<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Dear KineJapanners,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Yurakucho will be screening Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of “Silence” on Thursday, January 12, 2017 in collaboration with Kadokawa, followed by a Q&A session with some of the Japanese stars of the film. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Since FCCJ is a private club, you must reserve your seats through Screenings Curator Karen Severns: <span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="mailto:kjs30@gol.com" class="">kjs30@gol.com</a>.</span> There are limited seats available, so be sure to book by January 9, 2107 if you wish to go.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><b class="">FCCJ SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class=""><b class="">THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 </b> </span><b class="">at 4:15 pm (doors open at 3:45 pm)</b></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><b class="">*The screening will be held at the Kadokawa Cinema Yurakucho (Bic Camera 8F)</b></span><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><b class="">The Q&A session will be held at FCCJ, from </b></span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #000000" class=""><b class="">7:30 pm.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class="">Followed by a Q&A session with stars <span style="color: #000000" class="">Issey </span>Ogata and Yosuke Kubozuka</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -9px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><b class="">SILENCE (Chinmoku)</b></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">U.S./Taiwan/Mexico,<span style="color: #060606" class=""> 2016 </span>162 minutes<span style="color: #060606" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class="">Japanese/English/Latin with Japanese and English subtitles</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -9px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.3px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">Join the Film Committee for a very special sneak preview of Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating passion project, “Silence,” on Thursday, January 12. </span>Nearly 30 years after he read Shusaku Endo’s Tanizaki Prize-winning 1966 novel about the persecution of “hidden Christians” (kakure kirishitan) in 17th-century Japan, acquired the rights and set about adapting the monumental work, the legendary director has completed the final in his trilogy of faith-based films, and it is being awaited around the world with enormous anticipation. “Silence” tells the story of two Portuguese “padres,” Sebastian Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver), who journey from Macao to Japan to search for their missing mentor Christavao Ferreira (Liam Neeson), after receiving the startling news that he has gone native. The priests begin their arduous journey to the Japanese heart of darkness with a lapsed Christian named Kichijiro (Yosuke Kubozuka), settling in with clandestine worshippers in <span style="color: #000000" class="">the tiny village of Tomogi. But soon enough, the area’s ruthless Inquisitor Inoue (Issey Ogata) throws Rodrigues and his new followers behind bars, and sets about putting their faith to the ultimate test. “The price for your glory,” he gloats to the padre, “is their suffering.” </span>Through it all, despite Rodrigues’ entreaties to God, He remains silent. </div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.3px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px -22.3px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(6, 6, 6);" class=""><b class="">For more</b> (Japanese only): <span style="color: #000000" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__chinmoku.jp&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=t6E5STxYzm5ELtMpfXpaRO7lGE7ELG3HGgodQTS5S7M&s=WKVWMCfcRYDTIylAvsSynOSvV686AlgQ9mZ52ZN6qUk&e=" class="">http://chinmoku.jp</a></span></div></body></html>