JAPANESE MOVIES
Admission Free
Movies are screened free of charge at the Japan Information & Cultural Centre on the last Tuesday and Thursday of each month at 6pm. The dates and titles may change due to unforeseen circumstances so please contact us to confirm details.
A short video (Japan Video Topics) will be shown from 5.45pm before the feature film begins at 6pm. Admission is free of charge, bookings are not required.
Doors and elevator access will be available from 5.30pm.
Please download the flyer for more details. Download flyer (pdf 499kb).
Monthly Movies
Japan Information and Cultural Centre |
6pm Thu 26th January 2012
6pm Tue 31st January 2012
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Waterboys
ウォーターボーイズ |
91 minutes 2000 (M) Colour
Drama
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Cast:Satoshi Tsumabuki, Naoto Takenaka.
Japanese with English subtitles.
Suzuki is the last remaining member of Tadano High School's swim team. If no new members join the team this year, it will be cancelled altogether. "Waterboys" was nominated for eight prizes at the Japan Academy Prize, winning the award for Best Music.
Screening at the Japan information and Cultural Centre.
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6pm Thu 23th February 2012
6pm Tue 28th February 2012
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Gamera, The Guardian of the Universe
ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦 |
96 min 1995 Colour
Action Drama Fantasy
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Cast: Tsuyoshi Ihara, Akira Onodera and Shinobu Nakayama
Japanese with English subtitles.
A plan to dump radioactive waste at sea is disrupted when a mysterious atoll appears at the dumping location. That atoll proves to be something altogether different when hideous flying reptiles, the Gyaos, attack a nearby island-and the atoll rises from the sea. It is Gamera! The super turtle combats both a misguided military and the man-eating Gyaos, with help from a courageous naval officer, an intrepid ornithologist and a beautiful young psychic.
This film was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award from the Japan Academy, and won two awards including Best Director from the Blue Ribbon Awards, and four awards from the Yokohama film festival.
Screening at the Japan information and Cultural Centre.
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Embassy of Japan in New Zealand