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Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Poster

Film Hang On To The Dream Theatre Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles Japan House LA JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 Returns to Hollywood September 18–20 with Free Screenings of Japanese Feature, Short and Independent Films

September 14, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 The Nikkei of Norwalk Poster

Chin Jeffrey Film Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 The Nikkei of Norwalk

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | The Nikkei of Norwalk | Hollywood Screening Sept. 18 at 6:30PM | Online Screening Sept.10-30

September 14, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 KORAKUEN Poster

Ando Mia Film Hang On To The Dream Theatre Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 KORAKUEN

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | KORAKUEN | Hollywood Screening Sept. 18 at 8:20PM | Online Screening Sept. 10-30

September 14, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Bite to Bite Poster

Bite to Bite Film Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | Bite to Bite | Hollywood Screening Sept. 19 at 11AM

September 14, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Califronia Scenario Poster

Film Hang On To The Dream Theatre Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | California Scenario | Hollywood Screening Sept. 19 at 2PM | Online Screening Sept. 10-30

September 14, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 JFFLA ENVISION by Hamamoto Poster

Film Hamamoto Marisa Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles Japan House LA JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | Dance Performance, Screening, Talk by Maria Hamamoto and Infinite Flow Dance | Hollywood Sept. 20 at 11:15AM

September 14, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Persona Non Grate Poster

Film Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles Japan House LA JFFLA 2026 Persona Non Grata : The Story of Chiune Sugihara

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | Persona Non Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara | Hollywood Screening Sept. 20 at 3PM | Online Screening Sept. 10-30

September 14, 2026

Film - Tashima Chris Nikkei Legacy- LA Visas and Virtue

Ventura County JACL Announces Academy Award-Winning Director Chris Tashima and “VISAS AND VIRTUE” Screening at California Lutheran University on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6:30PM

February 26, 2026

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Film -Yamazaki -Ema Ryan Japanese TV The Making of a Japanese

2025 Nov 18 | Documentary Film of Elementary School “THE MAKING OF A JAPANESE” Launches on Streaming & DVD Nov. 18

November 18, 2025

GKIDS Ghibli Fest 2025 Spirited Away Banner

Anime Distributor - GKIDS Films Miyazaki Hayao

2025/10/18-22/ Film distributor GKIDS presents Studio Ghibli’s “SPIRITED AWAY” in theater nationally Oct. 18-22

October 22, 2025

Newport Beach Film Festival The Last Excuse

2017 / Newport Beach Film Festival to feature “The Long Excuse” (Nagai iiwake) at Japanese Spotlight event, April 24, 27

April 27, 2017

Germany Films - Japan Theme Los Angeles 2018

2016 / Goethe Institut to presents German feature films by Doris Dörrie with focus on Japan, Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 5

October 5, 2016

Japaese Documentary Los Angeles 2018 Okinawa Association of America 2016 Okinawa Traditions Postwar Japan

2016 / Okinawa Memorial Day to feature WWII documentary screening, June 18

June 18, 2016

Documentary about USA Little Tokyo

2016 / Two documentary videos on Japanese American life to be screened at Little Tokyo, April 16

April 16, 2016

UCLA Film Archive

2016 / UCLA Screening Seijun Suzuki Retrospective at Billy Wilder Theater, Feb. 5 – Mar. 13

March 13, 2016

Cinema Kabuki Japan Foundation -JFLA Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo A

2016 / Japan Foundation/ UCLA screening of high-definition Kabuki film at Billy Wilder Theater, Feb. 6, 11, 13

February 13, 2016

American Cinematheque / Egyptian Theatre Japanese Film Postwar Japan Theaters in Hollywood

2016 / Akira Kurosawa Retrospective at Egyptian Theatre, Jan. 15 -24

January 24, 2016

Los Angeles 2018 Samurai Films

2016 / Japan Foundation Free Screening “Samurai Cat” Jan. 13, 7:00PM

January 13, 2016

Ishiuchi Miyako

80 Photography Japaese Documentary Japan Foundation -JFLA

2015 / Screening: Documentary about Japanese woman photographer, Sept. 23

September 23, 2015

Japan Foundation -JFLA Japan-US Films

2015 / Free screening at Japan Foundation: Comedic road movie about a clash of cultures, June 24, 7 PM

June 24, 2015

Armstrong Theatre Torrance Japaese Documentary Japan-US Films Washoku 2

2015 / Film “Wa-Shoku: Beyond Sushi” to be shown with director Junichi Suzuki, June 14, 1:00 pm, 3:30 pm

June 14, 2015

Japaese Documentary Japan Foundation -JFLA

2015 / Japan Foundation: documentary film about poetry readings and shows inspired by the 2011 disaster of Japan, May 16

May 16, 2015

Japan-US Films Washoku 2

2015 / WA-SHOKU: Film to explain whole world of Japanese cuisine / Laemmle Playhouse in Pasadena, April 10-23

April 23, 2015

Japan Foundation -JFLA Postwar Japan

2015 / Japan Foundation Cinema Program “Sisters of the Gion” by Mizoguchi, April 8, 7:00 pm

April 8, 2015

8900 US - Japan after 2011 Mar 11 Disaster Japaese Documentary Japan Foundation -JFLA

2015 / Screening event to commemorate 2011 Japan disaster, March 11

March 11, 2015

Japan Foundation -JFLA Postwar Japan

2015 / Japan Foundation, Feb. 11, 7:00 pm, Screening “Early Spring” (1956) by Yasujiro Ozu

February 11, 2015

Seven Samurai

80 History Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Samurai Films

2015 / LACMA screening, Jan. 29, 7:30 pm, “Seven Samurai” directed by Akira Kurosawa

January 29, 2015

Film Uzumasa Limelight Poster

Japanese Film Samurai Films

2014 / New film “Uzumasa Limelight” praised by Los Angeles Times

December 7, 2014

Film Crimeson Pledge

Japan-US Films

2014 / Free screening of emerging artist’s new film “Crimson Pledge” Oct 18 at 11:10 am at Nuart Theatre, West Los Angeles

October 18, 2014

Man From Reno

Films - Japanese American Japan-US Films

2014 / U.S.-Japan film with Japanese protagonist to premiere, June 15, 18 at Los Angeles Film Festiva

June 18, 2014

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