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Japanese Films Screenings Overseas in March, 2007
From March of this year, the Japan Foundation is pleased to present and co-sponsor ongoing screenings of Japanese films at the following exhibitions and international film festivals around the world.
Regularly-presented Japanese film shows
- Bangkok, Thai
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sydney, Australia
| Date: | Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2007 (Cape Town) Feb. 9 to Feb. 11, 2007 (Polokwane) Feb. 23 to Mar. 2, 2007 (Johannesburg) |
| Venue: | Republic of South Africa
Cinema Nouveau (V&A Waterfront), Cape Town SterKinekor (Savannah), Polokwane Cinema Nouveau (Rosebank Mall), Johannesburg |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Republic of South Africa |
| Films Screened: | Out Of The World by Junji Sakamoto, Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Billiken by Junji Sakamoto, Kyoichi-Sawada by Takumi Igarashi, A Last Note by Kaneto Shindo, Water Boys by Shinobu Yaguchi |
| Date: | Feb. 1 to Mar. 9, 2007 |
| Venue: | U.S.A/ Gainesville, Tahlequah, San Antonio, Sewanee, Durham
University of Florida, University of Texas at San Antonio, Sewanee: University of the South, Duke University |
| Presented by: | Embassy of Japan in Republic of Kenya |
| Films Screened: | Nabbie's Love, Kids Return, Barren Illusion, Aoi haru |
| Date: | Feb. 1 to Mar. 31, 2007 |
| Venue: | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Embassy of Japan in Romania |
| Films Screened: | Seven Japanese classic films |
| Date: | Feb.4 to Mar. 29, 2007 |
| Venue: | England
Watershed Media Centre/ Bristol, Edinburgh Filmhouse/ Edinburgh, Queens Film Theatre/ Belfast, Riverside Studio/ London, Showroom/ Sheffield |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, London |
| Films Screened: | License to Live by Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Laughing Frog by Hirayama Hideyuki, Hush! by Hashiguchi Ryosuke, Canary by Shiota Akihiko, Sway by Nishikawa Miwa, Hanging Garden by Toyoda Toshiaki |
| Date: | Feb. 10 to Mar. 24, 2007 |
| Venue: | France/ Paris |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris |
| Films Screened: | Thirty films including, The Early Autumn, Young Days, Floating Weeds |
| Date & Venue: | Feb. 11 to March 8, 2007 / Austrian
Film Museum Feb. 22 to May 2, 2007 / Filmmuseum Munich March 6 to 29, 2007 / The Filmpodium Zurich |
| Films Screened: | Thirty two films including Apart from You, Wife! Be Like a Rose!, Lightnin, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs |
| Date: | Feb. 21 to March 11, 2007 |
| Venue: | Yangon (Feb. 21 to 24), Mandalay (Mar. 8 to 11) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foudation, Embassy of Japan in Myanmar |
| Films Screened: | Thway by Koji Chino ,The Stars Converge by Kiyoshi Sasabe, Madadayo (‘Not Yet’) by Akira Kurosawa |
| Date: | Mar. 1 to Apr. 30, 2007 |
| Venue: | Cologne/ Germany |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Films Screened: | Tomorrow by Kazuo Kuroki, Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi, The Crying Wind by Higashi Yoichi |
| Date: | Mar. 4 to March 7, 2007 |
| Venue: | Jordan/ Amman |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foudation, Embassy of Japan in Jordan |
| Films Screened: | Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi, Twilight Samurai by Yoji Yamada, Hana-Bi by Takeshi Kitano, Hotel Hibiscus by Yuji Nakae |
| Date: | March 15, 2007 |
| Venue: | Portugal/ Lisbon Municipal San Gioirgi Theater |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foudation, Embassy of Japan in Portugal |
| Films Screened: | Wild Life by Aoyama Shinji, Postman Blues by Sabu |
| Date: | March 15 to 18, 2007 |
| Venue: | Turkey/ The Turkish-Japanese Foundation Culture Center (Ankara) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foudation, Embassy of Japan in Turkey |
| Films Screened: | Face by Junji Sakamoto, The Ghost of Yotsuya by Nobuo Nakagawa, Black Cat Mansion by Nobuo Nakagawa, The Face of Jizo by Kazuo Kuroki, Swing Girls by Shinobu Yaguchi, The place promised in our early days by Makoto Shinkai |
| Date: | March 18 to 20, 2007 |
| Venue: | Bangladesh/ The Bangladesh National museum |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh |
| Films Screened: | Ping Pong Bath Station by Yamakawa Genm, Home Of Acorns by Anno Takashi, Fall Guy by Fukasaku Kinji, Woman Was The Sun The Life of Hiratsuka Raicho by Haneda Sumiko |
| Date: | March 20 to April |
| Venue: | Italy/ The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome |
| Films Screened: | Crazy Thunder Road, Augustin the Water |