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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180605T183000
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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
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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/
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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
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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/
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.6553504;-79.4145817
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Royal Cinema 608 College Street Toronto ON M6G 1B4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=608 College Street:geo:-79.4145817,43.6553504
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180322T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180322T214500
DTSTAMP:20180323T174039Z
CREATED:20180301T213629Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180315T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180315T150000
DTSTAMP:20180426T150446Z
CREATED:20180301T212455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T150446Z
UID:22839-1521118800-1521126000@tr.jpf.go.jp
SUMMARY:Directed by Japanese Women: MEGANE
DESCRIPTION:MEGANE めがね\nThursday March 15th\, 2018 1:00 PM > Also part of our MARCH BREAK FILMS! \n \nDirected by Naoko Ogigami\, 2007\n106 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles \nIt’s early spring and still chilly when Taeko (Kobayashi Satomi) comes to a small seaside town on a southern island for some time off. There is no sightseeing spot on the island and people come here to “twilight”. \n \n  \nTaeko stays at “Hamada”\, which is run by Yuji (Mitsuishi Ken) who carries on at his own speed almost to a fault. People of distinctive character seem to gather at “Hamada”\, including Sakura (Motai Masako)\, a mysterious woman who every year comes from somewhere in the early spring\, and a high school teacher\, Haruna (Ichikawa Mikako)\, who drops by every day. \n \n  \nThere is also this intriguing exercise\, Merci taiso\, which the residents on the island do as part of their daily routine but only during the spring. \n  \nTaeko is bewildered with the life on the island which is completely out the norm for her\, but as she spends more time\, she begins to blend in with the slow pace on the island. The film portrays the main character who is tired of urban life but begins to look at herself through interaction with people on her trip. \nFilms also directed by Naoko Ogigami include Close Knit\, Rent-A-Cat\, Toilet\, Kamome Diner\, Go Go Haiku Girl and Yoshino’s Barber. \n  \nTo learn about other films in the DIRECTED BY JAPANESE WOMEN series\, click here > \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/megane-naoko-ogigami/
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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180312T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180312T150000
DTSTAMP:20180309T173418Z
CREATED:20180301T210415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180309T173418Z
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SUMMARY:March Break Films: THE BOY AND THE BEAST
DESCRIPTION:March Break Films\nTHE BOY AND THE BEAST バケモノの子\n \n\nMarch 12\, 2018\, 1:00 PM > Spring Break!\n\n\n\nDirected by Mamoru Hosoda\, 2015 \n120 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles \nBring the whole family during March break to watch this action packed adventure fantasy.\n\n\nThis is the latest feature film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Lept Through Time\, Summer Wars\, Wolf Children).\n\n\n\n\nCAST: \nYAKUSHO Koji Kumatetsu \nMIYAZAKI Aoi Kyuta (9 years old) \nSOMETANI Shota Kyuta (17 years old) \nHIROSE Suzu Kaede \nLily FRANKY Hyakushubo \nOIZUMI Yo Tatara \n\n Kyuta\, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya\, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts\, and is taken in by a gruff\, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast named Kumatetsu\, who’s been looking for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering\, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and slowly form a bond as surrogate father and son. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw the human and beast worlds into chaos\, the strong bond between this unlikely pair will be put to the ultimate test-a final showdown that will only be won if the two can finally work together using all of their combined strength and courage.\n\n\n.\n\nWinner of the 2015 Japan Academy Award for Animation of the Year.\n\nFilm Festivals\, Awards\n2015 Toronto International Film Festival\, TIFF Kids\n2015 Japan Academy Award for Animation of the Year \n2015 San Sebastian International Film Festival\, Competition\n2015 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia\, Anima’t \n\n\n \n\n  \n \nMEGANE > March 15\, 2018 1:00 PM by Naoko Ogigami \nEnjoy the family friendly film MEGANE which follows Taeko who is tired of urban life and decides to take a vacation on a small seaside town in southern Japan. She begins a journey of self discovery as she interacts with the quirky people she meets on her trip. More info here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/march-break-films-the-boy-and-the-beast/
