM\nDirected by Shinya Tsukamoto\, 1989\, RATED R\n67 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nGet chilled to the bones with this film series that explores dark and macabre themes as well as the mysterious occult. The first part of the series features three films by cult favorite Shinya Tsukamoto\, who was in Toronto earlier last month for the premier of his film KILLING. Some viewers may find the films disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. \nThis cult favourite is the first feature directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. The cyberpunk horror follows the transformation of flesh into machine. After a brief encounter with a metal fetishist\, a salary man begins sprouting pieces of metal from his body and having horrific and bizarre fantasies. There will be a short discussion about the film post-screening. \nTo learn about other DARK & OCCULT films in the series\, click here > \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dark-occult-tetsuo/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181030T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181030T203000
DTSTAMP:20181004T211150Z
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SUMMARY:DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan: Nightmare Detective
DESCRIPTION:Nightmare Detective\nTuesday October 30\, 2018 6:30 PM\nDirected by Shinya Tsukamoto\, 2006\, RATED R\n106 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nGet chilled to the bones with this film series that explores dark and macabre themes as well as the mysterious occult. The first part of the series features three films by cult favorite Shinya Tsukamoto\, who was in Toronto earlier last month for the premier of his film KILLING. Some viewers may find the films disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. \nAn action thriller with distinctive artistic beauty\, portraying a nightmare detective who unravels the mystery of murder cases with his special ability to enter into other people’s dreams.\nGhastly\, locked-room murders happen one after another. Victims are all would-be suicides who have died as a result of blood loss from cutting their own bodies. They all seem to have been killed while being troubled with a nightmare after talking to a man called “Zero” on the phone. Detective Keiko Kirishima (Hitomi) suspects the incidents are somehow linked with the nightmare. She requests the cooperation of the nightmare detective Kyoichi (Matsuda Ryuhei). Frustrated with his adamant refusal to cooperate\, Detective Wakamiya (ANDO Masanobu) makes contact with Zero\, who has the ability to go into other people’s dreams and kill them. Danger befalls the Detective. Kyoichi finally makes a move to save Wakamiya\, but is unable to save him from being murdered. Deploring her colleague’s death\, Kirishima also decides to confront Zero. She narrowly escapes death thanks to Kyoichi\, and they succeed in tracking down the murderer.\nDirected by Tsukamoto Shinya of A Snake of June (Rokugatsu no Hebi). Officially entered into the Pusan International Film Festival in 2007 and the Rome International Film Festival in 2007. \nTo learn about other DARK & OCCULT films in the series\, click here > VITAL\, TETSUO THE IRON MAN
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dark-occult-nightmare-detective/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181023T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181023T203000
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SUMMARY:DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan: Vital
DESCRIPTION:Vital\nTuesday October 23\, 2018 6:30 PM\nDirected by Shinya Tsukamoto\, 2004\, RATED R\n86 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nGet chilled to the bones with the upcoming film series that explores dark and macabre themes as well as the mysterious occult. The first part of the series features three films by cult favorite Shinya Tsukamoto\, who was in Toronto earlier last month for the premier of his film KILLING. Some viewers may find the films disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. \nHiroshi (Asano Tadanobu) is involved in a car accident that causes him to lose his memory\, and develops an obsessive interest in medical books. He subsequently enrolls in medical school and in a dissection class\, his group is assigned the body of a young woman. Hiroshi becomes immersed in anatomizing her\, and begins to see otherworldly dreams that are inhabited by a woman named Ryoko (Tsukamoto Nami). A fellow classmate\, Ikumi (KIKI)\, is drawn to his intense ways and she pursues him with fevered fascination. Eventually\, Hiroshi asks his teacher (Kishibe Ittoku) to let him examine the cadaver on his own and as he pays loving attention to every millimeter of flesh\, the distinction between real and hallucinatory worlds becomes increasingly blurred. Then he discovers a tattoo on the corpse’s arm and recognizes it as belonging to the woman from his dreams who is actually the girlfriend he lost in the accident. He gradually regains his grasp on reality\, completes the dissection and carefully lays her body to rest.\nThis corporeal love story from virtuoso filmmaker Tsukamoto Shinya (Tetsuo The Iron Man\, A Snake of June) was given a 10-minute standing ovation at the Berlin International Film Festival. \nTo learn about other DARK & OCCULT films in the series\, click here > NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE\, TETSUO THE IRON MAN
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dark-occult-vital/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180723T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180723T150000
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SUMMARY:SUMMER Films: A Letter to Momo
DESCRIPTION:A Letter to Momo ももへの手紙\nDirected by Hiroyuki Okiura (2012) 120 minutes \n  \nA heartwarming animated fantasy from Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade director Hiroyuki Okiura that was seven years in the making. With the assistance of key animation supervisor Ando Masashi (Spirited Away)\, Okiura presents a richly expressive depiction of the beautiful scenery of Japan’s Seto Inland Sea region. Winner of the New York International Children’s Film Festival’s Best Feature Film Grand Prize. An 11-year-old girl named Momo (voice: Miyama Karen) moves to a tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea. She continues to cling to the memory of her late father who left her an unfinished letter\, and finds herself unable to adjust to her new lifestyle or make friends. Then one day\, she is visited by three bizarre creatures. \nAwards\nJapan Media Arts Festival 2011 Animation Division Excellence Prize\nNew York Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2012 Best Feature Film Grand Prize\nFuture Film Festival 2012 Platinum Grand Prize\nAniFest 2012 Best Feature Film Prize\nFantasia Film Festival 2012 Best Animated Feature Film Public Prize
