Whose Film Is It Anyway?
Contemporary Japanese Auteurs
10 February to 28 March 2012
Director: Takatsugu Naito, 2008
Director: Katsumi Sakaguchi, 2011
I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)
Director: Masayuki Suo, 2007
Heart, Beating In The Dark (Yamiutsu Shinzo)
Director: Shunichi Nagasaki, 2005
Director: Miwa Nishikawa, 2009
Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya, 2001
All Around Us (Gururi no Koto)
Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi, 2008
Director: Yoji Yamada, 2010
A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito)
Director: Kenji Uchida, 2005
The ninth Japan Foundation annual touring film programme looked at narrative creativity by contemporary Japanese directors in contrast to the recent storm of adaptations, and how they express their voices through cinema. Ranging from the emerging to the established, the programme showcases directors who are not necessarily well-represented in this country, but whose works demonstrate their keen creativity.
Director: Takatsugu Naito, 2008
Director: Katsumi Sakaguchi, 2011
I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)
Director: Masayuki Suo, 2007
Heart, Beating In The Dark (Yamiutsu Shinzo)
Director: Shunichi Nagasaki, 2005
Director: Miwa Nishikawa, 2009
Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya, 2001
All Around Us (Gururi no Koto)
Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi, 2008
Director: Yoji Yamada, 2010
A Stranger of Mine (Unmei Janai Hito)
Director: Kenji Uchida, 2005