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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180308T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180308T201500
DTSTAMP:20180426T150455Z
CREATED:20180213T011306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T150455Z
UID:22665-1520533800-1520540100@tr.jpf.go.jp
SUMMARY:Directed by Japanese Women: RADIANCE
DESCRIPTION:RADIANCE 光\nThursday March 8th\, 2018 6:30 PM\n   \nDirected by Naomi Kawase\, 2017\n101 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nMarch 8th is international women’s day and March is also Women’s history month\, and what better way to celebrate this than watching films made by Japanese women. Radiance is the first film to be featured in this series of four films by pre-eminent female filmmakers from Japan. \nRadiance is the stunning new film by director Naomi Kawase. The film is a beautiful drama about an encounter between two lost and wounded souls. Misako (Ayame Misaki) is able to capture the beauty of cinema through her words\, and shares this special gift by writing concise audio descriptions of films for the visually impaired. \nThe photographer Nakamori (Masatoshi Nagase) is going through a difficult point in life as he gradually loses his sight. The two are brought together as Misako’s cinematic poetry helps to shine light through the film and slowly win the hearts of the two main characters. \nRadiance was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2017 Cannes. At Cannes\, it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. \nOther critically acclaimed films directed by Naomi Kawase are;  Shara (2003)\, The Mourning Forest (Jury Grand Prix\, 2007)\, Hanezu (2011)\, Still the Water (2014) and Sweet Bean (Un Certain Regard 2015). \nTo learn about other films in the DIRECTED BY JAPANESE WOMEN series\, click here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/radiance-naomi-kawase/
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:20180227T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180227T203000
DTSTAMP:20180426T150521Z
CREATED:20180125T235333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T150521Z
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SUMMARY:February Films: I HEART U Series - KARAKARA
DESCRIPTION:February Films: I HEART U Series\nWe will be screening a series of films from Japan that explore the themes of romance\, heartbreak and longing during this month celebrating love. Enjoy! \n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required  \nKarakara\nFebruary 27\, 2018 6:30 PM \nDirected by Claude Gagnon \n101 min. [2012] Japanese w/English subtitles \nThis is a film about people at a crossroads in life who run away to discover themselves. \nPierre (Gabriel Arcand) is a retired literature professor from Montreal traveling to Japan. After a natural medicine workshop\, he goes to the Okinawa Islands to visit the area. There he met Junko (Youki Kudoh)\, a 40-year old mother who left her abusive husband after a heated argument. A new and unexpected relationship develops between them\, and together\, they roam the islands in search of tranquility. Junko’s presence disturbs Pierre’s quest for peace and tranquility\, but he can not push her away.  Where will this adventure take them? \nThe film is a Canada Japan co-production and set entirely in Okinawa. It was the winner of two awards at the 36th Montreal World Film Festival in 2012. The movie won the ‘Openness to the World Award’ and also the prestigious ‘Public Award’ for most popular Canadian feature film. \nOther I HEART U Film Norwegian Wood here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/karakara/
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:20180213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180213T203000
DTSTAMP:20180426T150530Z
CREATED:20180125T234349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T150530Z
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SUMMARY:February Films I HEART U Series - NORWEGIAN WOOD
DESCRIPTION:February Films: I HEART U Series\nWe will be screening a series of films from Japan that explore the themes of romance\, heartbreak and longing during this month celebrating love. Enjoy! \n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required  \nNorwegian Wood\nFebruary 13\, 2018 6:30 PM \nDirected by Tran Anh Hung \n133 min. [2010] Japanese w/English subtitles \nMature content\, viewer discretion advised \n \nCAST: \nTORU – Kenichi Matsuyama \nKIZUKI – Kengo Kora \nNAOKO – Rinko Kikuchi \nMIDORI – Kiko Mizuhara \nA film adaption of Haruki Murakami‘s international best-selling novel of the same title. A sensitive portrayal of the inner anguish of a young man who is torn between two completely different women. This beautifully crafted romantic drama is directed and scripted by Tran Anh Hung. Watanabe is a college student haunted by his best friend’s suicide. One day\, by chance\, he runs into Naoko\, his best friend’s former girlfriend. Their relationship grows more intense but Naoko becomes psychologically unbalanced and is hospitalized. While Watanabe worries about Naoko\, he also meets Midori at university and starts to feel an attraction to her. \nThe film\, set in the tumultuous 1960’s\, has sweeping beautiful cinematography and close-ups you can almost feel their eyelashes. \nOther I Heart U film Karakara here > \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/norwegian_wood/
