Japanese Film Festival 2016 Lineup
Tickets are available through Cinemaxx Theater website
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Sweet Bean 2015 – 113 min Subtitle: Indonesian |
Director: Naomi Kawase Cast: Kirin Kinki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kayara Uchida A Dorayaki’s life depends on its red bean paste. The arrival of Tokue, a mysterious old lady working part-time in Sentaro’s store turned the store upside-down. At the same time, the truth behind Tokue is finally uncovered |
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Chihayafuru Part 1 2016 – 120 min Subtitle: Indonesian |
Director: Norihiro Koizumi Cast: Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yuma Yamato, Yuki Morinaga, Hiroya Shimizu, Miyuki Matsuda, Jun Kunimura Chihaya, Taichi, and Arata are childhood friends. The three of them started to take interest in karuta thanks to Arata. They were separated from each other after graduating primary school, while Chihaya continues to play karuta. Chihaya reunites with Taichi in high school and created the karuta club. Chihaya believes that if they started playing karuta again, they will soon meet with Arata once more. |
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Chihayafuru Part 2 2016 – 102 min Subtitle: Indonesian |
Director: Norihiro Koizumi Cast: Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yuma Yamato, Yuki Morinaga, Hiroya Shimizu, Miyuki Matsuda, Jun Kunimura Chihaya and Taichi’s karuta club finally entered the national tournament. Chihaya contacted Arata, but unfortunately Arata stated that he’s not playing Karuta anymore. Meanwhile, Chihaya faces off with the karuta queen in the nationals. |
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Creepy 2016 – 130 min Subtitle: Indonesian |
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cast: Hidetoshi Nakajima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryoko Fujino, Masahiro Toda, Toru Baba, Misaki Saisyo, Takashi Sasano Takakura is an ex-detective working in Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He resigned as a detective because of his trauma and decided to live in the city outskirts with his wife. One day, his colleague invites him to work on an unsolved case from long ago. A shocking revelation awaits. |
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Kako: My Sullen Past 2016- 120 min Subtitle: English |
Director: Shiro Maeda Cast: Kyoko Koizumi, Fumi Nikaido, Kengo Kora, Itsuji Itao, Yuki Yamada, Kumi Hyodo, Mochika Yamada, Mei Kurokawa Everyday, Kako seems down and uninterested towards her family-run business. One day, Kako’s aunt, Michiko, appeared after being declared dead 16 years ago. Reluctant at first, both of them started to know each other. One day, Kako found out that her aunt is a radical bomb builder. They both run explosion tests, while Kako is afraid that her aunt will leave her again. |
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