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/summer-films-a-letter-to-momo/2018-07-23/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180720T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180720T203000
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SUMMARY:PRIDE Films > Kakera: A Piece of our life
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nKakera: A Piece of our life カケラ\n\nJuly 20\, 2018 6:30 PM\n\nDirected by Momoko Ando [2009] 107 min.\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate Pride with us this summer by watching four films in the PRIDE FILM SERIES that look at LGBTQ diversity in Japan. \nA film adaptation of the comic “Love Vibes” by popular manga artist\, Erika Sakurazawa\, Kakera stars Hikari Mitsushima\, from the multi-award winning film Love Exposure (Ai no mukidashi)\, in the lead. The film was released at the same time in Tokyo and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London\, making a simultaneous premiere in Japan and England. Music is by James Iha. \nCollege student Haru (Hikari Mitsushima) is stuck in an unfulfilling relationship with a boyfriend that’s just not right for her. One day\, Rico (Eriko Nakamura)\, a “medical artist” who makes prosthetic body parts\, strikes up a conversation with her. Rico believes that gender has nothing to do with love. The two quickly become intimately involved… \nThis is the first film directed by Momoko Ando\, who is the daughter of actor-turned-director Eiji Okuda and actress Kaz Ando. Her younger sister\, Sakura Ando also collaborated on her next film\, the critically acclaimed “0.5 mm” (2010)\, which we screened at JFT in the Japanese Women Directors film series during International Women’s Month in March 2018. \n\n\nPremiere\nWorld Premiere: Raindance Film Festival 2009 \nFilm Festivals\, Awards\nKinotayo-FESTIVAL DU FILM JAPONAIS CONTEMPORAIN 2009 Prix Nikon de la Belle image\nStockholm International Film Festival Official Entry 2009\nShinsedai Cinema Festival 2010\nJapanese Film Festival Nippon Connection 2010\nGlasgow Film Festival 2010 \n\n\n\n\n\nPride Film Series: \n\n\n\nTABOO Directed by Nagisa Oshima\n\n\n\nHUSH! Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi\n\n\n\nLILY FESTIVAL Directed by Sachi Hamano\n\n\n\nKAKERA Directed by Momoko Ando
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/pride-films-kakera/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180707T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180707T171500
DTSTAMP:20180517T163000Z
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SUMMARY:Riding Metro Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Riding Metro『地下鉄(メトロ)に乗って』DVD screenings  \nIn conjunction with \nthe TOKYO: Before/After photography exhibition \n  \nSaturday\,   July 7\, 3:00 P.M. \nMonday\,     July 9\, 6:30 P.M. \n  \nAt The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor Street East\, above the Royal Bank \n  \nAdmission free \nReservations required: 416.966.1600 x229 \nBased on a novel by Jirō Asada \nDirected by Tetsuo Shinohara\, 2006 \nin Japanese with English subtitles\, 121 minutes \nIn the photography exhibition TOKYO Before/After\, photographs from the 1930s and 1940s are contrasted with works after 2010. World War II with its destructive air raids marks the boundary between these two groups of photographs. Tokyo has gone through so many pivotal incidents in its urban history. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 transformed the city from Edo to Tokyo. Post-war recovery and reconstruction were celebrated with the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. The even higher fever of the Bubble economy and its sudden burst transformed the city again at the tail end of the 20th century. What will the upcoming Olympic Games in 2020 do to the city? We all wonder. \nRiding Metro is a time-slipping story. Jiro\, a lingerie salesman\, steps out of a subway station\, finding himself in the neighbourhood of 1964\, which is the site of his older brother’s mysterious death by a yet-to-be traffic accident. The excitement of the Olympic Games fills the street\, and Jiro puts in hopeless efforts to prevent the accident. \nThe Metro also takes Jiro and his girlfriend to the post-war black market where Jiro’s father started his business from scratch. While the father is critically ill\, the subway takes Jiro to different time slots of the past to confront a young man who will eventually be Jiro’s father. Jiro discovers the inevitable destiny of his family\, both sad and cruel. The Metro is not only a time machine\, but also works as a tool of self-discovery by contrasting the Before/After of the pivotal social changes.
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/riding-metro/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180629T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180629T204500
DTSTAMP:20180517T163129Z
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SUMMARY:Tokyo Biyori Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Tokyo Biyori『東京日和』DVD screenings  \nIn conjunction with the TOKYO: Before/After photography exhibition \nThe 1st screening: Friday\, June 29\, 6:30 P.M. \nThe 2nd screening: Thursday\, July 5\, 6:30 P.M. \nAt The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor Street East\, above the Royal Bank \n  \nAdmission free \nReservations required: 416.966.1600 x229 \n  \nBased on the book by Yōko and Nobuyoshi Araki \nDirected by Naoto Takenaka\, 1997 \nin Japanese with English subtitles\, 121 minutes \n  \nIn the photography exhibition TOKYO Before/After\, photographs from the 1930s and 1940s are contrasted with works after 2010. In the contemporary section of the exhibition\, two photographers\, Daidō Moriyama and Nobuyoshi Araki\, are featured as the leading giants of post-war photography in Japan. \nSentmental Journey in 1971 marked Nobuyoshi Araki’s first success in photographic publication\, which depicted his own honeymoon trip with his beloved Yōko. In 1990 Yōko passed away\, but she kept writing essays up to her death. These essays along with Araki’s photographic diary were published on the anniversary of her death in 1991 as Tokyo Biyori (Weather). \nIn the book Yōko and Araki walk around Tokyo in the fine weather and their affection and thoughts overlap the urban street scene images. Director/actor Naoto Takenaka read the entire book while standing in a bookstore\, and it caused him to weep deeply. On the spot Takenaka determined to make this book into a film. \nThe cityscape of Tokyo is one of the extra characters in the film. Even the apartment of the Arakis\, and its view from its terrace\, works as a profound background for this most romantic\, unique love relationship. \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tokyo-biyori/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180626T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180626T203000