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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180211
DTSTAMP:20180426T150604Z
CREATED:20180125T230418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T150604Z
UID:22437-1518220800-1518307199@tr.jpf.go.jp
SUMMARY:February Films: I HEART U Series - MILLENNIUM ACTRESS & VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR
DESCRIPTION:February Films: I HEART U Series\nWe will be screening a series of films from Japan that explore the themes of romance\, heartbreak and longing during this month celebrating love. Enjoy! \n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required  \nMILLENNIUM ACTRESS 千年女優\n\nFebruary 10\, 2018 1:00 PM \nDirected by Satoshi Kon \n87 min. [2002] Japanese w/English subtitles \nRSVP Below > \nMillennium Actress tells the story of Chiyoko Fujiwara\, an old woman who was once an incredibly popular actress that mysteriously disappeared from the film industry in the 60s. A longtime admirer of hers leads an interview with Chiyoko\, as she takes us on an incredible\, dreamlike journey through her past\, her movies\, and her lifelong quest to find the man she loved. \n  \nVOICES OF A DISTANT STAR ほしのこえ\n \nFebruary 10\, 2018 3:00 PM \nDirected by Makoto Shinkai \n25 min. [2002] Japanese w/English subtitles \nRSVP Below > \nThis science fiction drama by anime master storyteller Makoto Shinkai follows the lives of two close childhood friends\, Mikako and Noboru\, who get separated after Mikako is recruited by the UN Space Army and sent in to space to fight in a war against aliens. As the 15 year old girl goes deeper and deeper into space\, the texts she sends take longer and longer\, months and eventually years to reach earth. The film simultaneously follows her battles and Noboru’s life as he receives her texts over the years. \n  \nOther films in the I HEART U series;      Feb 13: Norwegian Wood        Feb 27: Karakara
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/february-films-i-heart-u-series/
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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180209T200000
DTSTAMP:20180205T191808Z
CREATED:20180125T223840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T191808Z
UID:22406-1518201000-1518206400@tr.jpf.go.jp
SUMMARY:Dentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screenings Phase IV
DESCRIPTION:Dentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series Phase Four February 9 – 26\, 2018\n\nIn conjunction with Artistry in Silk: the Kimono of Itchiku Kubota exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada.\nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series 16\nFriday\, February 9\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Tsumugi-ori Weaving: The Art of SHIMURA Fukumi 34 min. NEW \n紬織: 志村ふくみのわざ 2014 \n2) TAGUCHI Yoshikuni: Beauty of Maki-e\, 36 min. \n変幻自在—田口善国・蒔絵の美— 1993 \n  \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series 17\nMonday\, February 12\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Tōso Ningyō Dolls: The Art of HAYASHI Komao 37 min. \n桐塑人形: 林駒夫のわざ 2006 \n2) Mumyōi-yaki: The Ceramic Art of ITŌ Sekisui V 30 min. . NEW \n無名異焼: 伊藤赤水のわざ 2014 \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series 18 [Yuzen Festival]\nThursday\, February 15\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Yūzen\, The Art of MORIGUCHI Kunihiko 34 min. NEW \n友禅: 森口邦彦のわざ 2011 \n2) Yūzen\, The Textile Art of FUTATSUKA Osao 36 min. \n友禅: 二塚長生のわざ 2016 \n3) The Yūzen Silk\, The Dyeing Art of MORIGUCHI Kakō 30 min. \n友禅: 森口華弘のわざ 1989 \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series 19\nTuesday\, February 20\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Iron Glaze Pottery: The Art of HARA Kiyoshi 39 min. \n鉄釉陶器: 原清のわざ 2010 \n2) Woodwork: The Art of MURAYAMA Akira 34 min. NEW \n木工: 村山明のわざ 2014 \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series 20\nFriday\, February 23\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Saga-Nishiki Weaving: The Art of KOGA Fumi 30 min. \n佐賀錦: 古賀フミのわざ 2015 \n2) Tankin: Hammering\, The Art of TAMAGAWA Norio 35 min. . NEW \n鍛金:  玉川宣夫のわざ 2016 \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series 21\nMonday February 26\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Miyako Jōfu 41 min. \n宮古上布 1994 \n2) Chōkin\, Metal Chasing: The Art of KATSURA Morihito 34 min. . NEW \n彫金: 桂盛仁のわざ 2010
