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Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in December, 2005
From December of this year, The Japan Foundation has been pleased to present and co-sponsor on-going screenings of Japanese films at the following exhibitions and international film festivals:
Regularly-presented Japanese film shows
- Bangkok, Thai
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sydney, Australia
| Date: | 12/17-12/30. |
| Venue: | Seoul, Korea. |
| Presented by: | Japan Cultural Center, Seoul (The Japan Foundation), the Korean Association of Cinematheques and School of Cinematheque culture. |
| Films Screened: |
15 films such as “Tokyo Chorus” (Yasujiro Ozu), “The Sisters of the Gion” (Kenji Mizoguchi). |
| Date: | 11/19-1/19, 2006. |
| Venue: | Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Calcutta. |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, New Delhi. |
| Films Screened: |
4 films such as “Ukikusa” (floating weeds). |
| Date: | 9/3, 2005 –5/8, 2006. |
| Venue: | In America--Madison, Cambridge, Boston, Santa Fe, New York, Los
Angeles, Berkeley, Washington D.C, Chicago, Columbus, Rochester and
Cleveland. In Canada--Toronto, Vancouver. |
| Presented by: | Cinematique Ontario and others. |
| Films Screened: |
34 films including "Inazuma" (thunder bolt), "Ani Imoto" (brother and sister) and "Onna ga Kaidan wo Noboru Toki" (when a woman ascends the stairs). |
| Date: | 10/1-12/31. |
| Venue: | New York, America. |
| Presented by: | Japan Society. |
| Films Screened: |
5 films including "Otoko no Kao wa Rirekisho" (a man's face reveals his history) by Tai Kato, "Tokyo Nagaremono" (Tokyo drifter) by Seijun Suzuki. |
| Date: | 9/1, 2005-2/28, 2006. |
| Venue: | 17 cities such as London, U.K. |
| Presented by: | Independent Cinema Office. |
| Films Screened: |
8 films such as "Hyoheki" (ice wall), "Moju" (blind beast) directed by Yasuzo Masumura. |
| Date: | 12/12-12/22. |
| Venue: | Vienna, Austria. |
| Presented by: | Austria Film Museum. |
| Films Screened: |
“Idiot,” “The Quiet Duel,” “Maadadayo,” and more. |
| Date: | 10/6-12/2. |
| Venue: | Perth, Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney, Australia. |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Sydney, the Japanese Embassy in Australia, the Japanese Consulate General in Perth, the Japanese Consulate General in Sydney, and the Japanese Consulate General in Melbourne. |
| Films Screened: |
6 films including "Ranpo Jigoku" by Suguru Takeuchi, " HINOKIO" by Takahiko Akiyama. |
| Date: | 9/12, 2005-1/30, 2006. |
| Venue: | Cologne, Germany. |
| Presented by: | Japanisches Kulturinstitut (Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne) |
| Films Screened: |
16 films such as "Kiga Kaikyo (straits of starvation)," " Tsuchi (earth)," "Chiyari Fuji (blood spear at Mount Fuji)." |
| Date: | 11/17-12/14. |
| Venue: | Moscow, and Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Presented by: | The Japanese Embassy in Russia. |
| Films Screened: |
5 films including “Ikitai” (I want to live) by Kaneto Shindo, “Kinyu Hametsu Nippon: Togenkyo no Hitobito” by Takashi Miike. |
| Date: | 10/1-12/31. |
| Venue: | New York, U.S.A. |
| Presented by: | Japan Society. |
| Films Screened: |
5 films including "Otoko no Kao wa Rirekisho" (a man's face reveals his history) by Tai Kato, "Tokyo Nagaremono" (Tokyo drifter) by Seijun Suzuki. |
| Date: | 9/1, 2005-2/28, 2006. |
| Venue: | 17 cities such as London, U.K. |
| Presented by: | Independent Cinema Office. |
| Films Screened: |
8 films such as "Hyoheki" (ice wall), "Moju" (blind beast) directed by Yasuzo Masumura. |
| Date: | 11/28-12/3. |
| Venue: | Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Presented by: | Culturgest. |
| Films Screened: |
Documentary and animated films such as “Peep TV Show” by Yutaka Tsuchiya, “Innocence” by Mamoru Oshii, and more. |
| Date: | 11/11-12/4. |
| Venue: | 5 cities such as Ankara, Turkey. |
| Presented by: | Ankara Cinema Association |
| Films Screened: |
Animated films. |