FCCJ sneak preview with Osamu Mukai

[Eija Niskanen]

Dear KineJapanners,

We have another screening opportunity at the Foreign Correspondents'
Club of Japan on Tuesday, Sept. 13, followed by a Q&A with hot actor
Osamu Mukai, who's coming direct from the set of the new NHK Taiga
Drama.

The FCCJ is a private club, so you must reserve through Karen Severns
if you’d like to attend the screening: kjs30 at gol.com

http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/6828

SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING
Followed by a Q&A session with star Osamu Mukai and producer Masatake Kondo

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13   6:45 pm  20th floor
Please note early start time

WE CAN’T CHANGE THE WORLD,  BUT, WE WANNA BUILD A SCHOOL IN CAMBODIA
Japan, 2011  126 minutes  In Japanese and Cambodian with English subtitles

Directed by: Kenta Fukasaku
Written by: Kota Hada, based on his memoir
Produced by: Masatake Kondo
Cast: Osamu Mukai, Tori Matsuzaka, Tasuku Emoto, Masataka Kubota, Eri Murakawa,
		Lili Franky, Hitoshi Abe

Film courtesy of Toei

If there’s a cure for the malaise that has long beset Japan’s youth,
it may just be found in this infectious and inspiring film. Based on a
true story that is still unfolding, and alternating between scenes of
hilarity and despair, “We Can’t Change the World” sets out to prove
just the opposite, as long as we take a leap of faith. Rousingly
entertaining and grimly edifying in equal amounts, the film features
impressive location footage in Cambodia, a mature leading role for
pin-up Osamu Mukai, and a four-hankie “performance” by Cambodian Kor
Vuthy that is utterly unforgettable.

In 2005, bored medical student Kota (Mukai) picks up a recruiting
flier for foreign aid volunteers at the post office. “Build a school
for children with a roof over their heads…with a donation of ¥1.5
million,” he reads. On the spur of the moment, he convinces his
buddies Shibayama (Emoto) and Yano (Kubota) that they should raise the
money, and they hook up with pretty-boy party planner Honda
(Matsuzaka), who teaches them the fine art of fundraising while
picking up girls. But when they embark on a life-changing study tour
of Cambodia, they confront far harsher realities than children not
having classrooms to learn in. Overwhelmed by the experience and hit
by a string of misfortunes upon their return, Kota and his friends
must rally around their cause or just call it quits…

Join us for this sneak preview of “We Can’t Change the World,” before
it opens on September 23 in theaters across Japan.

All movie screenings are private, noncommercial events restricted to
FCCJ members and their guests.

Karen Severns, Edwin Karmiol, Movie Committee


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Eija Niskanen
080-3479-8475
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-0004