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dento-kogei-phase-four/2018-02-09/
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:20180204T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180204T153000
DTSTAMP:20180426T150618Z
CREATED:20180119T224937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T150618Z
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SUMMARY:Japanese Movies in Hamilton: FILMS BY AKIRA KUROSAWA
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Hamilton Public Library and The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n \nSunday February 4\, 2018 @2:00 PM\nRASHOMON\nDirected by Akira Kurosawa\n1950\, 88 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nFree admission\, no RSVP required \nA riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice\, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife\, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world. \nSunday February 11\, 2018 @1:15 PM\nSEVEN SAMURAI\nhttp://criterion-trailers.s3.amazonaws.com/SEVEN_SAMURAI_trailer_fixed_x500.mp4\nDirected by Akira Kurosawa\n1954\, 207 minutes\, Japanese with English subtitles\nFree admission\, no RSVP required \nOne of the most thrilling movie epics of all time\, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment\, delicate human emotions and relentless action\, into a rich\, evocative\, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope. \n  \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/2018-japanese-movies-in-hamilton/2018-02-04/
LOCATION:Hamilton Central Public Library\, 55 York Boulevard\, Hamilton Room\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8N 4E4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp
GEO:43.2573546;-79.892506
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hamilton Central Public Library 55 York Boulevard Hamilton Room Hamilton Ontario L8N 4E4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=55 York Boulevard\, Hamilton Room:geo:-79.892506,43.2573546
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180114T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180114T150000
DTSTAMP:20171221T123614Z
CREATED:20171130T211505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171221T123614Z
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SUMMARY:Japanese Movies at Hot Docs Cinema: Yoko The Cherry Blossom
DESCRIPTION:  \nYoko The Cherry Blossom 陽光桜\n\nDirected by Gen Takahashi (In attendance) \n2015\, 114 minutes\,14A \nJapanese with English Subtitles \n  \nDoors open 12:30 PM \nFree admission\, first come first served \nThe inspiring true story of a rural Japanese high school teacher’s lifelong quest to create the very first artificially pollinated hybrid cherry blossom\, to fulfill a promise he made to his beloved students before they were sent off to the battlefields to fight in World War II. For a more detailed review in Bento Box Magazine by James Heron\, Harmony in Bloom\, please click here > \nJoin us post-film for Q+A with special guest\, Director Gen Takahashi. \nAlso on January 15th\, 6:30 PM @JFT\, we will have a lecture by Director Gen Takahashi examining the film industry in Japan. \n  \nCommunity Partner: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. \n \n\n\n  \nPresented by The Japan Foundation\, Toronto and the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto\n \n(c)GRAND KAFE PICTURES 2015
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/hot-docs-cinema-yoko-cherry-blossom/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor St. W.\, ON
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180111T183000
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SUMMARY:Dentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series
DESCRIPTION:Dentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series Phase Three January 11\, 17\, 18\, 2018\nIn conjunction with Diligence and Elegance: The Nature of Japanese Textiles exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada.\nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series XIII\nThursday\, January 11\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Yūzen\, The Textile Art of FUTATSUKA Osao 36 min. NEW \n友禅: 二塚長生のわざ 2016 \n2) Kyūshutsu\, The Art of MASUMURA Kiichirō 45 min. \n髹漆: 増村紀一郎のわざ 2016 \n  \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series XIV\nWednesday\, January 17\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Tsumugi-ori Weaving: The Art of SASAKI Sonoko 33 min. \n紬織: 佐々木苑子のわざ 2011 \n2) \,Hakuji: White Porcelain\, The Art of INOUE Manji 35 min. . NEW \n白磁:  井上萬二のわざ 2008 \n  \nDentō Kōgei Traditional Craft Screening Series XV\nThursday\, January 18\, 2018 6:30 PM\n1) Chōkin\, Metal Chasing: The Art of YAMAMOTO Akira 36 min. . \n彫金: 山本晃のわざ 2016 \n2) Tōso Ningyō Dolls: The Art of HAYASHI Komao 37 min. . NEW \n桐塑人形: 林駒夫のわざ 2006 \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/dento-kogei-traditional-craft-screening-series/2018-01-11/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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