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Odd Obsessions

Desires, Hopes and Impulses in Japanese Cinema

3 February to 29 March 2017

Taking inspiration from Charlie Chaplin’s famous quote “Life is a desire, not a meaning”, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2017 featured an all-encompassing introduction to Japanese cinema through the prism of “desires, hopes and impulses”.

• Tsukiji Wonderland

  Director: Naotaro Endo, 2016

• The Mohican Comes Home

  Director: Shuichi Okita, 2016

• Somebody’s Xylophone

  Director: Yoichi Higashi, 2016

• Pieta in the Toilet

  Director: Daishi Matsunaga, 2015

• Pale Moon

  Director: Daihachi Yoshida, 2014

• Odd Obsession

  Director: Kon Ichikawa, 1959

• Lady Maiko

  Director: Masayuki Suo, 2014

• Kabukicho Love Hotel

  Director: Ryuichi Hiroki, 2014

• Flying Colours

  Director: Nobuhiro Doi, 2015

• Flora on the Sand

  Director: Ko Nakahira, 1964

• Destruction Babies

  Director: Tetsuya Mariko, 2016

• A Stitch of Life

  Director: Yukiko Mishima, 2015

• A Sparkle of Life

  Director: Bunji Sotoyama, 2013

• A Silent Voice

  Director: Naoko Yamada, 2016