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Whose Film is it Anyway? Contemporary Japanese Auteurs

10 Feb 201216 Feb 2012

Following on from last year’s successful Back to the Future: Japanese Cinema Since the Mid-90s, this year’s Japan Foundation annual touring film programme looks at the concept of originality in Japanese cinema, with a special focus on narrative creativity by contemporary Japanese directors.

This programme is part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

  • Dear Doctor

    10 Feb 201211 Feb 2012

    The ICA features the third film by the one-time Kore-eda protégé Miwa Nishikawa, the most important Japanese female film director of her generation.

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  • The Dark Harbour (Futoko)

    10 Feb 201211 Feb 2012

    The Japan Foundation presents a charming tale of a lonely Japanese fisherman and an unexpected relationship.

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  • I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Boku Wa Yattenai)

    11 Feb 201212 Feb 2012

    A young man accused of sexual assault in Tokyo is forced to sign a statement that are not his own words.

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  • A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito)

    11 Feb 201216 Feb 2012

    A normal day in the life of a young man changes abruptly as he encounters a number of people with enteretwining fates.

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  • Bad Company (Mabudachi)

    12 Feb 2012

    A boy is torn between his desire to please his father and his need to rebel against his strict education. 

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  • About Her Brother (Otouto)

    12 Feb 2012

    A widow's life becomes troubled by the sudden appearance of her troublemaking brother.

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  • Heart, Beating in the Dark

    15 Feb 2012

    The ICA screens Nagasaki’s most recent adaptation of his original 1982 version of the same name, Heart, Beating in the Dark, considered one of the best films of the period.

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  • All Around Us (Gururi no Koto)

    15 Feb 2012

    The Japan Foundation analyses the difficulty of human relations in this portrait of an eight-year marriage brought together by an unexpected pregnancy.

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  • Sleep (Nemuri Yusurika)

    16 Feb 2012

    The Japan Foundation presents a sick yet beautiful film probing three generations of a family trapped in a matrix of prostitution, dysfunction and the desire for vengeance.

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When

E.g., 01-08-2021
E.g., 01-08-2021