Japan Foundation UK tour "Reality Fiction: Japanese Films Inspired by Actual Events", selected venues Feb-March 2009.

[Mathieu Capel]

Why such strange translations ? This is something I will never understand...

Mathieu Capel
Paris


2009/1/7 Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>

> 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.
>
>       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.
>
> *Film line-up:*
>
> *A Chain of Islands* (Nihon Retto) Kei Kumai, 1965
>
> *Live Today, Die Tomorrow* (Hadaka no jukyu sai) Kaneto Shindo, 1970
>
> *Face* (Kao) Junji Sakamoto, 2001
>
> *Who's Camus Anyway?* (Kamyu nante shiranai) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 2005
>
> *Chosyu Five* Sho Igarashi, 2006
>
> *Now, I* (Ima, Boku Wa) Yasutomo Chikuma, 2007
>
>
>   *Date:* 6 February 2009 - 19 March 2009 *Venue:* Various nationwide (see
> below)
> 6 to 12 February 2009 - ICA, London
> 7 to 21 February 2009 - Watershed, Bristol
> 2 to 5 March 2009 -QFT, Belfast
> 9 to 19 March 2009 - Showroom, Sheffield
> 11 to 19 March 2009 - Filmhouse, Edinburgh
>
> To tie in with the screening of Chosyu Five, on 13th February there's a
> special free lecture at the JF UK given by *Dr Andrew Cobbing* on the
> historical context of the Choshu Five.
>
> More details on here: http://www.jpf.org.uk/whatson.html
>
>
>
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