Japanese film festival @ the ICA
January 16th, 2008A Life More Ordinary
In February the ICA in The Mall, London are holding a short festival of contemporary Shomin-geki. 庶民劇 [しょみんげき] The drama of ordinary people. So no yakuza, samurai, weird horror, or giant robots.
There are six films
The Milkwoman 9, 11 Feb
Strawberry Shortcakes 10 Feb
The Cat Leaves Home 12, 13 Feb
Kamikaze Girls 13, 15 Feb
No One’s Ark 16, 17 Feb.
Kaza-Hana 17 Feb
The only film I’ve seen is Kamikaze Girls; it’s an enjoyable film, worth a watch.
Prices are £8 for non-members and £6 for ICA members
Thanks to Andrew-san for telling me about this.
Strawberry Shortcake trailer
Strawberry Shortcakes review
This short film festival is organised by the Japan Foundation and will be touring the UK in February and March.
ICA (London) 9 – 17 February
Watershed Media Centre (Bristol) 15 – 21 February
Queens Film Theatre (Belfast) 22 – 28 February
Filmhouse (Edinburgh) 29 February – 6 March
Showroom (Sheffield) 6 – 22 March
––old event––
links in this post are that are no longer active have been removed
Related posts: