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Japanese Film Festival 2019 @ GSC Mid Valley, GSC Pavilion KL, GSC 1 Utama & GSC NU Sentra, Kuala Lumpur (5 - 11/9/19), GSC Gurney Plaza, Penang (12 - 15/9/19), GSC Paradigm Mall, Johor Bahru (19 - 22/9/19), GSC City One, Kuching, Sarawak & GSC Suria Sabah (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (3 - 6/10/19)
The annual Japanese Film Festival (JFF) turns “16” this year and is set to light up selected Golden Screen Cinemas nationwide, boasting a broad collection of current and acclaimed titles across a variety of genres ranging from family to music and comedy. The selection of 13 movies will capture hearts and minds of audiences from all ages and giving the opportunity for everyone to enjoy the latest and finest Japanese movies on the big screen.
The month-long celebration will be kicking off with the South East Asian premiere of “Little Nights, Little Love” directed by IMAIZUMI Rikiya on our KL Opening night on 3 September 2019. (official Japan release date 20 September 2019)
A special feature on music movies will also be one of the highlights this year with “Farewell Song,” “Little Love Song” and “La La La at Rock Bottom”.
JFF 2019 is also a part of The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur’s 30th Anniversary celebration here in Malaysia this year since its establishment back in 1989.
All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
The Films:
A Banana? At This Time Of Night?
Bento Harassment
Brave Father Online – Our Story Of Final Fantasy XIV
Café Funiculi Funicula
Color Me True
Farewell Song
La La La At Rock Bottom
Little Love Song
Little Nights, Little Love
Lying To Mom
My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler
Samurai Shifters
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends To Be Dead
A Banana? At This Time Of Night?
Based on a true story, Yasuaki Shikano is 34 years old and suffers from muscular dystrophy since he was 12 years old. He is only able to move his neck and hands and is confined to a wheelchair. Despite that, he decides to leave the hospital and chooses an offbeat life of independence. He has his eccentric ways like running out of the hospital and saying that he wants to eat a banana late at night. He recruits volunteers to help him but but he’s so audacious that everyone has to cater to his every whim.
Hisashi Tanaka is a medical student in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He does volunteer work and gets to know Yasuaki Kano at the hospital. He is recruited by Yasuaki he constantly rags on him and even demands a banana in the middle of the night. One day, he falls in love with Misaki Ando, a new volunteer and asks Tanaka to write a love letter to Misaki but unbeknownst to him, Tanaka and Misaki are a couple. Misaki is at first annoyed with with Shikano but gradually starts to learn that he is honest with himself and interacts with everybody as equals.
Their lives begin to change
Year: 2018
Runtime: 121 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle:English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: P13
Cast:
OIZUMI Yo
TAKAHATA Mitsuki
MIURA Haruma
Staff
Director: Tetsu MAEDA
Screenplay: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO
Based on "A Banana? At This Time of Night?" written by
Kazufumi Watanabe (Bungeishunju Ltd.)
2018 “A Banana? At This Time of Night?” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-a-banana-at-this-time-of-night/
Bento Harassment
Kaori is a single mother and she raises her high-school age daughter Futaba. Her daughter is in a rebellious phase and ignores her mother. Kaori decides to take measures to communicate with her daughter and also get some revenge. Kaori creates messages in her daughter's bento meals.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 121 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: U
Cast
SHINOHARA Ryoko
YOSHINE Kyoko
MATSUI Rena
Staff
Director & Writer: TSUKAMOTO Renpei
Producer: YOSHIJO Hideki
Cinematographer: YANAGIDA Hiroo
2019 “Bento Harrasment” film partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-bento-harassment/
Brave Father Online – Our Story Of Final Fantasy XIV
Akio wishes he had a better relationship with his reserved father Akira. One day Akira suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family. Thinking it could be a good tool to be close to his father, Akio gives him software of online game "Final Fantasy XIV". By teaching his father how to play the game and secretly interacting with him as an anonymous online avatar, Akio hopes to know his father better through the adventures with other players in the game; little does the young man know what Akira is going through...
