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 SPECIAL EVENT SCREENINGS - Melbourne
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| Finding Hope through Films |
| Remembering the devastating earthquake of March this year, the festival takes a moment to pause in reflection as our special guests, cinematographer Hirotaka Matsune and director Tsuyoshi Inoue, shed light on helping stricken communities find hope through film. This is an opportunity to dig deep and donate to Save the Children, helping the children of Japan. |
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| Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village |
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Greeting & introduction by cinematographer prior to screening |
| Guests: |
Hirotaka Matsune (cinematographer) |
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Wednesday, 30 Nov @ 6:30pm, Hoyts |
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Hirotaka Matsune’s relationship with Yamakoshi Village began while filming the documentary Horumaika (9th JFF, 2005) alongside the late director Shinichi Hashimoto. Horumaika documented life in Yamakoshi, an isolated mountain village, through the story of Japan’s longest hand-dug mountain tunnel. Production on the film finished in 2003, and barely a year after, the region was hit hard by an earthquake which destroyed homes and forced residents out of the village.
Post-quake, strong ties drew Hashimoto and Matsune back to Yamakoshi, where together they began to document the residents’ struggle to rebuild their lives and save their community. To introduce Yamakoshi, Matsune opens up about the vision of Hashimoto, who tragically passed away earlier this year; about the passion which drove the Yamakoshi project; and - importantly - about finding hope through film. |
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| The Town’s Children |
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| Event: |
Greeting and introduction by director prior to screening
Panel discussion, “Finding Hope Through Film” after screening |
| Guests: |
Tsuyoshi Inoue (director, The Town’s Children)
Hirotaka Matsune (cinematographer, Yamakoshi)
Mitsuhiro Kyota (producer, The Town’s Children)
Andrew Cornell (moderator) |
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Wednesday, Nov 30 @ 9.15pm, Hoyts |
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How do you rebuild, and where do you start, when you’ve lost everything? This is a question being faced by thousands in Japan following the earthquake of March 11. But they are not alone: the floods in Brisbane earlier this year and the devastating bushfires occurring with increasing regularity have shown that this question is strongly relevant to Australians too, perhaps now more than ever before.
 The Town’s Children director Tsuyoshi Inoue and producer Mitsuhiro Kyota are joined by Yamakoshi cinematographer Hirotaka Matsune for a panel discussion, touching on the challenges of rebuilding, what we can learn from disaster, and the role of film in helping communities to find hope in times of struggle.
And for those who are wondering how Japan’s artistic community has responded to the March 11 (3/11) earthquake and tsunami, the session will also include a special screening of a 3'11" short by Inoue starring musician/artist/activist Yoshihide Otomo, who provided the hauntingly minimal soundtrack to The Town’s Children.
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As moderator, we are delighted to welcome Andrew Cornell, an associate editor of the Australian Financial Review whose experience and ties to Japan include a post in Tokyo from 1998 to 2002. Cornell was also in Japan when the March 11 earthquake occurred.
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| Read the FILMINK article >> |
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| Mini Retrospective: Koki Mitani, Japan’s King of Comedy |
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Known as the King of Comedy in Japan, Koki Mitani is a director and scriptwriter whose smash-hit comedies have earned him a cult following among theatre-lovers and cinema-goers in his home country.
Mitani was born in Tokyo in 1961, and studied Theatrical Arts at The University of Japan. There, he founded the theatre group Tokyo Sunshine Boys, with whom he produced the play Wana (Trap) in 1994 before dissolving the group for a pledged 30 years. Since then, Koki has written for numerous TV dramas, theatre productions and feature films including Welcome Back Mr. McDonald, About Our House, University of Laugh, The King’s Restaurant and Inspector Ninzaburo Furuhata. |
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| FREE Heritage Screenings |
Kenji Misumi (1921–1975)
Kenji Misumi was a director of period dramas for Daiei studios (now Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd), and is best known as the creator of the jidai-geki (historical period drama) film series, which includes classics such as Zatoichi and Lone Wolf and Cub.
We revisit highlights from Misumi’s oeuvre in these special heritage screenings from the Japan Foundation’s very own collection. |
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| ©Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd |
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| Destiny’s Son (1962) |
| 斬る |
| An abandoned baby appears at samurai Takakura’s house. Raised with the name Shingo, he becomes expertly skilled in sword fighting. However, not all is as it seems: from his deathbed, Shingo’s father reveals the true story of Shingo’s birth. |
| Cast: Raizo Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Mayumi Nagisa |
| Wednesday 30 Nov, 2:00 pm, ACMI |
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| 71min | colour |
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| ©Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd |
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| The Homely Sister (1967) |
| なみだ川 |
| Set in the Edo period in the 19th century, two beautiful sisters sacrifice their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father until one of them falls in love. |
| Cast: Shiho Fujimura, Kiku Wakayanagi, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Kamatari Fujiwara |
| Wednesday 30 Nov
3:30 pm, ACMI |
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| 79min | colour |
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| ©Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd |
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| Ken (1964) |
| 剣 |
| This is Japanese swordplay at its best. In this adaptation of Yukio Mishima’s famous novel, two young men face off in a university fencing team. |
| Cast: Raizo Ichikawa, Yusuke Kawazu, Akio Hasegawa |
| Saturday 3 Dec, 12:00 pm, ACMI |
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| 94min | black and white |
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| ©Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd |
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| Yotsuya Ghost Story (1959) |
| 四谷怪談 |
| In this Japanese horror classic, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance. |
| Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Yasuko Nakata, Yoko Uraji, Mieko Kondo |
| Mon 5 Dec, 3:30 pm, ACMI |
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| 84min | colour |
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| ©Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd |
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| On the Road Forever (1964) |
| 無宿者 |
| Wandering gambler Ipponmatsu and former samurai Kuroki Yaichiro share an odd connection, which brings them both to the remote village near the gold mines on Sado Island. |
| Cast: Raizo Ichikawa, Jun Fujimaki, Mikiko Tsubouchi |
| Tue 6 Dec, 3:30 pm, ACMI |
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| 89min | colour |
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| For Kids!!! |
| Want to join the ninja academy? Be like Rantaro and his gang and dress as a ninja for Ninja Kids!!! All ninjas will be eligible to enter our lucky prize draw and have their photos taken for 15 minutes of ninja fame on the JFF facebook page. Ninja mums and dads are welcome too!! ;) |
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