Japanese Film Festival is one of the most anticipated annual events of the Japan Foundation and it is widely known that its free tickets are quickly run out in a few days, thanks to the enthusiastic Japanese film fans in Vietnam.
This year’s film festival focuses on the introduction of Japanese films under the theme of “PASSION”. We will screen Eight Japanese films, which relate with passion; a passion that looks comical, a passion that keeping their determination quietly, a passion to fight toward better future… . We hope you enjoy various Japanese passions in these films.
The festival’s opener is ROBO-G (dir. Shinobu Yaguchi/2012), is already screened some cities in Vietnam and got many laugh and a favorable reception. Comical scientists and strange robot will appear screen in Hanoi at last!
Film list:
1. One Million Yen Girl
(2008/dir. Yuki Tanada)
2. Feel the Wind
(2009/dir. Sumio Omori)
3. Bushido Sixteen
(2010/dir. Tomoyuki Furumaya)
4. Shodo Girls!!
(2010/dir. Ryuichi Inomata)
5. In His Chart
(2011/dir. Yoshihiro Fukagawa)
6. Peak –The Rescuers-
(2011/dir. Osamu Katayama)
7. Tomorrow’s Joe
(2011/dir. Fumihiko Sori)
8. Robo-G
(2012/dir. Shinobu Yaguchi)
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Film screening schedule
Language: All films will be screened with both English and Vietnamese sub-title.
The admission is free, but the audience is advised to obtain the free tickets at following venues.
Hanoi:
Ticket distribution starts from 10:00 on Saturday 27 September 2014
At The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Opening hours: 09:30 -12:00/13:30-17:30 on weekdays,
09:30-11:30/12:30-18:00 on Saturdays, closed on Sundays
Each person can get maximum 4 tickets.
Da Nang:
Ticket distribution starts from Monday 10 November 2014
At Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu St, Hai Chau Dist., Danang City
For more information on ticket distribution, please contact to the cinema.
Vung Tau:
Ticket distribution starts from Monday 24 October 2014
At Dien Bien Cinema, 32 Do Chieu St., Ward 1, Vung Tau City
For more information on ticket distribution, please contact to the cinema.
Ha Noi: 10 – 19 Oct 2014
National Cinema Center
87 Lang Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Da Nang: 14 – 16 Nov 2014
Le Do Cinema
46 Tran Phu St, Hai Chau Dist., Danang City
Vung Tau: 31 Oct – 02 Nov 2014
Dien Bien Cinema
32 Do Chieu St., Ward 1, Vung Tau City
