Director Tetsuo Shinohara Starring Ennosuke Ichikawa IV, Kiichi Nakai, Mansai Nomura Rated Recommended for ages 15 and over (contains moderate themes and mild violence.) Score 6/6 In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s rule makes life…
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JFF – Birds without Names – The Movie Boards
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Director Kazuya Shiraishi Starring Yu Aoi and Sadao Abe Rated Recommended for ages 15 and over. Score 5/6 Tawako’s boyfriend is not her kind, but she puts up with it in exchange for shelter. Her old boyfriend of almost a decade ago is long gone, and was also not nice, but like most girls she…
JFF 2017 Program Announced
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The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) returns in 2017 with a line-up of the very best of fresh and classic Japanese cinema, for a huge national tour of Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, from October 13th to December 3rd. With each city’s program carefully curated by the Japan Foundation, Sydney, the 2017 Festival will…
JFF — The Mohican Comes Home
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Director Shûichi Okita Staring Yûdai Chiba, Akira Emoto, Atsuko Maeda Recommended for ages 12+ Score 5/6 Metal-head Eikichi leaves his struggling music career to return to his family in a small island village off the coast of Shikoku. Sporting a mohawk, he comes home for the first time in seven years to introduce his clueless…
JFF — The Magnificent Nine
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Director Yoshihiro Nakamura Staring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Ryûhei Matsuda Recommended for ages 12+ Score 5/6 Times are tough in samurai Japan: the feudal lord’s harsh taxes are dragging an outpost town into poverty. Local merchant Juzaburo fears for the town’s future, and hatches a secret plan to end their misery. The outrageous mission: collect…
Japanese Film Festival Interview
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Japanese Film Festival Program Coordinator Margarett Cortez took some time to answer some questions about the upcoming Japanese Film Festival What can people expect from the Japanese Film Festival? 2016 is a big year for the Japanese film industry with a lot of comeback films by veteran directors like Yoji Yamada, new works by award-winning…
Japanese Film Festival 20th Anniversary
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The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is now twenty years old and is embarking a huge national tour of Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, shining a spotlight on the best of Japanese culture from October 14th to December 4th. JFF Program Coordinator, Margarett Cortez explained that with each city’s program carefully curated by The…
JFF is Coming to Canberra
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The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) has announced its 2015 program for the Canberra leg of the national Festival, opening 14th October and running for four days at the Capitol Cinemas Manuka. The JFF will be touring mainland Australia stopping in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and finishing in Melbourne. Japanese Film Festival spokesperson, Nick Howe explained…