Japanese Film Festival 日本映画祭 23-28 September 2013 @ The New Zealand Film Archive 84 Taranaki Street, Wellington Admission Mon 23rd Sep. 6pm* ・Director: Izuru Narushima Free ! ・Casts: Mao Inoue, Eiko Koike. Rebirth (2011) A woman named Kiwako abducts a baby from a man whom she has had an aair with. For four years Kiwako raises the child as 八日目の蟬 her own until she is arrested. M. 147 min. ・Awards: 35th Japan Academy Award, 85th Kinema Junpo © 2011 REBIRTH Film Partners Best 10, 66th Mainichi Eiga Award, etc major 13 Award winner Tue 24th Sep. 6pm* ・Director: Sumio Omori ・Casts: Keisuke Koide, Kent Hayashi. Feel the Wind (2009) Two talented runners who have not fullled their potential meet 風が強く吹いている by chance and rekindle their enthusiasm for the sport. P.G. 133 min. ・Awards: World Premiere: Tokyo International Film Festival © 2009 Feel the Wind Film Partners 2009 Rookie Director’s Award, 31st Yokohama Film Festival Wed 25th Sep. 6pm* ・Director: Yoshimitsu Morita ・Casts: Masato Sakai, Yukie Nakama. Abacus and Sword (2010) The pen is mightier than the sword might be the motto of three generations of a family of bookkeepers at the centre of this 武士の家計簿 dramedy set in Japan from the 1830s to 1877. P.G.129 min. (First Screening in NZ ) ・Awards: Participated the 34th Montreal International Film © 2010 "Abacus And Sword" Film Partners Festival, 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival Thur 26th Sep. 6pm* ・Director: Daihachi Yoshida ・Casts: Miho Kanno, Mari Natsuki. Permanent Nobara (2010) Permanent Nobara is an utterly charming bittersweet romantic comedy based on a manga series of the same title by Rieko パ ー マネント野 ばら Saibara. M.100 min. ( First Screening in NZ ) ・Awards:Netpac Award, 14th Puchon International Fantastic ©2010"Permanent Nobara" Film Partners Film Festival Fri 27th Sep. 6pm* ・Director: Isao Yukisada ・Casts: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa. (2009) He is a gifted photographer who has fallen into a querulous relation- A Good Husband ship with his wife, she, who is desperate to have a child. Last year, she 今度は愛妻家 persuaded her husband to holiday in Okinawa over Christmas, but this M. 131 min. ( First Screening in NZ ) year he atly refuses to go. ・Awards:14th (2009) Pusan International Film Festival - Open Cinema ©2010 A GOOD HUSBAND Film Committee (World Premiere), 2011 (14th) Shanghai International Film Festival Sat 28th Sep. 5pm* & 7pm* ・Director: Goro Miyazaki ・Planning & screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki. From up on Poppy Hill (2011) Set in Yokohama in 1963, this lovingly hand-drawn lm centers on Umi and Shun and the budding romance that develops as they join forces to コクリコ坂 から save their high school’s ramshackle clubhouse from demolition. G. 91 min. ・Awards: Toronto International Film Festival 2011 Contemporary ©2011 Chizuru Takahashi – Tetsuro Sayama – GNDHDDT World Cinema, Winner Japan Academy prize for Animation 2012 *Complimentary tickets will be issued one hour before screening on a rst-come, rst -served basis. *All lms are played with English Subtitles Further Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan Information Email: [email protected] Tel: (04)495-8344 www.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/ http://www.facebook.com/JICC.NZ.