Year: 2019
Runtime 115 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: U
Cast
SAKAGUCHI Kentaro
YOSHIDA Kotaro
SAKUMA Yui
Staff
Director: NOGUCHI Teruo
Based on the Story by: WATANABE Kazufumi
Screenplay: FUKIHARA Koto
2019 “Brave Father Online – our story of FINAL FANTASY XIV”Project © Maidy/SQUARE ENIX
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-brave-father-online/
Café Funiculi Funicula
Kazu Tokita works at cafe “Funiculi Funicula,” which her relative Nagare Tokita runs. There is a mysterious rumor that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice. The specific rules for going back into the past are: 1. You can't meet people who did not visit the café; 2. If you do something different in the past, it won't change the present; 3. Only one seat in the cafe is able to take someone into the past and if the seat is occupied, you have to wait until that customer leaves; 4. When you go back to the past, you stay in the seat; 5. The time you can stay in the past is from pouring the coffee into the cup until the coffee gets cold and you have to finish the coffee before it gets cold.
4 miracles take place at the cafe.
Year: 2018
Runtime: 126 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Love
Rating: P13
Cast
Kasumi Arimura
Kentarō Itō
Haru
Kento Hayashi
Motoki Fukami
Staff
Director: TSUKAHARA Ayuko
Based on the Story by: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2018 “Before The Coffee Gets Cold” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-cafe-funiculi-funicula/
Color Me True
Kenji is an aspiring young assistant director with a dream of one day becoming a full fledge director, but all he does now is run errands. He enjoys watching his favorite old romantic movie, an old black & white treasure that only showed for a brief period before being cancelled. One day, the princess in from his favourite movie, Miyuki emerged from the silver screen and together, they experience a life of full colours but unbeknownst to Kenji, Miyuki is harboring a secret that she cannot reveal.
Year: 2018
Runtime: 109 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Love
Rating: P13
Cast
Haruka Ayase
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Staff
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Screenplay: Keisuke Uyama
Music: Norihito Sumitomo
2018 “COLOR ME TRUE” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-color-me-true/
Farewell Song
A female duo band Haru-Reo which gained popularity with their indie music decided to disband despite their success. After deciding the break-up of the unit, together with their roadie, Shima, they set out on a road trip for their final tour together and as they travel across the country, they realize the scars they created to each other can be only healed on the stage.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 117 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Music
Rating: P13
Cast
KADOWAKI Mugi
KOMATSU Nana
NARITA Ryo
Staff
Director: SHIOTA Akihiko
Cinematographer: SHINOMIYA Hidetoshi
Screenplay: SHIOTA Akihiko
2019 “FAREWELL SONG” FILM PARTNERS
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-farewell-song/
La La La At Rock Bottom
As a band plays for a crowd in a certain town square in Osaka, a young man rushes to the stage, grabs the microphone and begins to sing. The crowd is blown away by his vocal, but soon the band manager Kasumi discovers that he has no memory of his own life. Kasumi becomes interested in working with him anyway, and gives him the nickname "Pochi-O". Before long, Pochi-O is accepted as the lead vocalist of a band, but a major problem from his past will soon come back to haunt him.
Year: 2015
Runtime: 104 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Music
Rating: P13
Cast
SHIBUTANI Subaru
NIKAIDO Fumi
SUZUKI Sarina
KAWAHARA Katsumi
Staff
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
2015 “Misono Universe” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-lalala-at-rock-bottom/
Little Love Song
A high school band is popular in their small hometown in Okinawa. The band belts out original pop songs with such energy and precision that they have fired up the passions of all who see them including the attention of a Tokyo record label scout bent on producing them. As the band members enjoy the happiest days in their young lives with full of hopes, a tragedy takes place, destroying their hopes and spirit. Then, a girl who lives on the U.S. army base suddenly appears with a demo tape of a song.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 124 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Youth, Music
Rating: P13
Cast
SANO Hayato
MORINAGA Yuki
YAMADA Anna
Staff
Director: HASHIMOTO Kojiro
Producer: MORII Akira, KOIDE Masaki
Cinematographer: TAKAGI Futa
2019「小さな恋のうた」製作委員会
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-little-love-song/
Little Nights, Little Love
Sato is 27-year-old single man. He is waiting for a dramatic moment in his life that will lead to love. He works at a market research company. One day, he asks a random passersby in front of Sendai Station to fill out a questionnaire. He has a hard time finding willing participants. A woman in a black suit agrees to answer the questionnaire. Sato sees the letter "shampu" on her hand...is this fate?
Year: 2019
Runtime: 120 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Love
Rating: P13
Cast
MIURA Haruma
TABE Mikako
HARADA Taizo
Staff
Director: IMAIZUMI Rikiya
Based on the Story by: ISAKA Kotaro
2019 “LITTLE NIGHTS, LITTLE LOVE” FILM PARTNERS
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-little-nights-little-love/
Lying To Mom
The Suzuki family consists of the son, Koichi, his sister Fumi, and his parents Sachio and Yuko. Koichi is a hikikomori or stay-at-home shut-in. One day, he decides to take his own life and leaves his family in confusion. His mother, Yuko, upon discovering his body, goes unconscious because of the shock. She regains consciousness after 49 days but devoid of any memory of Koichi’s death. Fumi then tells her that Koichi has stopped being a hikikomori and now works in Argentina."
Year: 2018
Runtime: 134 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: 18
Cast
Ittoku Kishibe
Hideko Hara
Mai Kiryu
Ryo Kase
Kayoko Kishimoto
Staff
Director: NOJIRI Katsumi
Shochiku Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-lying-to-mom/
My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler
Takashi Omura was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota. Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.
Year: 2018
Runtime: 112 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: P13
Cast
TANAHASHI Hiroshi
KIMURA Yoshino
TERADA Kokoro
Staff
Director: FUJIMURA Kyohei
Producer: WAKABAYASHI Yusuke
Cinematographer: YAMASAKI Hironori
2018 MY DAD IS A HEEL WRESTLER Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-my-dad-is-a-heel-wrestler/
Samurai Shifters
In the Edo period, Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He is also shy, naive and inexperienced. One day, he receives a mission to help a daimyo move. He seeks the aid of his childhood friend Genemon Takamura, as well as the advice of Oran, the beautiful but headstrong daughter of a former magistrate in charge of relocation; he begins to carry out his mission.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 121 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Comedy
Rating: P13
Cast
Gen Hoshino
Issey Takahashi
Mitsuki Takahata
Staff
Director: INUDO Isshin
Based on original story by: Akihiro Dobashi
2019 "Samurai Shifters" Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-samurai-shifters/
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends To Be Dead
Jun returns home one night after a hard day to find his wife, Chie, collapsed near the door in a pool of blood. Panicking, he rushes to her side, but then notices a bottle of ketchup nearby. "Tee-hee-hee", Chie giggles in a feigned unconscious state. "Did I scare ya?" When Jun, relieved, demands a reason for her foolishness, Chie can only laugh teasingly. And so it begins. From that point on, every time Jun returns home, he finds her “dead” by different and increasingly outlandish causes. Jun begins to worry when she never really gives him a reason. Is she bored? Sad? Is it a cry for help?
Year: 2018
Runtime: 116 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: P13
Cast
Nana Eikura
Ken Yasuda
Staff
Director: LEE Toshio
Written by: Fumi Tsubota
Original Comic by: K.Kajusky
Producer: Yasushi Miyamae
2018 “When I get home, My wife always pretends to be dead.” Production Committee
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-when-i-get-home-my-wife-always-pretends-to-be-dead/
Locations & Dates:
Klang Valley: 5th - 11th, September, 2019 - GSC Mid Valley, GSC Pavilion KL, GSC 1 Utama & GSC NU Sentra, Kuala Lumpur
Penang: 12th - 15th September, 2019 - GSC Gurney Plaza, Penang
Johor Bharu: 19th - 22nd September, 2019 - GSC Paradigm Mall, Johor Bahru
Kota Kinabalu & Kuching: 3rd - 6th October, 2019 - GSC City One, Kuching, Sarawak & GSC Suria Sabah (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Ticket Price:
RM 9.00 - Screenings can purchased from 29 August 2019 onwards via GSC Box Office, GSC Ticketing Kiosk, GSC e-payment at gsc.com.my or GSC Mobile Apps.
Online Booking: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/ticket-info/
For More Information:
Phone: +603 22846228
Email: info@jfkl.org.my
URL: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/
FB: web.facebook.com/theJapanFoundationKL/
Phone: +603 77137888
Emai: cs@gsc.com.my
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The annual Japanese Film Festival (JFF) turns “16” this year and is set to light up selected Golden Screen Cinemas nationwide, boasting a broad collection of current and acclaimed titles across a variety of genres ranging from family to music and comedy. The selection of 13 movies will capture hearts and minds of audiences from all ages and giving the opportunity for everyone to enjoy the latest and finest Japanese movies on the big screen.
The month-long celebration will be kicking off with the South East Asian premiere of “Little Nights, Little Love” directed by IMAIZUMI Rikiya on our KL Opening night on 3 September 2019. (official Japan release date 20 September 2019)
A special feature on music movies will also be one of the highlights this year with “Farewell Song,” “Little Love Song” and “La La La at Rock Bottom”.
JFF 2019 is also a part of The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur’s 30th Anniversary celebration here in Malaysia this year since its establishment back in 1989.
All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
The Films:
A Banana? At This Time Of Night?
Bento Harassment
Brave Father Online – Our Story Of Final Fantasy XIV
Café Funiculi Funicula
Color Me True
Farewell Song
La La La At Rock Bottom
Little Love Song
Little Nights, Little Love
Lying To Mom
My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler
Samurai Shifters
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends To Be Dead
A Banana? At This Time Of Night?
Based on a true story, Yasuaki Shikano is 34 years old and suffers from muscular dystrophy since he was 12 years old. He is only able to move his neck and hands and is confined to a wheelchair. Despite that, he decides to leave the hospital and chooses an offbeat life of independence. He has his eccentric ways like running out of the hospital and saying that he wants to eat a banana late at night. He recruits volunteers to help him but but he’s so audacious that everyone has to cater to his every whim.
Hisashi Tanaka is a medical student in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He does volunteer work and gets to know Yasuaki Kano at the hospital. He is recruited by Yasuaki he constantly rags on him and even demands a banana in the middle of the night. One day, he falls in love with Misaki Ando, a new volunteer and asks Tanaka to write a love letter to Misaki but unbeknownst to him, Tanaka and Misaki are a couple. Misaki is at first annoyed with with Shikano but gradually starts to learn that he is honest with himself and interacts with everybody as equals.
Their lives begin to change
Year: 2018
Runtime: 121 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle:English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: P13
Cast:
OIZUMI Yo
TAKAHATA Mitsuki
MIURA Haruma
Staff
Director: Tetsu MAEDA
Screenplay: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO
Based on "A Banana? At This Time of Night?" written by
Kazufumi Watanabe (Bungeishunju Ltd.)
2018 “A Banana? At This Time of Night?” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-a-banana-at-this-time-of-night/
Bento Harassment
Kaori is a single mother and she raises her high-school age daughter Futaba. Her daughter is in a rebellious phase and ignores her mother. Kaori decides to take measures to communicate with her daughter and also get some revenge. Kaori creates messages in her daughter's bento meals.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 121 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: U
Cast
SHINOHARA Ryoko
YOSHINE Kyoko
MATSUI Rena
Staff
Director & Writer: TSUKAMOTO Renpei
Producer: YOSHIJO Hideki
Cinematographer: YANAGIDA Hiroo
2019 “Bento Harrasment” film partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-bento-harassment/
Brave Father Online – Our Story Of Final Fantasy XIV
Akio wishes he had a better relationship with his reserved father Akira. One day Akira suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family. Thinking it could be a good tool to be close to his father, Akio gives him software of online game "Final Fantasy XIV". By teaching his father how to play the game and secretly interacting with him as an anonymous online avatar, Akio hopes to know his father better through the adventures with other players in the game; little does the young man know what Akira is going through...
Year: 2019
Runtime 115 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: U
Cast
SAKAGUCHI Kentaro
YOSHIDA Kotaro
SAKUMA Yui
Staff
Director: NOGUCHI Teruo
Based on the Story by: WATANABE Kazufumi
Screenplay: FUKIHARA Koto
2019 “Brave Father Online – our story of FINAL FANTASY XIV”Project © Maidy/SQUARE ENIX
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-brave-father-online/
Café Funiculi Funicula
Kazu Tokita works at cafe “Funiculi Funicula,” which her relative Nagare Tokita runs. There is a mysterious rumor that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice. The specific rules for going back into the past are: 1. You can't meet people who did not visit the café; 2. If you do something different in the past, it won't change the present; 3. Only one seat in the cafe is able to take someone into the past and if the seat is occupied, you have to wait until that customer leaves; 4. When you go back to the past, you stay in the seat; 5. The time you can stay in the past is from pouring the coffee into the cup until the coffee gets cold and you have to finish the coffee before it gets cold.
4 miracles take place at the cafe.
Year: 2018
Runtime: 126 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Love
Rating: P13
Cast
Kasumi Arimura
Kentarō Itō
Haru
Kento Hayashi
Motoki Fukami
Staff
Director: TSUKAHARA Ayuko
Based on the Story by: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2018 “Before The Coffee Gets Cold” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-cafe-funiculi-funicula/
Color Me True
Kenji is an aspiring young assistant director with a dream of one day becoming a full fledge director, but all he does now is run errands. He enjoys watching his favorite old romantic movie, an old black & white treasure that only showed for a brief period before being cancelled. One day, the princess in from his favourite movie, Miyuki emerged from the silver screen and together, they experience a life of full colours but unbeknownst to Kenji, Miyuki is harboring a secret that she cannot reveal.
Year: 2018
Runtime: 109 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Love
Rating: P13
Cast
Haruka Ayase
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Staff
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Screenplay: Keisuke Uyama
Music: Norihito Sumitomo
2018 “COLOR ME TRUE” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-color-me-true/
Farewell Song
A female duo band Haru-Reo which gained popularity with their indie music decided to disband despite their success. After deciding the break-up of the unit, together with their roadie, Shima, they set out on a road trip for their final tour together and as they travel across the country, they realize the scars they created to each other can be only healed on the stage.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 117 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Music
Rating: P13
Cast
KADOWAKI Mugi
KOMATSU Nana
NARITA Ryo
Staff
Director: SHIOTA Akihiko
Cinematographer: SHINOMIYA Hidetoshi
Screenplay: SHIOTA Akihiko
2019 “FAREWELL SONG” FILM PARTNERS
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-farewell-song/
La La La At Rock Bottom
As a band plays for a crowd in a certain town square in Osaka, a young man rushes to the stage, grabs the microphone and begins to sing. The crowd is blown away by his vocal, but soon the band manager Kasumi discovers that he has no memory of his own life. Kasumi becomes interested in working with him anyway, and gives him the nickname "Pochi-O". Before long, Pochi-O is accepted as the lead vocalist of a band, but a major problem from his past will soon come back to haunt him.
Year: 2015
Runtime: 104 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Music
Rating: P13
Cast
SHIBUTANI Subaru
NIKAIDO Fumi
SUZUKI Sarina
KAWAHARA Katsumi
Staff
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
2015 “Misono Universe” Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-lalala-at-rock-bottom/
Little Love Song
A high school band is popular in their small hometown in Okinawa. The band belts out original pop songs with such energy and precision that they have fired up the passions of all who see them including the attention of a Tokyo record label scout bent on producing them. As the band members enjoy the happiest days in their young lives with full of hopes, a tragedy takes place, destroying their hopes and spirit. Then, a girl who lives on the U.S. army base suddenly appears with a demo tape of a song.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 124 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Youth, Music
Rating: P13
Cast
SANO Hayato
MORINAGA Yuki
YAMADA Anna
Staff
Director: HASHIMOTO Kojiro
Producer: MORII Akira, KOIDE Masaki
Cinematographer: TAKAGI Futa
2019「小さな恋のうた」製作委員会
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-little-love-song/
Little Nights, Little Love
Sato is 27-year-old single man. He is waiting for a dramatic moment in his life that will lead to love. He works at a market research company. One day, he asks a random passersby in front of Sendai Station to fill out a questionnaire. He has a hard time finding willing participants. A woman in a black suit agrees to answer the questionnaire. Sato sees the letter "shampu" on her hand...is this fate?
