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CORK SLIGO DUBLIN GALWAY APRILLIMERICK 6—20 DUNDALK TIPPERARY WATERFORD WELCOME TO THE JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL 2019

2019 marks the 11th year of The Embassy of Japan’s collaboration with access >cinema. With the help of various supporters, particularly the Ireland Japan Association and the Japan Foundation, we are thrilled to be bringing the very best of Japanese cinema to Irish screens this April. And, with the Rugby World Cup and Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games both on the way, there has never been a better time to be immersed in Japan’s cinematic culture.

There is a wonderful mix of work from new and established directors at the festival this year. One of Japan’s youngest directors will be on display, with the screening of award-winning Hiroshi Okuyama’s Jesus, a charming film that tackles serious topics like religion and life and death with a dose of humour. For those interested in historic Japan and the way of the samurai, Killing is the latest offering from the veteran Shinya Tsukamoto, director of the cult-classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man. And audiences will have an excellent chance to sample the world of anime with Penguin Highway, Hiroyasu Ishida’s feature debut which won the award for best animation at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.

One movie that avid movie-goers may recognise is One Cut of the Dead. This zom-com sleeper hit was such a huge success that we just had to host extra screenings for Irish audiences. For anyone who enjoys their laughs and frights in equal measure, Shinichiro Ueda’s award-winning feature debut is not to be missed.

The Japanese Film Festival prides itself for being a truly national festival, and 2019 continues this trend with screenings in eight locations across the country. And with 16 titles spanning a wide variety of genres, we hope that everyone will be able to find enjoyment in Japan’s rich cinematic culture.

Enjoy & Arigatou! JAMES CREEDON is an Irish journalist. He works for France24, and has been based KAZUYA SHIRAISHI ( born 1974) was born in Hokkaido. His feature films includeLost in Paris for over a decade. With a background in law and international relations, he‘s Paradise in Tokyo ( 09), Twisted Justice ( 16 ) and Birds Without Names ( 17 ). He was particularly interested in topics such as the social and political impact of social media. nominated for best director at the Japan Academy Prize for The Devil's Path ( 13), and He was driven to tell Sr. Paschal's story after being inspired by ‘how alert and happy again this year for The Blood of Wolves ( 18). she was at the end of her life‘.

75 YEARS IN JAPAN THE BLOOD OF WOLVES 孤狼の血

In 1935, Sister Paschal ( Jennie ) In 2012, journalist James Creedon – It’s the late 1980s, and Shogo realises there might be more O’ Sullivan – a young nun from whose great-grandfather was Ogami is a veteran cop who’s to Ogami’s unorthodox Co. Cork – said goodbye to her Sr. Paschal’s first cousin – caught up rumoured to have ties to the yakuza. approach than meets the eye. family and left on the long journey with the then 100-year-old nun. He’s partnered with strait-laced to Japan to become a missionary Her memories of life in Japan rookie Hioka to investigate the Kazuya Shiraishi’s The Blood there. She would go on to spend the are vivid and illuminating – from disappearance of an accountant who of Wolves is a bloody, thrilling next 75 years in the country, most of her time in internment camps has links to gangsters. It doesn’t tribute to the old-school yakuza that time teaching in a prestigious during World War 2, to a decades- take long for Hioka to become movie – bringing to mind the work girls’ school in Tokyo. Eventually, long teaching career with pupils appalled by the unconventional and of Takeshi Kitano and the Battles she became the last Irish missionary including the crown princess sometimes illegal actions of Ogami. Without Honour or Humanity series. nun in Japan – and, in 2010, she of Japan. Meanwhile, James He reports his partner to the higher- It’s far from a mere copy, however. finally returned to Ireland. also catches up with some of Sr. ups in the police force, who are Everything here is elevated by Paschal’s past pupils – many of only interested in trying to secure sharp direction, smart storytelling whom frequently sent messages Ogami’s secret diary – an apparent and a formidable performance and cards to their former teacher. treasure trove of information about from Koji Yakusho (Shall We 75 Years in Japan is a moving the city’s gang leaders. Meanwhile, Dance?, 13 Assassins, The Eel ) as the celebration of one woman’s eventful Ogami and Hioka’s search for the antihero Ogami. The film – which life, and an invaluable exploration of missing man sees them end up recently picked up four Japan one of the links between Ireland and in the middle of a brewing yakuza Academy Prizes – is very much Japan in the 20th century. turf war. As the situation becomes the equal of its inspirations, and a more dangerous, the younger man welcome addition to the genre. TOSHIYUKI TERUYA ( born 1972 ) dropped out of film studies at the Nihon University, TAKAHISA ZEZE ( born 1960) began making 8 mm and 16 mm short films while College of Art. He went on to form the comedy act Garage Sale with his junior high attending Kyoto University. He began his career making adult ‘pink’ films – an school classmate Hiroki Kawata, through which he became well known by the stage industry he explored in his recent filmThe Lowlife ( 17 ). Since moving to more name Gori. In 2006, he made his directorial debut with the short filmKeiji Boggy. His mainstream fare he’s become a prolific and accomplished filmmaker, often short film Born Bone Boon ( 16 ) won numerous film festival awards and formed the directing several films a year. His other films include Heaven’s Story ( 10) and basis for his feature Born Bone Born ( 18 ), which is inspired by his native Okinawa. the two-part crime thriller 64 ( 16 ). The film won the audience award at New York’s 2018 Japan Cuts! Festival. BORN BONE BORN THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 洗骨 AND THE GUILLOTINE 菊とギロチン

