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SUMMARY:A Girl Missing (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:A Girl Missing \nよこがお \nThursday\, August 20*\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by FUKADA Koji • 2019 • Drama • 111 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer\n \nIchiko has devoted years of her life to caring for the elderly matriarch of a family she has grown close to. But when a shocking crime happens\, her life begins to unravel in ways she could never have anticipated. \nTold through a shifting narrative that blurs past and present\, A Girl Missing crafts a quietly devastating portrait of a woman caught in the ripple effects of scandal. \nPart of our Contemporary Japanese Cinema Spotlight series. \n*Please note\, this screening has been re-scheduled to Thursday\, August 20 and the registration open date has been changed too.  \n  \nFree admission. Registration required. \nRegistration for this event is now full. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding. \n*If you would like to inquire about accessibility or share any accommodation needs\, please email us at <info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp> in advance of the event. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nFUKADA Koji (深田 晃司) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Tokyo\, Fukada had a father who was a film aficionado and he watched many films on VHS when he was young. Fukada enrolled in a film school while attending university. In 2005\, he joined the production unit of the theater company\, “Seinen-dan\,” led by renowned playwright HIRATA Oriza. This connection has remained central to his early work\, with Fukada adapting Hirata’s play and casting the company’s actors in his films.  \nFukada began gaining recognition with early works such as Human Comedy in Tokyo (2008) and Hospitalité (2010)\, which were screened at the Osaka Asian Film Festival as part of a special program highlighting his emerging talent. His subsequent films\, Au revoir l’été (2013) and Sayonara (2015)\, were both selected for the main competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival\, further establishing his international presence. \nIn 2016\, Fukada’s film Harmonium was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. It received critical acclaim and won the Jury Prize\, establishing him as one of Japan’s most distinctive contemporary auteurs. More recently\, his film LOVE LIFE was selected for the main competition at the Venice International Film Festival in 2022\, and Love On Trial premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025. His latest film\, Nagi Notes\, had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
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SUMMARY:Perfect Days (JFT People's Choice Award screening)
DESCRIPTION:Perfect Days \nTuesday\, September 1\, 6:30PM (ET) \nDoors open 6:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by Wim Wenders • 2023 • Drama  • 124 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer  \nIn a world of fleeting moments\, find the beauty that lasts. \nA perfect song that hits at just the right moment\, the play of sunlight through leaves\, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breath­taking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders.  \nIn a radiant\, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness\, YAKUSHO Kōji plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol OZU Yasujiro\, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now. \nPart 1 of our JFT People’s Choice Award screenings. Pre-screening introduction from current & former JFT Film Program Officers!   \nFree admission. Registration required. \n  \nPlease note: Due to the high demand for these screenings\, we kindly ask that each person register for and attend only one of the JFT People’s Choice Award screenings. This will help ensure that as many members of our community as possible have the opportunity to attend these final screenings. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. \nRegister here \n\n\n\n \nBoth screenings are currently fully booked. If tickets become available due to cancellations or returns\, they will be released through Eventbrite. We encourage you to check the registration pages regularly for any newly available tickets. \nWe will also have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding. \n\nDirector Profile:  \nWim Wenders (born 1945) came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of German Cinema during the 1970’s and is now considered one of the most important figures in contemporary film. In addition to his many prize-winning feature films\, his work as a scriptwriter\, director\, producer\, photographer and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films. His career as a filmmaker began in 1967 when Wenders enrolled at the newly founded University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich). Parallel to his studies\, he also worked as a film critic for a number of years. Upon graduating from the academy in 1971\, he founded\, together with fifteen other directors and authors\, the Filmverlag der Autoren\, a film distribution company for German auteur films\, which organized the production\, rights administration and distribution of their own independent films.  
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SUMMARY:Tampopo (JFT People's Choice Award screening)
DESCRIPTION:Tampopo \nタンポポ \nWednesday\, September 2\, 6:30PM (ET) \nDoors open 6:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by ITAMI Jūzō • 1985 • 115 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer  \nA self-proclaimed “ramen Western\,” Tampopo is a playful and delicious satire on food\, desire\, and Japanese culture. The story follows truck driver Goro (YAMAZAKI Tsutomu) and his sidekick Gun (WATANABE Ken) as they help Tampopo (MIYAMOTO Nobuko)\, a widowed noodle shop owner\, perfect her ramen recipe and transform her small eatery into a local legend. Through a series of eccentric vignettes—from a gangster’s sensual food rituals to an etiquette lesson gone wrong—ITAMI Jūzō serves up a loving and absurd meditation on the art of eating and living. Both hilarious and heartfelt\, Tampopo celebrates the pursuit of perfection and the joy found in a simple bowl of ramen. \n©Janus Films \nContent Warning: This film contains brief scenes of animal violence. Viewer discretion is advised.   \n  \nPart 2 of our JFT People’s Choice Award screenings. The current and former JFT Film Program Officers will join for a post-screening chat. \n  \nFree admission. Registration required. \nPlease note: Due to the high demand for these screenings\, we kindly ask that each person register for and attend only one of the JFT People’s Choice Award screenings. This will help ensure that as many members of our community as possible have the opportunity to attend these final screenings. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. \nRegister here \nBoth screenings are currently fully booked. If tickets become available due to cancellations or returns\, they will be released through Eventbrite. We encourage you to check the registration pages regularly for any newly available tickets. \nWe will also have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding. \n\n Director Profile: \nITAMI Jūzō (伊丹 十三\, 1933-1997) was a Japanese actor\, essayist\, screenwriter and film director. One of Japan’s most distinctive satirists\, Itami began his career as an actor\, where he used the stage name ITAMI Ichizō (伊丹 一三). He appeared in foreign-language films such as 55 Days at Peking (1963) and Lord Jim (1965). In 1965\, he published a book called Diary of Boredom in Europe\, an essay collection of his thoughts and reflections on his time in Europe.  In 1967\, when working with director ŌSHIMA Nagisa on the set of Sing a Song of Sex\, he met actress MIYAMOTO Nobuko; they got married in 1969 and Miyamoto would later star in all his films. Itami turned to filmmaking in the 1980s. His directorial debut\, The Funeral (1984)\, was a critical and commercial success in Japan and won many awards\, including Japanese Academy Awards for Best Picture\, Best Director\, and Best Screenplay. With Tampopo (1985)\, he reached international acclaim\, cementing his reputation for subversive wit and inventive storytelling. His following film A Taxing Woman (1987) was again highly successful. It won six major Japanese Academy awards and spawned a sequel A Taxing Woman’s Return in 1988.  Itami’s films often tackled contemporary Japanese life\, from consumerism and bureaucracy to gender roles\, with his signature blend of sharp social observation and wry humor.
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