Year: 2019
Runtime: 120 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Love
Rating: P13
Cast
MIURA Haruma
TABE Mikako
HARADA Taizo
Staff
Director: IMAIZUMI Rikiya
Based on the Story by: ISAKA Kotaro
2019 “LITTLE NIGHTS, LITTLE LOVE” FILM PARTNERS
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-little-nights-little-love/
Lying To Mom
The Suzuki family consists of the son, Koichi, his sister Fumi, and his parents Sachio and Yuko. Koichi is a hikikomori or stay-at-home shut-in. One day, he decides to take his own life and leaves his family in confusion. His mother, Yuko, upon discovering his body, goes unconscious because of the shock. She regains consciousness after 49 days but devoid of any memory of Koichi’s death. Fumi then tells her that Koichi has stopped being a hikikomori and now works in Argentina."
Year: 2018
Runtime: 134 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: 18
Cast
Ittoku Kishibe
Hideko Hara
Mai Kiryu
Ryo Kase
Kayoko Kishimoto
Staff
Director: NOJIRI Katsumi
Shochiku Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-lying-to-mom/
My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler
Takashi Omura was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota. Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.
Year: 2018
Runtime: 112 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Family
Rating: P13
Cast
TANAHASHI Hiroshi
KIMURA Yoshino
TERADA Kokoro
Staff
Director: FUJIMURA Kyohei
Producer: WAKABAYASHI Yusuke
Cinematographer: YAMASAKI Hironori
2018 MY DAD IS A HEEL WRESTLER Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-my-dad-is-a-heel-wrestler/
Samurai Shifters
In the Edo period, Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He is also shy, naive and inexperienced. One day, he receives a mission to help a daimyo move. He seeks the aid of his childhood friend Genemon Takamura, as well as the advice of Oran, the beautiful but headstrong daughter of a former magistrate in charge of relocation; he begins to carry out his mission.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 121 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Comedy
Rating: P13
Cast
Gen Hoshino
Issey Takahashi
Mitsuki Takahata
Staff
Director: INUDO Isshin
Based on original story by: Akihiro Dobashi
2019 "Samurai Shifters" Film Partners
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-samurai-shifters/
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends To Be Dead
Jun returns home one night after a hard day to find his wife, Chie, collapsed near the door in a pool of blood. Panicking, he rushes to her side, but then notices a bottle of ketchup nearby. "Tee-hee-hee", Chie giggles in a feigned unconscious state. "Did I scare ya?" When Jun, relieved, demands a reason for her foolishness, Chie can only laugh teasingly. And so it begins. From that point on, every time Jun returns home, he finds her “dead” by different and increasingly outlandish causes. Jun begins to worry when she never really gives him a reason. Is she bored? Sad? Is it a cry for help?
Year: 2018
Runtime: 116 mins
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: P13
Cast
Nana Eikura
Ken Yasuda
Staff
Director: LEE Toshio
Written by: Fumi Tsubota
Original Comic by: K.Kajusky
Producer: Yasushi Miyamae
2018 “When I get home, My wife always pretends to be dead.” Production Committee
Schedule: www.jfkl.org.my/japanese-film-festival-2019/film-when-i-get-home-my-wife-always-pretends-to-be-dead/
Locations & Dates:
Klang Valley: 5th - 11th, September, 2019 - GSC Mid Valley, GSC Pavilion KL, GSC 1 Utama & GSC NU Sentra, Kuala Lumpur
Penang: 12th - 15th September, 2019 - GSC Gurney Plaza, Penang
Johor Bharu: 19th - 22nd September, 2019 - GSC Paradigm Mall, Johor Bahru
Kota Kinabalu & Kuching: 3rd - 6th October, 2019 - GSC City One, Kuching, Sarawak & GSC Suria Sabah (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Ticket Price:
RM 9.00 - Screenings can purchased from 29 August 2019 onwards via GSC Box Office, GSC Ticketing Kiosk, GSC e-payment at gsc.com.my or GSC Mobile Apps.
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