[KineJapan] Naoko Ogigami's new film sneak preview FCCJ

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

Dear KineJapanners,

The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Yurakucho will be screening the first new release in 5 years from Ogigami Naoko, followed by a Q&A session with the writer-director, on February 8.

Since FCCJ is a private club, you must reserve your seats through Screenings Curator Karen Severns: kjs30 at gol.com.  

FCCJ SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 at 6:45 pm (note early start time) 

CLOSE-KNIT (Karera ga Honki de Amu Tokiwa)
Japan, 2017; 127 minutes; Japanese with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A session with director Naoko Ogigami

Join the Film Committee  for writer-director Naoko Ogigami’s (“Kamome Diner”) new film, one of the first Japanese releases to feature a sexual minority as its main character. That character is played, in a groundbreaking performance of extraordinary sensitivity and charm, by megastar Toma Ikuta (“The Mole Song). As with her previous work, Ogigami’s “Close-Knit” is a gentle, humor-laced story about quirky, amiable characters: fifth-grader Tomo heads for her uncle Makio’s (Kenta Kiritani) place when her mother abandons her yet again. There, she meets his beautiful girlfriend Rinko (Ikuta), who warmly welcomes her and proves to be a much better mom than her own. But Rinko is transgender, and soon, Tomo is being bullied about her new “weird family,” inviting the unwanted attention of Child Services inspectors. Rinko helps calm Tomo by showing her how to knit, working out her anger with each stitch. But will the family that stitches together be able to stay together? 
 
For more (Japanese only): https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kareamu.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=65UNovI6FNeDHv-WgPo6ySD5Q7PWWMSN_KHnRry0tKc&s=U90AueV6csH7CRCYche4BhLGZP_kb4Yj3GDys1HRhyU&e= 
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