Films at the Embassy of Japan
Haru
31 August 2011, 18:30
Doors open at 17:45 No admittance after 19:00
Free admission. Prior registration essential.
Yoshimitsu Morita/1996/118 mins
This film contains references of a sexual nature and may be unsuitable for young children.
Considered experimental when it was first released in 1996, this sentimental drama is composed mostly of email messages. Hayami Noboru is a budding movie fan who decides to join a film forum on the internet using the name Haru. He finds an email friend online called Star. Though at first they are merely strangers finding anonymous solace in each other��s virtual company, they soon begin to realise the depths to which their feelings for each other have grown. |

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Winner of Best Screenplay and also Best Actress (Eri Fukatsu) at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival in 1997, Director Morita Yoshimitsu skilfully shows us that a computerised society has not destroyed human love...
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Due to the popularity of the Embassy screenings, films in 2011 will be advertised two at a time and bookings will be limited to ONE film per person, or per group of people. |
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