Film "Eclair for our future, for our children" (2011)
The Japan Foundation offers a cinema program called “JAPANEMA” at its auditorium. JAPANEMA comes from mixing “Japanese” and “cinema” into one word. It is a free screening series, filled with all kinds of films.
The Japan Foundation will have two kinds of screening; “JAPANEMA Matinees,” which is held during lunchtime every Wednesday starting at 12:00 pm and “JAPANEMA,” which is the monthly evening screening series, occasionally followed by lectures.
The Japan Foundation is located at 5700 Wilshire Blvd, #100, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Street Parking is available. http://www.jflalc.org/about-us.html#parking
Free to attend. No reservation required.
All movies are in Japanese with English subtitles.
Sept 5, Noon "Quartet" Directed by Junichi Miura
Sept 12, Noon "Haru's Journey" Directed by Masahiro kobayashi
Sept 19, Noon "Eclair for our future, for children" (Eclair Okashi Horo Ki, 107 min, 2011) Directed by Akio Kondo. Casts includes Hajime Yoshii, Saori, Ayumi Ishida.
Losing his parents at very early age, Akio was sent to an orphanage. He is a quitter, never be able to stay in one place, attempts to escape so many times and finally he ends up being sent to a reformatory. It was 1943 when the dark shadow of the war was sneaking up and about to change everything and lead him to such a vagrant life.
Sept 26, Noon “WANKO The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog” Directed by Ko Nakae.
Sept 26, 7:00 pm “Cast me if you can” Directed by Atsushi Ogata
