A Life More Ordinary
A Portrait of Contemporary Japanese People on Film
9 February to 22 March 2008
The Milkwoman (Itsuka dokusho suruhi)
Director: Akira Ogata, 2005
The Cat Leaves Home (Inu Neko)
Director: Nami Iguchi, 2004
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki, 2006
No One's Ark (Baka no hakobune)
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2002
Director: Shinji Somai, 2000
Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari)
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima, 2004
In 2008 The Japan Foundation presented a touring programme of six new Japanese films. Strawberry Shortcakes portrays four young women in Tokyo; The Cat Leaves Home is the tale of two mismatched housemates; offbeat comedy No One’s Ark sees a couple leave Tokyo to follow new dreams in their home town; The Milkwoman, set in Nagasaki, is a love story spanning five decades; Kaza Hana is a deathly road trip; and comic-book adaptation Kamikaze Girls looks at fashion subculture in Japan.
The Milkwoman (Itsuka dokusho suruhi)
Director: Akira Ogata, 2005
The Cat Leaves Home (Inu Neko)
Director: Nami Iguchi, 2004
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki, 2006
No One's Ark (Baka no hakobune)
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2002
Director: Shinji Somai, 2000
Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari)
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima, 2004