On the anniversary of their mother’s Based on director Teruya’s own It’s the early 1920s, and Japanese The Chrysanthemum and the death, the Shinjo family reunite on acclaimed short of the same society is in turmoil in the wake Guillotine proves a fascinating the remote Okinawan island of name, Born Bone Born provides a of the Great Kanto Earthquake. insight into a rarely-explored Aguni Shima. Eldest son Tsuyoshi rare insight into the near-extinct An anarchist group named the period of Japanese history and and his single sister Yuko have tradition of senkotsu. Taking a light- Guillotine Society is working to culture. Director Takahisa Zeze travelled the long distance home hearted but tender approach to the take advantage of the situation explores the period setting with to help their father to carry out unique custom central to this story, by carrying out a series of an epic, multi-layered story that’s a senkotsu – or a bone washing the result is a life-affirming drama assassinations – but not everything tense, romantic, witty and deeply ceremony – by exhuming their about love, family and coming to is going to plan. Amid their intelligent. It expertly weaves mother’s remains and ritualistically terms with the loss of those we fumbled planning, they meet a together the stories of two very cleansing them. But as they prepare cherish the most. travelling female sumo wrestling different groups, without ever for this process, unresolved disputes troupe. The fighters include losing focus of the characters at and grievances come to the surface. newcomer Tomoyo, who’s fleeing the centre of the drama. Add to Can the family overcome their from her abusive husband. Tomoyo that some magnificent scenes of differences and help each other to and her fellow wrestler Tamae sumo wrestling, and you have a face this final farewell together? start spending more time with remarkable and distinctive film. some of the anarchists – including charismatic leader Tetsu and nerdy Daijiro. The local authorities and vigilantes, however, are keeping a very watchful eye on both the sumo and Guillotine groups, and tensions soon boil over. MASAHARU TAKE ( born 1967 ) graduated from Meiji University before beginning his SHINICHIROU USHIJIMA studied at the University of Los Angeles, majoring in design, career as an assistant director on films includingMemories of Matsuko ( 06). He made and later joined the team at the Madhouse USA Production Company. After returning his directorial debut with Boy Meets Pusan (06). His other films include the Cafe to Japan, he worked in various storyboard production and assistant director roles on Daikanyama series ( 08 ), Eden ( 12 ), 100 Yen Love ( 14 ) and We Make Antiques! ( 18 ). series including Hunter x Hunter (11), One Punch Man (15) and All Out!! (16). I Want to The Gun ( 18 ) is his latest film and won him the Best Director Prize in the Japan Eat Your Pancreas (18) is his feature film directorial debut. Cinema Splash section of the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival.

