Japanese Film Festival 2009 (Jul 28 - Aug 2) at Ayala Cinema 4

[BertR]

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Hello! If you are into film festivals, karon July naai Japanese film festival 2009 from July 28-Aug2. I posted this sa French Film Fest thread but I thought it'd be better to post it in a new thread.
Again, free admission, first come-first served basis.

Sa Ayala Center Cinema 4 ni.

Jul 28 (Tue)
7:00 PM
ALWAYS - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Synopsis: Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki.
PG-13

July 29 (Wed)
7:00 PM
The Milkwoman (2005)
Synopsis: Unmarried 50 year old Minako (Yuko Tanaka) leads a quiet life, working at a supermarket and delivering milk locally. At night she finds solace in novels, her only escape from her dreary daily existence.
PG-13

Jul 30 (Thu)
7:00 PM
Turn Over (2005)
Synopsis: An intermittently amusing and occasionally touching drama about an elderly couple struggling with their emotional connection (or the lack thereof) with each other in the midst of an incurable disease.
General Audience

Jul 31 (Fri)
7:00 PM
Tony Takitani (2004)
Synopsis: When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic
PG-13

Aug 1 (Sat)
4:00 PM
Mind Game (2004)
Synopsis: This animated film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
R-13

7:00 PM
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Synopsis: A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.
General Audience

Aug 2 (Sun)
4:00 PM
Kamome Diner (2006)
Synopsis: A good-natured film about inter-human relations which concerns a Japanese woman trying to make it to Helsinki by running her own diner with Japanese food
PG-13

7:00 PM
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Synopsis: Shou's father Norio finds his son in a rather meaningless existence in Tokyo dominated by alcohol and porn videos.
R-18

Organized by the Consular Office of Japan in Cebu

In cooperation with:
Japanese Association in Cebu, Inc.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Cebu, Inc.
Ayala Center Cebu

Click link below for more of the screening sked:

The Japan Foundation, Manila
Eiga Sai 2009: Japanese Film Festival
The Japan Foundation, Manila's Photos - EIGA SAI 09 (Japanese Film Festival) | Facebook

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[Soul_Captive]

I watched the first one last night...The best one I've seen in film festivals..Saludo nko sa mga Japanese..I had so much fun watching it..Grabeh ka funny and at the same time, drama..Hubag jd akong mata after the movie..

Will be watching the following ones until Sunday..Bahala kuwang tulog every night..hehehe

[Soul_Captive]

Who would have thought that Suzuki Auto is a car repair shop? Lahi man diay tong Suzuki Motors, noh?hehehehe..

[SmaRkieS]

Tooooooooooooooooo Bad wala dyud naka sulod mga Studio Ghibli movies by Hayao Miyazaki.

Mas nindot pa mga movies ni Hayao Miyazaki.

[nirdle_phogi]

asa man makuha ang tiket? diritso na linya sa sinehan?

[johnnski]

the first one is a great movie!!!!

[etienne]

ay! sayanga oi, friday ra ko available,,,, og sa dihang, tony takitani ang showing on that day- kita naman ko ana.

[X]

heheh absent ko thursday ug karun sunday @_@

sa mga gnahan ug japanese all the movies are 2 thumbs up ^^

[kamikaze_007]

..tsk..tsk..tsk..wa ko kabasa daun ani nga forum!..

..its too late!..noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!..wa ta koy activities pag saturday ug sunday..waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!..

[slayerNinz]

argghhh...to bad..i wasnt able to watch the last 2 movies knina...huhu..leche ning migraine...

...grabe ka nice ang mga movies nila bai!! ang gbie(Saturday) 7:00pm ky THE MEMORIES OF TOMORROW, mkahilak jud ka..as n!! nd ang katong movie before ana pag 4pm MIND GAME, bulabog kaau, sakit tiyan katawa!hahha...ang TURN OVER pod d i nice, den ang TONY TOKINAWA hanging man..hehe