Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in June 2017

Film Screenings Presented by Embassies of Japan Overseas and The Japan Foundation

Asia & Oceania

Retrospective of Ko Nakahira (Korea)
Dates: June 10 – 21, 2017
Venue: Seoul/Korea
Korean Film Archive
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Korean Film Archive
Films Provided by JF: 14 films including Milkman Frankie, Summer Storm, and Who's the Real Killer by Ko Nakahira
Akira Kurosawa Retrospective: Australian Tour (Australia)
Dates: May 26 – June 30, 2017
Venues: Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra/Australia
Australian Centre for the Moving Image; Art Gallery of New South Wales; Arc Cinema, National Film and Sound Archive
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Sydney Film Festival, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)
Films Provided by JF: 7 films including IKIRU, HIGH AND LOW, and THE THRONE OF BLOOD by Akira Kurosawa

The Americas

An Evening with Tatsuya Nakadai (U.S.A.)
Date: June 25, 2017
Venue: New York/U.S.A.
Museum of the Moving Image Redstone Theater
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Museum of the Moving Image
Film Provided by JF: KILLER'S AGE by Kihachi Okamoto
GATFFEST Film Festival (Jamaica)
Dates: June 15 – 24, 2017
Venue: Kingston/Jamaica
Sovereign Centre, Cinema 2
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Centre for Tourism and Policy Research, CARIMAC, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, etc.
Film Provided by JF: 5 Centimeters per Second by Makoto Shinkai
Japanese Films Exhibition (Chile)
Dates: June 7 – 28, 2017
Venue: Santiago/Chile
Casona Nemesio Antunez
Presented by: The Japan Foundation, Japanese Embassy in Chile, Casona Nemesio Antunez
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including WOOD JOB! by Shinobu Yaguchi, Silver Spoon by Keisuke Yoshida, and Love for Beginners by Takeshi Furusawa

Europe

Rassegna “Japanese Entertainment” (Italy)
Dates: May 11 – June 8, 2017
Venue: Rome/Italy
The Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome (The Japan Foundation)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 4 films including ST:THE MOVIE by Touya Sato, Samurai Cat by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, and TIME SCOOP HUNTER by Hiroyuki Nakano
Shochiku New Wave (Austria)
Dates: June 8 – 19, 2017
Venue: Vienna/Austria
Österreichische Filmmuseum
Presented by: Österreichische Filmmuseum, Embassy of Japan, The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 5 films including The Dry Lake by Masahiro Shinoda, THE SUN'S BURIAL by Nagisa Oshima, and GOOD FOR NOTHING by Kiju Yoshida
Nikkatsu Roman Porno-Retrospektive (Germany)
Dates: June 10- July 31, 2017
Venue: Cologne/Germany
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne (The Japan Foundation)
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 8 films including Ecstasy of the Black Rose by Tatsumi Kumashiro, and The Stroller in the Attic and Sada and Kichi by Noboru Tanaka
Japanese Film Festival in Hungary (Hungary)
Dates: June 13 - 17, 2017
Venue: Budapest/Hungary
TOLDI ART CINEMA
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Films Provided by JF: 5 films including Silver Spoon by Keisuke Yoshida, A DROP OF THE GRAPEVINE by Yukiko Mishima, and Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky by Masaki Hamamoto
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