THE GUN I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS 銃君の膵臓をたべたい

On a night-time walk along a Director Masaharu Take ( 100 Yen One day a high school boy stumbles Since Yoru Sumino posted his Tokyo riverbank, university student Love ) adapts Fuminori Nakamura’s across a secret diary. He discovers coming-of-age novel online in 2014, Toru stumbles across a dead body, prize-winning debut novel to give that the journal belongs to his it has spawned a manga adaptation, beside which lies a gun. From the us this compulsive noir-tinged classmate, a free-spirited and popular a hit live action film, and now an moment he impulsively decides to tale. Shot almost entirely in girl named Sakura Yamauchi, who animated feature. The premise take the gun, Toru’s world starts to luminous black-and-white, Take reveals that she is suffering from may be familiar, but the strength change. At first, just knowing that slowly cranks up the tension, using a terminal illness. Sakura tells the of I Want To Eat Your Pancreas lies he has the gun in his possession Nijiro Murakami’s intense lead boy that he is now the only person in director Shinichirou Ushijima’s gives him a newfound confidence, performance to bring the viewer outside of her family who knows ability to develop the characters both in his studies and personal into Toru’s world as his obsession about her condition and he swears and the core relationship at the relationships. But after an encounter grows. The Gun will keep you on to her that he won’t tell anyone film’s heart into something more with a local policeman, Toru finds the edge of your seat, right up until else. The two teenagers have very significant, and in doing so elevate that he can’t stop thinking about the the final shot! little in common, but the secret it beyond being just another teenage gun – and the four bullets loaded they now share draws them closer tale. Add to this a beautiful animation in its chamber. Before long he is together while Sakura fights to palette that is rich with detail and consumed with only one thought: live her last days to the fullest. vibrant colours – appropriately for that just possessing the gun is no this time of year bright pink cherry longer enough – he must fire it. blossoms feature quite prominently – and it is easy to see why audiences around the world have flocked to see this moving anime. HIROSHI OKUYAMA ( born 1996 ) has been directing short films since he was in SHINYA TSUKAMOTO ( born 1960) became one of the best-known filmmakers in school. At 13, he made the music video GRADUATION PARTY!!!!! ( 09), which premiered modern Japanese cinema with the cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man (89). The film at the Kyoto International Film Festival. Jesus ( 18) is his first feature. At only the age received widespread international acclaim and attention, and Tsukamoto has since of 22, he became the youngest winner of the New Director Award at the 2018 San made two sequels – Tetsuo II: Body Hammer ( 92) and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man ( 09 ). His Sebastian International Film Festival. other work includes Tokyo Fist (95), Bullet Ballet (98), A Snake of June (02), Vital (04), Kotoko ( 11) and Fires on the Plain ( 14).

JESUS KILLING 僕はイエス様が嫌い斬、

When nine-year-old Yura moves Hiroshi Okuyama’s debut feature Mokunoshin Tsuzuki is a talented Killing sees Shinya Tsukamoto, the from the city to a small town, is as compelling as it is bizarre. young samurai, living a quiet life director behind the Tetsuo series, he immediately feels lonely and What begins as a quiet, understated helping out the villagers in an put his own unique spin on the isolated in his new environment. drama becomes entangled with a isolated rural community. During samurai genre. While the violence All that changes during a school goofy, surreal comedy. While often a training session, Mokunoshin’s is brutal and shocking, this is also prayer session. Yura opens his very funny, it also has more serious sword skills are spotted by an a thoughtful subversion of many of eyes, and spots a small, silent Jesus concerns on its mind, and the older samurai named Sawamura. the familiar tropes from the genre. Christ dancing on the altar. The young director intelligently explores The older man is travelling the This short, tightly-honed film is a miniature Jesus, who nobody else questions of faith and confronting countryside searching for talented must for Tsukamoto and samurai can see, quickly becomes a regular trauma. Jesus is a true original, and fighters to serve the shogun, and fans alike. presence in the young boy’s life. a hugely impressive debut from he invites Mokunoshin to join him. He also starts answering Yura’s Okuyama. The young samurai leaps at the prayers – including one for a new opportunity, but his preparations to friend. However, the miraculous leave are interrupted when a group changes in Yura’s fortunes don’t of bandits arrive in the area. As the last forever. After events take an quiet village is rocked by violence, unexpected turn for the worse, Mokunoshin struggles to come to he finds himself questioning how terms with the prospect of having to effective his prayers really are. use his sword to kill someone.

+ SHORT FILM: TOKYO 21ST OCTOBER MACOTO TEZUKA (born 1961) is the son of legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka. MAMORU HOSODA ( born 1967 ) is one of anime‘s most acclaimed and successful He made his debut feature The Legend of the Stardust Brothers in 1985 by building filmmakers. After directing films in theDigimon and One Piece franchises, his the film around a soundtrack he’d previously written with musician Haruo Chicada. international breakthrough came with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time ( 06 ). He‘s Macoto has since gone on to direct a wide range of films, such as Hakuchi: The since directed Summer Wars ( 09 ), Wolf Children ( 12 ) and The Boy And The Beast Innocent ( 99). He’s also worked on anime adaptations of his father’s Black Jack series. ( 15 ). Mirai ( 18 ) premiered at the Director‘s Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to secure an Oscar nomination in 2019.

