[KineJapan] FCCJ screening of the new Eiji Okuda film

[Eija Niskanen]

Dear KineJapanners,


 The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Yurakucho is screening Eiji Okuda's
new film, starring his daughter Sakura Ando and son-in-law Tasuku Emoto, on
September 18. Since FCCJ is a private club, you must reserve a seat through
Karen Severns: *kjs30 at gol.com. *


 *SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING*

Followed by a Q&A session with director Eiji Okuda and stars Sakura Ando
and Tasuku Emoto


 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 at 6:30 pm

Please note early start time.


 *CASE OF KYOKO, CASE OF SHUICHI (Kyoko to Shuichi no Ba-ai)*

Japan, 2013 135 minutes In Japanese with English subtitles


 Beautifully acted and heartbreakingly moving, “Case of Kyoko, Case of
Shuichi” focuses on the persistence of hope in the face of nearly
impossible odds. Ando and Emoto star as Kyoko and Shuichi, two strangers
from Minamisanriku who are burdened with the sins of their respective
pasts: Kyoko slept with her boss in order to provide a better life for her
family, but was instead shunned and driven from her home. Shuichi committed
an unspeakable crime, but is now working in a Tokyo factory as he studies
for college entrance exams. As they attempt to forge new lives from the
debris of their old ones, Kyoko and Shuichi’s hometown is devastated in the
3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami…


 For more info, see:

http://www.fccj.ne.jp/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=496&Itemid=119&year=2013&month=09&day=18&title=sneak-preview-screening-case-of-kyoko-case-of-shuichi-kyoko-to-shuichi-no-ba-ai&uid=a6dfced93b12cbd9456f0be0557a77fa
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