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Japanese Films Screenings Overseas in September, 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 |
< Organized >
| Date: | September 2 to 14 |
| Venue: | Mexico / Mexico City |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Mexico |
| Films Screened: | Yasujiro Ozu: I flunked, but…, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, Early Spring, and other films |
| Date: | September 9 to October 4 |
| Venue: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris |
| Films Screened: | Warm Current by Kozaburo Yoshimura, Black River by Masaki Kobayashi, Face by Junji Sakamoto, Bloody Thirst by Kiju Yoshida, and other films |
| Date: | September 11 to 13 |
| Venue: | Greece / Greek Directors Guild, Athens |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Greece |
| 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: | September 27 to 28 |
| Venue: | Laos / Vientiane |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Laos |
| Films Screened: | Galaxy Express by Taro Rin, The Glass Rabbit by Setsuko Shibuichi |
| Date: | September to November |
| Venue: | Canada / Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and other seven cities |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Canada |
| Films Screened: | Shangri-La (Japan Goes Bankrupt) by Takashi Miike, The Book of the Dead by Kihachiro Kawamoto, Half a Confession by Kiyoshi Sasabe, Breathe in, Breathe out by Tetsuo Shinohara |
| Date: | September to November |
| Venue: | Russia / Moscow, Sankt-Peterburg, Khabarovsk, Vladovostok, Uizhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Russia |
| Films Screened: | Dodes’ka-den,Doomed by Akira Kurosawa, Priest of Dark,Ballad of the Paper Balloons by Sadao Yamanaka, Sudden Rainby Mikio Naruse, Lady Oyu by Kenji Mizoguchi, Floating Weeds by Yasujiro Ozu, The River Fuefuki by Keisuke Kinoshita, The Masseurs and a Woman by Hiroshi Shimizu, The Inheritance by Masaki Kobayashi, Where Chimneys are Seen by Heinosuke Gosho, The Owl by Kaneto Shindo, Kamikaze Girls by Tetsuya Nakashima, A Stranger of Mine by Kenji Uchida |
| Date: | September to November |
| Venue: | Honduras / San Pedro Sula |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Honduras |
< Supported >
| Date: | September to June, 2009 |
| Venue: | U.S.A., Canada / New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Cleveland, WashingtonD.C., Santa Fe, Rochester, Madison, Berkeley, Toronto, Vancouver |
| Presented by: | Cinema theque Ontario |
| Films Screened: | Nagisa Oshima:Street of Love and Hope, Boy, Naked Youth, The Sun’s Burial, and other films |