THE LEGEND OF THE MIRAI STARDUST BROTHERS 未来のミライ星くず兄弟の伝説

When singers Kan and Shingo The music biopic is undergoing Four-year-old Kun’s life is turned girl claiming to be the future Mirai. are invited to meet with a record a resurgence, so no better time to upside down when his parents Together, they embark on a series of company executive, they’re given an experience this inspired, wacky arrive home one day with their new adventures, and Kun discovers his unexpected offer: to form a pop duo satire of the genre. Much of the baby girl Mirai. Kun soon grows family's incredible history… known as the Stardust Brothers. It film is dedicated to a series of jealous of the attention his baby takes some persuading from their brilliantly cheesy 80s music videos, sister is receiving from his mother Mamoru Hosoda returns with first and biggest fan Marimo, but but it also boasts an increasingly and father. He starts throwing another magnificent crowdpleaser. eventually they agree to the deal. It madcap, whirlwind story with tantrums, and shocks his parents The mix of time-travel fantasy and doesn’t take long for them to become some outrageous twists. It’s when he’s caught about to hit Mirai family drama makes for an endlessly one of the best known bands in the stylish, it’s hilarious, and the with a toy. However, Kun’s life takes dynamic, inventive film. Boasting country, playing for huge crowds music is magnificent. Directed another unexpected turn when a a wonderfully realised portrait of of enthusiastic fans. Good things by Macoto Tezuka – son of Astro mysterious man appears in the childhood alongside the superb can’t last forever, though. As Kan Boy creator and manga legend garden of their house – a man, who visuals and music we’ve come to and Shingo struggle to get to grips Osamu Tezuka – The Legend of the it transpires, is actually the family expect from Hosoda's films, Mirai with their newfound fame, they get Stardust Brothers is a cult classic dog in human form. Kun also has truly is a delight for all ages. embroiled in a corporate conspiracy waiting to be rediscovered. another surprise visitor – a teenage that threatens their very lives. SHUICHI OKITA ( born 1977 ) studied film at the Nihon University College of Art. HIKARU TODA studied Visual Anthropology and Performance Art in Goldsmiths, His short film,Pots and Friends (02), won the Grand Prize at the Mito Short Film University of London. After graduating with honours, she started working in the arts Festival. His first feature, The Wonderful World, was released in 2006. After writing before moving into independent documentaries. In 2014 she co-directed the filmLove and directing T V dramas, he directed the features The Chef of South Polar (09), The Hotel with Phil Cox. She moved to Japan for the first time in 22 years to make her debut Woodsman and the Rain (11), The Story of Yonosuke (12), Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday directorial feature Of Love & Law. To date the film has won the Best Film Award in the (14) and The Mohican Comes Home ( 16). Mori, The Artist’s Habitat is his latest film. Japan Splash category at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival and the Firebird Award for Best Documentary at the 2018 Hong Kong International Film Festival. MORI, THE ARTIST’S HABITAT OF LOVE & LAW モリのいる場所愛と法