DTSTAMP:20180614T205225Z
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SUMMARY:PRIDE Films: Lily Festival
DESCRIPTION:Lily Festival 百合祭\n\n\nJune 26\, 2018 6:30 PM  &  July 16\, 2018 1:00 PM\n\n\nDirected by Sachi Hamano\nJapanese with English subtitles [2001] 100 min.\n\n\n  \nCelebrate Pride with us this summer by watching four films in the PRIDE FILM SERIES that look at LGBTQ diversity in Japan. \n  \nDelightful romantic complications are stirred up with the arrival of a 75-year-old Casanova\, Mr. Miyoshi\, at a senior citizens’ apartment building. Mrs. Miyano and her five other apartment mates\, who range in age from 69 to 91\, find their lives forever transformed by his flattery and sexual attentions. Dauntlessly they break out of their shells\, reclaiming their own desires. Lily Festival is a humorous and subversive erotic fantasy in which Mrs. Miyano\, having found her desire\, is now confronting the possibilities of lesbian love for the first time. Lily Festival portrays the lively reawakening of older women who have been shackled by both oppression of women and discrimination against the elderly. These women are definitely not cute old ladies. \nDirector Sachi Hamano has released over 300 low-budget adult films portraying sexuality from women’s perspectives. Funding for Lily Festival was provided in part by donations from more than 12\,000 women from all over Japan who support Hamano’s filmmaking. High production values\, great acting and an engaging story make Lily Festival such a delight. If you are looking for granny-on-granny action\, be patient\, this romantic comedy unfolds in the most lovely and unexpected ways. Lily Festival celebrates golden girls who are bold and overflowing with energy and who find that there is sex after 60. [Programme notes from Inside Out film festival] \nThe film was an adaptation of the novel Yurisai (Lily Festival) written by Hoko Momotani about elderly sexuality. \nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto would like to acknowledge the generous support for this film screening from TANTANSHA Co.\, Ltd. and director Sachi Hamano.  Thank you very much! \nCAST\nKazuko Yoshiyuki\nMickey Curtis\nKazuko Shirakawa\nUtae Shoji\nChisako Hara \nProduction Company\nTantansha CO.\,LTD\n  \nOther films in the PRIDE FILM SERIES: \nTABOO                   Directed by Nagisa Oshima\nHUSH!                   Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi\nLILY FESTIVAL     Directed by Sachi Hamano\nKAKERA                Directed by Momoko Ando
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/pride-films-lily-festival/2018-06-26/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180622T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180622T203000
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SUMMARY:PRIDE Films: Hush!
DESCRIPTION:HUSH FILM SCREENING > July 12\, 2018 1:00 PM please RSVP below\n \n\nHush! ハッシュ！\n\nJune 22\, 2018 6:30 PM  &  July 12\, 2018 1:00 PM \n\nDirected by Ryosuke Hashiguchi [2002] 135 min.\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate Pride with us this summer by watching four films in the PRIDE FILM SERIES that look at LGBTQ diversity in Japan. \n\n\nThe first full-length feature in five years from director Ryosuke Hashiguchi\, known for gay-themed films like A Touch of Fever and Like Grains of Sand.\n\n\n \n\nAsako has always avoided deep relationships\, but after a chance encounter with gay couple Katsuhiro and his partner Naoya\, she feels compelled to have a child with Katsuhiro through artificial  insemination. \n\nNaoya and Katsuhiro are flabbergasted when she makes the proposition\, but gradually begin to open up to the idea of having a baby.\n\n\nTheir various friends and family members try to lecture them on what a family is\, but Naoya and Katsuhiro have already left old ideas of family behind\, and their families’ words fall on deaf ears. Or so they think–as opinions clash\, they find their own new vision of family. \n\n\n\n\nStarring Kazuya Takahashi\, Seiichi Tanabe and Reiko Kataoka. The music is by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma.\n\n.\n\n\n\n\n\nPride Film Series: \n\n\n\nTABOO Directed by Nagisa Oshima\n\n\n\nHUSH! Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi\n\n\n\nLILY FESTIVAL Directed by Sachi Hamano\n\n\n\nKAKERA Directed by Momoko Ando
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/pride-films-hush/2018-06-22/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180605T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180605T203000
DTSTAMP:20180604T173004Z
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SUMMARY:PRIDE Films: Taboo
DESCRIPTION:TABOO 御法度\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 5\, 2018 6:30 PM   &  June 23\, 2018 3:00 PM  \nDirected by Nagisa Oshima [1999] 100 min. \nCelebrate Pride with us this summer by watching four films in the PRIDE FILM SERIES that look at LGBTQ diversity in Japan. \nTaboo was the last film by Japanese New Wave film master Nagisa Oshima. \nThe story unfolds in a samurai compound during the Bakumatsu period in the 19th century where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room\, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school’s stern master can choose to intervene\, or to let Kano decide his own path. \nThe film unveils some of the same-sex relations that likely took place in the Shinsengumi at the end of the Samurai era. \nStarring Ryuhei Matsuda\, Takeshi Kitano and Tadanobu Asano\, with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto. \n\n\nPride Film Series: \n\n\n\nTABOO Directed by Nagisa Oshima\n\n\n\nHUSH! Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi\n\n\n\nLILY FESTIVAL Directed by Sachi Hamano\n\n\n\nKAKERA Directed by Momoko Ando
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/pride-films-taboo/2018-06-05/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180605
DTSTAMP:20180413T153050Z
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SUMMARY:Always\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy: 2nd Cycle
