The Japanese Film Screening Tour 2022 is organized by the Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Switzerland in cooperation with the University of Fribourg, the University of Zurich, and the Swiss Japanese Cultural Association Yamato.
Screenings and dates:
1. We Make Antiques! (2018, 110 min.), 22 September
2. AWAKE (2020, 119 min.), 30 September
3. Nosari – Impermanent Eternity (2021, 129 min.), 7 October
4. After the Sunset (2019, 133 min.), 14 October
Place: Eikon (Vocational School of Applied Arts), Route Wilhelm Kaiser 13, 1700 Fribourg
Time: 18:00
Admission: Free
More information here: https://bit.ly/3TdCuPL
Please confirm your participation at this subscription form: https://tinyurl.com/jsf2022
| When? | 22.09.2022 18:00 - 14.10.2022 |
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| Where? | Eikon (Vocational School of Applied Arts) Route Wilhelm Kaiser 13 13, 1700 Fribourg |
| speaker | Screenings and dates:
1. We Make Antiques! (2018, 110 min.), 22 September 2. AWAKE (2020, 119 min.), 30 September 3. Nosari – Impermanent Eternity (2021, 129 min.), 7 October 4. After the Sunset (2019, 133 min.), 14 October ---------------------------------- Summary of the films (Japanese Original with English Subtitle ): 1. We Make Antiques! (2018, 110 min.) Antique dealer Koike Norio flounders around as he goes after a big break. He heads for Sakai, Osaka to find a treasure and meets down-and-out potter Noda Sasuke. A prominent appraiser dupes them and the two losers collude to make a pile of cash by faking "Rikyu's lost tea bowl." 2. AWAKE (2020, 119 min.) Eiichi once aimed to be a pro shogi (Japanese chess) player but abandoned his dream after losing to powerhouse Riku. Now a university student, Eiichi discovers computer-based shogi and dedicates himself to crafting a strong shogi program. But his quest leads him down a familiar road where he once again must challenge Riku 3. Nosari – Impermanent Eternity (2021, 129 min.) A young guy who travels around scamming people shows up in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture to pick up cash from the old woman he has targeted. But she insists that he is her grandson, so he ends up living with her. Gradually he starts to feel strangely comfortable. 4. After the Sunset (2019, 133 min.) Set in the small town in southern Japan, it tells the story of a mother, Satsuki who is going to formally adopt his son and his biological mother, Akane who is living nearby without telling the truth, and the baby abandoned case took place in the internet café in Tokyo 7 years ago. |
| Contact | Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Switzerland in cooperation with the University of Fribourg, the University of Zurich, and the Swiss Japanese Cultural Association Yamato Raluca Mateoc ralucaanamaria.mateoc(at)unifr.ch Route Wilhelm Kaiser (Eikon) 13 1700 1700 Fribourg |
| Registration | Please confirm your participation at this subscription form: https://tinyurl.com/jsf2022 |
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