Opening & Closing films have been confirmed!
The opening film will be the world premiere of "TAKUMI: The Man Beyond Borders", which portrays the life of Takumi Asakawa, a connoisseur of Korean art and crafts as well as the first Japanese "Hallyu" (Korean wave) fan. For the closing, "Wu Xia," an exciting mix of great Kung-fu action & suspense drama, which garnered much attention at Cannes and Busan International Film Festivals, will have its Japan premiere!
- Dates
- March 9 (Fri) - 18 (Sun) , 2012
- Venues
- Umeda Burg7 (Umeda)
ABC HALL (Fukushima)
Umeda Garden Cinema (Umeda)
CINE NOUVEAU (Kujo)
OPENING
TAKUMI: The Man Beyond Borders
2012/Japan/119min.
Distributor in Japan: T-JOY
Director: Banmei Takahashi
- GUEST: Director/ Banmei Takahashi, Cast/ Hisashi Yoshizawa
CLOSING (Hong Kong Film Festival)
2011/Hong Kong, China/115min.
Distributor in Japan: Broadmedia Studios
Provided by Culture Publishers
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
- GUEST: Director/ Peter Ho-Sun Chan
2011/Japan/113min.
Director: Keiichi Kobayashi
- GUEST: Director/ Keiichi Kobayashi
*With English subtitles
2010/Nepal/137min.
Director: Suraj Subba
- GUEST: Director/ Suraj Subba, Cast/ Yash Kumar
2011/Korea/122min.
Distributor in Japan: CJ Entertainment Japan Inc.
Director: Lee Hyeon-Seung
- GUEST: Director/ Lee Hyeon-Seung
Surprise Screening
Operation Tatar (Tatar Ajillagaa)
Mongolia/2010/90min.
Director: Baatar Bat-Ulzii
*With English subtitles
2011-12/Korea, Japan/80min.
Director: Kim Tai-sik, Yuri Kanchiku
- GUEST: Director/ Kim Tai-sik, Yuri Kanchiku, Cast/ Lee Jin-joo, Choo So-young
*With English subtitles
2011/Japan/89min.
Director: Juichiro Yamasaki
- GUEST: Director/ Juichiro Yamasaki
*With English subtitles
2011/China, Taiwan, Hong Kong/98min.
Director: Tom Lin
- GUEST: Director/ Tom Lin
*With English subtitles
2011/Korea/124min.
Distributor in Japan: CJ Entertainment Japan Inc.
Director: Kang Hyeong-chul
2011/The Philippines/86min.
Director: Jeffery Jeturian
- GUEST: Director/ Jeffery Jeturian
*With English subtitles
Surprise Screening
Japan, China/2011/99min.
Director: Jiang Qinmin
- GUEST: Director/ Jiang Qinmin
*With English subtitles
2011/Korea, Japan/70min.
Distributor in Japan: Wa Entertainment, Inc.
Director: Lim Tai-hyung
- GUEST: Director/ Lim Tai-hyung, Cast/ Kiki Sugino, Min Jun-ho
*With English subtitles
Warriors of the Rainbow I : Sun Flag
2011/Taiwan/143min.
Director: Wei Te-Sheng
- GUEST: Director/ Wei Te-Sheng
*With English subtitles
Warriors of the Rainbow II : Rainbow Bridge
2011/Taiwan/131min.
Director: Wei Te-Sheng
- GUEST: Director/ Wei Te-Sheng
*With English subtitles
2011/The Philippines/87min.
Director: Marlon N. Rivera
*With English subtitles
2011/Japan/101min.
Distributor in Japan: Brownie
Director: Masahiro Kobayashi
- GUEST: Director/ Masahiro Kobayashi
*With English subtitles
March 10 (Sat) 20:50 at Cine Nouveau
- GUEST: "Domestic Violence" Director/ Min Sung-Hyun
- GUEST: "Paramedic" Director/ Keihiro Kanyama, Producer/ Hyoe Yamamoto
March 11 (Sun) 12:45 at Cine Nouveau
- GUEST: "Domestic Violence" Director/ Min Sung-Hyun
- GUEST: "Paramedic" Director/ Keihiro Kanyama, Producer/ Hyoe Yamamoto
March 12 (Mon) 20:50 at Cine Nouveau
- GUEST: "Domestic Violence" Director/ Min Sung-Hyun
- GUEST: "Paramedic" Director/ Keihiro Kanyama
Domestic Violence
2012/Korea/29min.
Director: Min Sung-hyun
Cast: Han Ki-joong, Park Ki-san, Jo Jun-hee, Lee Seung-woo, Min Jun-ho
We are surrounded by violence... A sensational debut by director Min Sung-hyun!
- GUEST: Director/ Min Sung-Hyun
(C)"Scumbag, Pervert, and the Girl in Between." all rights reserved by Bruce Hwang Chen
Scumbag, Pervert, and the Girl in Between
2011/Taiwan, U.S.A/15min.
Director: Bruce Hwang Chen
Cast: Wang Bo-Chieh, Cindy Song, Michio Hayashida
A high school outcast tries to retrieve his sweetheart's gym shorts from a town pervert…
*With English subtitles
(C)Go-allプロジェクト/埼玉県
Paramedic
2011/Japan/20min.
Director: Keihiro Kanyama
Cast: Kanji Tsuda, Hiroyuki Onoue, Kyoko Matsunaga, Momoko Sekiya, Kenny, Ichiro Nakayama
The latest short by Keihiro Kanyama of "seesaw" (screened at OAFF2011). Starring Kanji Tsuda.
- GUEST: Director/ Keihiro Kanyama, Producer/ Hyoe Yamamoto
*With English subtitles
- PROGRAM
- Special Screenings
- TAKUMI: The Man Beyond Borders
- Wu Xia
- About the Pink Sky
- Flower by the Wayside
- Hindsight
- LOVE
- Operation Tatar (Tatar Ajillagaa)
- Red Vacance Egg Tray
- The Sound of Light
- Starry Starry Night
- Sunny
- Trespassers
- Tokyo Newcomer
- Two Rabbits in Osaka
- Warriors of the Rainbow I : Sun Flag
- Warriors of the Rainbow II : Rainbow Bridge
- The Woman in the Septic Tank
- Women on the Edge
- Asian Short Selection
- Competition
- Hong Kong Film Festival
- Indie Forum Section