DESCRIPTION:ALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy\n『三丁目の夕日』三部作全編ブルーレイ上映\nComplete trilogy of blu-ray screenings\nIn conjunction with Tokyo Before/After photography exhibition \nThe 1st screening cycle: May 3\, 7\, and 16 \nThe 2nd screening cycle: May 22\, 31\, and June 4 \n  \nScreenings at The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor St. E. Suite 300\, 3rd floor of Hudson’s Bay Centre\, above Royal Bank \nAdmission free \n  \nBased on manga by Ryōhei Saigan \nDirected by Takashi Yamazaki (Part 1: 2005\, Part 2: 2007\, Part 3: 2012) \nAll films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. \nIn the photography exhibition TOKYO Before/After\, photographs from the 1930s and 1940s are contrasted with works after 2010. World War II with its destructive air raids marks the boundary between these two groups of photographs. Tokyo has gone through so many pivotal incidents in its urban history. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 followed by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 transformed the city from Edo to Tokyo. Post-war recovery and reconstruction were celebrated with the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. Both the even higher fever of the Bubble economy and its sudden burst transformed the city again at the tail end of the 20th century. What will the upcoming Olympic Games in 2020 do to the city? We all wonder. \n  \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street was such a big hit film in 2005 that a sequel was produced immediately by popular demand. In 2012 Part 3 was added to complete a trilogy of films describing the downtown life of Tokyo in 1958\, 1959\, and 1964. Symbolically standing in the middle of the stories\, the Tokyo Tower\, first in construction\, and then in full function in the television industry\, is a strong unifying image. This heartwarming neighbourhood comedy reminds us that social and cultural changes ALWAYS involve living people who struggle and survive thorough those challenging times. Going through the drama of dealing with changes and progress\, the same individuals who witnessed the events of Before remain in the new world of After to testify about the past. But\, sometimes the memories and testimonies are funny and whimsical\, as are these films. \n  \nThe 2nd screening cycle \nTuesday\, May 22\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 133 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 1\, 1958 \nThursday\, May 31\, 2018  6:30 P.M\, 145 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 2\, 1959 \nMonday\, June 4\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 142 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 3\, 1964 \nFor the first screening cycle click here > \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/always-cycle2/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180526T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180526T170000
DTSTAMP:20180522T113728Z
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SUMMARY:ART OF THE GAME: Ukiyo-e Heroes
DESCRIPTION:@Anime North \nSaturday May 26\, 2018\, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM \nInternational C\, Video Room 1 \nDelta Hotel\, 655 Dixon Rd\, Etobicoke\, ON M9W 1J3 \nAdmission: Saturday or Weekend pass to Anime North \nTicket info > \n  \nART OF THE GAME: Ukiyo-e Heroes \nDirected by Toru Tokikawa\, 2017 \nA journey of discovery into how a Canadian craftsman and an American designer\, with a father and son generation gap\, team up to revive the ancient art of Japanese woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e) by juxtaposing traditional art with pop culture icons: video game heroes such as Super Mario and Pokémon. Now they are making a new print inspired from a cult hit game Shadow of the Colossus. \nUkiyo-e: The traditional art form known worldwide as the “Face of Japan” has over several hundred years inspired Van Gogh\, Monet and Picasso to create their masterpieces. Today\, there are less than 10 remaining craftsmen in Japan. \nWe follow the making-of of their new print and witness the miraculous collaboration of the two contrasting artists: old-school and new-school\, artisanal and digital\, who need each other to create inspirational for a global audience. We also feature iconic Japanese craftsmen who work with them\, including Ichibei Iwano\, who is the 8th generation handmade Japanese paper grand master. \nLink to the Ukiyoe Heroes works > https://ukiyoeheroes.com/ \n  \n \nTrailer \n“ART OF THE GAME: Ukiyo-e Heroes” is available on: \niTunes (digital/rental  \nAmazon (Blu-ray) \n  \nWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/artofthegamedoc/ \nReviews & Updates: https://twitter.com/artofthegamedoc \nPosters: https://www.instagram.com/artofthegame \nIMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5706420/
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/ukiyo-e-heroes/
LOCATION:Anime North\, 655 Dixon Rd\, Toronto\, ON\, M9W 1J3
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6890793;-79.5779885
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180523
DTSTAMP:20180518T030430Z
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SUMMARY:Always\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy: 2nd  Cycle
DESCRIPTION:ALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy\n『三丁目の夕日』三部作全編ブルーレイ上映\nComplete trilogy of blu-ray screenings\nIn conjunction with Tokyo Before/After photography exhibition \nThe 1st screening cycle: May 3\, 7\, and 16 \nThe 2nd screening cycle: May 22\, 31\, and June 4 \n  \nScreenings at The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor St. E. Suite 300\, 3rd floor of Hudson’s Bay Centre\, above Royal Bank \nAdmission free \n  \nBased on manga by Ryōhei Saigan \nDirected by Takashi Yamazaki (Part 1: 2005\, Part 2: 2007\, Part 3: 2012) \nAll films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. \nIn the photography exhibition TOKYO Before/After\, photographs from the 1930s and 1940s are contrasted with works after 2010. World War II with its destructive air raids marks the boundary between these two groups of photographs. Tokyo has gone through so many pivotal incidents in its urban history. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 followed by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 transformed the city from Edo to Tokyo. Post-war recovery and reconstruction were celebrated with the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. Both the even higher fever of the Bubble economy and its sudden burst transformed the city again at the tail end of the 20th century. What will the upcoming Olympic Games in 2020 do to the city? We all wonder. \n  \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street was such a big hit film in 2005 that a sequel was produced immediately by popular demand. In 2012 Part 3 was added to complete a trilogy of films describing the downtown life of Tokyo in 1958\, 1959\, and 1964. Symbolically standing in the middle of the stories\, the Tokyo Tower\, first in construction\, and then in full function in the television industry\, is a strong unifying image. This heartwarming neighbourhood comedy reminds us that social and cultural changes ALWAYS involve living people who struggle and survive thorough those challenging times. Going through the drama of dealing with changes and progress\, the same individuals who witnessed the events of Before remain in the new world of After to testify about the past. But\, sometimes the memories and testimonies are funny and whimsical\, as are these films. \n  \nThe 2nd screening cycle\nFor the first screening cycle click here > \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 1\, 1958 > Tuesday\, May 22\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 133 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 2\, 1959 > Thursday\, May 31\, 2018  6:30 P.M\, 145 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 3\, 1964 > Monday\, June 4\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 142 min. \nRegister below by choosing which date you want to RSVP. \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/always-cycle-2/2018-05-22/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180517
DTSTAMP:20180522T150645Z
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SUMMARY:Always\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy: 1st Cycle
DESCRIPTION:ALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy\n『三丁目の夕日』三部作全編ブルーレイ上映\nComplete trilogy of blu-ray screenings\nIn conjunction with Tokyo Before/After photography exhibition \nThe 1st screening cycle: May 3\, 7\, and 16 \nThe 2nd screening cycle: May 22\, 31\, and June 4 \nScreenings at The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor St. E. Suite 300\, 3rd floor of Hudson’s Bay Centre\, above Royal Bank \nAdmission free \nBased on manga by Ryōhei Saigan \nDirected by Takashi Yamazaki (Part 1: 2005\, Part 2: 2007\, Part 3: 2012) \nAll films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. \n  \nIn the photography exhibition TOKYO Before/After\, photographs from the 1930s and 1940s are contrasted with works after 2010. World War II with its destructive air raids marks the boundary between these two groups of photographs. Tokyo has gone through so many pivotal incidents in its urban history. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 followed by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 transformed the city from Edo to Tokyo. Post-war recovery and reconstruction were celebrated with the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. Both the even higher fever of the Bubble economy and its sudden burst transformed the city again at the tail end of the 20th century. What will the upcoming Olympic Games in 2020 do to the city? We all wonder. \n  \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street was such a big hit film in 2005 that a sequel was produced immediately by popular demand. In 2012 Part 3 was added to complete a trilogy of films describing the downtown life of Tokyo in 1958\, 1959\, and 1964. Symbolically standing in the middle of the stories\, the Tokyo Tower\, first in construction\, and then in full function in the television industry\, is a strong unifying image. This heartwarming neighbourhood comedy reminds us that social and cultural changes ALWAYS involve living people who struggle and survive thorough those challenging times. Going through the drama of dealing with changes and progress\, the same individuals who witnessed the events of Before remain in the new world of After to testify about the past. But\, sometimes the memories and testimonies are funny and whimsical\, as are these films. \n  \nThe 1st screening cycle \nFor the second screening cycle click here > \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 1\, 1958 > Thursday\, May 3\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 133 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 2\, 1959 > Monday\, May 7\, 2018  6:30 P.M\, 145 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 3\, 1964 > Wednesday\, May 16\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 142 min. \nRegister below by choosing which date you want to RSVP. \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/always-cycle1/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180512T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180512T170000
DTSTAMP:20180504T165706Z
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SUMMARY:Ghost in the Shell 2: INNOCENCE
DESCRIPTION:GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE \n@JFT\, free admission \nSaturday May 12\, 3:00 PM \nThursday May 24\, 6:30 PM \nDirected by Mamoru Oshii [2004] 99 minutes \nMamoru Oshii\, the visionary mind behind animated sci-fi hit Ghost In The Shell (1995)\, makes his long-awaited return to feature animation with this visually stunning\, thought-provoking sequel. \nIn this second installment of the high-action movie series\, cyborg detective Batou’s search for the Major Motoko Kusanagi is put on hold when a rash of gruesome murders plagues Tokyo. With every lead comes more questions. The culprits? Beloved robotic companions programmed to obey. With his mostly human partner Togusa in tow\, Batou is assigned to investigate what his superiors see as a possible terrorist threat. Through coming in contact with robots of all shapes and purposes\, he begins to question his very existence. As they delve deeper into the opaque recesses of their society\, Batou’s consciousness itself is hacked and his grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous. The roots of the conspiracy are exposed upon journeying to a mysterious mansion in the independent trade zone of Hokkaido\, but it leads Batou into a trap and he is saved only by the intervention of his incorporeal former partner\, Motoko. He solves the case with her help\, and Motoko once again recedes into the vast expanses of the network. \nMamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker\, television director\, screenwriter and producer. Some of his other notable works include live-actions and anime films such as Urusei Yatsura\, Avalon\, Patlabor\, The Sky Crawlers\, Kerberos Saga\, Blood\, Red Spectacles and Jin-Roh. He also directed the 2014 Japan-Canada co-production Garm Wars: The Last Druid\, the only English language film he has created. \nAwards and nominations for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence\nNominated Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival \nFeature Film Award at Animation Kobe \nNihon SF Taisho Award \nOrient Express Award at the Catalan International Film Festival
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/ghost-in-the-shell-2/2018-05-12/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180504
DTSTAMP:20180413T152754Z
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SUMMARY:Always\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy: 1st  Cycle
DESCRIPTION:ALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Trilogy\n『三丁目の夕日』三部作全編ブルーレイ上映\nComplete trilogy of blu-ray screenings\nIn conjunction with Tokyo Before/After photography exhibition \nThe 1st screening cycle: May 3\, 7\, and 16 \nThe 2nd screening cycle: May 22\, 31\, and June 4 \n  \nScreenings at The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor St. E. Suite 300\, 3rd floor of Hudson’s Bay Centre\, above Royal Bank \nAdmission free \nBased on manga by Ryōhei Saigan \nDirected by Takashi Yamazaki (Part 1: 2005\, Part 2: 2007\, Part 3: 2012) \nAll films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. \nIn the photography exhibition TOKYO Before/After\, photographs from the 1930s and 1940s are contrasted with works after 2010. World War II with its destructive air raids marks the boundary between these two groups of photographs. Tokyo has gone through so many pivotal incidents in its urban history. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 followed by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 transformed the city from Edo to Tokyo. Post-war recovery and reconstruction were celebrated with the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. Both the even higher fever of the Bubble economy and its sudden burst transformed the city again at the tail end of the 20th century. What will the upcoming Olympic Games in 2020 do to the city? We all wonder. \n  \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street was such a big hit film in 2005 that a sequel was produced immediately by popular demand. In 2012 Part 3 was added to complete a trilogy of films describing the downtown life of Tokyo in 1958\, 1959\, and 1964. Symbolically standing in the middle of the stories\, the Tokyo Tower\, first in construction\, and then in full function in the television industry\, is a strong unifying image. This heartwarming neighbourhood comedy reminds us that social and cultural changes ALWAYS involve living people who struggle and survive thorough those challenging times. Going through the drama of dealing with changes and progress\, the same individuals who witnessed the events of Before remain in the new world of After to testify about the past. But\, sometimes the memories and testimonies are funny and whimsical\, as are these films. \nThe 1st screening cycle \nThursday\, May 3\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 133 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 1\, 1958 \nMonday\, May 7\, 2018  6:30 P.M\, 145 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 2\, 1959 \nWednesday\, May 16\, 2018  6:30 P.M. 142 min. \nALWAYS\, Sunset on Third Street Part 3\, 1964 \nFor the second screening cycle click here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/always-cycle-1/2018-05-03/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180430T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180430T150000
DTSTAMP:20180427T162323Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180427T162323Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Films: A STITCH OF LIFE
DESCRIPTION:Fashion Films: A STITCH OF LIFE　繕い裁つ人 \n   \n@JFT\, free admission\, registration required. All films in Japanese w/English subtitles\n\n\n\nCelebrate spring with us by taking a glimpse of Japanese fashion spanning a thousand years in this film series.\nApril is also the month that international fashion icon Issey Miyake celebrates his 80th birthday on April 22!\n\n\n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required. For other films in the Fashion Films Series click here. \n  \nA STITCH OF LIFE　繕い裁つ人 \n\nApril 30\, 2018 1:00 PM + 6:30 PM << TWO FILM SCREENINGS! \nDirected by Yukiko Mishima [2015]  104 minutes\n\n\nFilm adaptation of Ikebe Aoi’s comic about clothes by director Yukiko Mishima\, who has gained popularity for depicting the relationship between people and food in her films. This film portrays with sensitivity\, the emotions of a woman who runs a dressmaking shop and the people who love her clothes.\nIchie (Nakatani Miki) runs a dressmaking boutique\, and her focus is refashioning clothes made by her grandmother\, who founded the shop\, along with creating a few new pieces of her own. She’s been turning down proposals from a department store to develop her own brand\, but salesman Fujii (Miura Takahiro) sways her with a single comment.\n\n\n\nDirector Yukiko Mishima is one of the directors on the forefront of films coming out of Japan. Some of her other films include; Dear Etranger\, A Night’s Tight Rope\, Bread of Happiness\, A Drop of the Grapevine and Shisei. Her film Dear Etranger was the opening film of the 2017 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Currently she is working on the film Memory of Antique Books\, based on the novel by En Mikami\, scheduled to be released in November 2018.
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/fashion-films-stitch/2018-04-30/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180428T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180428T153000
DTSTAMP:20180425T202950Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Films: THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA
DESCRIPTION:Fashion Films: THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA かぐや姫の物語 \n\n \n@JFT\, free admission\, registration required. All films in Japanese w/English subtitles\n\n\n\nCelebrate spring with us by taking a glimpse of Japanese fashion spanning a thousand years in this film series.\n\n\n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required. For other films in the Fashion Films Series click here.  \n  \n \n\nTHE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA かぐや姫の物語 \n\n\nSaturday April 28\, 2018\, 1:00 PM\n\n\n\nDirected by Isao Takahata [2013]   \nJapanese with English subtitles\, 137 minutes \n\n\n\nThe first film in fourteen years since My Neighbors the Yamadas\, legendary STUDIO GHIBLI co-founder Isao Takahata revisits Japan’s famous folktale\, wrote the script\, and directed this gorgeous film. The hand-drawn masterwork was decades in the making.\n\nBased on the ancient Japanese folk tale “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”\, the story explores an unaddressed angle by revealing the state of mind of its protagonist. Born from a bamboo shoot\, Princess Kaguya is lovingly raised by an old bamboo cutter and his wife\, and becomes a beautiful young woman. What leads her to turn away suitor after suitor and return to the moon? And what was her sin\, and how was she punished? Join us for the screening to find out!\n\n\n\nSadly\, this month on April 5\, 2018\, the revered director Isao Takahata\, passed away at age 82.\n\nTribute to Isao Takahata (1935-2018) from Criterion Collection here >\n\nTribute to Isao Takahta on RogerEbert.com here >\n\n\n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/fashion-films-princesskaguya/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180426T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180426T150000
DTSTAMP:20180416T150333Z
CREATED:20180405T194445Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Films: UGETSU
DESCRIPTION:Fashion Films: UGETSU 雨月物語   \n@JFT\, free admission\, registration required. All films in Japanese w/English subtitles\n\n\n\nCelebrate spring with us by taking a glimpse of Japanese fashion spanning a thousand years in this film series.\nApril is also the month that international fashion icon Issey Miyake celebrates his 80th birthday on April 22!\n\n\n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required.  For other films in the Fashion Films Series click here.   \n  \n \nUGETSU　雨月物語   \nTwo screenings: Thursday April 26\, 2018 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM \nDirected by Kenji Mizuguchi  \nJapanese with English subtitles\, 1953\, 97 minutes  \n  \nUgetsu\, directed by master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi\, is a beautiful supernatural tale set in 16th century Kyoto and Shiga prefecture. The films screenwriters Matsutaro Kawaguchi and Yoshikata Yoda wove together two stories from Akinari Uede‘s best-known work\, Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain\, 1776) and French writer Guy de Maupassant‘s Decore! \, 1883. The two stories from Ugetsu Monogatari\, The House in the Thicket and The Lust of the White Serpent (Asaji ga Yado and Jasei no In) are part of a collection of supernatural tales\, which are largely taken from traditional Japanese and Chinese ghost stories. \nBy the time he made Ugetsu\, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema\, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of a younger generation. And with this exquisite ghost story\, a fatalistic wartime tragedy\, he created a touchstone of his art\, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers whose pursuit of fame and fortune leads them far astray from their loyal wives. Moving between the terrestrial and the otherworldly\, Ugetsu reveals essential truths about the ravages of war\, the plight of women\, and the pride of men. \nThe film stars Machiko Kyō\, Mitsuko Mito\, Kinuyo Tanaka\, Masayuki Mori\, and Ei Ozawa. The film won the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and was nominated an Academy Award for for best costume. \nEssay “Ugetsu on the other shore” by Phillip Lopate from the Criterion Collection \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/fashion-films-ugetsu/2018-04-26/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180412T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180412T203000
DTSTAMP:20180411T180027Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Films: HULA GIRLS
DESCRIPTION:Fashion Films: HULA GIRLS フラガール  \n@JFT\, free admission\, registration required. All films in Japanese w/English subtitles\n\n\n\nCelebrate spring with us by taking a glimpse of Japanese fashion spanning a thousand years in this film series.\nApril is also the month that international fashion icon Issey Miyake celebrates his 80th birthday on April 22!\n\n\n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required. For other films in the Fashion Films Series click here.  \n  \nHULA GIRLS　フラガール   \nTwo screenings: Thursday April 12\, 2018 6:30 PM and Tuesday April 17\, 2018 6:30 PM \nDirected by Sang-Il Lee [2006]  \nIn 1965\, the country was ushering in a new era of oil from the days of coal. The location is in Iwaki-city\, Fukushima Prefecture\, where there was the biggest coal mine on the main island of Japan. In order to save the town\, which is ailing as a result of large-scale reductions at the coal mine\, a project is launched to build a Hawaiian-style paradise in this northern town. The film is based on a true story about the people who supported the construction of the leisure facility\, “Joban Hawaiian Center”.\nA high school girl\, Kimiko (Aoi Yu)\, lives with her brother and her mother who works at the coal mine. Kimiko applies for a post as a Hawaiian Dancer despite fierce opposition from her mother. A former star dancer\, Madoka (Matsuyuki Yasuko)\, is brought in from Tokyo as a dance teacher. She ridicules the coal mine and the unsophisticated girls at first\, however\, the girls’ single-minded devotion gradually rekindles her almost forgotten passion. The girls continue with their rigorous and intensive training despite the harsh realities each girl is faced with\, and the day of the opening finally arrives.\nDirected by Lee Sang-il of Scrap Heaven. The total film attendance exceeded 1 million people\, and the film won 10 awards from the Japan Academy Prize. \n  \nRelated: Documentary Fukushima Hula Girls \nThe 2006 hit movie Hula Girl dominated film awards in Japan with its depiction of the birth of Japan’s first resort park\, themed on Hawaii and hot springs. The film was based on Spa Resort Hawaiians in Fukushima Prefecture\, an area that suffered enormous damage in the Tohoku earthquake of March 2011. Fukushima Hula Girls takes a documentary approach in following the resort’s national hula dance tour\, undertaken as a revitalization effort while fending off negative rumors. Shows the dancers who place their hopes in dance\, narrated by Hula Girl actress Aoi Yu and directed by Masaki Kobayashi. More details here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/fashion-films-hulagirls/2018-04-12/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180408T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180408T174500
DTSTAMP:20180403T222757Z
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SUMMARY:A Page of Madness 狂った一頁
DESCRIPTION: \nThe Toronto Silent Film Festival \nA Page of Madness 狂った一頁\n1926 Japan\nDirector: Teinosuke Kinugasa\nYoshi Nakagawa\, Ayako Iijima\n \n\nTICKETS HERE > \n\nA Page of Madness is a visually stunning masterpiece.  It peels back its inner mysteries in both beautiful and disturbing ways.  Made without intertitles\, it is from the opening moment’s enigmatic impressions and scenes\, a moving cacophony of which we’re not quite sure how it all fits together. We see a beautiful dancer in an elaborate headpiece dancing on a stylized stage. As the camera backs away\, suddenly we are seeing her through bars\, like those of a prison. When the scene cuts to a girl in a ragged dress\, dancing feverishly in her cell as if compelled by an unseen force\, it becomes clear that she is an asylum inmate\, and the beautiful woman we first saw is her delusion.\n\nJust like in Cabinet of Dr. Caligari\, a film this is most often compared to\, a plot eventually emerges. The old janitor works at the asylum to be near his wife\, who is a patient there. When their daughter arrives with the news of her engagement\, the family’s story\, in the form of flashbacks\, begins to piece together. The janitor attempts to free his wife from the asylum\, but she seems unwilling to go—perhaps she knows it’s where she belongs\, although there are signs that she may be afraid of her husband\, who may be going mad himself.\nOften called an “experimental” film\, it can be interpreted in many different ways. The director himself\, in his autobiography\, said he decided to make it after seeing “the entourage of a certain noble gentleman\, “one whom “secret whisperings” identified as Yoshihito (later Emperor Taisho). This film could therefore be also construed as a political allegory. The best films are always open for debate and however you may wish to interpret this film\, it’s up to you.\n\nDirector Kinugasa went on to become a pillar of mainstream Japanese cinema (even bringing home the Palme d’Or from Cannes in 1954. His bizarre early masterpiece was thought lost for decades until the director himself uncovered a print in his storehouse.\n \nAccompaniment by William O’Meara\n\nGuest Speaker: Chris MaGee\n\nFilm Courtesy of: Flicker Alley\n\nTrailer here > \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with:\n      \n\nCo-presented by:
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/a-page-of-madness/
LOCATION:The Revue Cinema\, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180328T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180328T203000
DTSTAMP:20180305T222900Z
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SUMMARY:Directed by Japanese Women: DEAR DOCTOR
DESCRIPTION:Dear Doctor\nWednesday March 28nd\, 2018 6:30 PM\n \nDirected by Miwa Nishikawa\, 2009\n127 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nThe third film from Miwa Nishikawa\, whose previous film Sway swept many domestic film awards and garnered attention at the Cannes film festival. A novel she herself wrote\, bated on the idea of this film\, was nominated for the Naoki Prize. This sincere\, humanistic drama takes a scalpel to the timely theme of rural medical treatment against a beautiful pastoral backdrop. Rakugo storyteller Tsurube Shofukutei\, who has branched out into acting in recent years\, gives a highly empathetic performance in his first lead role\, as a doctor beloved by the village residents he treats. A small mountain village. Its sole and beloved doctor Ino (Shofukutei) suddenly vanises. An investigation gets underway but nobody\, including medical intern Keisuke Soma (Eita) who had arrived in town two months prior\, has any idea of Ino’s true identity. Just before disappearing\, Dr. Ino had examined a widow named Kazuko (Kaoru Yachigusa). Upon learning of her terminal condition\, Kazuko beseeched Ino to lie about it\, but before long Ino’s own secret was exposed. \nTo learn about other films in the DIRECTED BY JAPANESE WOMEN series\, click here > \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dear-doctor-miwa-nishikawa/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180327T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180327T220000
DTSTAMP:20180323T204444Z
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SUMMARY:Lady Snowblood
DESCRIPTION:LADIES OF BURLESQUE + THE JAPAN FOUNDATION PRESENTS:\n \nLADIES OF BURLESQUE PRESENTS – LADY SNOWBLOOD – TRAILER from Nathan Boone on Vimeo. \n\nLADY SNOWBLOOD 修羅雪姫\n\n\n\n\n1973 / 97 min. / 18A\nDIRECTOR: Toshiya Fujita\nCAST: Meiko Kaji\, Toshio Kurosawa\, Masaaki Daimon\n\n\n7:30 PM – Pre-show  \n8:00 PM – Film start\n\nPurchase Tickets here >\n\n  \nBlood will flow\, spurt\, and stain your beautiful kimono as Ladies of Burlesque and our amazing co-presenter Japan Foundation Toronto transport you to the Meiji period of 19th century Japan with LADY SNOWBLOOD—that film Quentin Tarantino paid homage to (read: egregiously ripped off) for his KILL BILL diptych. With a traditional kata sword demonstration from the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s Mu Mon Kai Iaido Club performed before the film\, this screening promises to mesmerize on screen and off. \nBadass babe Meiko Kaji is Yuki\, a trained assassin out to avenge the rape of her mother. Born in a prison and with her mother dying in childbirth\, Yuki is trained by a priest in the art of vengeance by way of impressive sword skills. Setting out to assassinate the three men who violated her mother (any one of them being her father) and murdered her mother’s husband\, Yuki hunts them down one-by-one\, utilizing her expert training. Amidst the red spotted-snow of Japan\, LADY SNOWBLOOD is a stunning work of film artistry. Even when hyperbolic bloodshed reigns\, it never loses its nuanced sophistication. \nKaji\, as Yuki—in a role adapted specially for her from Kazuo Koike’s popular manga—is astounding. Un-sexualized\, and completely in control\, her performance is legendary and set the gold standard for determined\, demagogue manslayers. A popular songstress in Japan\, she also sang several of the songs featured in the film\, including “Shura no Hana” (aka “Flowers of Carnage”)\, which Tarantino used to great effect in KILL BILL: VOL. ONE\, with its O-Ren Ishii/The Bride snowy showdown. Don’t miss your chance to see the original female assassin on the big screen! \nThis Ladies of Burlesque screening is co-presented by Japan Foundation\, Toronto \nLive blade Tameshigiri demonstration by senior members of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s Iaido Club\, Mu Mon Kai.
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/lady-snowblood/
LOCATION:The Royal Cinema\, 608 College Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M6G 1B4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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GEO:43.6553504;-79.4145817
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180322T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180322T214500
DTSTAMP:20180323T174039Z
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SUMMARY:Directed by Japanese Women: 0.5 mm
DESCRIPTION:For details and to register for DEAR DOCTOR click here >\n0.5 mm\nThursday March 22nd\, 2018 6:30 PM\n  \n\nDirected by Momoko Ando\, 2014\n196 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nDirector Momoko Ando\, who drew attention at home and abroad with her debut film Kakera: A Piece of Our Life\, adapts her own novel in \n\nspired by her experiences of caring for an elderly relative. It explodes with rage at a society in which connections between people have grown thin. \nOne day\, home helper Sawa Yamagishi (Sakura Ando) unwittingly gets caught up in a serious incident and loses her job\, forcing her to move out of her company’s dormitory. Left with nowhere to live\, she wanders the streets in search of old men with various predicaments\, and inserts herself into their lives to become their helper\, whether they like it or not… \n2014 JAPAN CUTS\n2015 Udine Far East Film Festival \nFor details and to register for DEAR DOCTOR click here > \nTo learn about other films in the DIRECTED BY JAPANESE WOMEN series\, click here > \n  \n \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/0-5mm-momoko-ando/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432
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