Morikazu Kumagai (1880 – 1977) This delightfully understated, laid- In her debut feature documentary, Spanning several years against a was a key figure in Japanese back film is a refreshing change of Hikaru Toda explores a side of Japan backdrop of civil liberties under modern art, known for his colourful pace from your typical artist biopic. that the rest of the world rarely sees. attack, Toda’s crowd-funded film paintings of nature and animals. Writer / director Shuichi Okita Fumi and Kazu are personal and poses universal questions about Mori, The Artist’s Habitat imagines lovingly captures the motivations professional partners – they operate what it takes to be an individual, one day in the life of the reclusive and process of Morikazu. While the first and only law firm in Japan what it means to be a minority artist during his twilight years. short on plot, the film thoughtfully set up by an openly gay couple. and what role a family plays in our Aged 94, he maintains his decades- reflects on how Morikazu’s quiet Driven by their own experience increasingly polarised world. Of Love long daily routine of carefully way-of-life is under threat from a of being outsiders to the laws and & Law is a moving story of family, exploring his lush garden – paying rapidly developing Japan just beyond traditions of their nation, they justice and love… close attention to the insects, plants his garden walls. It also boasts one attract clients with similar stories and animals as he seeks inspiration of the final performances from the of marginalisation. In a society for his painting. The day also sees late, great Kirin Kiki (Still Walking, often misrepresented by the West as Morikazu and his wife Hideko Sweet Bean, Shoplifters ), who sadly universally conformist, the couple’s welcome a steady stream of visitors passed away in September 2018. fight for equality and personal into their home. While many are freedom highlights the conflict well-wishers, a few have other between an individual’s human priorities – including a developer rights and the traditional rigidity of building a nearby apartment the community they were raised in. that’s set to block the sunlight of Will they secure justice and freedom the artist’s beautiful garden. of expression for their clients? SHINICHIRO UEDA ( born 1984) began making films in junior high school. His short HIROYASU ISHIDA ( born 1988) attended the school of art at Aichi Prefectural films includeNaporitan ( 16) and Take 8 (16). He also contributed a short to the Asahigaoka High School and went on to study manga at Kyoto Seika University’s omnibus filmNeko bun no 4 (15). His debut feature One Cut of the Dead (17) has animation school. His self-produced Fumiko’s Confession ( 09 ) won the Ministry grossed more than a thousand times its budget, and won a 2019 Japan Academy of Culture’s Media Arts Festival Animation Award and the 9th Tokyo Anime Award Prize for best editing. ( Student Awards Division ). He followed this with his graduation work, rain town ( 11 ). In 2013, he directed, wrote and animated his theatrical debut Hinata no Aoshigure. Penguin Highway ( 18) is his first feature length film. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD PENGUIN HIGHWAY カメラを止めるな！ペンギン・ハイウェイ

In an abandoned warehouse, a film Back by popular demand! We’re 10-year old Aoyama is serious beyond Based on a novel written by crew is making a low-budget zombie delighted to host extra screenings his years. He is an enthusiastic Tomihiko Morimi ( who also film. During breaks in shooting, of the zombie comedy which has scientist and spends his days filling authored JFF18’s The Night Is they share rumours about how the proven a smash hit both in Japan notebooks with his observations Short, Walk On Girl ), this highly warehouse was once used for actual and abroad. To say much more and theories. At the same time he imaginative anime is the debut human experiments. The shoot is about the plot would be to do a is counting down the days until feature from Hiroyasu Ishida and interrupted when real-life zombies disservice to a film that frequently he will be grown up, so that he’ll marks the first length feature film show up and begin attacking the reinvents itself in delightful ways. finally be able to marry the girl of his from animation Studio Colorido. crew. The survivors find themselves Suffice to say it’s a zombie film with dreams – a young woman who works fending off not only an undead a difference and plenty of surprises. in the local dentist’s office! horde but a psychotic director intent One Cut of the Dead makes the most on capturing the chaos on camera. out of its micro-budget, and it’s However, when lots of penguins All of this initially unfolds in one an instant classic from first-time begin to appear without any long, unbroken take – but One Cut director Shinichiro Ueda. logical explanation in the sleepy of the Dead has a few unexpected town where Aoyama lives, he tricks up its sleeve … and his friends must turn their attention to investigate this strange phenomenon and get to the bottom of this mystery. The TEN YEARS idea was born with the Hong Kong filmTen Years ( 15 ), an anthology AKIKO OHKU ( born 1968) has become known for her lively, insightful films that often film in which five young directors reflect on the political and social debates happening focus on female protagonists. Her previous work includes Tokyo Serendipity ( 07 ) and in the region at the time. The low-budget film was a local hit, and after it left cinemas Fantastic Girls ( 15 ). She also directed a section of the anthology filmHokago Lost ( 14 ). fans organised private and community screenings to help spread the word. Meanwhile, Tremble All You Want ( 17 ) won the Audience Award at the Tokyo International Film the concept behind the original film has inspired the 'Ten Years International Project', Festival 2017. aimed at allowing young filmmakers to imagine 'what the world's future will look like'. It has so far seen spin-offs made in Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. TEN YEARS JAPAN TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT 十年勝手にふるえてろ

