Japanese Film Festival 2006

The annual Japanese Film Festival is back again!

At the Japanese Film Festival 2006, 9 films will be screened at 2 venues in Klang Valley. This year, we have a special guest from Japan, Mr. SHINOHARA Tetsuo, the film director of “Inochi” and “Heaven’s Bookstore”. He will give a speech at the opening ceremony on 5th September, and his special talk will be held at ASWARA (Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan, formerly known as ASK, Akademi Seni Kebangsaan) on 6th September.

These are a wide range of films from human drama to comedy, suspense to romance, and all of them were produced between 2002 and 2004. So, it’s a rare opportunity for Malaysians to catch all those new Japanese films at one time! UCHIDA Kenji’s “A Stranger of Mine” was awarded 4 awards at the Cannes International Critics' Week (part of the Cannes International Film Festival). And good news to Ultraman fans! “ULTRAMAN: The Next” will be screened as well.

Also, we’ll have lucky draw for the audience. The 20 lucky audiences can obtain a gift certificate for a body treatment at Embun Day Spa in Mon’t Kiara.

Japanese Film Festival 2006
Venue : GSC, Mid Valley & GSC, 1 Utama
Duration : 7 (Thu) – 11 (Mon) September 2006
Ticket Price : RM5 per screening
Reservation: Call GSC at 03-8312 3456 or log on to www.gsc.com.my
* Booking can be made from 2 days before the screening.
** If reservation is full, tickets may be available for walk-in purchase at participating cinemas.

Talk by Director, SHINOHARA Tetsuo
Date : 6 (Wed) September 2006
Time : 8:30pm
Venue: Theatrette, ASWARA
(Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan, formerly known as ASK)
No. 464, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

The list of films to be screened is as follows:
*** All films are in Japanese with English subtitles

Ø Inochi 命 Directed by SHINOHARA Tetsuo 篠原哲雄(2002, 111 min)
Ø Heaven’s Bookstore Directed by SHINOHARA Tetsuo 篠原哲雄(2004, 111 min)
天国の本屋～恋火
Ø A Stranger of Mine　 Directed by UCHIDA Kenji 内田けんじ(2004, 98min)
運命じゃない人
Ø Fireflies: River of Light Directed by SUGAWARA Koji 菅原浩司(2003, 101min)
ほたるの星
Ø Kamikaze Girls Directed by NAKAJIMA Tetsuya 中島哲也(2004, 103 min)
下妻物語
Ø Quill　クイール Directed by SAI Yoichi 崔洋一(2004, 100 min)
Ø Ramblers　リアリズムの宿 Directed by YAMASHITA Nobuhiro　山下敦弘(2003, 83min)
Ø The Stars Converge Directed by SASABE Kiyoshi 佐々部清(2003, 114 min)
チルソクの夏
Ø ULTRAMAN: The Next Directed by KONAKA Kazuya 小中和哉(2004, 97 min)

Notes: Titles are subject to change in the case of unforeseeable matters.

For further inquiry, please contact:
· The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur at 03-2161 2104, email to jpcc@jfkl.org.my or log on to
www.jfkl.org.my

This festival will be held in Penang from 21st to 24th September. For the details please contact:
· Consulate-General of Japan at Penang, Ms. Abiru at 04-226 3030 Ext: 116 / 117