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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Just a quick heads up to let everyone know that the Japan Foundation UK have just announced dates and lineups for this year's touring season - some very interesting films here, few of which have played the UK before.<br><br></span></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Now in its sixth year, the Japan Foundation’s annual touring film programme looks at how Japanese filmmakers have been influenced by actual events, some of which have shaped the nation’s recent history. Screening at five venues across the UK, the six films included in the line-up range from 60s classics to the most recent productions and are among the best produced in Japan. This season showcases how real-life stories have been a source of inspiration for many filmmakers in Japan and how such events have been interpreted by them.<br><br></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Film line-up:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><br><br></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">A Chain of Islands</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> (Nihon Retto) Kei Kumai, 1965<br><br></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Live Today, Die Tomorrow</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> (Hadaka no jukyu sai) Kaneto Shindo, 1970<br><br></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Face</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> (Kao) Junji Sakamoto, 2001<br><br></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Who's Camus Anyway?</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> (Kamyu nante shiranai) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 2005<br><br></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Chosyu Five</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> Sho Igarashi, 2006<br><br></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Now, I</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> (Ima, Boku Wa) Yasutomo Chikuma, 2007<br><br></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><br></span></span><table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="20%"><font color="black"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Date:</span></span></b></font></td><td width="80%"><font color="#9cb430"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">6 February 2009 - 19 March 2009</span></span></font></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="20%"><font color="black"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Venue:</span></span></b></font></td><td width="80%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Various nationwide (see below)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><br>6 to 12 February 2009 - ICA, London<br>7 to 21 February 2009 - Watershed, Bristol<br>2 to 5 March 2009 -QFT, Belfast<br>9 to 19 March 2009 - Showroom, Sheffield<br>11 to 19 March 2009 - Filmhouse, Edinburgh<br></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="100%"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><br></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">To tie in with the screening of Chosyu Five, on 13th February there's a special free lecture at the JF UK given by </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Dr Andrew Cobbing</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "> on the historical context of the Choshu Five.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; "><br></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">More details on here: </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">http://www.jpf.org.uk/whatson.html</span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Midnight Eye
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