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PREMIERE JAPAN 2010
10-11 December 2010
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
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Premiere Japan 2010 will, for the sixth consecutive year, screen the best and most recent films to come out of Japan selected by the world-renowned East Asian film critic, Tony Rayns, and film scholar and critic, Alexander Jacoby. It will be held at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN on 10 and 11 December 2010.
Premiere Japan 2010 is presented by the Embassy of Japan, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Japan Foundation, and is supported by Japan Airlines.
For synopses and how to book tickets, please see below.
Programme
All films are in Japanese with English subtitles.
Friday, 10 December (By invitation only)
19:30 VILLONS WIFE: The Dandelion & the Cherry �������κ�: ����ȥ���ݥ� | 2009 | Japan | 114 mins (Rated PG12 in Japan)
Saturday, 11 December
13:00 CRAZY THUNDER ROAD �����餭��������?�� | Japan | 1980 | 90 mins
(Contains strong language and scenes of a violent nature)
15:00 RAIL TRUCK �ȥ�å� | Japan | 2010 | 116 mins
17:30 GOOD MORNING TO THE WORLD!! �������åɥ⡼�˥�!! | Japan | 2010 | 81 mins
19:30 THE CHEF OF THE SOUTH POLE �������� | Japan | 2009 | 125 mins
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Attendees to Premiere Japan 2010 will have the chance to win a pair of return airline tickets* to Japan courtesy of Japan Airlines, by simply filling out and submitting a questionnaire following each film screening at BAFTA.
*Terms and conditions apply (see https://www.jal-news.eu/ja/premier_japan/ for more information)
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Friday, 10 December 2010
19:30
©2009 Fuji Television Network//Papado/Shinchosha Publishing /Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Corporation
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VILLON’S WIFE: The Dandelion & the Cherry �������κ�: ����ȥ���ݥ�
BY INVITATION ONLY
NEGISHI Kichitaro ���ߵ���Ϻ | Japan | 2009 | 114 mins
From a novel by DAZAI Osamu (1909 – 1948), this is the love story of Otani, a man who is constantly unfaithful and drinks away all his money and more, but also a novelist of talent and a strange appeal that makes him impossible to hate; and his wife Sachi, always cheerful and accommodating even as he tramples all over her.
The story is set in the period of upheaval immediately following World War II. In a time when it was difficult to be optimistic about the country’s future, its men were struggling to respond to a sudden shift in values and the crumbling of moral strictures. The women, on the other hand, were trying amidst this confusion to be strong, and to keep their eyes on the future.
Why does Sachi continue to love the prodigal Otani?
Best Director, Montreal World Film Festival 2009
with MATSU Takako | ASANO Tadanobu |
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Saturday, 11 December 2010
13:00
©1980 Ishii Sogo |
CRAZY THUNDER ROAD �����餭��������?��
ISHII Sogo�����| Japan | 1980 | 90 mins
Originally completed by 20-year old punk musician Ishii for his university graduation, this is a film expressing the energy of the anarchic bikers, bosozoku, through a chaotic, manga-infulenced film style composed of boisterous music, hand-held cameras, rough editing and abrupt narrative transitions.
In the city of Thunder Road, the police have been pressuring the motorcycle gangs to turn peaceful. Ken, the head of the Maboroshi gang, is keen to disband and settle down with his girlfriend, Noriko – the young pretender, Jin, on the other hand has different ideas.
Crazy Thunder Road illustrates the rebellious indie spirit of the first generation of young film directors to emerge after the end of the Japanese studio system.
with NANJO Koji | YAMADA Tatsuo | KITAHARA Michiko | OIKE Masamitsu
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Saturday, 11 December 2010
15:00
© 2009 TOROCCO LLP |
RAIL TRUCK �ȥ�å�
KAWAGUCHI Hirofumi | ������ | Japan | 2010 | 116 mins
Yano Yumiko, with sons Atsushi and Toki, travels from her home in Tokyo carrying the ashes of her late husband to his parents’ home, a mountain village in the south of Taiwan. Having been raised in the big city, the boys are wide-eyed at the beautiful countryside… and waiting for them is a kindly Taiwanese grandfather who speaks Japanese. He helps Atsushi to locate the rail truck from an old photograph Atsushi’s father gave his son.
Rail Truck, adapted from a novel by the famed writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke, is a human drama that turns on the two universal themes of a boy taking his first steps toward adulthood, and the revitalization of a family on the verge of collapse.
with ONO Machiko, HARADA Kento, OMAE Kyoichi, LIU Hong, HAN Chang |
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Saturday, 11 December 2010
17:30
©2010 PFF |
GOOD MORNING TO THE WORLD!! �������åɥ⡼�˥�!!
HIROHARA Satoru ������ | Japan | 2010 | 81 mins
Takahashi Yuta is at high school. He is one of the quieter students in his class and his friendships are awkward. Although his mother and father are hardly around, his world is rather dull, consisting simply of travelling back and forth between home and school. One day, out of idle curiosity, he steals a bag from a man on the street, however the next day finds the same man dead. Using the contents of the bag as clues, Yuta embarks on a journey to find the dead stranger's family, a journey that also teaches him the ways of the adult world, far away from the juvenile antics of his teenage classmates.
with KOIZUMI Yoichiro | ARAI Miho
Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema, Vancouver International Film Festival 2010
Special Jury prize, PIA Film Festival 2010 |
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Saturday, 11 December 2010
19:30
© 2009 The Chef of the South Pole Film Partners |
THE CHEF OF THE SOUTH POLE ��������
OKITA Shuichi ���Ľ��� | Japan | 2009 | 125 mins
The Chef of South Polar, as this film is also known, is based on the autobiographical essays of coast-guard chef Nishimura Jun who delivers mouth-watering and extravagant dishes for an eight-man team at the Dome Fuji Station, a Japanese research outpost in the South Pole, for a year. Think foie gras, lobster, Matsuzaka beef, ramen and onigiri… this is a delicious off-beat comedy filled with food, ice and laughter.
The film is not about what the chef can or cannot cook at -54°C. It is about the impact of his efforts on the group, on the role of food in the community and a sense of home. Isolated from their families and the world, the idiosyncrasies of each of the all-male crew intensify and threaten to de-stabilise their fragile co-existence but extremes are tempered as the men eat together, work together, and later even learn to cook together.
with KORA Kengo | SAKAI Masato | TOYOHARA Kosuke
Golden Award, Shindo Kaneto Director Awards 2009 |
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How to book your free seat
To book a pair of exclusive free tickets to one of the films above, please apply by email to the Embassy of Japan:
Email: films@LD.mofa.go.jp
When booking please include:
- The film you wish to see
- Your name
- Your email address
- A daytime telephone number
- Whether you want one seat or two
- Your guest’s full name
The deadline for applications is Tuesday, 7 December 2010. Please book early, as tickets are subject to availability.
Only successful applicants will be contacted with a booking number by email. In order not to deprive others of a place, successful applicants should notify the Embassy in advance if they cannot attend a screening.
Tickets are also available from BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN
www.bafta.org
email: info@bafta.org
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