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Japanese Films Screenings Overseas in August, 2008
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 |
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| Date: | June 20 to August 7 |
| Venue: | U.S.A/ Film Forum, New York , Freer Gallery, Washington DC |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Film Forum |
| Films Screened: | Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa, The Conflagration by Kon Ichikawa, Portrait of Hell by Shiro Toyoda, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs by Mikio Naruse, ONIMASA by Hideo Gosha, ImmortalLove by Keisuke Kinoshita, Untamed by Mikiko Naruse, Odd Obsession by Kon Ichikawa. |
| Date: | July 4 to August 18 |
| Venue: | U.S.A/ Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, Canada/ Cinematheque Ontario, Washington DC |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Kawakita Memorial Film Institute, National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Cinematheque Ontario |
| Films Screened: | Rashomon, Stray Dog and Living by Akira Kurosawa, Violence at Noon, Boy and The Ceremony by Nagisa Oshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba and A Last Note by Kaneto Shindo, Intensions of Murder, Vengeance is Mine and Black Rain by Shohei Imamura, A Wedding, Tora-san’s Sunrise and Sunset and The Yellow Handkerchief by Yoji Yamada, Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill and Zigeunerweisen by Seijun Suzuki, A Full-up Train, Conflagration, and Her Brother by Kon Ichikawa, Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer, Ode to Mount Hayachine and Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa by Sumiko Haneda. |
| Date: | July 8 to August 16 |
| Venue: | Philippines / Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Cultural Center of the Philippines, and UP Film Institute (Metro Manila), Alaya Center (Cebu), Gaisano South City Mall (Davao) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Manila/ Consular Office of Japan in Cebu/ Consular Office of Japan in Davao |
| Films Screened: | The Girl Who Leapt Thorough Time by Mamoru Hosoda, We Shall Overcome Someday by Kazuyuki Izutsu, and other films |
| Date: | July 31 to August 10 |
| Venue: | Argentine / Buenos Aires |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Argentine |
| Films Screened: | Yasujiro Ozu: I flunked, but…, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, Early Spring, and other films |
| Date: | August 15 to 21 |
| Venue: | Austria/ Filmcasino, Wien |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Austria |
| Films Screened: | Billiken by Junji Sakamoto, Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2/Duo by Nobuhiro Suwa, The Twilight Samurai by Yoji Yamada, The Stars Converge by Kiyoshi Sasabe, Futaribiyori by Keiichi Nomura, Always-Sunset on Third Street- by Takashi Yamazaki |
| Date: | August 22 to 31 |
| Venue: | Singapore/ National Museum of Singapore |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Singapore |
| Films Screened: | Sansho the Bailiff by Kenji Mizoguchi, A Hen in the Wind by Yasujiro Ozu, Actress by Kon Ichikawa, Harmful Insect by Akihiko Shiota, A Floating Cloud by Mikio Naruse, The Milkwoman by Akira Ogata, and other films |
| Date: | August 23 to 31 |
| Venue: | Cambodia/ Phnom Penh |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Cambodia |
| Films Screened: | Home of Acorns by Takashi Anno, Watertboys by Shionobu Yaguchi |