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Japanese Films Screenings Overseas in Febuary, 2009
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: | January 5 to March 12 |
| Venue: | Germany/ Berlin (Kino Arsenal), Cologne (The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne, January 5 to March 5), Italy/ Rome (The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome January 8 to March 12) |
| Presented by: | Japan Foundation, National Film Center, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Kawakita Memorial Film Institute, Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art |
| Films Screened: | Akira Kurosawa:Stray Dog, Rashomon, Ikiru, Nagisa Oshima: Violence at Noon, Boy, The Ceremony, Kaneto Shindo: The Island, Onibaba, A Last Note, Shohei Imamura: Intentions of Murder, Vengeance is Mine, Black Rain, Sumiko Haneda: Ode to Mt. Yahachine, Akiko-Portrait of a Dancer, Into the Picture Scroll, Kon Ichikawa: A Full-Up Train aka Crammed Streetcar, Conflagration, Her Brother, Yoji Yamada: Where Spring Comes Late, Tora-san’s Sunrise and Sunset, The Yellow Handkerchief, Seijun Suzuki: The Tokyo Wanderer, Branded to Kill, Zigeunerweisen |
| Date: | January 18 to Feburary 26 |
| Venue: | Myanmar/ Yangon, Mandalay |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Myanmar |
| Films Screened: | Nabbie’s Love by Yuji Nakae, Waterboys by Shinobu Yaguchi, Linda Linda Linda by Nobuhiro Yamashita, Ping Pong Bath Station by Gen Yamashita |
| Date: | January 27 to March 18 |
| Venue: | United States/ Eckerd College (St. Petersberg), University of Georgia (Atlanta), University of Florida (Gainsville), Duke University (Durham) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, New York |
| Films Screened: | Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Killer’s Age by Kihachi Okamoto, Postman Blues by SABU, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs by Mikio Naruse, Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa |
| Date: | Feburary 6 to March 19 |
| Venue: | U.K./ Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (Feburary 6 to 12), Watershed Media Center, Bristol (Feburary 7 to 21), Queens Film Theatre, Belfast (March 2 to 5), Showroom, Sheffield (March 9 to 19), Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh (March 11 to 19) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Institute of Contemporary Arts、Watershed Media Center、Showroom、Edinburgh Filmhouse、Queens Film Theatre |
| Films Screened: | A Chain of Islands by Kei Kumai, Live Today, Die Tomorrow! by Kaneto Shindo, Face by Junji Sakamoto, Who’s Camus Anyway? by Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Chosyu Five by Sho Igarashi, Now, I…by Yasutomo Chikuma |
| Date: | Feburary 12 to 19 |
| Venue: | Algeria/ Alger (Feburary 12 to 13), Constantine (Feburary 16 to 19) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Algeria |
| Films Screened: | Les Comptes de Terremer by Goro Miyazaki, Le Royaume des Chats by Hiroyuki Morita |
| Date: | Feburary 9 to 15 |
| Venue: | Hungary/ Budapest |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Budapest |
| 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: | Feburary 27 to March 22 |
| Venue: | South Africa/ Cape Town (Feburary 27 to March 1), Pretoria (March 13 to 15), Johannesburg (March 20 to 22) |
| Presented by: | The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in South Africa |
| Films Screened: | A Stranger of Mine by Kenji Uchida, Breath In, Breath Out by Tetsuo Shinohara, Madadayo (Not Yet) by Akira Kurosawa, Kamikaze Girls by Tetsuya Nakashima |
< Supported >
| Date: | September, 2008 to June, 2009 |
| Venue: | U.S.A., Canada/ Pacific Cinematheque (January 16 to Feburary 15), The Screen (January 16 to March 8), Madison Cinematheque (January 23 to March 6), Gene Siskel Film Centre (January 31 to Feburary 28) |
| Presented by: | Cinema theque Ontario |
| Films Screened: | Nagisa Oshima:Street of Love and Hope, Boy, Naked Youth, The Sun’s Burial, and other films |