Film Festival 2010 – Programme, practical, etc
03/03/2010 – 07/03/2010
Programme, practical, prices, tickets, … Japan Square vzw presents a new Japanese film festival in Ghent in collaboration with Studio Skoop. Japan Square wants to give the cream of Japanese cinema a place by organising an annual festival. You will get a unique view of Japan, a country that has long since left its clichés … →
Tony Takitani
Wed 03/03/2010 – 8:00 PM
On Wednesday 3 March, Toni Takitani (directed by Jun Ichikawa with Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa and Hidetoshi Nishijima) will kick things off. Tony Takitani, a technical illustrator, has been living a lonely and seemingly unmoved life for forty years. When he meets the beautiful Eiko one day, a new world of emotion opens up for … →
Innocent Seven
Thu 04/03/2010 – 8:00 PM
Thursday March 4th we are going on the horror tour with “The Innocent seven” (Dankan, 2005). A nice family outing soon turns into a chilling horror story when the camp leader wants to buy the organs of the family’s children. But the children don’t let that happen. A somewhat controversial film, just the way we … →
All Around Us
Fri 05/03/2010 – 8:00 PM
On Friday 5 March, the festival will slow down a bit and try to please the somewhat more poetic, melancholic cinephile with “All Around Us” (HASHIGUCHI Ryosuke, 2008). A human sketch of Japanese society and despite the themes not a heavy melodrama. All Around Us follows a married couple, Shoko and Kanao, through the years. … →
Left Handed
Sat 06/03/2010 – 8:00 PM
Saturday March 6th we will be presented with “Left Handed” (Laurence Thrush, 2008). This film is about the world-famous psycho-social phenomenon of the hikikomori. Japanese society is plagued by an estimated one million young people who isolate themselves completely from their environment in their room or elsewhere. “Left Handed” tells the story of a boy … →
TAMALA 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
Sat 06/03/2010 – 10:30 PM
The festival closes on Saturday at 10:30 pm with an anime film “Tamala 2010: a punk cat in space” (Tol, 2003). It is the year 2010 on the cat planet. The influence of Meguro City, a megalopolis managed by the super-cooperative Catty & Co, is noticeable throughout the space system. Tamalo, a 1-year-old cat, decides … →
Film Festival 2010 – Sponsors, photos, etc
03/03/2010 – 07/03/2010
Thank you! Sponsors, photos, … We thank our sponsors, generous donors and partners. Without their support, the Japan-Square Film Festival would not be possible. →