Whose Film is it Anyway? Contemporary Japanese Auteurs
Following on from last year’s successful Back to the Future: Japanese Cinema Since the Mid-90s season, this year’s Japan Foundation annual touring film programme looks at the concept of originality in Japanese cinema, with a special focus on narrative creativity by contemporary Japanese directors.
This programme is part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme.
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
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Dear Doctor
10 February 2012 - 11 February 2012
The ICA features the third film by the one-time Kore-eda protégé Miwa Nishikawa, the most important Japanese female film director of her generation.
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The Dark Harbour (Futoko)
10 February 2012 - 11 February 2012
The Japan Foundation presents a charming tale of a lonely Japanese fisherman and an unexpected relationship.
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A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito)
11 February 2012 - 16 February 2012
A normal day in the life of a young man changes abruptly as he encounters a number of people with enteretwining fates.
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I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Boku Wa Yattenai)
11 February 2012 - 12 February 2012
A young man accused of sexual assault in Tokyo is forced to sign a statement that are not his own words.
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About Her Brother (Otouto)
12 February 2012
A widow's life becomes troubled by the sudden appearance of her troublemaking brother.
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Bad Company (Mabudachi)
12 February 2012
A boy is torn between his desire to please his father and his need to rebel against his strict education.
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Heart, Beating in the Dark
15 February 2012
The ICA screens Nagasaki’s most recent adaptation of his original 1982 version of the same name, Heart, Beating in the Dark, considered one of the best films of the period.
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All Around Us (Gururi no Koto)
15 February 2012
The Japan Foundation analyses the difficulty of human relations in this portrait of an eight-year marriage brought together by an unexpected pregnancy.
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Sleep (Nemuri Yusurika)
16 February 2012
The Japan Foundation presents a sick yet beautiful film probing three generations of a family trapped in a matrix of prostitution, dysfunction and the desire for vengeance.