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Japanese Films Screenings Overseas in November, 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 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 December |
| 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: | October 2 to December 22 |
| Venue: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Presented by: | The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne |
| Films Screened: | Narita: Heta Village by Shinsuke Ogawa, Minamata: The Victims and Their World by Noriaki Tsuchimoto, A Dedicated Life by Kazuo Hara |
| Date: | October 10 to November 7 |
| Venue: | Vietnam /Ho Chi Minh (November 1 to 7) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, Consulate-General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City |
| Films Screened: | Ping Pong Bath Station by Gen Yamakawa, Fancy Dance by Masayuki Suo, Captain Harlock in Arcadia by Tomoharu Katsumata |
| Date: | October 16 to December 26 |
| Venue: | India /Chandigharh (November 15 to 23), Chennai (December 17 to 26) , Kolkata (January, 2009) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Mumbai Consulate-General of Japan, Calcutta Consulate-General of Japan, Chennai Consulate-General of Japan |
| Films Screened: | The Scent of Incense (Koge), Twenty-Four Eyes, Spring Dreams by Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Date: | October 22 to December |
| Venue: | Equador/Quito, Guayaquil |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Ecuador |
| Films Screened: | Yasujiro Ozu: I flunked, but…, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, Early Spring, and other films |
| Date: | November 5 to December 9 |
| Venue: | Australia/Perth, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Australia, Consulate-General of Japan in Perth, Consulate-General of Japan in Brisbane, Consulate-General of Japan in Melbourne, Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney |
| Films Screened: | Memories of Matsuko by Tetsuya Nakashima, Memories of Tomorrow by Yukihiki Tsutsumi, ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street by Takashi Yamazaki, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Mamoru Hosoda, and other films |
| Date: | November 15 to November 27 |
| Venue: | Ireland/ Dublin, Cork, Limerick |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Ireland |
| Films Screened: | Hotel Hibiscus by Yuji Nakae, GO by Isao Yukisada, MIND GAME by Masaaki Yuasa, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Mamoru Hosoda |
| Date: | November 17 to November 21 |
| Venue: | Honduras / San Pedro Sula |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Honduras |
| Films Screened: | Malos Deseos by Shohei Imamura, Vivir para Morir by Akira Kurosawa, Lo Envio de Cielo by Yoichi Maeda, Para Kayako by Kohei Oguri, Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi |
< Supported >
| Date: | September, 2008 to June, 2009 |
| Venue: | U.S.A., Canada / Toronto -Cinematheque Ontario (10/14-12/19),
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| Presented by: | Cinema theque Ontario |
| Films Screened: | Nagisa Oshima:Street of Love and Hope, Boy, Naked Youth, The Sun’s Burial, and other films |