After Life
Thu 30/01/2020 – 8:30 PM
On Thursday 30 January, we will be showing the film After Life by Japanese top director Kore-Eda at Ciné Rio in the Brugse Poort. After Life is an early masterpiece by the tender humanist Kore-Eda. An abandoned office building serves as a station between life and death. The deceased are given a week to capture … →
Film Festival 2020 – Programme, practical, etc
18/03/2020 – 22/03/2020
UPDATE 13.03.2020: Due to the measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 11th Japan Square Film Festival will unfortunately not be able to take place from 18 to 22 March in Studio Skoop as planned. →
Film Festival 2020 Online – Programme, practical, etc
02/12/2020 – 08/12/2020
Program, practical, prices, film rental, … →
Talking the Pictures
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
Silent film! It doesn’t sound like the start of the best sales pitch for the premiere of the 11th edition of the Japan-Square Film Festival. But it is indeed the subject of Talking The Pictures. Although we are talking about the early days of cinema when films did not yet have a soundtrack. Silent film, … →
Jizolibido
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
Outsider art is mainly known to us through the extensive collection of the Museum Dr. Guislain. In the documentary Jizolibido you will meet some exceptional Japanese artists who work in Atelier Yamanami in Koka, not far from Kyoto. Director Yoshiaki Kasatani shows how these people with a mental disability or psychological disorder deal with their … →
Fly Me to the Saitama
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
Tokyo and Saitama are like Ghent and West Flanders. Big city Tokyo looks down on the farmers of Saitama and in turn the inhabitants of Tokyo are seen as stubborn and self-righteous snobs. This comedy does not stop at some persistent prejudices, because a complete class struggle is at stake. Clichés, colorful costumes and witty … →
First Love
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
Tokyo, a young boxer, a call girl, yakuza and drugs. A film with these ingredients should never be missing from the programme of the Japan-Square Film Festival. And if you know that the cult director Takashi Miike was behind the camera of these recordings, at First Love, then we are convinced that you will have … →
Dare To Stop Us
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
1969 was not only a magical year in the West. In Japan, too, the boundaries of freedom were pushed. Among others by director and enfant terrible Koji Wakamatsu, who passionately threw himself into making porn or pink film as they call it in Japan, a bit more cutely. The titles of the films he made … →
Motion Graphics Short Films – Tama Art Univ.
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
13 Graphic Short Films – Tama Art University – Selection 2020 This is a bundled selection of 13 graphic short films made by Tama Art University for the Japan-Square Film Festival 2020. The short films are graduation works by Graphic Design students from this well-known Japanese school for art education. During “normal” editions of the … →
Shape of Red
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
Tohko’s life is picture perfect and in Japan that means a lot. She lives with her husband, daughter and in-laws and has a life that many people envy. But her ideal world is shaken when an ex-partner crosses her path. In this film, director Yukiko Mishima wants to show that the dreams and desires of … →
The Landlady
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
Kaoru Yusa is on a business trip to the city where he studied and thinks back to Moonlight House where he rented a room at the time. A kot as we would say in Ghent. His landlady Yukiko, his landlady, has passed away in the meantime. The news of her death brings back many memories. … →
The Ballad of Narayama
Wed 02/12/2020 – 12:05 AM
As usual, we close our film festival – when it takes place in Studio Skoop – with a classic on Sunday afternoon. Of course, you decide for yourself when you will watch this film from your own home this year. But we would like to give you the following: this The Ballad of Narayama is … →
Ramen (pick-up / home delivery)
Fri 04/12/2020 – 5:00 PM
Cozy and safe at home, slurping with a delicious bowl of Zuru Zuru Ramen. You can choose from our 3 Ramen Classics: miso, shoyu and vegan. Something for everyone! Delivered by CargoVelo or just pick it up yourself. What makes our Zuru Zuru Ramen so delicious? RAMEN-SHOYU: the shoyu is a soy sauce base, also … →
Bento-lunch (pick-up / home delivery)
Sat 05/12/2020 – 5:00 PM
A Japan Square movie night without a delicious Japanese meal is like Japan without Fuji Mountain, or something like that \(^-^)/ On Saturday 5/12 we will bring the Gohan bento box to your home! You choose which Japanese movie(s) you stream and we will deliver your matching meal between 5pm and 8pm. Attention: home delivery … →
Filmfestival 2020 Online – Sponsors, photos, etc
02/12/2020 – 08/12/2020
Thank you! Sponsors, photos, … →