Five directors tell five different Fans of Black Mirror will feel right 24-year-old Yoshika has long left Some films demand a great stories about life in a near-future at home with this collection of school, but after all those years she central performance to really Japan. In the first, we follow a man engrossing, thought-provoking still harbours an all-consuming push everything to the next level. whose job is to persuade elderly and shorts. Executive produced by crush on her former classmate Thankfully Tremble All You Want sick people to take up a government- Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters ), Ichimiya ( who she affectionately has that… and then some. Mayu supported ‘population management’ Ten Years Japan joins the original refers to as ‘One’ ). When she goes Matsuoka delivers a star-making programme. The second is set Hong Kong hit Ten Years and recent on a few dates with co-worker Ni term as Yoshika, in a complex role around a school where children are Taiwan and Thailand spin-offs. ( or ‘Two’ ) and the pair clearly hit that requires everything from long monitored constantly by artificial Like the other films, the Japanese it off, Yoshika still can’t shake off stretches of quiet awkwardness to intelligence and punished for any take allows five young Japanese her obsession with her idealised hyperactive singing and dancing. disobedience – so they naturally directors to imagine what they think memory of ‘One’. After a near death Yoshika is the ever-present force devise a prank to bypass the system. life could be like in ten years time. experience involving a blanket and a of nature in this witty, playful and The third short sees a teenage girl The five shorts – all of which boast heater, a newly-determined Yoshika intelligent twist on your usual given access to the digital memories their own clever sci-fi twist – tackle decides to organise a class reunion rom-com. With lively direction of her late mother, while the fourth contemporary issues such as an in the hopes that ‘One’ will show up. from Akiko Ohku and a quirky tone examines a community forced ageing society and increasingly As the plan plays out, it begins reminiscent of gems like 2006’s underground due to air pollution. invasive technology. Everything’s to dawn on her just how deep into Memories of Matsuko, Tremble All You Finally, we get a glimpse into a world presented with a uniquely Japanese her own fantasy world she has Want brings viewers on a whirlwind where the military draft has been perspective, and moments of black disappeared. tour through the mind of an reintroduced – through the perspective comedy liven up these near-future exhilaratingly unreliable narrator. of one advertising designer tasked dystopias. with putting together a poster campaign for the programme.

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CORK DUBLIN Cork Institute of Technology The Chester Beatty Library WED APRIL 10 Mirai 12:00 SAT APRIL 6 75 Years In Japan 11:00

One Cut of the Dead 19:30 Mirai 14:00

Gate Cinema Light House Cinema

THU APRIL 11 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas 18:30 THU APRIL 11 Tremble All You Want 20:00

FRI APRIL 12 The Blood of Wolves 18:30 FRI APRIL 12 Of Love & Law 18:00

SAT APRIL 13 Jesus 18:30 Killing 20:30

+ SHORT: Tokyo 21st October The Legend of the Stardust Brothers 22:30

SAT APRIL 13 Ten Years Japan 11:00

Triskel Christchurch Event: Want a home that sparks joy? 13:30

SUN APRIL 14 Born Bone Born 18:15 Penguin Highway 15:30

MON APRIL 15 Mori, The Artist's Habitat 18:15 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas 18:00

TUE APRIL 16 Penguin Highway 18:15 The Blood of Wolves 20:15

WED APRIL 17 Of Love & Law 18:15 One Cut of the Dead 22.30

THU APRIL 18 Tremble All You Want 18:15 SUN APRIL 14 The Gun 12:00

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 14:00

Mori, The Artist's Habitat 18:00

DUNDALK Born Bone Born 20:00 An Táin Arts Centre SAT APRIL 20 Penguin Highway 14:30

Mirai 17:00

One Cut of the Dead 20:00 SCHEDULE

GALWAY SLIGO EYE Cinema The Model Sligo

SUN APRIL 7 Born Bone Born 19:00 WED APRIL 10 Ten Years Japan 13:00

MON APRIL 8 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas 19:00

TUE APRIL 9 Penguin Highway 19:00

WED APRIL 10 Killing 19:00 TIPPERARY

THU APRIL 11 Tremble All You Want 19:00 LIT Clonmel MON APRIL 8 Mirai 13.00

Pálás

FRI APRIL 12 The Blood of Wolves 18:30 Tipperary Excel

SAT APRIL 13 Jesus 18:30 SAT APRIL 13 Penguin Highway 15.00

+ SHORT: Tokyo 21st October SUN APRIL 14 One Cut of the Dead 15.00

SUN APRIL 14 Mori, The Artist's Habitat 18:30

MON APRIL 15 Mori, The Artist's Habitat 18:30 WATERFORD

Garter Lane Arts Centre LIMERICK THU APRIL 18 Tremble All You Want 19:30 University of Limerick FRI APRIL 19 Penguin Highway 19:30

TUE APRIL 9 Mirai 18:00 SAT APRIL 20 One Cut of the Dead 19:30

One Cut of the Dead 20:15

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