See previous report:
https://rollinginbudapest.com/2021/01/31/the-best-japanese-film-productions-free-online-screening/
FREE ON-LINE JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL COMING UP FROM TOMORROW!
February, 26 . – March 7, 2021.
Thirty Japanese films will be shown in Hungary with English subtitles for free.
Applying movie offers such as: Thriller … Drama … Romantic … Musical … Romantic comedy … Children’s film… Annimation … Documentary … Literary adaptations … Contemporary and Classic works … Several award-winning films.
During the festival, three films will be available every day through https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp website. All of them can be viewed throughout 24hours which give the audience an opportunity to several time, if wishes to do so. The festival will be colored by several additional programs on the website of the Japan Foundation that organizes the event.
Friday, February, 26. – 11 a.m coming up the latest works of the legendary director of T he Ring and The Ring 2, Nakata Hideo – Stolen Identity … short summary: Due to the loss of a cell-phone a couple in love experience a series of strange events around them. Makoto has no idea that beautiful Asami will soon become the prey of a serial killer, and that there is actually a dark secret behind her beautiful face.
Saturday February, 27. – 9 a.m. the festival will be screening the latest work of Yaguchi Shinobu, the director of Waterboys, a classic of comedy, and the highly successful Swing Girls. Dance With Me. The movie combines the atmosphere of Hollywood musicals with Japanese humor … short summary: Shizuka having met a hypnotist becomes the devil of the parquet The film won two awards: Kobayashi Audience Award and Special Director Award at the 2019 Toronto Japanese Film Festival.
Monday, March, 1. – 9 a.m. a 1952 Japanese classic will be shown. In Ozu Yasujirō’s drama – The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice. Short summary: Taeko and Mokichi traditionally arranged marriage – with the arrival of their stubborn niece, Setsuko realize, why they are not happy with their current relationship. In his characteristic way, the director depicts the family unit at crisis with humor and warmth – and a drop of resignation. Two films by Okita Shuichi, one of the most promising figures in contemporary Japanese cinema, will also be screened at the festival.
Tuesday, March, 2, 11 a.m. Plays in the era of 1987. Short sumary: A Story of Yonosuke the protagonist moves to Tokyo to begin college, where instead of the young Shoko, his attention is drawn to the older, mysterious “woman of doom,” Chiharu. As Yonosuke’s strange story unfolds, we can get a glimpse into the lives of his friends 16 years after the events, but by then he’s already missing from their circle.
For lovers of art movies on Wednesday, March, 3. – 11 a.m. Overview: a film 0.5 mm, which articulates thoughts about Japan’s aging society with dark humor can be exciting.
Saturday, March 6, – 9 a.m. Okita Shuichi’s other work – which was recognized in 2014 at the Tokyo International Film Festival -, Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday will be screened. Short summary: This comedy tells the story of a 2-day hiking excursion. Right at the beginning it can be suspected that the green-eared tour guide is not at the height of the situation, and soon after, he is lost in the woods. So the company is left alone and they soon realize that survival is their main task …
Same day 11 a.m. Ishii Yuya’s simultaneously thought-provoking and entertaining literary adaptation, The Great Passage will be screened. It’s about a linguistic odd fish who dissects the true meaning of words.
The full program is available at https://japanalapitvany.hu where interviews with five Japanese directors, along with Tamás Liszka talking about Japanese animation and Csilla Béresi – the Hungarian translator of the touching novel by Kawaguchi Toshikazu – from which the film Café Funiculi Funicula is adapted – will be available.
To participate to watch the films within the festival is free of charge, but in adavance registration is required, which can be done via the following page: https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/signup.html.
@ Aggie Reiter
Rolling in Budapest 