2002, 115 min. Directed by Takeshi Kitano Starring Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukuda, Tsutomu Takeshige Three storylines cross in Dolls: tragic lovers wander through Tokyo bound at the waist by a red cord, a disfigured … Continue reading →
at The Japan Foundation, Toronto Reservations are now closed. Thank you for your interest. presented by the Japan Foundation, Toronto and the Toronto Japanese Film Festival with an introduction by Director Yoshihiro Nakamura Q&A following the film A Boy and … Continue reading →
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda, 2009, 115 min. Reservations are now closed. Thank you for your interest. Kenji is a teenage math prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job – passing himself off as Natsuki’s boyfriend for … Continue reading →
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-Eda, 2011, 128 min. Reservations are now closed. Thank you for your interest. On the opening day of the Kyushu Shinkansen line, the Tsubame will head south from Hakata while the Sakura will head north from Kagoshima. If … Continue reading →
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1961, 103 min. The Kohayagawa family, proprietors of a small sake brewery, are struggling to keep their business afloat while their elderly patriarch, Manbei (Ganjiro Nakamura), gads about with a former girlfriend, much to his daughters' disapproval. … Continue reading →
Cyborg 009 Directed by Masayuki Akehi 1980, PG, 131 min. Community Partner: The Cyborg 009 series of manga, TV anime and feature films centres on nine humans who have been turned into superhuman Cyborgs by a criminal … Continue reading →
Mai Mai Miracle Directed by Sunao Katabuchi 2009, G, 95 min. Community Partner: Mai Mai Miracle is a nostalgic full-length animated film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set … Continue reading →
Dir. Jesper Wachtmeister 2006, 53 min. KOCHUU is a visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future and traditional … Continue reading →
The Dagger of Kamui Directed by Rintaro 1985, PG, 132 min. Community Partner: Set in pre-Meiji era Japan, this epic by anime master Rintaro (Metropolis, Galaxy Express 999) tells the life story of Jiro, a … Continue reading →
Akira Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo 1988, AA, 124 min. Community Partner: The year is 2019. Tokyo, now post-apocolyptic Neo-Tokyo, has been rebuilt after obliteration in WWIII. When a biker named Tetsuo is discovered to have mysterious telepathic … Continue reading →
