East Side Stories-Japanese Cinema Depicting the Lives of Yourth
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

31 January - 27 March 2014, Various nationwide

East Side Stories: Japanese Cinema Depicting the Lives of Youth

London
Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottingham
Sheffield

This year’s Japan Foundation UK annual touring film programme will offer an enlightening and expansive introduction to Japanese cinema through the framework of ‘youth’.

Showcasing a vast variety of styles and tones, this programme will take a broad look at how the adults of tomorrow have been portrayed in Japanese cinema over the years by a number of established and up-and-coming directors, through stories of individuals struggling to find a sense of meaning and identity within the world.

For more details about the film line-up please visit http://www.jpf-film.org.uk/

Film line-up:

*Parade (Paredo) Isao Yukisada (2009), 118min

*Colorful (Karafuru) Keiichi Hara (2010), 126min

*18 Who Cause a Storm (Arashi o yobu juhachi-nin) Yoshishige Yoshida (1963), 108min

*Shindo (Shindo) Koji Hagiuda (2007), 120min

Your Friends (Kimi no tomodachi) Ryuichi Hiroki (2008), 125min

*Love Strikes! (Moteki) Hitoshi Ohne (2011), 118min

The Story of Yonosuke (Yokomichi Yonosuke) Shuichi Okita (2013), 160min

*The Drudgery Train (Kueki ressha) Nobuhiro Yamashita (2012), 105min

*Capturing Dad (Chichi o tori ni) Ryota Nakano (2012), 74min

*Sorry (Gomen) Shin Togashi (2002), 103min

Otakus in Love (Koi no mon) Suzuki Matsuo (2004), 114min

* UK premier

	31 January - 27 March 2014
	ICA London and Variouse Nationwide
	E-mail: event@jpf.org.uk
	http://www.jpf-film.org.uk/
	The Japan Foundation

East Side Stories-Japanese Cinema Depicting the Lives of Yourth The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

31 January - 27 March 2014, Various nationwide

East Side Stories-Japanese Cinema Depicting the Lives of Yourth
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme